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Chromatic 0.2.2

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Chromatic is an easy way to install and update Chromium, the open source project behind Google Chrome. Chromatic allows you to select a release channel (Stable, Beta, …), use the latest build available, or choose a specific build.

Chromatic is Open Source here.

What's New

Version 0.2.2:

Fixed issue which prevented updates.

Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later

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+18

Falstaffa commented on 28 Dec 2011

According to Mr. Gecko as of December 28-2011, Chromatic has been updated to 0.2.2 in order to: "Fixed issue with Chromatic not being able to parse the channel causing the whole program to stop working."

Well, my thanks to Mr. Gecko for consistently being on top of any issues of not only Chromatic, but all of the software he has developed; Chromatic 0.2.1 is working fine at my end though, nevertheless, thanks again Mr. Gecko.

[Version 0.2.2]

+221

Bigboysdad reviewed on 26 Dec 2011

Love it.

[Version 0.2.1]

1 Reply

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Bigboysdad replied on 26 Dec 2011

Apologies - just realised that looks like a sock puppet/ fanboy comment to keep up the ratings of this software and relegate other reviews down the pecking order. That's not the case. If you gain some enthusiasm for Chromium (which isn't difficult if, like me, you discover how simple yet powerful it is), you'll find Chromatic very useful, if not indispensable. To date, almost all of the "beyond beta" updates applied via Chromatic have worked perfectly. But even on the rare occasion where that's not the case, its easy to just revert back to the most recent version of Chromium you were running that worked fine. Chromatic provides Chromium updates every day at least, so do be sure to note whatever latest working version of Chromium you are running in case you have to revert back to it.

+18

Falstaffa commented on 08 Nov 2011

As of Tuesday, November 08, 2011, Chromatic 0.2.1 is no longer working. Apparently Google changed its API path again.

[Version 0.2.1]

1 Reply

+18

Falstaffa replied on 08 Nov 2011

Chromatic 0.2.1 is working again, either Google fixed a temporary (a number of hours) glitch, or Mr. Gecko (developer) updated the API path.

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-51

Alessandro82 reviewed on 03 Nov 2011

doesn t work anymore just a waste of time!

[Version 0.2.1]

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-295

Monkeyjunkey replied on 21 Nov 2011

Works for me.

+14

Jb4 reviewed on 17 Sep 2011

I'm starting to really like Chromium and this little add-on makes it almost as much fun as my #1 browser Camino, which may be phased out in the not too distant future.. so, I'm really glad to have found something which could replace it.

[Version 0.2.1]

+14

Jb4 reviewed on 15 Sep 2011

Not working.....
"Unable to install due to an error. This may be a permission issue."

Anyone have a clue?
Gave it a three just to get this posted.
I will revise this once I get it to work.

[Version 0.2]

4 Replies

+14

Jb4 replied on 16 Sep 2011

OK.... latest revision is working. I did have to delete the old preferences as well as the application though.

-295

Monkeyjunkey replied on 16 Sep 2011

Smooth update for me. No need to remove any legacy. Thanks Mr. Gecko :)

+18

Falstaffa replied on 17 Sep 2011

Updated Chromatic without any issues, all legacy settings remained unaffected, as is usually the case.

I second @Monkeyjunkey extending my kudos to Mr. Gecko for promptly updating Chromatic to Google's changed/new API.

+118

GeoProf replied on 06 Oct 2011

Just for future reference, you can always post a comment here without having to give it a star-rating by clicking “Write a Review” as usual, then simply change the comment-type selector at the top of the text box from ‘Review’ to ‘Comment.'

+18

Falstaffa reviewed on 13 Sep 2011

Chromatic is to Chromium as gasoline is to an automobile, indispensable for anyone who uses Chromium. Thank you very much Mr. Gecko!!!

[Version 0.2]

-2

kingofleon86 commented on 19 Aug 2011

Great app! I was a user of freesmug chromium but now I prefer update chromium with chromatic.

[Version 0.2]

+11

Stevehhhhh commented on 21 Jun 2011

Could some one please explain what are "Chromatic", "Chromium", "Google Chrome", "Chrome Canary", etc., and, in particular what the numbers mean, i.e. 13.06.788.69 as a version number. I assume that a number beginning with 13 is a later version than one beginning with 12, but where do the rest come in? Furthermore, is there any correspondence between any two of these e.g. Chromium and Canary, and finally, which of these are final versions, which are betas, and which are developer's models?

[Version 0.1]

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-295

Monkeyjunkey replied on 08 Jul 2011

I'll try.

Google Chrome is Googles browser. It is based on the BSD-licesed open-source project called Chromium. So if you prefere open-source software: use chromium.

Then there are the release channels:
- stable
- beta
- dev (all pretty obvious, right?)
- canary (more experimental then dev but more stable than latest)
- latest (the nightlies, the latest code, changes very often. You get to see features that might not make it ever to the beta, you also see bugs that might not make it to the beta ;) )

Chromium has no central distribution because Google is mostly interested in pushing it's chrome browser which does some data-mining as well. I'm not getting into details here, but afaik, Chrome is doing more data mining when compared to chromium.

So since Chromium is open-source some great folks out there decided to offer some help providing a compiled version of chromium. E.g. Chromium on macupdate comes from the FreeSmug project. It is chromium with an updated mechanism (not included in the normal chromium code) but only offers the stable releases.

If you want betas or even the nightlies I'd recommend using chromatic from Mr. Gecko. It is a nice little tool that allows you to switch quickly between the chromium channels. There might be other chromium builds floating around the web. I've grown accustomed to chromatic and have to say I < 3 the new version.

Thanks Mr. Gecko!

cmotdibbler replied on 08 Jul 2011

Can't add much to MJ's excellent post. I used Chromatic on my Mac and an extension called nightly chrome updater for pc. Mr. Gecko has added a couple of new features to chromatic (autodelete the old version for example). Generally I run the "latest" chromium builds but keep a developer version of google chrome around in case things bugs crop up and they do but that is life on the edge.

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+19

Ploinkr reviewed on 25 Feb 2010

small & useful - and free :-)
Would be nice if the app would auto-quit when you click "Launch Chromium"

[Version 0.1]

+18

Falstaffa had trouble on 08 Nov 2011

As of Tuesday, November 08, 2011, Chromatic 0.2.1 is no longer working. Apparently Google changed its API path again.

[Version 0.2.1]

1 Reply

+18

Falstaffa replied on 08 Nov 2011

Chromatic 0.2.1 is working again, either Google fixed a temporary (a number of hours) glitch, or Mr. Gecko (developer) updated the API path.

vSeven rated on 29 Dec 2011

[Version 0.2.2]

-295

Monkeyjunkey rated on 28 Dec 2011

[Version 0.2.2]

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Monkeyjunkey rated on 19 Dec 2011

[Version 0.2.1]

cmotdibbler rated on 16 Sep 2011

[Version 0.2.1]

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Monkeyjunkey rated on 03 Sep 2011

[Version 0.2]

cmotdibbler rated on 07 Jul 2011

[Version 0.2]

-58

Mrcham rated on 24 Jun 2011

[Version 0.1]

-6

TripHHH rated on 21 Jun 2011

[Version 0.1]

-295

Monkeyjunkey rated on 16 Jun 2011

[Version 0.1]

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Version Downloads:1,763

Type:Internet : Internet Utilities

License:Free

Date:28 Dec 2011

Platform:PPC / Intel

Price:Free

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