Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Google Chrome 5.0.375.55 is the current stable version for Chrome, and the very first stable for Mac and Linux.
You can find more information for the stable release on the Google Chrome Releases blog post.
More details about what’s specifically new for the Mac version can be found on the Official Google Mac blog.
Flash integration will be enabled by default with the upcoming Flash 10.1 release!
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, Web Sites, tagged Chrome on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Google has put up a cute little site called GiveChrome.com, which can be used to send Google Chrome browser as a Christmas gift to your friends.
It definitely a great way for introducing someone new to the Google Chrome browser.
Have fun!
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome, Video on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on December 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Really exciting news for all Mac and Chrome fans!
The first official Beta version of Google Chrome for Mac has been released today.
The version number is 4.0.249.30.
Posted in Apple, Google, Linux, Mac OS X, Software, tagged Chrome on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mac and Linux users are now able to test-drive Google Chrome on their favorite OS!
Chrome Mac and Linux developer versions are considered highly unstable, thus Google recommends them only for developing/testing/preview purposes.
Following beta versions should be considered safer, therefore if you’d currently like to see Chrome in action, get it at your own risk!
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Google has just released a new beta version of their Chrome 2.0 browser.
This beta is about 25%-35% faster than previous releases!
You can also find some new options:
- Form autofilling
- Full page zoom (resize both text and images)
- Auto-scrolling (while activated, moving the mouse scrolls the page accordingly)
- Dragging tabs (you can drag a tab outside of the current Chrome window, and it gets displayed on a new Chrome window – enabling side-by-side view)
Posted in Apple, Browser, Software, tagged Chrome, Mac, Screenshot on February 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on December 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Big news today for Google, as they had just released version 1.0 of the Google Chrome browser .
The beta tag has been removed, as Google Chrome is now considered stable and fast enough.
Still no Mac or Linux versions though.
Download
Official Announcement
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on September 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Introduction
This week Google has released the first beta version of their brand new browser called Google Chrome.
It is currently only available for the Windows platform. Mac OS and Linux versions are coming soon.
Google Chrome is based on the open-source browser engine Webkit.
Here is a list of the 5 features I mostly liked on Chrome:
1. More space for browsing – less toolbars
Chrome has an incredibly minimal layout, which gives the user more space for browsing than any other browser. Tabs are placed on the very top of the browser window, so there is no menu bar. Moreover Chrome introduced a nice little feature which replaces the usual always-on status bar. While loading a Web page or hovering over links, the corresponding hyperlinks are being displayed on the bottom-left corner of the browser and then disappear (see the above image).
2. Tab / Task Manager
Each tab on Google Chrome is running on a separate process thread. This is the most powerful Chrome feature, as it can keep the browser alive even if one of the opened tabs is not responding. Chrome is kind enough to provide distinct Memory and CPU information for every tab. It even gives the choice to terminate one of the tabs (reminds of Windows Task Manager).
3. Embedded developer tools
Chrome includes great tools for Web developers. With the aid of these tools, a Web developer can inspect all page elements, have an analytical view of page resources, as well as debug JavaScript via the JavaScript console.
4. One box to rule them all (address / history / search)
Another innovative idea of Google Chrome is the use of a single box for typing Web addresses, searching the Web, and browser history. As shown on the image above, by simply typing on the address box, all possible actions are being displayed.
5. Overall super-fast performance
Chrome was designed from the ground-up to perform better than any other browser. In terms of memory consumption, Chrome is definitely doing very well, spending less RAM than its competitors do. However what matters most, are the amazing fast Web page loading/rendering times. Besides the efficient Webkit engine, two other Chrome features contribute to the good performance.
The first one is the V8 JavaScript engine, developed by Google, which handles modern Web 2.0 applications pretty well.
The second one is the DNS-prefetching option, which automatically pre-resolves for every hyperlink found in a page, the IP address. Therefore if the user decides to click on a link, there will be no waiting time for the DNS query.
Conclusion
Google Chrome is still not ready to become my default browser. Firefox is by far a more superior and robust browser. However remember that this was the very first Chrome beta public release, while Firefox is already in version 3.0.1.
I would love to see some of the above mentioned features in future Firefox releases.
It would also be interesting to follow Chrome’s development roadmap, and see how long it’s gonna take for it to get a respectable market share.
Posted in Browser, Google, Software, tagged Chrome on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google Chrome, the new Google’s browser, has just been released.
It is currently available for Windows XP / Vista only.
