Google Chrome for Mac
Yesterday was (finally!) released Google Chrome for Mac.
I had heard about Chrome for some time now, but well, i have a Mac, and at work we are behind lots of security rules that prevent us to install anything. So i never really put my hands onto it. But finally, yesterday it came out.
Another Google tool to try out… and add to my collection of everyday Web apps? (GMail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Analytics, …). Nothing sure yet.
Chrome
Let’s see.
Installation, all good. First launch, all good, all my bookmars and form entries are retrieved from Firefox, i connect to my Gmail, it seems to go a little bit faster. I try Twitter… and surprise, it cannot be accessed. But neither is it possible with Firefox, so…
I run some basic tests: counting the time to fully download a page, Chrome looks slightly faster. It is also less prone to failure and crashes: each tab runs in its own process, meaning that if one tab is blocked, you can just close the tab / kill the process. The other tabs won’t be affected. (so far, with IE or FF, if you have one problem on one tab, its the whole browser you have to close).
Google Chrome for Mac is still in beta. Extensions (plugins) are not available yet, althought i already saw plugins for del.icio.us, IETab, … Apparently, the bookmarks manager is not yet accessible, so you can’t really manage your bookmarks. But all in all, even though i’m missing my favorite plugins, i prefer Chrome.
The main reason is probably that i’m getting more and more Google-addicted… but soon enough we’ll talk about Google dependency.
