Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by cookiecaper on Saturday October 24, 2009 @05:58AM
(#900311)
I've been using the nightlies on Linux the last few weeks and have had very few problems. Much more stable than Firefox right now due to a packaging error by Arch.
Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by cookiecaper on Saturday October 24, 2009 @02:08PM
(#900758)
Chromium is the development branch's name; official "Google Chrome" releases are just snapshots of this project perhaps with additional branding installed. That's how I understand it, anyway. So yes, I've been using Chromium the whole time.
I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs around, etc.), and this makes it much more pleasant to use.
I switched because Firefox was crashing incessantly because Arch linked it against an incompatible (newer) version of SQLite. When Chromium crashes, just the tab goes down. This is so nice.
I haven't experienced much crashing though. The only problems I've had were a one-time bug that snuck into the build where it wouldn't special-case your keystrokes in a text box so it would read out shortcuts while you were typing (meaning backspace made the page go back) but this is expected and it was fixed in the next build (which I downloaded immediately, naturally) and problems with Flash.
In the build I'm using now, Flash behavior is erratic; sometimes the buttons will work on YouTube and sometimes they won't. Zoomify's buttons never seem to work. Also, occasionally a video will lose sync with its audio and start playing about five seconds before the audio kicks in. As such, if I want to watch something on YouTube, I often find myself using Firefox to do so. If you're a big YouTube or Flash user you might be too annoyed at this to switch. Otherwise, I heartily recommend it.
Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by the_real_r2d2 on Saturday October 24, 2009 @07:02AM
(#900344)
I will keep using Chromium (and manual updates if necessary) until Google releases an official beta. I do not why but I trust more in the developers in Chromiun that in Google itself.
Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by MikeCapone on Saturday October 24, 2009 @03:42AM
(#900245)
Glad they finally added the "backspace makes you go back a page" keyboard shortcut. That was my biggest problem with the Chromium nightlies and the Alpha...
Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by tumult on Saturday October 24, 2009 @05:28AM
(#900302)
The Developer Channel version of Chrome is updated (while it is running, without a restart) every week or so, from previous Chromium builds. You might not even notice it happen.
Re:Google Chrome released for Mac (Official Developer Build)
by toisanji on Saturday October 24, 2009 @02:55AM
(#900219)
Its looking pretty good, the only thing I can see missing is that there is no per tab process viewer. I will do a complete switch over to chrome once 1passwd and an adblocker are ported over.
I like how you say it as if it was temporarily disabled because it had a bug or something when in reality it wasn't implemented.
32 bit: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstab...
64 bit: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=unstab...
I've used the 32 bit package on Ubuntu (9.10 beta) and Debian testing the last weeks, no problems so far.
That's what he was talking about.
I think it is worth it. It performs much, much better than even the nightly builds of Firefox. The interface is also exceedingly faster than Firefox's interface (moving tabs around, etc.), and this makes it much more pleasant to use.
I switched because Firefox was crashing incessantly because Arch linked it against an incompatible (newer) version of SQLite. When Chromium crashes, just the tab goes down. This is so nice.
I haven't experienced much crashing though. The only problems I've had were a one-time bug that snuck into the build where it wouldn't special-case your keystrokes in a text box so it would read out shortcuts while you were typing (meaning backspace made the page go back) but this is expected and it was fixed in the next build (which I downloaded immediately, naturally) and problems with Flash.
In the build I'm using now, Flash behavior is erratic; sometimes the buttons will work on YouTube and sometimes they won't. Zoomify's buttons never seem to work. Also, occasionally a video will lose sync with its audio and start playing about five seconds before the audio kicks in. As such, if I want to watch something on YouTube, I often find myself using Firefox to do so. If you're a big YouTube or Flash user you might be too annoyed at this to switch. Otherwise, I heartily recommend it.
Lastpass is already there: http://blog.lastpass.com/2009/10/lastpass-for-google-chrome-.... Though it crashes instantly for me.
http://twitter.com/swombat/status/4965038124
It was quickly surpassed feature and stability wise by the daily builds and somewhat difficult to find on the chromium site.
That's a link to nightly Chromium mac builds. I've been using that for the past several months.
Best I can find for the former: http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/lastp...
I looked into the extensions API, but didn't find any hooks.
So you'd have to visit DuckDuckGo first to have it available.