Filed under: Macintosh, Google, Beta, Browsers
Say hello to Google Chrome for Mac, now in beta
by Jay Hathaway Dec 8th 2009 at 1:35PM
Google's Chrome browser has finally reached beta for Mac, just in time to meet Google's target "late 2009" release date. Chrome is ultra-fast -- it even feels a little bit faster than the developer previews we've been testing -- and seems on par with Safari and Firefox in terms of compatibility with most sites. It passes the Acid3 test and handles HTML5 audio and video quite smoothly.
The Illusionist's Dream is a simple platformer; you play as a magician who needs to get through each level by transforming into any number of animals that you encounter along the way.
Each animal can do different things; the butterfly can obviously fly, but if it encounters a frog, the frog eats it, and you have to start over again. There's also a fox that runs fast and leaps far, but it eats any rabbits that cross its path. That means that, if you may need to be a rabbit later on, you need to take that into account ...
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Me said 2:52PM on 12-08-2009
I can't believe this thing has been in development for this long without a bookmarks manager. It's completely useless without one.
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Thomas Houston said 2:54PM on 12-08-2009
Love how fast this is, though really wish we could test out extensions on the mac version.
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Evenio said 5:56PM on 12-08-2009
Don't worry — judging by Google's past history in Mac development, we'll only have to wait until, say, late 2011 or early 2012 for extension compatibility.
Josh said 3:18PM on 12-08-2009
Useless in its current state if you want more than barebones browsing.
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Thomas Houston said 9:34PM on 12-08-2009
Ah, but the browsing is so fast, and having firefox closed speeds things up considerably.
Josh said 9:37PM on 12-08-2009
The problem is that I am not a barebones browser. Most of my frequented sites are customized to the max through Stylish and Greasemonkey. Ads are... yeah. Even the interface is customized to perfectly suit my browsing needs. In its current state, Chrome can't offer this. I will gladly sacrifice a bit of speed for the power and customizablitiy that I need.