Google Chrome [Beta] for Mac
Honestly? For a geek like me, yes! I really have enjoyed the last couple days of playing with Chrome for Mac. I do find myself bouncing back to Safari and Firefox for some frequent tasks but all in all, I find the new browser very satisfying. Here’s the list off the top of my head:
PROS
- I like the speed increases
- I love how they integrated search into the address bar
- It seems a lot lighter weight on the OS to me
- Love the bookmark & password management
- I dig the “one click to highlight” address bar
- I like the favicons in the bookmark bar
- Love the intelligent history/google search address bar dropdown
- Dig the incognito window/function
- Love the minimal footprint (more website on the screen)
CONS
- I miss my OpenDNS Shortcuts (is there a fix?)
- I miss Delicious (a lot)
- I miss drag and drop URL’s
- I miss the RSS icon
- Hate that the “X” is on the right side of the tabs
- Miss the drag and drop image preview (helpful when looking for transparent background images)
All in all however, I really appreciate the new browser and can’t wait until they open up the extensions to us Mac users. I think those will help a whole lot (rumored to be tomorrow BTW). For now, I’m a Chrome user and think I can wait a “little” bit for some of my lesser needed items to be incorporated. Way to go Google, I’m impressed once again! Bring on the awesome!
Well… That’s what I think anyway. What do you think?





