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And .... still no linux build.

There are builds of Chromium for Linux. It's just in pre-alpha and lack everything except for very basic functionality (no tabs yet). So far, the omnibar works, pages render well, and it feels very fast.

Ubuntu builds repository to keep up on the progress: https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa

or Mac :(

A significant amount of work is going into both those builds but a lot more is needed. As much as I love having a multiprocess browser the V8 JS engine is the real heart of gold of chrome, and that is cross platform. Just nothing uses it besides chrome as far as I know. I do know that the next Mozilla JS engine feels to me at least (and if you benchmark different apps) just as fast. So the next firefox will be on par with speed and it will be cross platform. It will just have tabs that are not as cool.

Why won't it have cool tabs? Or do you mean in comparison to Chrome?

Well, FF 3.1 (or 3.5, whatever) will have an improved tabbing system, including the ability to drag tabs out of the window to create new windows, etc, but they will still lack the inherent feature that, IMO, makes Chrome a real innovator: per-tab processes. That's really the single-biggest feature that I would love to see in Firefox.

If not for a few must-have plugins that keep me coming back to Firefox, and of course the lack of Linux support, I would have switched to Chrome the moment it came out on that single feature alone.

Ditto, per process tabs are something that someone should have thought of a long time ago. As soon as they drop a Linux version I'm switching.

Firefox (and all other mozilla browsers) can't even have multiple processes sharing the same profile period. It's ridiculously lame.

As I recall, the bleeding-edge Safari, Firefox, and Chrome JS engines are all pretty competitive. IE and Opera are behind in public, but Opera is writing a new engine. The multiprocess structure and UI are the only real advantages Chrome has left from my point of view.

Totally worthless. Out of beta and no Mac? C'mon guys!

http://stainlessapp.com/ - at version .5, an interesting Mac alternative.

That looks quite interesting, thanks for that.

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