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Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

55 points by arjunlall 17y ago

toisanji 17y ago
Its looking pretty good, the only thing I can see missing is that there is no per tab process viewer. I will do a complete switch over to chrome once 1passwd and an adblocker are ported over.
- andybak 17y ago
  For the latter: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/adblock/ http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/adblo... Best I can find for the former: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/lastpass-password-manager/ http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/lastp...
catch23 17y ago
their nightly builds have always been available and stable enough for normal use.
- boundlessdreamz 17y ago
  A comprehensive review of google chrome for mac by me can be found at http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-mac-review/375/ http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-mac-review/375/ [ I used one of the latest nightly builds]
  - icefox 17y ago
    "Print has been recently enabled on the mac builds. " I like how you say it as if it was temporarily disabled because it had a bug or something when in reality it wasn't implemented.
    - boundlessdreamz 17y ago
      It was indeed temporarily disabled. From the horse's mouth http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton/status/4906327366 http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton/status/4906327366 (He is a chrome developer) Of course it was implemented just before that :)
- cookiecaper 17y ago
  I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.
  - maxer 17y ago
    Im waiting for the full release- have you tried chromium- is it worth it?
    - bretthoerner 17y ago
      > have you tried chromium That's what he was talking about.
    - cookiecaper 17y ago
      Chromium is the development branch's name; official "Google Chrome" releases are just snapshots of this project perhaps with additional branding installed. That's how I understand it, anyway. So yes, I've been using Chromium the whole time. I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs around, etc.), and this makes it much more pleasant to use. I switched because Firefox was crashing incessantly because Arch linked it against an incompatible (newer) version of SQLite. When Chromium crashes, just the tab goes down. This is so nice. I haven't experienced much crashing though. The only problems I've had were a one-time bug that snuck into the build where it wouldn't special-case your keystrokes in a text box so it would read out shortcuts while you were typing (meaning backspace made the page go back) but this is expected and it was fixed in the next build (which I downloaded immediately, naturally) and problems with Flash. In the build I'm using now, Flash behavior is erratic; sometimes the buttons will work on YouTube and sometimes they won't. Zoomify's buttons never seem to work. Also, occasionally a video will lose sync with its audio and start playing about five seconds before the audio kicks in. As such, if I want to watch something on YouTube, I often find myself using Firefox to do so. If you're a big YouTube or Flash user you might be too annoyed at this to switch. Otherwise, I heartily recommend it.
- the_real_r2d2 17y ago
  I will keep using Chromium (and manual updates if necessary) until Google releases an official beta. I do not why but I trust more in the developers in Chromiun that in Google itself.
MikeCapone 17y ago
Glad they finally added the "backspace makes you go back a page" keyboard shortcut. That was my biggest problem with the Chromium nightlies and the Alpha...
mdemare 17y ago
Hope there will be customizable search from the address bar, like in Opera, or with Keywurl in Safari. I looked into the extensions API, but didn't find any hooks.
- mitjak 17y ago
  Nightly builds of Chromium have had that implemented for about a month now.
ottbot 17y ago
I'm fairly certain there was a Google Chrome branded developer release available a while ago, outside the chromium daily builds. It was quickly surpassed feature and stability wise by the daily builds and somewhat difficult to find on the chromium site.
- tumult 17y ago
  The Developer Channel version of Chrome is updated (while it is running, without a restart) every week or so, from previous Chromium builds. You might not even notice it happen.
prakash 17y ago
epi0Bauqu's DuckDuckGo is available as one of the search engine options.
- ottbot 17y ago
  Chrome will automatically add a site's search to the list of available engines when you visit it. So you'd have to visit DuckDuckGo first to have it available.
  - prakash 17y ago
    thank you for letting me know. good catch.
swombat 17y ago
Any word on when Chrome will support password managers? It's less than useful to me until then...
- bvttf 17y ago
  Looks like it's using Keychain, reading passwords I saved in Safari too.
  - swombat 17y ago
    I'm not using Keychain, though, but 1Password...
    - rsanders 17y ago
      Safari doesn't really "support" 1Password. They had to hack their way. Ask the 1Password guy when he'll support Chrome. Lastpass is already there: http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-alpha.html http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-.... Though it crashes instantly for me.
      - swombat 17y ago
        I already have (asked them) :-P http://twitter.com/swombat/status/4965038124 http://twitter.com/swombat/status/4965038124
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spencerfry 17y ago
http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-mac/ http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-ma... That's a link to nightly Chromium mac builds. I've been using that for the past several months.
zackattack 17y ago
I can't use this until Live HTTP Headers/Tamper Data && Firebug ports are available. Until then I await with bated breath.
- robbed 17y ago
  Chrome's Developer Tools does a pretty good Firebug impersonation. It's certainly prettier.

55 points by arjunlall 17y ago

Its looking pretty good, the only thing I can see missing is that there is no per tab process viewer. I will do a complete switch over to chrome once 1passwd and an adblocker are ported over.

andybak 17y ago
For the latter: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/adblock/ http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/adblo... Best I can find for the former: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/lastpass-password-manager/ http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/lastp...

catch23 17y ago

their nightly builds have always been available and stable enough for normal use.

boundlessdreamz 17y ago
A comprehensive review of google chrome for mac by me can be found at http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-mac-review/375/ http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-mac-review/375/ [ I used one of the latest nightly builds]
- icefox 17y ago
  "Print has been recently enabled on the mac builds. " I like how you say it as if it was temporarily disabled because it had a bug or something when in reality it wasn't implemented.
  - boundlessdreamz 17y ago
    It was indeed temporarily disabled. From the horse's mouth http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton/status/4906327366 http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton/status/4906327366 (He is a chrome developer) Of course it was implemented just before that :)
cookiecaper 17y ago
I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.
- maxer 17y ago
  Im waiting for the full release- have you tried chromium- is it worth it?
  - bretthoerner 17y ago
    > have you tried chromium That's what he was talking about.
  - cookiecaper 17y ago
    Chromium is the development branch's name; official "Google Chrome" releases are just snapshots of this project perhaps with additional branding installed. That's how I understand it, anyway. So yes, I've been using Chromium the whole time. I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs around, etc.), and this makes it much more pleasant to use. I switched because Firefox was crashing incessantly because Arch linked it against an incompatible (newer) version of SQLite. When Chromium crashes, just the tab goes down. This is so nice. I haven't experienced much crashing though. The only problems I've had were a one-time bug that snuck into the build where it wouldn't special-case your keystrokes in a text box so it would read out shortcuts while you were typing (meaning backspace made the page go back) but this is expected and it was fixed in the next build (which I downloaded immediately, naturally) and problems with Flash. In the build I'm using now, Flash behavior is erratic; sometimes the buttons will work on YouTube and sometimes they won't. Zoomify's buttons never seem to work. Also, occasionally a video will lose sync with its audio and start playing about five seconds before the audio kicks in. As such, if I want to watch something on YouTube, I often find myself using Firefox to do so. If you're a big YouTube or Flash user you might be too annoyed at this to switch. Otherwise, I heartily recommend it.
the_real_r2d2 17y ago
I will keep using Chromium (and manual updates if necessary) until Google releases an official beta. I do not why but I trust more in the developers in Chromiun that in Google itself.

MikeCapone 17y ago

Glad they finally added the "backspace makes you go back a page" keyboard shortcut. That was my biggest problem with the Chromium nightlies and the Alpha...

mdemare 17y ago

Hope there will be customizable search from the address bar, like in Opera, or with Keywurl in Safari. I looked into the extensions API, but didn't find any hooks.

mitjak 17y ago
Nightly builds of Chromium have had that implemented for about a month now.

ottbot 17y ago

I'm fairly certain there was a Google Chrome branded developer release available a while ago, outside the chromium daily builds. It was quickly surpassed feature and stability wise by the daily builds and somewhat difficult to find on the chromium site.

tumult 17y ago
The Developer Channel version of Chrome is updated (while it is running, without a restart) every week or so, from previous Chromium builds. You might not even notice it happen.

prakash 17y ago

epi0Bauqu's DuckDuckGo is available as one of the search engine options.

ottbot 17y ago
Chrome will automatically add a site's search to the list of available engines when you visit it. So you'd have to visit DuckDuckGo first to have it available.
- prakash 17y ago
  thank you for letting me know. good catch.

swombat 17y ago

Any word on when Chrome will support password managers? It's less than useful to me until then...

bvttf 17y ago
Looks like it's using Keychain, reading passwords I saved in Safari too.
- swombat 17y ago
  I'm not using Keychain, though, but 1Password...
  - rsanders 17y ago
    Safari doesn't really "support" 1Password. They had to hack their way. Ask the 1Password guy when he'll support Chrome. Lastpass is already there: http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-alpha.html http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-.... Though it crashes instantly for me.
    - swombat 17y ago
      I already have (asked them) :-P http://twitter.com/swombat/status/4965038124 http://twitter.com/swombat/status/4965038124

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spencerfry 17y ago

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-mac/ http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-ma... That's a link to nightly Chromium mac builds. I've been using that for the past several months.

zackattack 17y ago

I can't use this until Live HTTP Headers/Tamper Data && Firebug ports are available. Until then I await with bated breath.

robbed 17y ago
Chrome's Developer Tools does a pretty good Firebug impersonation. It's certainly prettier.