Chrome "Dev Build" Released

Zebede · 9 Jun 2009 at 15:38

It seems Google have put up a development build of Chrome for OS X for testing.

It's very buggy (features such as Flash, full screen browsing, favicons and some preference access don't work quite yet) but it seems fast, and the UI is rather nice.

Here is the link: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac

And here is a link to a review with a screenshot of it running: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10257538-2.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

TriedandTested · 24 Jun 2009 at 15:25

Anyone had much of a play with this?

NickK · 24 Jun 2009 at 15:31

Err it's a web browser - what is the difference to me as a user?

fez · 24 Jun 2009 at 15:44

Its faster, the interface might be to your liking, new features.

Zebede · 24 Jun 2009 at 15:58

It seems they are releasing nightly builds to get more bugs ironed out efficiently.

http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-mac/

It still lacks some privacy features but it is certainly coming along.

mr.sly · 24 Jun 2009 at 16:27

Still lacks Flash support though.

I can live with bugs and a few missing features but not having Flash means I couldn't switch to it for my main browser just yet.

Burnsy2023 · 24 Jun 2009 at 16:30

I like Chrome on Windows, but with Safari 4 on Mac, it'll need to do more to win me over.

Logsi · 24 Jun 2009 at 17:01

Safari with Webkit nightly builds is the way forward!

Very fast.

May give chrome a go though!

MuGeN · 25 Jun 2009 at 11:51

if only safari 4 could run firebug that'd be me converted in a heartbeat... although i like tab mix plus and a few other bits and bobs firebug is just too outrageously useful to not use it...