Good. I can ignore it then and tell people our site works in safari and if it does not in google chrome I can forward them to google tech support!
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Google Cofounder On Lack of Mac Chrome Browser: 'It's Embarrassing'
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Good. I can ignore it then and tell people our site works in safari and if it does not in google chrome I can forward them to google tech support!
I'll bide my time - based on the reviews I've seen Chrome is unpolished. Awesome, and wickedly forward-looking, but unpolished.
I'd rather the OS X and Linux versions include some additional development anyhow - my suspicion is that they might come out with the first upgrade to the Windows version, and then everyone will be running the same version on all three platforms, e.g. Chrome 1.1 or something like that.
I'd rather the OS X and Linux versions include some additional development anyhow - my suspicion is that they might come out with the first upgrade to the Windows version, and then everyone will be running the same version on all three platforms, e.g. Chrome 1.1 or something like that.
Oh I agree. But for IE, v.4 was the first (IE) version worth a damn. It didn't suck nearly as a bad as the earlier versions. But it still sucked.
But my point was that it took Microsoft two years to reach that point (of less suckiness). It didn't happen "within weeks", which is apparently the time frame that some seem to think it should take to produce a polished product. (Those that think that are living in La La Land)
A lot of you are asking why Google didn't wait until the Mac or the Mac and *nix versions were ready to do the release...
Must I remind you of the IMMENSE difference in the installed base for Windows versus Mac OS X? You also have to look at the fact that this is a beta. They would prefer to have more technical users installing and using this browser so that the software breaks, shows its flaws, gets exploited, and otherwise falls apart so they know what they need to do to fix it. You're going to find a MUCH higher number of users capable of this running Windows than Mac simply because of the market share.
I see this as a good move, actually. Get all the bugs worked out of the underlying tech during the Windows beta and apply that to the other versions, especially the Mac edition of Chrome. After all, thanks to Apple we kind of expect a lot from the software that runs on our well-designed operating system. If Chrome is buggy in its first release on the Mac platform they are bound to lose a large potential user base as a result even after the public beta ends.
Must I remind you of the IMMENSE difference in the installed base for Windows versus Mac OS X? You also have to look at the fact that this is a beta. They would prefer to have more technical users installing and using this browser so that the software breaks, shows its flaws, gets exploited, and otherwise falls apart so they know what they need to do to fix it. You're going to find a MUCH higher number of users capable of this running Windows than Mac simply because of the market share.
I see this as a good move, actually. Get all the bugs worked out of the underlying tech during the Windows beta and apply that to the other versions, especially the Mac edition of Chrome. After all, thanks to Apple we kind of expect a lot from the software that runs on our well-designed operating system. If Chrome is buggy in its first release on the Mac platform they are bound to lose a large potential user base as a result even after the public beta ends.
Just to clarify, as you echoed on the edit, the Linux source code covers only the Chromium browser engine and not the browser itself. Currently, there's no way to run Chrome outside Windows.
Amen to that. And: Seeing how a) Chrome is open source, b) Google is known to listen to users' complaints and c) they have to be quick in the quickly evolving browser market of today, it won't take long for fixed versions to come out for Windows, with OS X and Linux versions to follow soon thereafter.
On an unrelated note, which Google C*O does one have to bug to get an OS X version of Picasa 3? I played with it in an XP VM and found it much more intuitive to use than iPhoto '08.
Interesting topic. I use a PC at work (Win XP Pro) and an iMac at home. I love Safari, and I have no intention of switching to anything else on my home 'puter. On my PC at work, I use IE 8 beta, and I love it too - for use on Windows. Both are very good, IMHO.
I can't wait for Safari 4.0
Rich
I can't wait for Safari 4.0
Rich
Well, and they can be the beta guinea pigs to deal with the missing features.
Perhaps figured that there was more opportunity for a decent windows browser.
Just like everything else that Google does? Seems to be a trend...and Mac support has always been shoddy from Google (if it ever materializes). There STILL is not a Picasa editor for Mac, and the uploaders (both the iPhoto plugin and the standalone) quite often crash. They FINALLY got a Mac contacts sync working, and then MobileMe broke it again. And the list goes on...
EDIT: Corrected to say "They FINALLY got a Mac contacts sync working". AFAIK they STILL do not have a calendar sync, and the contacts sync is only one-way.
ProTip: If it's going to be a matter of months, don't bug the team every day about it. It will prevent them from focusing and guarantee they ship something inferior. Instead, check with them every couple weeks.
It's all marketing, right? They know how many people use Windows. He can say it's embarrassing - infact he was probably told to do so. It placates all us Mac users. The simple fact is, they want to get it to as many people as fast as possible.
How do they do that? Windows version now. Everything else later. That's the reality I think!
How do they do that? Windows version now. Everything else later. That's the reality I think!
Im using Chrome now on my XP laptop, and all I can say is wow! Its so easy to use, and the way it incorporates the google search engine is brilliant. Cant wait for the mac version, Ill definetly be a "switcher" from safari to chrome when the time comes. My prediction is that this will eventually be the dominant browser for PC's/Macs; it just feels like a game changer
i think some of you guys underestimate the difficulty of porting of a js engine. I previously said about 3 months, and assume google is prioritize it. They have largest search base in the world, they sure know more than us if OSX version is a priority for them.
lets just say I don't agree. fast browsers exist for years, that would be opera, it didn't change anything as far as I can tell.
lets just say I don't agree. fast browsers exist for years, that would be opera, it didn't change anything as far as I can tell.
Any company worth its weight can produce multi-platform software and release it simultaneously...so that means that more than half the companies out there basically suck. IMO.
You, sir, are missing the point entirely.
How many copies of FC, Pro and Express, do you think are out there? All version combined.
Now compare that with, say, MS Office. There are a LOT more people who use/need Office apps than high end video editing. Do the same for Photoshop and, say, iPhoto, or any other basic photo organizer with minimal editing built in (color adjustment, cropping, etc).
Just because you can't fill 100% of the needs of 100% of the users doesn't make the jump in usability going from a web tablet type device to a "mini computer" with desktop office apps and an offline/online syncing file system.
And, btw, a Huyndai and a Porsche both fill the same need: they get you from point A to point B. The Porsche can "do more" but that doesn't make it any more useful to MOST people. You can't drive it over the speed limit any more legally than any other car, and most people have no interest in going 0-60 in under 5 seconds. They do care that a Huyndai fill the same basic need at 1/10th the cost, though.
Same goes for a $200 web tablet that can use Google Apps offline, as well as normal web browsing, and possibly integrates Abobe AIR for more offline utility. The software is all free, and the hardware is less than an MS Office license by itself.
Oh well, I couldn't care less. I wouldn't swap my de-Googled Firefox for anything
Let me get this straight...you hate Google enough to remove all Google functionality from your web browser, but you're actively promoting the use of Google and nothing else in your signature?
Hm.
As to the article, even though this browser does not interest me at all, it's still pretty sad that they have to spend a few extra months on top just to get the Mac version going...especially when the co-founder (who I assume has some sort of power still?) finds it embarassing that there isn't one.
Google don't do thinks on the mac quickly or if at all as they are such good
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google wants to take MS and roll all over them not apple.
I'm sure there has been a few shared people on this project all they want is IE market share Apple of course has safari and google are happy for them to keep that.
most other Google apps have a Apple own version so why P&*s of a friend by muscling in
friends
google wants to take MS and roll all over them not apple.
I'm sure there has been a few shared people on this project all they want is IE market share Apple of course has safari and google are happy for them to keep that.
most other Google apps have a Apple own version so why P&*s of a friend by muscling in
But WHY release the Windows version now, rather than keeping that a secret until all 3 were ready?
Months?!?
Wow.
Agreed, Littleodie.
From a PR standpoint, seems it would have been better to delay any launch (especially since the public wouldn't even know about any delay) until all platforms were supported.
Is it possible MS has their hands ($$$) in the cookie jar?
But surely the fact that their cofounder is using Macs proves that Google is at least going to be interested in providing native Mac apps in the future.