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Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by mitjak »

mdemare wrote: post #8

Hope there will be customizable search from the address bar, like in Opera, or with Keywurl in Safari. I looked into the extensions API, but didn't find any hooks.

Nightly builds of Chromium have had that implemented for about a month now.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by bretthoerner »

maxer wrote: post #20
cookiecaper wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.

Im waiting for the full release- have you tried chromium- is it worth it?

> have you tried chromium

That's what he was talking about.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by rsanders »

swombat wrote: post #18
bvttf wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like it's using Keychain, reading passwords I saved in Safari too.

I'm not using Keychain, though, but 1Password...

Safari doesn't really "support" 1Password. They had to hack their way. Ask the 1Password guy when he'll support Chrome.

Lastpass is already there: http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-.... Though it crashes instantly for me.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by prakash »

ottbot wrote: post #11
prakash wrote: post #10

epi0Bauqu's DuckDuckGo is available as one of the search engine options.

Chrome will automatically add a site's search to the list of available engines when you visit it. So you'd have to visit DuckDuckGo first to have it available.

thank you for letting me know. good catch.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by jsrn »

cookiecaper wrote: post #13
catch23 wrote: post #3

their nightly builds have always been available and stable enough for normal use.

I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.

Apart from Chromium, there are also Chrome .deb packages:

32 bit: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstab...

64 bit: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstab...

I've used the 32 bit package on Ubuntu (9.10 beta) and Debian testing the last weeks, no problems so far.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by cookiecaper »

maxer wrote: post #20
cookiecaper wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.

Im waiting for the full release- have you tried chromium- is it worth it?

Chromium is the development branch's name; official "Google Chrome" releases are just snapshots of this project perhaps with additional branding installed. That's how I understand it, anyway. So yes, I've been using Chromium the whole time.

I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs around, etc.), and this makes it much more pleasant to use.

I switched because Firefox was crashing incessantly because Arch linked it against an incompatible (newer) version of SQLite. When Chromium crashes, just the tab goes down. This is so nice.

I haven't experienced much crashing though. The only problems I've had were a one-time bug that snuck into the build where it wouldn't special-case your keystrokes in a text box so it would read out shortcuts while you were typing (meaning backspace made the page go back) but this is expected and it was fixed in the next build (which I downloaded immediately, naturally) and problems with Flash.

In the build I'm using now, Flash behavior is erratic; sometimes the buttons will work on YouTube and sometimes they won't. Zoomify's buttons never seem to work. Also, occasionally a video will lose sync with its audio and start playing about five seconds before the audio kicks in. As such, if I want to watch something on YouTube, I often find myself using Firefox to do so. If you're a big YouTube or Flash user you might be too annoyed at this to switch. Otherwise, I heartily recommend it.

Re: Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)

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Post by bobbyi »

cookiecaper wrote: post #27
maxer wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Im waiting for the full release- have you tried chromium- is it worth it?

Chromium is the development branch's name; official "Google Chrome" releases are just snapshots of this project perhaps with additional branding installed. That's how I understand it, anyway. So yes, I've been using Chromium the whole time. I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs aroun…

Chromium is the 100% open source version of Chrome. The branding (including logo) and license is the distinction.
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