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Anyone Else Waiting For GOOGLE CHROME?

HappyDude20

HappyDude20

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I could've sworn I heard Chrome was supposed to come out for Mac users by the end of the 1st half of 2009.

I've been eagerly waiting for Chrome to come out and I really hope I'm not alone.

I've used Firefox for years and Safari sparingly but am sure I'd move everything to Google Chrome the day it comes out.

I've used Safari 4 quite a bit since it came out earlier this week and admit i'm impressed, especially at how quick Google Maps works. However don't Safari and Chrome run the same engine?

On Firefox the only customization I have are the add-ons such as Ad Block Plus and a few more, mostly dealing with Google.

Really what I use most in Firefox is the Google Toolbar, which i'm sure Chrome will have that covered.

Iono, if anyone is highly anticipating Chrome as I am and has any info on when it's coming i'd love to hear, so feel free to post a reply.
 
Chrome... meh

I don't see the fascination with browsers
I get the Firefox plug-in deal for those who want such things
But other than that... it is a browser... a tool
The sites I visit are my focus, not the browser that gets me there

Safari is fine for me

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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My life is so intrigrated with Google that I feel when the browser comes out it'll be a fresh breath of air coming my way.

Gmail, Gcal, Notebook, Maps, my News, Docs (Oh Docs), Reader, Bookmarks....

Mainly the only things I do online require my Google.

Gmail is main, Gcal second, maps when I need it, Notebook has countless folders full of reference (Thing that sucks is that I can't change my Google Account since new Google Accounts no longer offer the notebook feature), Reader is my Gateway to the internet to see my interests and prevent me from wasting time online, bookmarks sync to anywhere i'm signed on and not just one computer,...i'm sure there's more but you get the idea.
 
Yeah I cannot wait for Chrome to reach even Beta status on OS X. Especially now that Safari 4 has made the regression from tabs on top to tabs that waste space, I will immediately switch to Chrome for as much of my browsing as possible once they get Flash working.

To the person who doesn't see the big deal... SPEED is one. Google is obsessed with speed and scalability, and Chrome blows Firefox away on speed. Easily. The other is technology. In addition to many other great things Chrome does, it puts each tab in its own thread, so that if Flash crashes for example, only one tab is affected and not the entire session.

If you are interested in getting started with the INCOMPLETE, "Dev Channel" releases of Chrome for Mac, first read this blog post: http://blog.chromium.org/2009/06/danger-mac-and-linux-builds-available.html

Then you will probably want to also visit http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com on a regular basis to see what's new.

Hope that helps.
 
foosh said:
Yeah I cannot wait for Chrome to reach even Beta status on OS X. Especially now that Safari 4 has made the regression from tabs on top to tabs that waste space, I will immediately switch to Chrome for as much of my browsing as possible once they get Flash working.
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Technically Chrome's tabs on top of the address bar still wastes space. They are not in the title bar like the Safari 4 Beta, which is the only place they would actually save space. I just laugh when people say that Apple copied Chrome when puting tabs in the title bar. It is not even close to the same at all, other than that it is above the address bar in a way, instead of below it.
 
Is anyone else a bit concerned in how much google has grown? In the next 50 years we could be calling in the googleweb instead of the Internet. Sure it's useful, but they have bought numerous websites, and have a lot of helpful tools, but it's weird how much we let google become involved. We have google checkout along with all the other services listed above. It's useful, sure, but it gets to a point where you have to get a little suspicious of how much of the internet is controlled by google.
 
macbook yes said:
Is anyone else a bit concerned in how much google has grown? In the next 50 years we could be calling in the googleweb instead of the Internet. Sure it's useful, but they have bought numerous websites, and have a lot of helpful tools, but it's weird how much we let google become involved. We have google checkout along with all the other services listed above. It's useful, sure, but it gets to a point where you have to get a little suspicious of how much of the internet is controlled by google.
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true.

but it is useful.

goo-gle! goo-gle! goo-gle!

I was thinking, Google is probable gonna own the planet one day...and when they do, they're gonna rename it Google Earth.
 
I've downloaded and tried the Developer builds on Intel Mac hardware. It's not bad but too scant in features.

I don't see what I gain using Google's browser - which is based on Webkit; when I can use Safari, which has all the features I want. Is based on Webkit and is more attractive on Mac OS. :confused:
 
For me it's basically Safari, but less customizable and with questionable privacy protection. Since I also don't really use Google's online programs (except GMail), I don't really care about it.
 
Not at all interested.

Even Chrome on windows is pretty flawed. I have to uninstall it off of work computers all the time because its not loading pages with flash or java correctly. Its really not that fast either.

Its in its infancy maybe I'll give it a chance later but nothing I saw amazed or wowed me.
 
Only advantage I see to Chrome is that each tab is its own process, so one misbehaving site that crashes a tab doesn't crash the whole browser...hopefully FF implements that feature soon.
 
I use Safari on my Macbook but Chrome on my Windows desktop and VM. I would definitely give Chrome a try on my Macbook since Safari gives me fits every now and then.

The security sandboxing is nice on Chrome and it is pretty fast on Windows. It faired very well in the latest Pwn2Own event (Safari on Mac fell in less than 2 minutes). However, Chrome is a resource hog.
 
If you guys are waiting for Google Chrome then I suggest trying out Stainless which is pretty much like Google Chrome and has flash. It is also very fast!
 
twombles62 said:
Stainless is useless as a proper brower at the moment as it doesn't have features like bookmarks due to it being incomplete, but still, it is superfast.
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Stainless has bookmarks. I actually like its bookmarks shelf way more than I do other browsers' bookmarks bars.

MacManiac76 said:
Technically Chrome's tabs on top of the address bar still wastes space. They are not in the title bar like the Safari 4 Beta, which is the only place they would actually save space. I just laugh when people say that Apple copied Chrome when puting tabs in the title bar. It is not even close to the same at all, other than that it is above the address bar in a way, instead of below it.
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Chrome's tabs are in the title bar. You just need it maximized.
 
Not me,
I'm not a google fan and the last thing I need is yet another browser. Safari handles 99% of my needs, and for the 1% I have firefox.
 
I do!
Well pleased with Camino, but more options are always nice. Especially since Google Chrome for MS Windows seems promising...
 
Meh I have run Chrome on my Mac and its nothing special. I realize its not final yet so its hard to judge, but Safari 4 does everything I need it to, and its plenty fast.
 
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