Google Chrome for the Mac
Google Chrome is available for Mac OS X systems at
http://www.google.com/chrome/index.html?platform=mac&hl=en.
It is available in
Apple Disk Image
format, i.e., .dmg format as
googlechrome.dmg.
The following window opens when you click on the .dmg file.
If you double-click on the folder icon in the window, you will have the
option of selecting where Chrome should be insalled. The default location is
the Applications folder where applications are normally stored.
When you then double-click on the "Google Chrome" icon in the window, you will
have the option of installing the software or running it from the disk
image.
If you don't want to intall it, you can simply run it from the disk image,
since it will then be "mounted" as a drive within the
Finder
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Google Chrome Versus Internet Explorer 8
InfoWorld has an article comparing
the beta versions of Chrome from Google and Internet Explorer 8 from
Microsoft at
Lab test: Google Chrome vs. Internet Explorer 8.
One thing I really liked about Chrome is that a problem in one tab
doesn't lead to the whole browser crashing. Each tab is associated
with a separate process, unlike for other browsers, such as Firefox and
versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 8. I haven't tried Internet
Explorer 8 yet, but I've long been aggravated by Internet Explorer's
tendency to crash due to a problem with one webpage. I tend to have many
webpages open at once and I like to be able to retrace my steps leading
to a particular webpage by using the back button. I've always liked Opera's ability to reopen the browser
after a crash and have all of my tabs restored, plus be able to backup
within a tab to view webpages I've visited to get to the current one.
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