I just discovered Midori. It's a lightweight browser the uses webkit and about 10% of the memory compared to firefox. It's not completely stable yet, but it's now my browser of choice and as soon as they work out the major bugs, i'll be using it full-time. If you're using Ubuntu, add the webkit ppa and install it https://edge.launchpad.net/~webkit-team/+archive/ppa http://www.twotoasts.de/index.php?/pages/midori_summary.html
I'm personally unhappy about Google getting into the browser market. I like some of what they've been done, but i just don't like a google-branded browser (as much as the me from a few years ago would've been dreaming of one). Anyone share these feelings? |
Midori doesn't have the process-separation that underpins some of the Chrome security mechanisms. |
Process separation is indeed one of the things i like that Google did, but i'm just unhappy with a "Google browser". I am not convinced they had to release their own browser to foster this kind of innovation. |
Chrome: September 2008 http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/images/dlpage_lg.jpg
Safari 4: February 2009 http://images.apple.com/safari/images/overview-hero-image1-20090217.png
I'd say it did... |
Opera 9.2: April 2007 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Opera_Speed_Dial_Browsing.png
Admitedly we've got the Firefox/Tabs argument where if Chrome hadn't made the featue popular, it wouldn't have gone to other mainstream browsers. |
I was actually talking about the tabs on top, but yeah, that works too. |
Sorry, hadn't linked your comment to the ones above :P And had forgotten about the top tabs in Safari |
Just found this: Chrome on Linux (pre-alpha) http://www.stefanoforenza.com/chromium-on-ubuntu-how-to/
I'm running Ubuntu 9.04 and it doesn't display anything :(Some people seem to have it running in earlier versions though.
For me, I get the chrome of the browser, the menus drop down, nothing seems to work other than New window and Exit. The omnibox also seems to be working. |