Will Google Chrome be Your New Browser?

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/19697/' target='_blank'>http://macdailynews.com/index.php/w...comments/19697/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Brian Rakowski, Chrome's product manager, said the company wants to release Chrome for Mac and Linux before the first half of 2009 is up," Stephen Shankland reports for CNET."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1231809698.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p>My use of Google products is slowly increasing, but I really like the interoperability of Safari with my iPhone (the main reason I don't use Firefox). This will probably keep me from using <a href="http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/features.html" target="_blank">Chrome</a> much, but I'm sure I'll check it out to see if I like it. How about you? Is Safari your browser of choice or do you experiment?</p><p><em></em></p>

[doogald]

I tried Chrome on Windows and it seemed fine. I seem to keep switching between Safari and FF; I like that I can use MobMe to sync bookmarks in Safari (I use Foxmarks for that in FF), but after a while all of the ads start to bug me (ESPECIALLY intellitxt - GRRRR). But then I find that FF really slows down and just doesn't work the way I would like.

I'm sure that I will kick Chrome's tires when it comes out, though.

[serpico]

I'm sure I'll try Chrome as well. I go between FF and Safari, not sure why, they seem to be both the same. I don't use FF extensions except for Adblock Plus, but Safari uses the a similar script. Hmm, I've used Chrome in Windows before but still use FF. I think I got back into Safari because of speed, but Safari seems to crash more often than FF even when 2 tabs are opened. It happens on many different sites not one, so could be a java script or something. I'm curious about trying other browsers again like Opera or Camino.

[Tim Williamson]

I've used Chrome a bit, and it seems fine, but doesn't have a lot of features I can get with FF extension yet.

What did you mean with this statement? "I really like the interoperability of Safari with my iPhone (the main reason I don't use Firefox)." I have an iPhone, but don't have a Mac, so I'm not sure what kind of interoperability you get with a Mac.

[Janak Parekh]

What did you mean with this statement? "I really like the interoperability of Safari with my iPhone (the main reason I don't use Firefox)." I have an iPhone, but don't have a Mac, so I'm not sure what kind of interoperability you get with a Mac. Right, I have the same question. The only interoperability I can think of is MobileMe bookmark syncing, which is very nice, but other than that, Chrome uses WebKit as its underlying renderer, just like Safari.

--janak

[Pony99CA]

I've used Chrome on Windows. I even gave it a good shot one time because my Firefox was crashing almost every time I downloaded a file. I found Chrome couldn't render one of my simple Web pages correctly, but more annoying was that I couldn't find a way to open links in a new tab where the new tab became active (the link would open in the new tab, but then I'd have to click on the tab to see the page).

I'll stick with Firefox for now, especially as the crash seems to have been fixed in the latest update.

Steve

[Macguy59]

Depends on how fast it renders under OS X. It screams under Vista. I want my browser to be fast and stable. The added bells and whistles don't do much for me.