Last week I explained how you can use the beta version of Safari 4 in order to have your tab bar at the top of your web browsing window. Another browser that has the same feature, plus a number of other ones unseen in other browsers, is Google Crome.
Chrome's minimal interface on Leopard
By looking at the Google Chrome website it would seem that the browser is only available as a download for Windows, but contrary to what the site might make you think, it is not hard to download the OS X version of Chrome. To use it, you need to get the “developer release,” which is available for download from Google here. Although the release is really intended for developers, there’s no reason why most people couldn’t use it for their regular browsing.
But, since it is a developer release, you will notice that a few things aren’t completely finished. At this point in development the browser is slightly lacking in plug-ins. The current release doesn’t include:
- support for Java applets
- support for QuickTime movies
- a built-in PDF reader
Two other drawbacks to be noted are that printing does not work at all, and many of the advanced preferences are disabled. But aside from that, this release of Chrome is extremely fast and very stable. It launches almost instantly, and it’s multi-process architecture means that a crash caused by one tab won’t affect the browser or any other tabs you have open.
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