It may not be much to look at yet, but the first screenshots of the in-development version of Chrome for Apple computers have surfaced.

The current builds are very, VERY early along, showing just the basic framework that will become the final version of Mac Chrome. So, there's basic tab support, the first attempt at a user interface, and a barely-working page renderer. Some pages will display, but more often than not the rendering engine crashes spectacularly. While this will obviously be fixed before there's any kind of public release, it's a testament to the coders that even now, when the renderer crashes a tab, the rest of the browser stays solid and keeps running.

Besides the rendering problems, just how basic is this Mac port so far? Sure you can move your mouse cursor around the screen, but the developers haven't hooked up the code for handling clicks yet, so you won't get very far navigating without a keyboard. Despite limits like this, it looks like the team working on the project is making steady progress at a decent clip. You can check out the developers' documentation for status updates on all the different ports of Chrome, but it's a bit of technical read. It looks like the final release, or even a stable beta, is still a long way off, so don't hold your breath.

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