Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by xaverius » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 12:01 PM UTC

Google Chrome Canary Build
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Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by Groxx » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 1:00 PM UTC

A slightly-more-frequent-dev-release Chrome which can be installed along-side a regular Chrome (stable/beta/dev). Neat. Windows-only for now, sadly.

I wonder why "Canary", though...?

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by balac » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 1:09 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #2

A slightly-more-frequent-dev-release Chrome which can be installed along-side a regular Chrome (stable/beta/dev). Neat. Windows-only for now, sadly. I wonder why "Canary", though...?

It is probably referring to the coal mine canaries that would die before you did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_Canary#Miner.27s_canar...

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by csytan » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 1:12 PM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #2

A slightly-more-frequent-dev-release Chrome which can be installed along-side a regular Chrome (stable/beta/dev). Neat. Windows-only for now, sadly. I wonder why "Canary", though...?

Canaries were once used as an early warning system in coal mines since they had a much lower tolerance of toxic gases like carbon monoxide. A dead canary meant to "get the hell out" as soon as possible.

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 1:49 PM UTC

What is the current stability state of extension syncing? And is anyone working on a third party or self hosted sync platform? I don't really want or need my extension data or private bookmarks stored on Google's servers.

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by Timmy_C » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

I like that they've broken away from the alpha/beta/RC/RTM naming conventions.

Maybe this symbolizes a shift away from waterfall software development.

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by DotSauce » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 4:43 PM UTC

Chrome developers needs to adopt something similar to Firefox's upcoming Tab Candy feature: http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/07/23/tab-candy-firefox/

The app tabs simply do not compare.

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 26, 2010, 6:31 PM UTC

csytan wrote: post #4

Groxx wrote: post #2

A slightly-more-frequent-dev-release Chrome which can be installed along-side a regular Chrome (stable/beta/dev). Neat. Windows-only for now, sadly. I wonder why "Canary", though...?

Canaries were once used as an early warning system in coal mines since they had a much lower tolerance of toxic gases like carbon monoxide. A dead canary meant to "get the hell out" as soon as possible.

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Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by joshu » Tue, Jul 27, 2010, 3:17 AM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #2

A slightly-more-frequent-dev-release Chrome which can be installed along-side a regular Chrome (stable/beta/dev). Neat. Windows-only for now, sadly. I wonder why "Canary", though...?

It's from internal Google jargon. Typically builds that break early, like the canary in a coalmine.

Re: Google Chrome Canary Build

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Post by Timmy_C » Thu, Jul 29, 2010, 12:06 AM UTC

Timmy_C wrote: post #6

I like that they've broken away from the alpha/beta/RC/RTM naming conventions. Maybe this symbolizes a shift away from waterfall software development.

I don't know why this got down-voted. It's mere speculation. If you know something about Google's software development practices that I don't, please chime in.