These are odd and rather subjective complaints. I see the author acknowledges that in the conclusion. I agree with the good part points, following are my opinions on the 'bad'.
I rather like the downloads UI - I was just wondering why Safari doesn't have a downloads tab like Chrome does. The separate window is a little clunky for me, esp. since OSX doesn't make it easy to cycle through tabs of a window with a keyboard shortcut (that I know of - Cmd-Tab does applications, Ctrl-tab does Safari tabs. How do you get the Download window with a keyboard shortcut?).
Preferences: what? Too many? I see Chrome as minimalistic in that area. IE, Opera, Firefox and Safari all offer just as many preference options or more.
favicons in the tabs: Is a bunch of text or icons a better solution for tiny tab markers? Icons make much more sense to me there.
The search field is superior to modal windows. I don't think it's better in Chrome than Firefox or Safari, but it's not worse. If you don't like it being over the content, close it.
The new tab page: isn't much different than any other browser, except for Firefox which lacks on entirely.
The tab bar: after complaining about favicons, now text in the tabs is labeled a problem: what's better?
Loading UI: Should we put a 64x64 animated icon in the upper right of the browser that cycles when the page is loading?
"Non-native behavior, Native look" : Why would you expect to drag anywhere other than the toolbar on an OSX window?
I rather like the downloads UI - I was just wondering why Safari doesn't have a downloads tab like Chrome does. The separate window is a little clunky for me, esp. since OSX doesn't make it easy to cycle through tabs of a window with a keyboard shortcut (that I know of - Cmd-Tab does applications, Ctrl-tab does Safari tabs. How do you get the Download window with a keyboard shortcut?).
Preferences: what? Too many? I see Chrome as minimalistic in that area. IE, Opera, Firefox and Safari all offer just as many preference options or more.
favicons in the tabs: Is a bunch of text or icons a better solution for tiny tab markers? Icons make much more sense to me there.
The search field is superior to modal windows. I don't think it's better in Chrome than Firefox or Safari, but it's not worse. If you don't like it being over the content, close it.
The new tab page: isn't much different than any other browser, except for Firefox which lacks on entirely.
The tab bar: after complaining about favicons, now text in the tabs is labeled a problem: what's better?
Loading UI: Should we put a 64x64 animated icon in the upper right of the browser that cycles when the page is loading?
"Non-native behavior, Native look" : Why would you expect to drag anywhere other than the toolbar on an OSX window?