Google Chrome run natively (most of it, anyway)

After much lamenting and a few attempts, Google Chrome can finally be run natively in OS X. Kind of. Don't get us wrong, it works: it starts up fast and runs one process per window, just like the Windows version. But there are a few glaring holes, the lack of plugins (and therefore Flash, which means no YouTube) being one of them. The History, Bookmarks Bar, and Preferences screens don't work either, which makes this not much more than a proof-of-concept still: it can run natively, but you wouldn't really want to.

It's too bad Google hasn't gotten this working themselves sooner. Maybe they've just been too busy lately taking care of panda-obsessed AIs.

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Source: http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-on-mac-os-x-first-i…

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lilykudrow

Is google Chrome innovation or emulation?
http://www.techunits.com/content/2026/is_google_chrome_innovation_or_emulation?

April 17 2009 at 6:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

digitalrift

THIS IS NOT CHROME.

This is Chromium. The release is unofficial and unsupported.

Please fix the article before further confusion abounds.

April 07 2009 at 2:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Shunnabunich

Remind me again how long it took them to get Chrome finished on Windows? Do they just have the one Camino guy working on the Mac version in the darkest corner of their offices, or what?

April 07 2009 at 11:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

hc00jw

Did anyone actually commenting on this article actually read it? It has no flash because it's in development, not released, and as Google have not released the browser, comments on whether they are self respecting or not regarding it's release are moot. And Chrome is the most innovative browser out there at the moment, if you have no idea of the underlying technology that powers it, why make flippant comments comparing it to first year college projects?

Shame on people for commenting on matters they obviously have no idea about!

April 07 2009 at 10:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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jigme

ok, dude: relax - joke! (at Apple's expense, not Chrome's, as it goes...)

April 07 2009 at 11:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Belted87

@Andre, this doesn't require GU because this isn't an official Google release, it's just someone who compiled Chromium and made the executable available (the article should make this clearer IMHO)

April 07 2009 at 10:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Andre

Does this require the "Google Updater" program that runs on your Mac in the background (even when you're not running the app)? If so, I won't ever be installing this, even if it's the best browser out there.

April 07 2009 at 8:49 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Travis

Mike Pinkerton, the lead behind Camino, who is now working on Chrome at Google has been posting random updates about their progress. You can read about them here ( http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/pinkerton/ ) and on his Twitter, here ( http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton ). Specifically, read here ( http://twitter.com/mikepinkerton/status/1390157251 ).

If you follow his Twitter, he's actually posted blips and blurbs quite regularly.

I guess my point to mentioning all this is the assumption you guys are making that they aren't working on it. They are, just be patient.

April 07 2009 at 8:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

David Allouch

Looks like they have no id whats they are doing. Tested it. Could have been a first project of a college student.

April 07 2009 at 8:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

crazypenguin

dang, i was going to switch to chrome, but no flash? are you serious? thats ridiculous

April 07 2009 at 8:03 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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