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Google Announces Chrome For Mac and Linux Dev Builds
Dan Kegel (who admits to being a Chrome developer) writes to point out a post from Mike Smith and Karen Grunberg, Product Managers for Google Chrome, with some good news for non-Windows users who want to play with Chrome: "In order to get more feedback from developers, we have early developer channel versions of Google Chrome for Mac OS X and Linux (for a couple of different Linux distributions), but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software." (The announcement continues below.)
"How incomplete? 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.
Meanwhile, we'll get back to trying to get Google Chrome on these platforms stable enough for a beta release as soon as possible ..." The downloads are available through the Chrome developer's channel.
Meanwhile, we'll get back to trying to get Google Chrome on these platforms stable enough for a beta release as soon as possible ..." The downloads are available through the Chrome developer's channel.
Quote: "How incomplete? 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."
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What the hell did they release? A box of crayons where you have to draw the Internet manually?
Why would I need this? I already have a webkit browser with tabs on top.
Because you want one that doesn't suck.
Yes, you do seem to have some rendering problems yourself.
I'll just wait for the final release.. can't take to long.
The "monoculture" of firefox-icefox-ubuntufox-iceweasel.... ? :)
"[...]but whatever you do, please DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software."
Of course I do. I used Windows 95 for years!
They say it like it's something dirty!
Girl: "Mom, I've got a new boyfriend."
Mum: "Really, pumpkin?"
Girl: "Yes. He's a Chrome developer!"
Mum: "Oh!" *faints*
Dad: *finally looks over his newspaper* "Straight to your room YOUNG LADY! You're grounded for a week with no telephone!"
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I'm posting using Google Crone, it's probably a bug
You've found a browser that actually works with Slashdot? I'm amazed :)
$ apt-get install chromiunm
I tried that but all I got was a stupid scrolling arcade game. :(
Forget thrust, drag, lift and weight. Airplanes fly because of money.
Yes, hurry up with that.... so you can keep them in BETA for 5+ years afterwards. :p
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IAEATMTWPOA (I always expand abbreviations, thereby mooting the whole point of abbreviations)
PPC: Power Personal Computer
x86: 8086, 80186, 80286, 386, 486, 586, 686 etc. (et cetera)
OS X: Operating System Ten
Mac: MacIntosh
DON'T DOWNLOAD THEM! Unless of course you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.
How ironic, they announce new Mac and Linux versions and tell you not to download them unless you use Windows.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Chromium will not send any data to anyone.
Yes, it's awful, it won't even send the data to the screen! When you type in a URL in the address bar, Chromium will retrieve the data and then KEEP IT TO ITSELF. It will smugly show a blank screen instead of showing the data. I think I even heard a satisfied snort from it.
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