Google to soon Launch Third Chrome beta version.
This new release will ensure getting bugs out, better performance and may get rid of security weaknesses.
Mark Larson, Chrome program manager said, “You will automatically get updated in the next few days.”
People can check if a new version is available by clicking the wrench menu and selecting “About Google Chrome.”
On the security front, Google Chrome version 0.3.154.9 stomps a security problem in which a site–if it convinces a user to open a pop-up window–could show a different Web address than the one that actually supplied the information.
Found in the new beta: better performance and reliability for plug-ins such as Flash and Silverlight; support for scrolling with a touchpad; and better performance and reliability for people who browse the Web through a proxy intermediary. More details are expected to become available in the Chrome release notes page, though at present that page hasn’t been updated.
A Look at Few Changes:
- The spell-checker underlines misspelled words in text-input boxes now, and users can right-click words to add them to a dictionary.
- Google, with some outside help, tidied up the process for launching regular and incognito windows, moving the option from the “control the current page” menu to the “control Chrome” among other changes.
- When users download executable programs, such as those ending with .exe or .dll extensions, Chrome now gives them dummy filenames until users confirm they really want to download the files. Unconfirmed downloads are deleted when Chrome exits.
The newest beta version is the same as the most recent developer version except for one new feature: translation of text such as dialog boxes and menu commands into 42 languages.
Fast JavaScript is a key part of Google’s ambition to use Chrome to spur faster Web application development.
As of now though Chrome is available for Windows, Google is still working on Mac OS X and Linux versions.
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November 22nd, 2008 at 2:14 am
I hesitate to use even upgraded versions of Chrome, since my last experience using it (first version) left my computer compromised; have they fixed the security issues beyond all doubt?