Google releases Google Chrome for Mac beta

Mac Daily News ^ | Tuesday, December 08, 2009 - 12:44 PM EST

[Swordmaker]

"73,804 lines of Mac-specific code and 29 developer builds later, we're excited to finally release Google Chrome for Mac in beta," so sayeth John Grabowski and Mike Pinkerton via the Official Google Mac Blog. "We took a hefty dose of goodness from the Windows version to build a fast, polished browser for Mac -- with features such as the Omnibox (where you can both search and type in addresses), themes from artists, and most importantly, speed."

MacDailyNews Take: "Hefty dose of goodness from the Windows version?" Sounds like Word 6. Yuck.

"We also took great care to make Google Chrome a native application for Mac," Grabowski and Pinkerton report. "For example, we integrated the Keychain into Google Chrome for Mac, and incorporated Mac-style animations when you open the Bookmarks bar."

For more details on today's beta release of Google Chrome for Mac, check out the video below:

Direct link via YouTube here.

Full article here.

More info and download link for Google Chrome for Mac beta here.

[Swordmaker]

Google Chrome for Mac BETA now available... PING!

Google Chrome Beta for Mac Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[UCANSEE2]

Google Chrome has the appearance of a ‘newbie website’.

It seems rather amateurish and unpolished, as if done on the cheap.

The biggest question I have is what purpose does it serve?

[DemonDeac]

Safari more than does the trick for me. Chrome would have to really revolutionize things to make me want to swithc.

[Swordmaker]

The biggest question I have is what purpose does it serve?

Promotion of Google???

[nightlight7]

The main problem with it is that each tab has its own process. That doesn’t work for my use of Mac browser to keep various tech references (e.g. iPhone SDK docs) open while programming (since the built in xcode doc viewer is horrible). With 8-12 browser windows (one for each sub-area of interest) and each 6-8 tabs per window, browser would use up to ~100 processes (with all the memory & CPU overhead that goes with each). That’s absurd. Combined with the annoyance of having Google spyware on the system all the time, I’ll keep Safari.

[Mr. Blonde]

Still using Chromium which allows extensions. That allows me some of my favorite things. Adblocking, I forget how much I like it until I use a browser without it. But Chromium also has the speed of Webkit and allows me to resize the text input areas on Web sites. Firefox has an addon for that, but it is less artful than the built-in feature on Safari and Chrome.

[6SJ7]

The main problem with it is that each tab has its own process.

It does seem wasteful, but it fits with Google's longer term browser-as-OS model. Its advantage is you can crater one tab, but the other browser tabs being their own process, are unaffected.

[Star Traveler]

Some previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
at least by Star Traveler

• Who Can Kill the iPhone?
• Apple's iTunes overtakes Amazon in overall music sales
• Apple iPhone expected to drive mobile phone industry toward fancier touch screens
• Apple devotees rush stores for iPhone
• Mac users 'ecstatic' about new Apple Store
• Jobs Is Back, Apple's Still Standing, Life Goes On
• Out with Treos, in with iPhones
• Letters from Microsoft: An Employee Tosses His Zune
• Apple's 99-Cent Apps Are Too Cheap, Microsoft Says
• ONE IN FOUR SONGS IN U.S. BOUGHT ON iTUNES
• "APPLE HAS CHANGED THE WAY THE GAME IS PLAYED", says MSFT Win Mob chief
• iPhones Cause People To Talk Less
• GROKLAW’S EXCELLENT TAKE ON THE RECENT PSYSTAR SHENANIGANS (Apple Computer)
• PSYSTAR HIT WITH $5K FINE FOR DISCOVERY ABUSE (Apple Computer)
• INTEGO SPOTS MALWARE BLOCKER IN SNOW LEOPARD (Apple Mac OS X)
• Parallels to make switching to the Mac easier, safe and painless
• THE IPHONE & STEVE BALLMER: IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO EAT SOME SERIOUS CROW
• An in-depth look at Psystar’s legal defeat at the hands of Apple
• Has Palm finally given up on the great cat/mouse/iTunes chase of ‘09?
• Jobs’ Personal, Terse Reply to Developer [Apple Computer]
• Android goes for iPhone weak spot: porn apps [Porn is iPhone Killer?]
• Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market
• Apple's iPhone On Its Way To Becoming The Microsoft Windows Of Mobile
• Is Apple the Mobile Walmart?
• Apple's Base Stations Have Three 802.11n Streams [Faster WiFi on Apple]
• Analysis: Apple Embraces The Cloud, Positions Mobile With Lala Deal [Extends iTunes]
• Forget The iPhone: The iPod touch Is Where It’s At
• >All Hail the iPod touch
• Apple Bans Another Developer, 1000+ Apps Pulled [Developer scamming reviews]
• Lala purchase may hint at the coming of the rumored iTunes Replay service
• Dragon Dictation comes to the iPhone. Wow. [iPhone Talk-to-text]
• Apple can be copied, but can it be beat?

[Star Traveler]

Some more previous Apple articles posted on Free Republic...
these by Swordmaker

• Parallels 5 boasts huge speed improvement
• Bizarre lawsuits connect Apple with Sarah Jessica Parker, Lil' Wayne
• Amid Transition, Rivals Are Descending on Apple
• First iPhone [Jailbroken] worm discovered - ikee changes wallpaper to Rick Astley photo
• Apple releases Mac OS X 10.6.2
• Is Snow Leopard the new Vista?
• Apple tablet could cement Jobs' legacy
• Apple releases Safari 4.0.4 for Mac and Windows
• PEDRAZA VS. MACINTOSH: WORMS IN THE APPLE
• Microsoft Patents Sudo?!!
• Apple Crushes Clone Maker [Psystar] in Court
• Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast -- What? You're Surprised?
• AT&T, Apple Accused in suit of misleading consumers
• Tests: Windows PC "crapware" adds 2 minutes boot time Apps on Win 7 PCs still slow vs Apple
• iPhone owners demand to see Apple source code
• Apple Set to Propose Damages in Psystar Case
• Another iPhone worm, but this one is serious
• Apple Moves for Permanent Injunction in Psystar Case
• Nearly half the money spent at US retail on desktop PCs goes to Apple
• Failure to launch: Would-be ‘Mac cloner’ Psystar sold just 768 PCs with Apple’s Mac OS X installed
• The Apple Tax Revisited
• Apple moves to kill second Psystar lawsuit
• Psystar, Apple enter partial settlement to cease clone Mac sales
• Psystar agrees to pay Apple $2.7M in settlement
• The great iPhone death watch
• Apple releases Java for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.5 updates
• Apple Told To Pay Patent Troll OPTi $21.7 Million (AAPL)
• Verizon Droid ad calls Apple iPhone "tiara-wearing digitally clueless pageant queen"
• Attention Apple legal: Kuhgar tries selling Dell Mini 10v preloaded with Mac OS X Snow Leopard
• The Causality Behind Apple's Success
• Windows 7 Family Pack Dissapears For the Holidays
• Apple sued for infringing digital camera patent with iPhone
• Apple and Google and Microsoft sued over icon issue
• Danish Police Department depending on Macs to manage the Environmental Conference
• VisiCalc creator Dan Bricklin: From killer app to iPhone app
• Google releases Google Chrome for Mac beta
• Apple releases FOUR updates... time to see if your Mac is included by clicking on Software Update
• Apple Argues to Include Rebel EFI in Psystar Injunction
• THE MURDER OF MY NEW COMPUTER
• Two cool iPhone apps: one you want, one you need