Google Releases Chrome for Mac Beta

[hhaeschen]

2: Get Glims and it changes the search bar on the right to something more like FF/Chrome. Not ideal but better.

That is nowhere near the address bar search function within FF. This feature might very well be a reason for me to switch from Safari to Chrome (given that there are no huge disadvantages with other things).

 

[RyanR.]

Downloaded it tried it out... Naa, it's not for me. Way slow compared to safari.
Thought I might keep it because of a few work sites, but they still looked scrambled. They only work on EI and EI no longer works on Mac's..

 

[adztaylor]

The Chrome icon looks like a Pokemon ball thingy.

 

[*LTD*]

I will say that if I had to use any other browser than Safari, it would probably be Chrome. Is that saying a lot? I don't know.

 

[subaqua]

quick startup / active directory login fails

I installed this 30 minutes ago and initially I have noticed:

- very fast startup compared to safari (on my mbp 4,1)
- when i visit sites which require active directory authentication
(e.g. username: mydomain\my_userid )

I am unable to get it to log me in. Firefox and Safari both work perfectly.

So, at this time it is a show-stopper because many of my work related sites require me to authenticate.

Subaqua...

 

[*LTD*]

That's rather ominous.

 

[pcorajr]

I'm very wary of Google applications since Google Earth 5 started shipping with that Auto-Update rootkit.

Does Chrome carry the same payload?

Rootkit lol wtf?

 

[adztaylor]

I will say that if I had to use any other browser than Safari, it would probably be Chrome. Is that saying a lot? I don't know.

I whole heartedly agree with this.

 

[xef6]

Doesn't seem to be as fast as Safari for some things, especially image-heavy pages, however it is pretty nippy. The top-bar is a bit bigger than I'd like, even with the top-mounted tabs; when Safari had similar tabs for a brief period, it used less vertical space overall.

Very promising though, I currently use Camino for quickly opening a second browser window on my other screen, Chrome may take that spot in the future.

You might have a different setup than me, but it's a whole pixel taller than my Safari.

 

[HONDAxACURA]

Doesn't make a difference to me. I think it's a little faster than Safari.

It's also not running on 64-bit. Hopefully they can work on this. If it uses less memory than Safari, I'm a happy person!

 

[miketcool]

I can't believe that the same people around here that hate Android and say it is slow, buggy, and unusable would install a browser from the same company on their Macs.

I guess it is just funny how some people like certain products and hate others. I still use Safari and it works fine for me.

How is being critical of every product funny? Wouldn't blindly approving every product be more humorous? I can like my MBP but hate the iPhone. I can like Android and hate Youtube. I can like my Toyota Celica but hate the Toyota Yaris.

I supposed because you like Safari, you love Apple's HiFI?

 

[djon41]

So they say.. but it doesnt work.

http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200812/make_safari_open_targeted_links_in_new_tabs_instead_of_new_windows/

worked perfectly for me. thanks to whoever mentioned it!

 

[*LTD*]

You might have a different setup than me, but it's a whole pixel taller than my Safari.

It doesn't seems as tall because it uses a much lighter colour/shade than Safari. Safari's top end stands out a fair bit more and thus, at least to my eye, seems larger.

 

[acfusion29]

The favicons need to go... so ugly.

Other than that, I like it.

 

[amirite]

You might have a different setup than me, but it's a whole pixel taller than my Safari.

It's actually quite a bit smaller if you don't show the bookmarks bar. People are just trying to find something wrong with it.

 

[star-fish]

... and not having a bookmark manager is just plain annoying.

It's unacceptable. I'll no longer use Chrome until it's upgraded.

Who uses bookmark managers tied to a browser any more? That's what delicious and the hundreds of other similar sites out there are for.

I'd be annoyed if I couldn't access my home bookmarks at work, or wanted to show my friend a video I found randomly (on their computer), or access my bookmarks between laptops, or access my faves at my parents' house - and couldn't. What would you do if your computer completely died?

 

[inkswamp]

I'll wait for others to check it out before I bother. Google has lousy desktop software and I sure in the hell don't feel like being their guinea pig.

 

[*LTD*]

It's actually quite a bit smaller if you don't show the bookmarks bar. People are just trying to find something wrong with it.

Then what happens if I want the Bookmarks bar? The Bookmarks bar is the height of convenience, in any browser.

 

[Jayomat]

C'mon Apple.....

@:

PLEAAAASSEEEEEE PLEAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE add the
"dynamic-bookmarks-search" when I start to type something in the addressbar....

where is the problem? it's so annoying to go to -> bookmarks and type it in the upper right searchbar. You cannot search for a name you gave a certain bookmark, the address will only show up if you type in THE EXACT (WTF) addresse....

this is the only thing I don't like about safari... FF has it (although I don't wanna use it, too "heavy"), chrome has it...

when chrome leaves betastatus and safari is still lacking this feature,.. I have to leave safari behind...

 

[thisgoesto11]

I've built some websites on iWeb with audio clips and Chrome doesn't seem to be playing any of the audio files. Doesn't even show the "quicktime" play/pause/progress bar. Anyone know what's up with that?

 

[Kidman13]

Loving the speed but the missing bookmark manager really kills it. I mean it automatically imports bookmarks from firefox and safari, and now everything is one big mess. You can't even delete a bookmark! What type of crap is that...

 

[amirite]

Then what happens if I want the Bookmarks bar? The Bookmarks bar is the height of convenience, in any browser.

I don't really use it. Just click bookmarks in the menu, or create a new tab and the bookmarks bar is there.

 

[Analog Kid]

Huh, what's wrong with autoupdate? And I think you'll be fine as long as you wear a tinfoil hat, which I assume you do

It can update nearly any type of software, including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications. Update Engine can even update multiple products just as easily as it can update one.

http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/

Basically a system process that any app can subscribe to and point to a server to download patches.

Nothing, and I mean nothing should have the right to update root owned applications on my system.

Google is lending their good name to any hack who wants to point at a malicious server. There's no reason for it and it's a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[*LTD*]

@:

PLEAAAASSEEEEEE PLEAAAASSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE add the
"dynamic-bookmarks-search" when I start to type something in the addressbar....
:

Doesn't Safari already do this?

 

[flyperson]

Someone's on the rags.

Nice piece of misogyny there Mr Fish; I wonder where you are located - somewhere in the 1970s would be my guess!?