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Google Chrome released for Mac
Google has released an official developer preview of Google Chrome for the Mac. Rather than digging through nightly development builds, you can download the developer preview of the WebKit-based browser at Google's official webpage.Chrome sports several features similar to Safari 4 in Snow Leopard, such as sandboxing - each tab runs as its own process, so if one crashes, it doesn't bring down the whole browser. It also sports the "tabs on top" interface present in some builds of the Safari 4 beta released earlier this year. Some people hated tabs on top in Safari, but others eventually got used to it and even missed the feature when it was omitted from the final release of Safari 4; if tabs on top is your thing, then Chrome has you covered.
Chrome supports importing bookmarks, settings, and history from whatever browser you're currently using, so if you're curious to see how it runs on a Mac, go ahead and give it a try. Let us know in the comments if you run into any issues.
[Via Download Squad]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
PR0F3TA (PSN - PROPHETA) said 5:35PM on 10-23-2009
well then i guess its bye bye Safari for now, but if things don't work out then please still be around.
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Jash Sayani said 5:41PM on 10-23-2009
I love Safari 4. Its just awesome. I use Firefox so I can clean all my cookies/history (for private browsing).
Not sure about Chrome, but am giving it a try. Here's how it looks on a Mac:
http://emberapp.com/jashsayani/images/chrome-mac/
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Manu said 6:16PM on 10-23-2009
Chrome has come a long way and it has turned out to be a speed daemon :). Only the extension system is disappointing. Considering that safari has no official extension system, chrome wins on that count too. Just has to beat firefox now.
For a comprehensive review of chrome, checkout my review. (of a very recent nightly build)
http://www.manu-j.com/blog/google-chrome-mac-review/375/
Jash Sayani said 6:44PM on 10-23-2009
Damn! Chrome is fast and awesome. My primary browser now.
All setup - http://twitpic.com/mnd0g
SireB said 9:09PM on 10-23-2009
Is your profile pic for real?
Jash Sayani said 5:55AM on 10-24-2009
@SireB: Yes, why?
Dr. Who said 2:19PM on 11-12-2009
I think it looks like a passport photo more than an avatar.
Rob Tinsman said 5:53PM on 10-23-2009
Not on my mac. Something aint quite right. /tmp/SnapNDrag577/screenshot_06.jpg
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Buckingham said 6:04PM on 10-23-2009
Can I look over your shoulder?
Willson Smith said 6:07PM on 10-23-2009
Looking pretty nice so far, it's too bad it isn't 64-bit for SL.
I'm looking forward to finding how how to skin it.
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John.B said 6:13PM on 10-23-2009
This isn't a release.
It isn't even an eternal beta (which Google is so famous for).
This is just a developer preview.
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jesus torres said 6:38PM on 10-23-2009
Gotta love that bullshit title.
macserv said 10:12PM on 10-23-2009
Hehe, yeah... "We obviously want everyone to use it and add to our numbers, but hey, if it eats your hard drive, we *told* you it was a developer preview."
Ryan Trevisol said 10:20PM on 10-23-2009
Yep, the clickwhores got me in here with it. And I downloaded it anyway. I liked it, but it wasn't enough better than FF3.5 to get me to switch.
Zachary Waldowski said 10:28PM on 10-23-2009
You mean Firefox 3.5, the worst piece of Carbon software for the Mac other than Microsoft Office 2008?
Cowicide said 11:44PM on 10-23-2009
agreed, bullshit titles make $$$ though, huh... i also wasted my time clicking this link only to find it's only a developer release.
Correction:
"Google Chrome developer version released for Mac"
but, that won't whore in the linkbait money with that honest title i suppose...
Ryan Trevisol said 12:30AM on 10-24-2009
It may not be the "best" carbon software but it's got Ad Block Plus, the aforementioned Alt-Cmd Arrow feature, DownloadHelper, and FireBug.
*shrug*
bobics said 12:47AM on 10-26-2009
Agreed, misleading blog post title.
MRCUR said 7:22PM on 10-23-2009
Oh come on TUAW, how about a tiny bit of research before making a post? First of all, the title of this post is horribly misleading. This is *NOT* a "release" in any way. This isn't even a build meant to be generally available. IT'S FOR DEVELOPERS! This is also the SAME build which was found a few months ago. Come on now TUAW, stop being full of #FAIL.
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Bobnease said 7:26PM on 10-23-2009
Isn't this kind of old news? I've been running the OS X Dev preview for a few months now, and I got the link from TUAW:
http://www.tuaw.com/2009/06/05/google-chrome-developer-preview-unofficially-released/
Granted, I guess it was an "unofficial" Dev release, but still.
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