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news.cnet.com - 1/11/2009

Chrome gets Mac deadline, extensions foundation | Webware

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Showing signs that it's working to meet requests for new developments to its Chrome browser, Google on Friday said it hopes to release versions for Mac OS X and Linux by the first half of the year, and it released a new version Wednesday that paves the way for the most requested feature: ...

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jkOnTheRun:  Google Chrome Browser for Mac, Linux by mid-2009

AppleInsider:  Google's targets Chrome for mid-year showdown with Safari

Gizmodo:  Google Chrome Coming to Mac and Linux in a Few Months [Google Chrome]

TheAppleBlog:  Don’t Worry Mac Users, You’ll Get Your Chrome… Mid-Year

Ars Technica - Infinite Loop:  Google Chrome set to release for Mac this summer

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Google Chrome Browser for Mac, Linux by mid-2009
jkOnTheRun — ... Do you run Mac OS X or Linux? If so, then you’ve either missed out on using Google’s Chrome web browser or you’ve found an undesirable workaround. I’ve tried two of those workarounds (Chromium and using Chrome in a Windows virtual machine), but a native version of Chrome is far preferable. Google is finally sharing some high level plans for non-Windows versions of Chrome, hoping for a release in the first half of the year. ...

Google's targets Chrome for mid-year showdown with Safari
AppleInsider — ... Published: 10:05 AM EST Mac users will get their first taste of a Google-developed alternative to incumbent browsers such as Safari and Firefox when the search giant releases Chrome for Mac sometime during the "first half" of this year. A recent report from  CNET News.com  includes a conversation with Chrome product manager Brian Radowski, who provided an update on the development of Chrome for Mac and Linux, which will soon join the already-operational Windows version. "[The first half of 2009] is what we're hoping for," he said.  "Those two efforts proceeding in parallel. ...

Google Chrome Coming to Mac and Linux in a Few Months [Google Chrome]
Gizmodo — ... have to hold their tummies for just a few more months—product manager Brian Rakowski said they're aiming for the first half of 2009. [Cnet via ...

Don’t Worry Mac Users, You’ll Get Your Chrome… Mid-Year
TheAppleBlog — ... The latest from Google has stable releases of Chrome for Mac and Linux out by mid 2009, according to CNET. Both releases are said to be developing in parallel, which is according to Google’s release schedule. Maybe the rising popularity of netbooks with Linux-based operating systems is the cause of this egalitarian approach? ...

Google Chrome set to release for Mac this summer
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — ... , Google is already making headway on a native version and expects to have it ready by the end of the first half of this year. Google's Brian Rakowski, Chrome's product manager, spoke to CNet recently about progress that's being made on the project. Saying he is hopeful that the Mac (and Linux) version will be ready in the first half of 2009, he told CNet that the Mac team "is able to render most Web pages pretty well." "[I]n terms of the user experience, it's very basic," Rakowski said of the ...

Google: Chrome browser for Apple’s Mac OS X coming by first half of 2009
MacDailyNews — Google: Chrome browser for Apple’s Mac OS X coming by first half of 2009 Monday, January 12, 2009 - 04:26 PM EST "Brian Rakowski, Chrome's product manager, said the company wants to release Chrome for Mac and Linux before the first half of 2009 is up," Stephen Shankland reports for CNET. "'That's what we've been hoping for,' he said in an interview Friday. 'Those two efforts proceeding in parallel. They're at the same level of progress,'" Shankland reports. "The Mac and Linux versions are up to the level of a basic 'test shell' that can show Web pages. But a test shell is pretty raw," Shankland reports. "'That team now is able to render most Web pages pretty ...