What is Google Chrome Developer Channel version?

1> Does it use more resources than regular Chrome?

2> Is it faster, slower, or same speed?

3> Does the integrated Flash player in GCDV run better than in regular Chrome?

 

There are three "channels" for Chrome: dev, beta, and stable.

• Stable is the normal channel, and receives only the finalized stable updates.
• Beta receives beta updates that may not have every single bug ironed out, but is mostly stable.
• Dev receives builds that are still in the works, and is largely intended for web developers to get a head-start on getting their websites optimized for upcoming versions of Chome that are released to the masses.

1.- No significant differences, unless the latest build focuses on cutting resources or something.
2.- Theoretically should be faster, since it receives performance tweaks first. Of course, this comes at the cost of potential instability.

3.- Don't think there'd be a difference.

 

And then there's also Chromium in addition to the three you mentioned, right? I've recently been trying to figure out how they all fit together too.

 

Chromium is the open source project from which Google Chrome is derived. It's basically what will eventually become Google Chrome, but without the proprietary stuff (like the integrated Flash Player) and the Google stuff (mainly branding and usage tracking).

The differences may be confusing, but Google only intends for end users to use the stable releases of Chrome - all of the variants are for tiny niche audiences with very specific needs. Chromium, in particular, targets source code contributors and developers intending to fork the project in order to create derivative products like Chrome OS.