Feb

15

Google Chrome For Macs, A Bit Closer

posted in software news, by Codrut Nistor

Finally, we're getting closer to the hot stuff! No, I am not talking about adult content on iTunes, although that wouldn't be such a bad idea, either. What I have in mind is Google Chrome for Macs, the browser a lot of people are waiting for to arrive on Apple's computers, and now we finally got some news about it! Unfortunately, it's not quite ready for the public, but...
Google Chrome for Macs

...we now got the first official screenshot of Google Chrome for Macs, straight from Mike Pinkerton, who said "Over the last couple of months, the group working on Mac Chrome (myself included) has shifted gears from layout tests and WebKit compatibility to getting the application user interface up and limping. That also means getting the separate WebCore renderer processes to communicate over IPC to the browser.

Last week, while I was in Cali, the entire team made a tremendous amount of progress getting the cross-platform model and controller classes scaffolded, topped off with a Cocoa UI (with similar strides on Linux using Gtk). We were at the point where you could create new windows and tabs (and close them too) using the shared code, which would spawn/quit associated renderer processes. It was pretty exciting to watch them come and go in Activity Monitor, knowing how close we were to getting bits on the screen."


Unfortunately, he also admitted that "clicking doesn't work, and the renderers crash like nobody's business, but the other great thing is that the user interface stays running even if they do," so I guess we won't see any public version for at least another 2-3 months.

Just don't take my words for granted, because Mike says he can't dare to predict any date, so... Google Chrome for Macs is a bit closer, but still so far.

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