Chrome Is Cool, But No Mac Version Yet
Yesterday, the internets were all a-flutter about Chrome, Google’s new surprise web browser. Sure, I downloaded it, like everyone else, and I was impressed by its rendering speed. I used it for a few hours without any problems at all. It works with every site I tried it with, and speedily. I’m especially juiced about the JavaScript JIT engine called V8, and the fact that each tab is its own process, separate from other tabs. But here’s the rub: for now, it’s Windows-only. How can this be? It’s built on top of WebKit, which is Apple’s updated version of KHTML, and both run on OSX and Linux. So what gives, Google? I know they say that there will be OSX and Linux versions “soon,” but how long is that? I found directions for building Chromium, which says on its homepage, “Google Chrome is built with open source code from Chromium.” So I downloaded all the source code and tried to build it. Here’s 2,000 words about how it went
I guess I’ll just have to wait for the official OSX release.
Legacy Comments
mac linux chrome (chi) — October 1, 2008 at 10:56 AM
chromium, the open source version, is available for both mac and linux made by the guys at codeweavers.
joeygibson — October 1, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I tried building Chromium once, but failed. As for the Codeweavers “port,” I knew about it, but haven’t checked it out yet.