Google, while not doing any evil and supporting open source and all, is really screwing up it’s browser by simply only providing a decent build for window, even in with it’s latest 2.0 pre-beta (whatever the hell that might mean, where are the days when an alpha was an alpha build and a beta was a beta)
We all should have known this would be the case, it’s a company and in the end, the numbers are against us linux users. Who cares if a substantial part of the tech community runs linux or apple, it’s a browser for the end user!
This little joyride has gone on long enough, back to firefox, opera and some konqueror for me. Really looking forward to firefox 3.1 by the way, native ogg theora support and omg-faster-than-chrome-javascript!
I should have known that ‘comic’ looked too neat for an app targeting linux + not that I could live without my firefox extensions anyways 
So, although I’ve used and not especially dislike chrome, getting stuck on a single platform browser is the last of my intentions. Uninstalled baby!
What were the problems you were facing ?
Best regards
The short list would be something like:
- no working version voor linux (32&64bit plz). Since I spend by far most of my time in Linux, this is a real showstopper for me.
- no substitute for a few vital firefox extensions; most notably firebug & web dev toolbar
I do think Google’s technology has a reason to exist and is very nice in itself, but as they’re using webkit as rendering engine and them being an outspoken open source (dare I say free software) supporter, I suppose I’m a bit surprised/disappointed to find their first (and apparently for quite a while only) working release to be available for windows only (granted, mac too since a few weeks).
On the other hand, I know the economics (platform usage stats) and cost of development can’t be ignored and a good product requires time.
FInally, since firefox is always released for all archs/platforms simultaneously with feature parity for each arch/platform, that simply achieves a better platform, all the more for a web browser. All in all, a better choice for my needs and furthermore, I’m not so sure google intends for chrome to become a highly tweakable & customizable browser (in the near future) as their current focus seems to be on simplicity (albeit in a good & mostly well done way).
I uninstalled it because I choose to ignore chrome until I can decently use it on every OS I run on my machine. Looking forward to that day
After writing all this, 2 conclusions:
- the short version should have read something like lack of transparent crossplatform releases / strategy / release schedules / feature parity
- yet another 2 line thing that blew up in my face, typos included
Take care JF