TekkieBob - All Things Tech!

Official Google Mac Blog: Google Chrome for Mac goes beta! Now that Chrome is Beta on the Mac, there are some things you may wish to know. I have been using it for a few weeks now as my primary browser. Pros: Fast! Fast! Fast! Tabs work well. If a page crashes, it is just the tab not Chrome. Also Tabs can be saved etc, much like Safari and FireFox. Themes. Cute touch. I like the Brushed Aluminum theme. Cons: Still Beta. A few bugs and features missing. (Bookmark management for one.) Have you tried it? You like, hate, don't care... Love to hear your comments!

There may be times when you find a website while using Safari and would like to see it in Opera or Firefox. (Developers like to do this to see how pages render on different browsers.) A quick, simple, and easy way to do this is simply to drag the URL from the address bar to the browser on your dock and Viola! The webpage will open in the other browser.  This also works with bookmarks too.  Just open your bookmarks folder and drag the book mark to the other browser.

Here is the Opera test.  Performed the best so far.  Interesting.  Any thoughts anyone?

Well, I downloaded Google Chrome, the new browser from Google.  Currently it is only available for M$ Windows XP/Vista, but they are planning Mac and Linux versions soon. Seems to be an OK browser for the 5 minutes I spent with it.  I installed it in Windows Vista running under VMWare on my Mac. Observations: Small download - less than a Megabyte Straightforward GUI - very simple layout Seemed to render pages fairly quickly Pages seemed to render OK.  I did not run the Acid 3 test yet. More when I get a chance to play with it.  I'll also try to post a screencast when I do. Cheers!