Beta Beat: Google Chrome beta for Mac available

Hmm...I don't know about Chrome really being faster than Safari. Maybe once the page actually starts loading, but every time I open Chrome it takes about a full minute to resolve a non-existent proxy, the settings for which are either disabled or not included in the Prefs menu. Super lame. I'll stick with Safari.

I tried to import Firefox's bookmarks, history etc. Chrome worked for a long time consuming lots of CPU, and crashed before the importing finished.

Actually, it's much FASTER than Safari on my 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iMac. No comparison!

I do miss my 1Password integration though - that's a bummer.

but...i have been running google chrome beta on my mac for quite a while now. is this a new version?

Yup. You summed it up exactly. Tiny details that improve the user experience without finding it necessary to get all up in your face about it are the biggest reasons I'm a Mac user.

I really don't understand why people continue to use PC's in spite of so many compelling reasons not to. But I also don't understand how a person could look at Chrome with all those themes (and yes, I checked out every one of them) and not see anything except ugly, tacky and anti-mac.

But I don't need to. It works for me.

Wow guys. Give Google a chance...

This is a Beta, so of course a lot of essential features are missing.

I've been using Chrome on Mac since early Alpha (compiling my own builds) purely for the speed.

Google took the infamous Webkit and optimized it to a ridiculous amount. Resulting, Chrome is faster than any browser out for Mac.

Chrome also touts several great features other than its premiere speed such as tabs being their own processes and the Omnibox (which is your address and search bar in one, but sections and highlights URLs according for domain recognition).

In short, if you care about speed - use Chrome.

I've been using it for awhile and really like it a lot. But, I have many folders of bookmarks all labeled according to subject. In all other browsers I can "open all in tabs" the contents of any folder. I can't with Chrome and this I find annoying.

However, it's my main browser.

wtf is this bull? Half the major features are missing. Extensions is a MAJOR one. And a bookmark manager! I like chrome but really google?

This thing is a CPU hog! Fan keeps revving up all the time while browsing, even on modest web sites.

Not so with either Firefox or Safari.

Speed is ok, but I'm pretty sure Safari on the Mac is very, very fast, too. At last that's what it feels like - and feeling is king.

No bookmark manager?

Why does my font size keep reverting back to size= indecipherable?