i have a vista ulitma 64.bit os installed on my system 30 years work with computers an i have to say i tested both the new chrome 2 verse i.e 8.0 the new with a full patched system an i have to say the 8.0 wins over chrome any day of the week other then i do not like the new pane that that they add in with weather an the horscope an news an the modules never rember the settings plus it moves everthing over on my screen the donts about chrome its not any faster then i.e 8.0 pages load just as fast in ie an lots of bugs i see in chrome such as does not work with msn premuim sofware an module some work an some do not just my two sense an the window pane make it at least so you can hide it if you do not like it in the 8.0 please
thank you
Google releases a faster Chrome 2
Summary
Google says Chrome 2 is not a major release but it does include some new features - such as the ability to remove embarrassing most-visited sites - and a boost in speed.
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Google has made available a new version of its browser, which it has named Chrome 2.
The company has stressed that Chrome 2, which it announced on Thursday, is not a major release with a host of updates. It is named '2' mainly as a metric to help Google keep track of changes internally, it said. Chrome 2 does, however, include some new features and a speed boost.
Google attributed the speed boost to the incorporation of a new version of WebKit — Chrome's underlying engine — and an update to the browser's V8 JavaScript engine. As a result of these changes, Darin Fisher of the Chrome team wrote in a blog post, "interactive web pages will run even faster".
"We've also made sure that JavaScript keeps running fast even when you have lots of tabs open," Fisher wrote. "Try opening a bunch of web applications and then running your favorite benchmark."
Chrome, like rival browser Opera, displays a panel of most-visited site thumbnails on each newly opened tab. One feature of Chrome 2 is the ability to remove certain of those thumbnails, if the user does not want particular ones to be displayed.
Another new feature is a full-screen mode, which entails hitting F11 to maximize a video or presentation by hiding the title bar and the rest of the browser window. Chrome 2 also introduces form autofill to the browser for the first time.
The new release, build 2.0.172.28, is the final version of a beta that was given to testers in March.
This article was originally posted on ZDNet UK.
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escortboy0122nd May 2009 -
well
I wouldn't expect chrome, or any other browser for that matter, to work with "MSN premium software."
And to be honest, I don't believe your over 30 years old. I only know young people who use "an" for the "and" and I'm being completely serious here, I'm not just nitpicking at your grammar. Although your paragraph is very unintelligible.
midenginedrift22nd May 2009 -
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I think the username gives it away....
Escortboy??
Parassassin27th May 2009 -
RE: Google releases a faster Chrome 2
i am very bright with computers but i have to be honest i do not know how to write an spell the well cause i quite school in the 7 grade an never completed high school but i know more about computer then anyone on my block an i even get there all up an running an the sofware co branded with the msn sofware an verzion high speed
escortboy0122nd May 2009 -
RE: Google releases a faster Chrome 2
The point being??
pmat20@...22nd May 2009 -
RE: Google releases a faster Chrome 2
You lost credibility because you say "30 years work experience" and type like a 13 year old.
badkid3222nd May 2009 -
RE: Google releases a faster Chrome 2
thanks, i've been waiting for this! hoping for a linux
version soon soon!
justinlawrence23rd May 2009 -
RE: Google releases a faster Chrome 2
Without a doubt the best, most convenient and quickest browser out there. No nonsense, just find the page and see it NOW.
cuttysark19th Jul 2009
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