Google Chrome Beta

mr.sly · 8 Dec 2009 at 17:51

Google Chrome Beta is out now for Mac OS X and Linux. It's still missing the bookmark manager and extensions aren't available just yet, they're working in the nightlies so hopefully it won't take long for them to show up as well.

mr.sly · 8 Dec 2009 at 19:00

knowledge123 said:
What's the big draw of Chrome? Is it the fastest? I'm tempted to grab the nightly

The speed difference between Webkit and Chrome nightlies probably isn't noticeable. But Chrome is definitely faster at loading, opening new tabs and general performance so far, even with extensions installed.

mr.sly · 12 Dec 2009 at 18:31

Chrome is based off Webkit so it uses the same web inspector unfortunately. I'm not sure if there's any add-ons yet that expand on it for Chrome.

mr.sly · 14 Dec 2009 at 12:45

Yeah there is no status bar in Chrome. You should have a small status bar appear in the bottom left when you hover over links or when a page is loading.