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Chrome for iPhone and iPad Getting Ready?

by Dinu

IS Chrome for iPhone and iPad in the making? Pedram Jabbari and I had a long conversation about this topic a few days back. It all started with an interesting entry we saw in Chromium code base. Now, businessinsider.com says Chrome is coming to iOS, quoting an analyst.

Chrome for iPhone and iPad?

While doing my regular review of recent code changes on Chrome, Chromium and Chrome OS, I found an entry mentioning iOS 5.1. Here it is

Update paths for iOS 5.1

These values can be overridden with some poorly documented and
overloaded options: –libc and –sdk-path

../libvpx/configure –target=armv7-darwin-gcc –sdk-path=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer –libc=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.1.sdk/

So for someone who still wants to build with the iOS 5 SDK, the last
part of the path should be iPhoneOS5.0.sdk

Change-Id: Ibe93d96ae828c619700dc3222983aa4c30456b88

Patch Set 1: Verified

Build Successful

After spending more time in the code Pedram and I came to the conclusion that this is code was not really for Chrome on iOS, but may be for bringing WebM features for iPhone/iPad users.

Today’s Rumor – Chrome for iOS

mac version Chrome for iPhone and iPad Getting Ready?

Business Insider’s story today about Chrome for iOS quotes an industry analyst who believes that Chrome for iPhone and iPad is getting ready or may be even awaiting Apple’s review.

Macquarie analyst Ben Schacter has a surprising report out this morning. He writes, “Google Chrome browser for iOS is coming.” He adds, “Apple may already be reviewing Google’s submitted code for a Chrome browser for iOS.”

Schacter says we can expect a Chrome browser for iOS as soon as Q2, but if not this quarter, then definitely this year.

 

Chrome team is working really hard on the mobile version of Chrome and have already pushed the beta version with lot of cool features and tight integration with Chrome on PC and Mac.

If Chrome comes to iOS, it is going to give a touch competition to other mobile browser makers out there. Especially players like Opera who is having trouble keeping momentum on computers, but getting a lot of fan following for their mobile version, Opera Mini.

Any excited iPhone/iPad users here?

Image Courtesy – Lifehacker.com

New Features for Chrome On Mac OSX Lion – What’s Cooking?

by Dinu

We all know by now that Google is planning to make Chrome more Lion friendly. There are a bunch of features being planned for this new version of Mac OS where Apple did a little “Shake Things Up” activity.

mac version New Features for Chrome On Mac OSX Lion Whats Cooking?

I am trying to find out what they are planning for Lion. This is not a final list and things are still being developed. So, what you see her may or may not change. But I am sure you will get  a taste of what’s planned.

Turn On Session Restore by Default

OSX Lion will have session restore turn on by default, meaning, every time you open the browser, you start where you left last time.  ”Since applications will be more agressive about restoring state, we should mimic this behavior” says a bug opened for this feature.

Another comment here says, “Now that the Lion’s out of the bag, these are safe to open up to the world.” I am pretty sure this is now available on daily builds of Chromium, for now.

Full Screen API

Lion believes that with smart phones and tablets, people have become more interested in doing things in “full screen”.  Chrome will make use of its existing full screen API to make best out of it.

“Currently we think our API for this is fine.  If someone wants to make this work they can, but for now off to MX.” says a comment from Chromium.’

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Google Chrome 12 On Mac Gets Animated Bookmarks Management

by Dinu

Looks like Google likes to do all animations / window behavior changes on Chrome’s Mac Dev version.  Remember the tabpose feature I told you about sometime back ? That was also a OSX only feature, and still remains so.

I don’t have a mac, but when I saw the following comment on the Google Chrome Releases Blog, I decided to find out what it i. “New and improved bookmark bar animations”

Daniel was there to help me ! He did a small screen capture of this new change, have a look here in the video. But before that, do try adding a bookmark, moving it around and deleting it on your bookmarks bar, you will feel the difference when you see the video.

I loved the animation while deleting a link from the bookmarks bar. Watch it closely. What do we call it ? A bob drop effect ? or a smoke effect ? mac version Google Chrome 12 On Mac Gets Animated Bookmarks Management

Anyone else here using Mac ? Try this out mac version Google Chrome 12 On Mac Gets Animated Bookmarks Management

Quick News : Extensions now available on Dev Channel for Mac

If you’ve been waiting for extensions to be available for the Mac version of Google Chrome, you finally have a chance to try them out. Extensions are now available on the new developer channel of Google Chrome for Mac. So mac lovers out there .. try them out, if you can change to dev version .. and [...]

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Stable Google Chrome for Mac and Linux : Are we there yet ?

There is a new development about Google Chrome for Linux and Mac. ReadWriteWeb found a change in the Google Chrome privacy policy that hints to the release of Google Chrome for Linux and Mac operating systems.

The Change.

OLD:

The Privacy Policy below applies only to Google Chrome for Windows. For the Developer channel releases on other platforms see the privacy policies for Mac OS X and Linux .

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Wanna Try Google Chrome on Mac ?

Yes, people, I’ve seen many many requests about google chrome for Mac. Now, if you guys wanna try Chrome for Mac ahead of the official release, you can try crossover chromium for Mac. What is CrossOver Chromium CrossOver Chromium is a Mac and Linux port of the open source Chromium web browser. CrossOver Chromium is available [...]

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Download and Install Google Chrome for Mac.

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Note: This is not an official version. This is not the final product either. So, be careful when you playaround with this. Today, I found two interesting articles about Google Chrome on Mac. Even though the official Mac Download page for google chrome is just an email sign up form, for updates, there is one [...]

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Waiting Chrome for Mac ? Here is a Good News

If you are waiting for Mac version of Google Chrome, the superstar browser, here is a good news. We have updates from the Chromium team, here is a quick viwdeo demonstrating the early stages of Chrome on OSX. Have a look. Chrome Walkthrough from Ars Technica on Vimeo. For a detailed review of this project, [...]

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Google Chrome for Mac – Tough times for Safari ?

When Google Chrome is released for Apple’s Mac computers and Laptops, Safari’s browser market share will be hit … don’t you think so ? Why people spend so much on their Mac, when they can get a normal PC at a much lower price ? Perfomance, Brand , etc etc … ok agreed.. but a [...]

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