Google Releases Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta 326
Nick Fletcher writes "Just a few short months after the initial release, Google has released a pre-beta version of Google Chrome 2.0. It sports a few new features including form auto-completion, full-page zoom, 'profiles,' and Greasemonkey support. It seems the only notable feature would be profiles, which allows users to separate out their homepage, history, and bookmarks on a per user or category basis. It seems Google is still playing catch-up but they're definitely moving at a pace unknown to some of their competition. The full list of new features is available in the release notes."
Re:Not a great 2.0 (Score:2, Funny)
They call it 2.0 so it is clear that "they're definitely moving at a pace unknown to some of their competition."
If it was still in version 0.9, it would just be like every other stupid project.
Finally, a Mac version! (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, wait - nevermind.
Nothing to see there, move along...
Google Chrome for Linux! NOT! (Score:5, Funny)
Blogger Belzecue said on January 8, 2009 10:55 PM PDT:
Johnny Effyew here, lead strategist at Google.
Now, I hear a lot of complaints -- a helluva lot of complaints, actually -- about Google not supporting Linux, like how Google Chrome runs on Windows only. Sure, we're already up to version 2 of the Windows client with no Linux version in sight. That may be technically true, but I'm here to tell you, we built our entire company and fortune on the back of Linux and free, open-source software. So of course we support Linux just as much as we support Windows.
That's why it's my pleasure today to announce we've committed to delivering a native Linux Chrome client by 2015 or by the time the Windows client reaches version 10 or when Linux gains greater than 50% of the desktop market. That's our promise to every Linux user out there. You can take that to the bank. We know we have a moral debt to give back to the Linux community what we took from them and turned into a billion-dollar business. We know that.
But, as it turns out, writing software for Linux is kinda tough. We're still figuring it out. I mean, we all use Windows around the Google office, so it's not like we've got a bunch of internal people clamoring to use Chrome under Ubuntu or whatever.
And yes, we know there are much smaller companies out there like Dropbox who easily manage to code and release their Windows and Linux clients simultaneously, which is kinda like having your cake and eating it too. We think that's really cool, and we especially like cake. So that's doubly cool.
So hang in there, Linux community. Google Chrome for Linux is coming. In the meantime, just keep screwing around trying to run the Windows client under Wine. Good luck with that, hahahaha. Yeah, that should keep you nice and busy while we eat more cake and polish off version 3 of the Chrome Windows client. (Whoah, did I just say that out loud or think it? Pfffft, like those Linux fanboys will notice anyway.)
Folks, in closing let me say again: Google is committed to Linux the same way a tapeworm's committed to your lower intestine. From now on, when you think of Google and Linux I want you to think of me, Johnny. Think "Effyew, Linux! Effyew, Google!"
Re:Google Chrome for Linux! NOT! (Score:1, Funny)
or when Linux gains greater than 50% of the desktop market.
Fortunately, 2009 is the year of Linux on the desktop.
Re:profiles vs fast user switching (Score:3, Funny)
We can have the email program have profiles too!
Pretty sure they already exist. They're called 'email addresses'.
Re:Google, Finish Gtalk first you fucking assholes (Score:2, Funny)
You, sir, have some serious problems that no amount of development of Gtalk could ever begin to address.
Re:profiles vs fast user switching (Score:1, Funny)
The OS provides the functionality for multiple users. The browser provides functionality for users with multiple personalities.
Re:Chrome supports a company that sells ads. (Score:1, Funny)
I listened to an on the radio... maybe I would've skipped the ad.
You certainly skipped something there.
Stick to your day job (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Chrome supports a company that sells ads. (Score:5, Funny)
I hope you're not being a hypocrite by using a spam filter. You had better be reading each and every one emails and assessing the potential benefits of buying fake Viagara and helping Nigerian princes.
Re:Chrome supports a company that sells ads. (Score:3, Funny)
I mean have you see the state of Yahoo email or even MSN's mail portal?
No, I have adblock.
But on the occasional times that I *have* seen it (other people's computers)... I mean, geez... giant, like, 320 x 240 animated flash ads smack in the center of the page. Guh.