I’m a fan of the Google Chrome browser, but it does have one glaring drawback: unlike Safari and Firefox, it isn’t supported by Netflix Watch Instantly, which means that if I want to watch a movie, I have to switch browsers. It turns out this problem isn’t with Chrome or Silverlight, but with Netflix, and a simple bit of code enables Watch Instantly on Chrome.

As a long-time Netflix user, I was one of the many Mac users who were peeved by the delay in getting a version of their stream “Watch Instantly” (WI) service for Macs, and even more peeved when I found out that when the Mac version was available, it was going to be a slow rollout focusing on new users. So, naturally, as soon as I found out that users could opt-in for the beta, I clicked over as fast as I could.

I’m not a complete novice to the service, having installed it on my Boot Camp partition (Windows XP). Having tried the new service, I can say that while one aspect is much, much better on the Mac, the service isn’t yet perfect.

That’s right. We’ve waited long enough for Netflix to roll out the Watch Instantly happiness for Macs. It seems like everything else under the sun got support first, including PCs, set top boxes, and even the XBOX 360, which can barely support its own hardware. What’s the catch? Oh you, you just knew there was something, didn’t you?

There’s always something…