16 Sep 08 How to get Chrome working on a Mac
Matt Cutts Reports;
CrossOver ported the open-source Chromium browser over to Mac and Linux using Wine. Bear in mind that this is more of a proof-of-concept and not the official version, but you can still download the binaries and play with it.
Interesting… it’s a bit of a long work around just to get Chrome working, but if you’re determined to get it running at least there is a way 
Matt also talked about a Chrome lookalike extension for Firefox… not sure why anyone would use that as it’s still Firefox in disguise but none the less it shows the success of Google Chrome and the massive potential it has at theis early stage.
The one thing Matt mentions that not many people including myself noticed, is the fact when you CTRL + V stuff from your clipboard it preserves formatting. HOWEVER, CTRL + Shift + V only pastes text. Pretty handy stuff
Tags: Chromium, CrossOver, Firefox, google chrome, Open source
09 Sep 08 German Government Against Chrome
Blogoscoped.com report that the German government have issued a warning to citizens using Google Chrome. Here’s a quote from German news Tagesschau (translated);
“The Federal Office for Information Security warned internet users of the new browser Chrome. The application by the company Google should not be used for surfing the internet, as a spokesperson for the office told the Berliner Zeitung.”
So basically, the German government fear Google is gathering too much information about it’s people German government being over cautious and protective or Google in the wrong with it’s lax privacy policies and mass data collection?
Tags: chrome, Federal Office for Information Security, German government, google, google chrome
04 Sep 08 Secret Functions in Google Chrome
Here’s some shortcuts you can use in Google Chrome to get all sorts of weird and wacky information;
about:version
Tells you what version of chrome you’re using
about:plugins
Gives you information about any installed plugins you’re using.
about:cache
Shows you what files are cached and their locations.
about:memory
Shows you how many tasks you’re running and how much memory they’re using.
about:stats
Google say this page is ’secret’ – not anymore 
about:histograms
Too much maths for my liking…
about:dns
Gives some dns record details
about:network
Gives you information on network status and performance.
about:crash
Type this in to chrome and you get a sad face in a folder.
about:hang
We get a ‘don’t clog the tubes’ message if we enter about:hang.
about:internets
about:internets gives us a ‘The tubes are clogged!’ message
Tags: about, google chrome, secrets, tips, Tricks
02 Sep 08 10 Features of Google Chrome
This video is an excellent summary of the main features in Google Chrome. It list 10 features;
- One box for everything
- New Tab Page
- Application Shortcuts
- Dynamic Tabs
- Crash Control
- Incognito mode
- Secure Browsing
- Instant bookmarks
- Importing Settings
- Simpler Downloads
Tags: browser, Features, google chrome
02 Sep 08 Story Behind Google Chrome
This video gives you a great insight in to the level of thinking behind Google Chrome and the reasons why Google felt they needed a product like it…
Tags: background, google chrome
02 Sep 08 Download Google Chrome
Google Chrome is now officially available for public BETA download.
You can download it here.
Tags: BETA, download, google chrome
02 Sep 08 Google Chrome Hype
Over the past 48 hours, there’s been an incredible amount of hype an excitement over Google’s new browser called ‘Google Chrome’. It will be release for public BETA download later today…
Here’s just some of the articles that have been written;
- Fresh Take on Browser
- Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari Killer?
- First Images of Google Chrome
- G Browser comes to life
- Google Introduces Chrome Browser with Cartoon
Make no mistake about it – Google Chrome is gonna ruffle some feathers in the browser wars.
Tags: browser, chrome, download, google chrome, hype
02 Sep 08 Google Browser Leaked
Yesterday, Google was confirmed it was launching it’s new open source internet browser – called ‘Google Chrome’.
As with all things Google, you can expect Google Chrome to become an overnight success and have both Internet Explorer and Firefox hot under the collar.
Taken from Google’s official blog;
“Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today’s complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated “sandbox”, we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren’t even possible in today’s browsers.”
Good news for webmasters and tech heads as it adds more competition for IE and Firefox. Google Chrome will be released for BETA download later today at google.com/chrome.
You can find a comic demo of it here.
