Google Chrome for Mac OS X
Apparently, Google Chrome Will Have Extensions by May. That’s great news for those of you on Windows – even if you’re not running Google Chrome as your default browser, it’s only getting more powerful (and a viable alternative to either Firefox or Internet Explorer).
However, Google Chrome has yet to ship for Mac OS X. There’s half-assed efforts that allow you to run Chrome through a virtual machine, but there’s no way I’d ever do that with any browser (nor would I recommend that course of action).
There’s a sign up page for the first Chrome beta, but look how long it took Google to port Picasa to Mac OS X? Some people have pointed me to Stainless, but I find its UI less-than-impressive. Not to say that Google Chrome for Windows would win any awards, but… the feature set is rather tough to beat.
Until then, I suppose I’ll stick with WebKit nightlies (in the hopes that they’ll adopt a few of the smarter features from Chrome at some point in the future). I asked my Twitter followers what they thought, and the responses were certainly mixed:
Are you using Google Chrome – or am I the only one who really wants to see it running on Mac OS X?
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7 Comments
AGeeksLife
February 5th, 2009
at 7:11pm
Firefox 3 has problems Safari is OK but needs more…
Chrome Save Us Mac Users!
Cory
February 5th, 2009
at 7:19pm
Thats one more reason to switch to Windows, LOL!!!
Andrew D
February 5th, 2009
at 7:20pm
I tried out the google chrome beta for windows, and while it does have very impressive features and speed, I just can’t stand the UI. Until that changes, I don’t think I’ll be switching.
Liyan
February 5th, 2009
at 7:55pm
I’m going to stick to Firefox and Safari for now. I only use Chrome very occasionally now.
Obi-John
February 5th, 2009
at 8:12pm
I’ll probably stick with Safari, but competition is good.
Libby
February 6th, 2009
at 6:56am
Somebody’s gone ahead and built the latest Chromium Mac release, and… I don’t know, I think the UI is a lot clunkier than Stainless.
http://blueberryware.net/2009/01/28/google-chrome-mac
petes2cents
February 8th, 2009
at 10:52pm
I brag all the time to my wife (the MAC user) about Chrome, but she has not been able to try it, on her G5… I for one love Chrome and also have just started to use Flock and am very happy with it also. I was finding FF to be crashing a lot more lately, so I switched.