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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crazypenguin said 8:03AM on 4-07-2009
dang, i was going to switch to chrome, but no flash? are you serious? thats ridiculous
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jigme said 8:45AM on 4-07-2009
i know! what self-respecting tech company would release a browser that doesn't run Flash??
Randy said 9:26AM on 4-07-2009
I know a number of people who would consider lack of a Flashplugin a plus in Chromes favor.
MattNico said 12:44PM on 4-07-2009
@jigme: Google didn't release this browser. This is still Alpha stuff. The post even says that Google didn't get this working themselves.
KyleJL said 4:13PM on 4-10-2009
@jigme
Apple. ;)
David Allouch said 8:32AM on 4-07-2009
Looks like they have no id whats they are doing. Tested it. Could have been a first project of a college student.
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Travis Bell said 8:36AM on 4-07-2009
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.
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Andre said 8:49AM on 4-07-2009
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.
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Belted87 said 10:35AM on 4-07-2009
@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)
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hc00jw said 10:44AM on 4-07-2009
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!
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jigme said 11:03AM on 4-07-2009
ok, dude: relax - joke! (at Apple's expense, not Chrome's, as it goes...)
Shunnabunich said 11:34AM on 4-07-2009
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?
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dgtljunglist said 2:14PM on 4-07-2009
THIS IS NOT CHROME.
This is Chromium. The release is unofficial and unsupported.
Please fix the article before further confusion abounds.
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lilykudrow said 6:54AM on 4-17-2009
Is google Chrome innovation or emulation?
http://www.techunits.com/content/2026/is_google_chrome_innovation_or_emulation?
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