Google Chrome 2.0 with New Updates & Improvements
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Today Google Rolled out new updates for its browser Google Chrome. This Updates were part of Google Chrome beta version bu now Google moving the Beta version updates to the stable channel for all users to enjoy.
This updates carry many new features & improvements and bug fixes. Here are some improvements that you'll notice right away:
Improved New Tab Page: Users have the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page. Now you can finally hide any website or blog from Most Visited section.
Full Screen Mode: Now user can able to see any website in full Screen Mode by just hitting F11 or or selecting the option in the Tools menu & it will hide the title bar and the rest of the browser window so now you can see the power point presentation or watched a large YouTube video using Google Chrome.
Form Autofill: Filling out your information in forms over and over again can be tedious. Form autofill helps by showing information you've previously entered into the same form fields automatically. If at any point you want to clear out your information, you can do that from the Tools menu.
Increased Speed: This is the big attraction for this update. According to Google JavaScript heavy web pages such as Gmail, will now run 30% faster on Chrome. Of Course making the web faster is the main area of focus for Google. They implement a new version of WebKit and an update to their JavaScript engine, V8 so interactive web pages will run even faster such as Gmail. Try opening a bunch of web applications and then running your favorite benchmark. You can read more about V8 in JavaScript scalability post on the Chromium blog.
According to Google, Google Chrome is more stable than ever because this Update fixed over 300 bugs that caused crashes since launch.
If you're already using Google Chrome, you'll be automatically updated to this new version soon or you can get the latest version at google.com/chrome.
This updates carry many new features & improvements and bug fixes. Here are some improvements that you'll notice right away:
Improved New Tab Page: Users have the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page. Now you can finally hide any website or blog from Most Visited section.
Full Screen Mode: Now user can able to see any website in full Screen Mode by just hitting F11 or or selecting the option in the Tools menu & it will hide the title bar and the rest of the browser window so now you can see the power point presentation or watched a large YouTube video using Google Chrome.
Form Autofill: Filling out your information in forms over and over again can be tedious. Form autofill helps by showing information you've previously entered into the same form fields automatically. If at any point you want to clear out your information, you can do that from the Tools menu.
Increased Speed: This is the big attraction for this update. According to Google JavaScript heavy web pages such as Gmail, will now run 30% faster on Chrome. Of Course making the web faster is the main area of focus for Google. They implement a new version of WebKit and an update to their JavaScript engine, V8 so interactive web pages will run even faster such as Gmail. Try opening a bunch of web applications and then running your favorite benchmark. You can read more about V8 in JavaScript scalability post on the Chromium blog.
According to Google, Google Chrome is more stable than ever because this Update fixed over 300 bugs that caused crashes since launch.
If you're already using Google Chrome, you'll be automatically updated to this new version soon or you can get the latest version at google.com/chrome.