Google should go fly a kite, because this browser is clearly sub par. When will companies learn to follow Apple's lead and put USABILITY first, not gimmicky features and Windows-only functionality?

Don't you proof-read before you post?

My version of Chrome prints with either CTRL-P or (whatever the page icon is supposed to be called) Page>Print.

Wow... in the top 3 stories at Google.Com and you don't even spell check! In the 2nd sentence no less. I don't mind, I actually think it's funny.

Why bother? McCain didn't check out Palin and look what he accomplished. On second thought, excuse me while I get out my dictionary...

Actually, the missing functionality (as stated in the article) is there. As stated by another, ctrl-p or right-click select print will print the page. As for open from file...try file://path in the address bar.

I've been playing with it for most of the day, and although Safari is still my browser of choice, with a little more polish, I could easily see Chrome taking it's place.

It's got extremely snappy rendering, and it seems to be far less of a memory hog than any other browser (we'll see if I stick to that last statement after I've had it open for a week or two).

Complaining about usability totally misses the point of Chrome. Chrome is about refocusing the concept of a browser on web apps, which is why they completely re-did the Javascript engine, put every tab in it's own process, and minimized the interface. You can even create a shortcut on the desktop to launch a web page without the address bar and back/forward buttons, which would let you have a desktop icon for Gmail or any other web app that looks just like an app, essentially. (Take that Adobe AIR.)

Mix this with all that talk about SproutCore.

Remember that Google has GoogleDocs.

What is the excuse of Google for not releasing Mac, Linux versions of Chrome at the same time as Windows?

Chrome's basic plumbing are all technologies already used in Safari and Firefox. Both Safari and Firefox have been tested on the Mac for years. Now for Google with all its talent to release a browser that works only on Windows is so lame. Given that all Google employees use Mac and not Windows PCs, it means that Google will not be using it internally either. With all the smart people working at Google, and every piece of Chrome's technology borrowed from other open source browsers, why couldn't they figure out how Firefox works on the Mac and Linux? Unless it is just a gimmick to sway people away from IE. There goes Google's motto "Don't be Evil" out the door. Google is turning out to be more evil than Microsoft. They are becoming a me too company. They are saying "Look Ma, we have a browser too."

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Don't you proof-read before you post?

Apparently, the Guest does not, either, as "proofread" is not hyphenated; it's one word.