Whoa. Didn't it just come out?
I'm really, really surprised they haven't pushed out an official Mac version.
Many techheads on the bleeding edge (and the ones that tend to push new technology) use the Macs.
I'm really, really surprised they haven't pushed out an official Mac version.
Many techheads on the bleeding edge (and the ones that tend to push new technology) use the Macs.
b) Chrome is not a competitor to IE or Firefox or Safari or any other traditional browser. It is a competitor to Windows and OS X and other operating systems that is being snuck in wearing a very unconvicing mask with a picture of a web browser on it.
Hence, Chrome rescues users (developers?) from IE.
As for your b)... I agree totally. Chrome is nothing but an application delivery platform for Google apps that is disguised as a browser. Which is all the more motivation for Google to pursue bundling deals with OEMs.
If the Google name gets people who currently use IE to try out something else, that's a win for web developers.
Chrome is different than the other browsers in its slimmed-down interface, sure. But as other browsers, and the computers they run on, get faster and more compliant, the advantage that Chrome has over them as a client for web applications will erode. Apparently FFX 3.1 Beta 2 already has a faster js engine than Chrome's beta did.