When Google Chrome Beta 1 was released earlier this week, Mac users were shocked by the fact that it was Windows-only. Google, with a reputation for creating their apps for all platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux), had not yet released a Mac version of their web browser. In an interview with BoomTown’s Kara Swisher, Sergey Brin said “I know, I know, it’s embarrassing.” He was unable to provide a date for the release of the Mac OS X version of Chrome, but did mention he is “asking every day” and hopes “it’ll be a matter of months.”
I understand Chrome is in very early beta, and the Mac marketshare is small – but Google really has no excuse to delay the Mac users from accessing Chrome. Even Sergey Brin himself uses a Mac, and is having to use VMWare to run Chrome on his. Google should be embarrassed for this. Ironically, Google Chrome uses the WebKit engine—which Safari has been using for years. So, for now, the fastest we have is Safari.
Via [MacDailyNews]
…Very early beta….
Google, why even bother releasing a half-assed product? Windows only, not even half the features of opera…. why waste our time?
I was more taken by the “asking every day” and “it’ll be a matter of months.”
Is that how things work at Google?