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Early Builds of Chromium Browser for the Mac Available

themoonisdown09 said:
So are you saying that Google should have started with the Mac version before the PC version? That would be dumb on their part. They simply started with Windows first, since they have a slightly higher market share, and have since moved onto creating the Mac version.
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Where in my post did I say that Chrome should've been on Mac first? Huh? I never said that. I simply said that Mac users always have to wait much longer for simple software to be released after Windows has had it for sometimes more than a year. It's just a web browser, it should've been on both platforms at the same time just as Firefox was developed.
 
Yeah, just what I need - more Google stuff. These guys are seriously on the edge of becoming the next Microsoft. There only problems I ever have with Safari or Firefox end up being compatibility issues with some crap site that only works with Internet Explorer. Considering Chrome has even less of a market share, I have no interest in some new browser that just makes that game even harder.
 
HLdan said:
Where in my post did I say that Chrome should've been on Mac first? Huh? I never said that. I simply said that Mac users always have to wait much longer for simple software to be released after Windows has had it for sometimes more than a year. It's just a web browser, it should've been on both platforms at the same time just as Firefox was developed.
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It's not like Google has infinite resources to throw at the problem... It makes the most sense to have the people who wrote the Windows version write the Mac version (otherwise they'd behave differently, and then what's the point?)... It's not like you can just recompile for Mac and it just works... In an ideal world, you have a language or platform that is platform independent (what Java touts) and then you don't have this problem.
 
AmbitiousLemon said:
Its being developed by the same guy who develops Camino, so as the project matures you should expect a similar level of polish and features.
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That's good news, though I'd rather use the original, Camino. At least I get a better design (if the Mac's version design is similar to the Windows version) and well, more privacy. I just don't like to be tracked. Like trojans in Windows. Brrrr....Bad memories.:)
 
So far so good I guess.
 

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Michael CM1 said:
Yeah, just what I need - more Google stuff. These guys are seriously on the edge of becoming the next Microsoft. There only problems I ever have with Safari or Firefox end up being compatibility issues with some crap site that only works with Internet Explorer. Considering Chrome has even less of a market share, I have no interest in some new browser that just makes that game even harder.
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Google becoming "next Microsoft" by releasing a new browser? How's that exactly?

Nearly all of the browsers out there are based on a few rendering engines - Trident, Gecko, and WebKit being the main three. Both Safari and Chrome are built on WebKit. So the web developers really need to test the compatibility against these main rendering engines, not each browser out there.

More user choices and competition in browser space is good, and it ensures we don't end up with de-facto monopolies, like IE 4 years ago!
 
The tab bar is just TOO bulky for me. I LOVE the new style with the tabs at the top, but I like it better the way Safari does it. Gives me extra screen space!
 
VSMacOne said:
The tab bar is just TOO bulky for me. I LOVE the new style with the tabs at the top, but I like it better the way Safari does it. Gives me extra screen space!
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At least the Chrome method doesn't confuse normal interface guidelines by leaving in a place to drag the window. I do think that the command bar needs a small text/icons mode, at the moment it seems really bulky.
 
NO PowerPC VERSION = DOA

Prediction:

Like most of Google's latest Mac offerings, there is no PowerPC version meaning Safari and Firefox will for a long LONG time have better marketshare and Chromium will be DOA and ignored by most Mac users as a result.
Only PC switchers will consider it.

I fear the same fate awaits Snow Leopard, the Leopard that PowerPC users expected, ya know, the one that's optimized and fixed. HAha!

I was wondering why the Camino project seems to have stalled.
Thanks Google... NOT!
 
When it's finished I will look into axing firefox as my secondary browser.
I use Safari 4 primarily.

I like that when a tab crashes in Chrome it doesn't crash the entire browser, firefox takes forever to launch and I like the whole tabs on top thing.
 
HyperZboy said:
Prediction:

Like most of Google's latest Mac offerings, there is no PowerPC version meaning Safari and Firefox will for a long LONG time have better marketshare and Chromium will be DOA and ignored by most Mac users as a result.
Only PC switchers will consider it.

I fear the same fate awaits Snow Leopard, the Leopard that PowerPC users expected, ya know, the one that's optimized and fixed. HAha!

I was wondering why the Camino project seems to have stalled.
Thanks Google... NOT!
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I wonder if it's possible to compile a PPC (or Universal) build with the current source code?
Any news or rumors on that subject?
 
Chrome is my browser of choice on my work Windows machine. It's really fast and is a little less buggy than Safari 4, which I also use. I've got Firefox on both my Windows machine and my iMac and while I like the extensions available for it, I find it runs "heavier" and slower on both my machines. Sometimes I have to use it, however, for certain websites as a few won't load in Safari.
 
HLdan said:
I'd say too little too late. I'm tired of companies making us Mac users wait for simple things like a web browser while the Windows community gets it all first. We are almost into 2010, Macs are no longer toy to tinker with that nobody hardly uses, they are major player now and Apple is quite iconic. If certain companies want to continue doing this I will just use other Mac software. Safari 4 is great contender. ;)
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There are more than 1 billion PCs in the world, Windows holds roughly a 90% market share (and that is very unlikely to change), 1% goes to Linux and OS X shares the rest with all other platforms.

It might be just me, but I think it makes perfect sense for large corporations to focus on the lion share of users. And the fact that Macs now can also run Windows either natively or through virtualization makes it even harder to build a business case for OS X ports.

This would probably change if OS X was also available for other OEMs, but Apple being the elitist club that they want to be and that does not play well with others, we all have to live with the rather limited choice of OS X software.
 
Mitch1984 said:
When it's finished I will look into axing firefox as my secondary browser........ firefox takes forever to launch and I like the whole tabs on top thing.
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When it's finished, few people will even bother to check Chromium out, many won't even be able to run it, at least 25% of the Mac population.

And Firefox 3.5 does NOT take forever to launch.
Download the latest beta and you'll see what I mean.
Google is wasting their time with this project, but obviously have ulterior and high suspicious motives, TO WATCH YOU ONLINE.

I for one don't like that at all.

Thank you Big Brother Google..... NOT!
 
HyperZboy said:
Prediction:

Like most of Google's latest Mac offerings, there is no PowerPC version meaning Safari and Firefox will for a long LONG time have better marketshare and Chromium will be DOA and ignored by most Mac users as a result.
Only PC switchers will consider it.

I fear the same fate awaits Snow Leopard, the Leopard that PowerPC users expected, ya know, the one that's optimized and fixed. HAha!

I was wondering why the Camino project seems to have stalled.
Thanks Google... NOT!
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Snow Leopard will be Intel only. PPC is dead and for the last 3 years, people have been switching to Intel. The fact that some people are hanging onto their PPC really won't have much of an impact, especially when SL is released.
 
xUKHCx said:
I wondered how long it would be before copyng claims were made. Any specifics points you would like to claim or just a blanket statment. Generally with os' browsers etc if a feature is good it will get absolved into all the other similar pieces of software.
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I don't think it is a coincidence that there has been a drastic change in safari's UI right after Chrome broke through with it's innovative design. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple is working on each tab being a seperate process either, albeit it was MS who started that first with IE8 beta.
 
Winni said:
There are more than 1 billion PCs in the world, Windows holds roughly a 90% market share (and that is very unlikely to change), 1% goes to Linux and OS X shares the rest with all other platforms.

It might be just me, but I think it makes perfect sense for large corporations to focus on the lion share of users. And the fact that Macs now can also run Windows either natively or through virtualization makes it even harder to build a business case for OS X ports.

This would probably change if OS X was also available for other OEMs, but Apple being the elitist club that they want to be and that does not play well with others, we all have to live with the rather limited choice of OS X software.
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Great, I'm glad you feel the need to defend something that's not working out for you as a Mac user. Interesting how this forum cries foul when Adobe comes out with the Windows versions of their software a year or two before the Mac version but some of you will support a web browser coming to the Mac long after a year since it's inception on a different platform.
 
I just don't see a huge market for this on the Mac. Firefox is robust and extendable and Safari is fast and lean with a few higher end features. Chrome is just fast and lightweight (and has the worst bookmark management ever conceived by man).
 
Damn you guys need to loosen up a bit and stop drinking so much Apple kool-aid. I love Safari 4 too, but Chrome being developed for the Mac is still awesome. Thank you so much Google.

Be happy we have so many browser choices. And GOOD browser choices at that.
 
HyperZboy said:
Prediction:

Like most of Google's latest Mac offerings, there is no PowerPC version meaning Safari and Firefox will for a long LONG time have better marketshare and Chromium will be DOA and ignored by most Mac users as a result.
Only PC switchers will consider it.

I fear the same fate awaits Snow Leopard, the Leopard that PowerPC users expected, ya know, the one that's optimized and fixed. HAha!
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LOL Sounds like someone is stuck with old PPC Mac, and doesn't want to join the rest of us in the 21st century. I got a news for you - PPC is dead.. irrelevant.. And Snow Leopard will only cement its death.
 
The Flashing Fi said:
Snow Leopard will be Intel only. PPC is dead and for the last 3 years, people have been switching to Intel. The fact that some people are hanging onto their PPC really won't have much of an impact, especially when SL is released.
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My late model PowerMac G5 is far more powerful than the original Mac Mini X86 and probably still more powerful than the original MacBook.

Who's computer is more dead?

Chromium, just like Snow Leopard is destined to FLOP!

Who will pay $129 for BUG FIXES ?!? LMAO

It's not a coincidence that mostly PEECEE switchers here are raving over Chromium. Well guess what, PEECEE switchers DO NOT make up the vast majority of Mac users. Sorry to inform you of that.
 
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