Google Chrome Alpha builds arrive for OS X and Linux, no flash support
Google Chrome Alpha builds are now available for OS X and Linux, but Google tries to warn away everyone who isn't a developer.
Google's Chromium blog announced late yesterday that Google Chrome is now available in an early developers-only Alpha release for both Mac OS X and Linux. The post is actually titled "Danger: Mac and Linux builds available," and warns that the software is "So incomplete that, among other things, you won't yet be able to view YouTube videos, change your privacy settings, set your default search provider, or even print."
No YouTube video viewing really means that Google Chrome for Mac and Linux doesn't currently support Flash. This also means, however, that it is incredibly fast. I've installed it on my MacBook and am currently writing this blog post using it. So far, so good, but if you download it and give it a try, keep in mind, it very well may crash on you and act unstable. If you do give it a try and you experience any oddness, please do share in the comments below.
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srcasm
(10:42 AM on Fri Jun 5, 2009)
Alright, so I've loaded Chrome up and boy is it FAST! Firefox has some laggy issues sometimes but Chrome is lightening speed. Lets see how fast they roll out plugins (like Flash) for this thing.
themartorana
(12:36 PM on Fri Jun 5, 2009)
I do think that as features are added - plugin support (Flash), phishing filters, spell checking fields, etc. - the things you find in say Safari 4 or the latest Minefield builds (which are both significant speed bumps over their predecessors) that Chrome will come down in speed to be around the same place as say Safari 4. Although, that's just conjecture.
Anonymous (9:05 PM on Fri Jun 5, 2009)
I doubt it'll drop in speed as much as you're thinking -- a large part of what Google's done is rendering and JavaScript optimization, and I think a large part of that is what we're seeing right now.
'Cause golly-gee willickers, it's DamnFast(tm).
ZK@Web Marketing Blog
(12:14 PM on Wed Jun 17, 2009)
The best features by far are the Incognito Mode, Single Address/Search/History bar, and the new download manager. Oh, and it's pretty snappy to boot. But, to get me to switch full-time, there'll have to be some more developer tool integration. But, keep in mind that this is a beta project so I have high hopes that FireFox will finally have met it's match. Oh, and as an added benefit, DevCentral works GREAT in Chrome!