Friday, September 5, 2008

Chrome vs Chromium

There have been a lot of reviews of Google Chrome, but it is often forgotten that it is opensource and therefore can be edited and compiled by anyone. Chrome and Chromium look the same.

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I've honestly forgotten which is on the left and which is on the right they look so similar. Chromium feels a bit faster, and some flash videos seem to play better. Checking the builds shows that the current Chromium build is a bit newer than the Chrome beta. Chromium is available here.

I'll be reviewing the two together in full tomorrow, not looking at the differences, but treating them as one browser because of the similarities.

Update: As of build 1800 of Chromium, the tabs do not scale correctly. They cover up(when there are enough of them) the minimize and maximize buttons, and the add-tab button covers up the close button. The workaround for now is to right-click on a tab to close it, and to use the tasbar to alter the window.

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