um, how? If Apple released an app, browser or whatever, that looked like this it would look perfectly at home to me. I mean, It's grey and light grey...just like any other apple app. I think it looks fine
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um, how? If Apple released an app, browser or whatever, that looked like this it would look perfectly at home to me. I mean, It's grey and light grey...just like any other apple app. I think it looks fine
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Doesn't bother me: I'm using one I've found.
Or use stealth.
This is one of the benefits of Chrome when compared to Safari IMO. Used Chrome on windows, its fast when compared to Safari on windows. Hope Safari can adopt some of Chrome's features.
yeah the windows version is decent.. i will probably try out the mac version to see how it goes
I'll try it out, but unless it's astoundingly fast, I doubt I'll find a reason to keep using it, even without the Google updater and data acquisition processes watching all the time. As a 1.0 release, it can't hope to compete in terms of features.
The fact is, most people stick with the bundled browser on each platform, unless they run into problems. Browser geeks and the more adventurous may seek out an alternative, but "good enough" is the common standard.
As a Mac user, I'd rather see the effort put into Chrome directed toward keeping Camino more up to date, or perhaps even the WebKit port that has been quipped about.
The fact is, most people stick with the bundled browser on each platform, unless they run into problems. Browser geeks and the more adventurous may seek out an alternative, but "good enough" is the common standard.
As a Mac user, I'd rather see the effort put into Chrome directed toward keeping Camino more up to date, or perhaps even the WebKit port that has been quipped about.
I have used Chrome under Windows since the Windows Safari version is extremely buggy. It is as fast as Safari, except that it is less customizable and cares less about your privacy. Under Windows there is IRon, a browser based on Chrome's source but with all the anti-privacy features removed. Until something like IRon comes out for the Mac, I won't even try Chrome.
i feel that google let down mac users by not coming out of the gates with chrome for osx, especially because the time is does come out safari will probably have the same, newer, and better features. no thank you google
Google's idea of what privacy means is very different from mine. So I don't use them.
I used to have a Gmail account until I realised that Google scans all your emails in order to send targetted adverts to you. I wouldn't accept someone standing outside the front door of my house, opening all my mail before it goes through my letterbox (or letters I send), reading it and then sending me more adverts depending on what my keywords they found in my mail. So I don't accept that type of behaviour from my email service.
Google are an advertising company.
There are search engines that don't store ANY of your personal information, such as your IP address. I support these organisations rather than google.
A google browser does indeed send a shiver down my spine at the amount of information it will gather on you.
After all, despite the release of Chrome in the future, I'll end up using Safari as a default after trying Chrome. Safari just works in Mac, and I can't be happier with Safari for browsing. Firefox is customizable but it feels heavy and clumsy when surfing with it.
"Firefox is customizable but it feels heavy and clumsy when surfing with it"
How is a web browser heavy and clumsy? I hear this a lot about FF but I don't really understand what it means. I use FF soley because the adblock is better than safari's version. Surfing the net without an adblocker feels heavy and clumsy
About bloody time, been waiting for some positive news on the OS X Chrome front.
It's bloody fast on Windows, I just begrude having to run a VM to use it.
And to all the haters don't forget it is an open source browser like Firefox, and like Firefox can be tweaked and recompiled. So if Google really is spying on all your browsing someone out there will no doubt have a recompiled version that doesn't out shortly after Chrome on OS X's release. Possibly even before.
It's bloody fast on Windows, I just begrude having to run a VM to use it.
And to all the haters don't forget it is an open source browser like Firefox, and like Firefox can be tweaked and recompiled. So if Google really is spying on all your browsing someone out there will no doubt have a recompiled version that doesn't out shortly after Chrome on OS X's release. Possibly even before.
New browser
Of all the things to move into, a new browser seems fairly unimportant.
Sure, this will be fine for Google, another revenue stream and eventually Microsoft IE will be gone as well as Safari, leaving Chrome and Firefox.
And that's fine.
But when a new browser advocate says that one of the feature will prevent one tab crashing to cause the crashing of the entire browser is pretty -- yawn -- unexciting.
I'm trying to remember when Firefox last crashed. Once in a great while, but never while doing anything important -- usually just moving around too fast.
But, quit/reload Firefox (all of a second or two) and Firefox restores previous session.
New browser seems very unexciting for consumer. Fine for Google.
Of all the things to move into, a new browser seems fairly unimportant.
Sure, this will be fine for Google, another revenue stream and eventually Microsoft IE will be gone as well as Safari, leaving Chrome and Firefox.
And that's fine.
But when a new browser advocate says that one of the feature will prevent one tab crashing to cause the crashing of the entire browser is pretty -- yawn -- unexciting.
I'm trying to remember when Firefox last crashed. Once in a great while, but never while doing anything important -- usually just moving around too fast.
But, quit/reload Firefox (all of a second or two) and Firefox restores previous session.
New browser seems very unexciting for consumer. Fine for Google.
As was pointed out, it's open source. *Everything that it does* is public information. There's no mystery here, no hidden conspiracy. It's just code, I've got a copy of it on my computer since I was curious about it.
If you feel they're slipping changes not in the open source code into the release version, build your own copy. The instructions are easy to follow.
I agree there is no mystery in what googe do and I agree that google will not try to "slip" anything into the code etc. My problem with google as a whole is their monopolising efforts. That is simply too much power (information is power and advertising is big money) for one company to posses. If chrome was revolutionarising the web browser then I would not have any complaint. But chrome comes from Google's need to be involved in everything you do online; a need born not from improving your web browsing experience (that crash tab thing is not a major enhancement and will probaby end up in FF and IE) but from wanting you to spend as much time on google software as possible to increase their advertising revenues.
Firefox was developed to be a great web browser. Chrome was developed for commercial reasons. Thats what I have a problem with.
All I want is a super simple, fast browser. Just the basic plug-ins I need to view web pages. I don't need any of the other fancy customizations, etc.... For god's sake, please let it be Chrome.
looking forward to this. competition is nice. if this turns out to be good, it will help push to make safari better also
It would be great if Safari would copy the threaded tabs and placing tabs at the top of the window like Chrome. On a space constrained MacBook the extra space saved by having tabs above the address bar would be most welcome!
Google Monopoly
Here's a good account of the DOJ threats:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-02/ff_killgoogle
Here's a good account of the DOJ threats:
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/17-02/ff_killgoogle
Can't wait!
I have been using Google Chrome on my PC at work ever since it came out. It's the first browser I've ever used that truly competes with Safari's simplicity and speed. Before Chrome came out, I used Safari for Windows exclusively.
Honestly, I couldn't be more excited than I am for Chrome to come to the Mac.
Godspeed Mike Pinkerton! Cannot wait to see where you guys take this...
I have been using Google Chrome on my PC at work ever since it came out. It's the first browser I've ever used that truly competes with Safari's simplicity and speed. Before Chrome came out, I used Safari for Windows exclusively.
Honestly, I couldn't be more excited than I am for Chrome to come to the Mac.
Godspeed Mike Pinkerton! Cannot wait to see where you guys take this...