Comments on: Stainless Review: A Fresh Take on the Browser http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:18:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: idrive http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-167641 idrive Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:27:35 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-167641 The folks over at Tapbots have released an update to their Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. http://www.itube-stream.de.tl This update adds a couple of useful features. One of these features gi ve s you the ability to add sleep time for its push notifications. This allows you to s et a block of time to turn off notifications from Twitter so that you can sleep easy and uninterrupted. Another useful feature is the ability to only receive notifications from people that you follow. Thirdly, have you ever reported a spammer or blocked someone and had to live with the fact that their tweets were still polluting your timeline? http://www.anysim.net Well fret no mo because once you block or spam someone with this new update, their tweets will be automatically removed. The folks over at Tapbots have released an update to their Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. http://www.itube-stream.de.tl This update adds a couple of useful features. One of these features gi ve s you the ability to add sleep time for its push notifications. This allows you to s et a block of time to turn off notifications from Twitter so that you can sleep easy and uninterrupted. Another useful feature is the ability to only receive notifications from people that you follow. Thirdly, have you ever reported a spammer or blocked someone and had to live with the fact that their tweets were still polluting your timeline? http://www.anysim.net Well fret no mo because once you block or spam someone with this new update, their tweets will be automatically removed.

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]]> By: Peter Kasting http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156396 Peter Kasting Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:55:36 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156396 @Dave Ryan: Sorry it's confusing. We wrote a blog post at http://blog.chromium.org/2008/10/google-chrome-chromium-and-google.html that might help. From the intro paragraph: "Chromium is the name we have given to the open source project and the browser source code that we released and maintain at www.chromium.org. One can compile this source code to get a fully working browser. Google takes this source code, and adds on the Google name and logo, an auto-updater system called GoogleUpdate, and RLZ (described later in this post), and calls this Google Chrome." So, in short, Chromium is an open-source project, and Google Chrome is a product that consists of the compiled Chromium code plus branding and a few other minor bits. This is somewhat similar to how Mozilla (the company) has a bunch of open-source code and then releases a product called Firefox that's the compiled open-source code plus branding elements. The idea is that Google Chrome is effectively open-source (except for things like the official branding), and that source is "Chromium". The two aren't separate projects with separate codebases; the Chromium code _is_ the Google Chrome code. You are right that one hope is that non-Google developers will contribute (which they have), just as Mozilla seeks contributions from non-Mozilla employees. Hope that helps a little... @Dave Ryan: Sorry it’s confusing. We wrote a blog post at http://blog.chromium.org/2008/10/google-chrome-chromium-and-google.html that might help. From the intro paragraph:

“Chromium is the name we have given to the open source project and the browser source code that we released and maintain at http://www.chromium.org. One can compile this source code to get a fully working browser. Google takes this source code, and adds on the Google name and logo, an auto-updater system called GoogleUpdate, and RLZ (described later in this post), and calls this Google Chrome.”

So, in short, Chromium is an open-source project, and Google Chrome is a product that consists of the compiled Chromium code plus branding and a few other minor bits. This is somewhat similar to how Mozilla (the company) has a bunch of open-source code and then releases a product called Firefox that’s the compiled open-source code plus branding elements.

The idea is that Google Chrome is effectively open-source (except for things like the official branding), and that source is “Chromium”. The two aren’t separate projects with separate codebases; the Chromium code _is_ the Google Chrome code. You are right that one hope is that non-Google developers will contribute (which they have), just as Mozilla seeks contributions from non-Mozilla employees.

Hope that helps a little…

]]> By: Lucky http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156390 Lucky Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:53:44 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156390 How can you complain of something so beautiful? It's interface is just awesome! http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2428/imageltz.jpg How can you complain of something so beautiful? It’s interface is just awesome! http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/2428/imageltz.jpg

]]> By: Lucky http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156389 Lucky Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:46:29 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156389 Maybe your blog thought I was spamming because of the many reference links. Please mark one of the possibly two comments as "Not spam" Maybe your blog thought I was spamming because of the many reference links. Please mark one of the possibly two comments as “Not spam”

]]> By: Lucky http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156388 Lucky Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:45:18 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156388 I can't see my last comment! :(( I can’t see my last comment! :( (

]]> By: Jason http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156384 Jason Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:14:28 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156384 Very cool, worth it just for the single session tab. The bookmark sidebar is also very nice. Very cool, worth it just for the single session tab. The bookmark sidebar is also very nice.

]]> By: Dave Ryan http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156383 Dave Ryan Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:57:25 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156383 @peter kasting - mea culpa. I thought lucky was referencing the crossover chromium project. when people reference chromium i naturally think of crossover chromium, even though I realize there is an open source browser called chromium. i find it hard to differentiate chromium and chrome in my mind, when they're both so closely related, and chromium requires users to compile the source code themselves (as there appears to be no download link on the chromium.org page, only one to the source code). maybe as a member of the chromium team that's one thing you guys could do: make a clear differentiation between the two projects if they're supposed to be separate. it was my understanding that google created the chromium project to help them identify bugs in chrome, and encourage developers to assist them in the coding or in creating plugins. @peter kasting – mea culpa. I thought lucky was referencing the crossover chromium project. when people reference chromium i naturally think of crossover chromium, even though I realize there is an open source browser called chromium.

i find it hard to differentiate chromium and chrome in my mind, when they’re both so closely related, and chromium requires users to compile the source code themselves (as there appears to be no download link on the chromium.org page, only one to the source code). maybe as a member of the chromium team that’s one thing you guys could do: make a clear differentiation between the two projects if they’re supposed to be separate. it was my understanding that google created the chromium project to help them identify bugs in chrome, and encourage developers to assist them in the coding or in creating plugins.

]]> By: Peter Kasting http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156382 Peter Kasting Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:22:56 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156382 @Dave Ryan: I am a member of the Chromium team and your comments are factually incorrect. Chromium is an open source project that was created by Google, and the majority of contributors (though not all) are Googlers. Google Chrome is built from the Chromium sources, and thus it is reasonable to look at Chromium builds to determine what the state of a potential Google Chrome release would look like. Chromium has no reliance on Wine at all; perhaps you are thinking of Crossover Chromium, which was a Wine-based release by Codeweavers (the Wine developers) last year, not by the Chromium project or Google. Crossover Chromium was not a "port" of Chromium to the Mac, it was a demonstration of the capabilities of Wine. @Dave Ryan: I am a member of the Chromium team and your comments are factually incorrect. Chromium is an open source project that was created by Google, and the majority of contributors (though not all) are Googlers. Google Chrome is built from the Chromium sources, and thus it is reasonable to look at Chromium builds to determine what the state of a potential Google Chrome release would look like. Chromium has no reliance on Wine at all; perhaps you are thinking of Crossover Chromium, which was a Wine-based release by Codeweavers (the Wine developers) last year, not by the Chromium project or Google. Crossover Chromium was not a “port” of Chromium to the Mac, it was a demonstration of the capabilities of Wine.

]]> By: Christiaan http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156380 Christiaan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:17:12 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156380 Thanks Libby. Thanks Libby.

]]> By: Dave Ryan http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156377 Dave Ryan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:32:48 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156377 @Lucky - the vaporware comment is in reference to an op/ed I wrote a few weeks ago on Google Chrome: http://macapper.com/2009/06/22/opinion-google-chrome-long-overdue/ Chromium isn't an official Google project, and relies heavily on Wine in order to run in the Mac environment. As for Google's developer beta, it lacks many security features, a bookmarking system, and other things that many expect to come standard in a browser. As it took them over a year to release this skimpy beta app after the official Windows release, it's only to be expected that people are skeptical that it will come out in a reasonable time frame. According to previous statements back in January, Google was planning to have already released at least a consumer beta by now. @Lucky – the vaporware comment is in reference to an op/ed I wrote a few weeks ago on Google Chrome:
http://macapper.com/2009/06/22/opinion-google-chrome-long-overdue/

Chromium isn’t an official Google project, and relies heavily on Wine in order to run in the Mac environment.

As for Google’s developer beta, it lacks many security features, a bookmarking system, and other things that many expect to come standard in a browser. As it took them over a year to release this skimpy beta app after the official Windows release, it’s only to be expected that people are skeptical that it will come out in a reasonable time frame. According to previous statements back in January, Google was planning to have already released at least a consumer beta by now.

]]> By: Lucky http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156376 Lucky Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:43:21 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware By that definition, Google Chrome is not even close to being vaporware. I've been using it for a few weeks and I've been using Chromium for more than 2 months. Yes, it's supposed to be only for developers, but anyone can try it and it works very good and it didn't crash on me not even once. And it's also incredibly fast. I don't think any browser launches as fast as Google Chrome (on the mac). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware

By that definition, Google Chrome is not even close to being vaporware. I’ve been using it for a few weeks and I’ve been using Chromium for more than 2 months.

Yes, it’s supposed to be only for developers, but anyone can try it and it works very good and it didn’t crash on me not even once. And it’s also incredibly fast. I don’t think any browser launches as fast as Google Chrome (on the mac).

]]> By: Libby http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156375 Libby Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:01:48 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156375 @Christiaan, you need to log into your accounts in "Single Session" tabs (Shift-Command-T) not regular tabs. Regular tabs in Stainless function just like tabs in any browser (meaning they share the same session). @Christiaan, you need to log into your accounts in “Single Session” tabs (Shift-Command-T) not regular tabs. Regular tabs in Stainless function just like tabs in any browser (meaning they share the same session).

]]> By: Christiaan http://macapper.com/2009/07/13/stainless-review-a-fresh-take-on-the-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-156373 Christiaan Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:42:06 +0000 http://macapper.com/?p=8880#comment-156373 Didn't work for me. Tried logging into Ocado.co.uk with two different accounts in two different tabs but couldn't. One would simply follow the other. Didn’t work for me. Tried logging into Ocado.co.uk with two different accounts in two different tabs but couldn’t. One would simply follow the other.

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