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Google Chrome update gives 30% speed boost
Electronista | The Macintosh News Network —
[image] Google this afternoon launched an official update to its Chrome browser that it hopes will fight back against Safari 4 and other newer rivals. The upgrade further refines the software's distinctive JavaScript engine and is estimated to be about 30 percent faster when using web apps and other sites that depend heavily on the code. Chrome similarly gets updates that bring it up to par with some features on other browsers, such as autofill for forms as well as a full-screen mode and the ability to remove unwanted thumbnails from the "most visited" page. The search engine pioneer also boasts having fixed over 300 bugs and improved the ...
Google Chrome 2 Brings New Features and Serious Speed [Downloads]
Lifehacker —
[image] [image] Back in March Google released a faster beta version of Chrome that boasted a 25-35% speed boosts on benchmarking tests, and today those improvements along with a few new features are now officially available in the stable release of Chrome. Apart from the speed and stability increases, Chrome users can also expect: Improved New Tab Page : The most requested feature from users was the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page . Now you can finally hide that embarrassing gossip blog from the Most Visited section. Full Screen Mode : If you've ever given a presentation or watched a large video using Google ...
Google Chrome 2 faster speed for all
SolSie.com —
Improved New Tab Page : The most requested feature from users was the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page. Now you can finally hide that embarrassing gossip blog from the Most Visited section. Full Screen Mode : If you’ve ever given a presentation or watched a large video using Google Chrome, you might have wished you could use every last pixel on your screen for the content. Now you can hide the title bar and the rest of the browser window by hitting F11 or selecting the option in the Tools menu. Form Autofill : Filling out your information in forms over and over again can be tedious. Form autofill helps by showing information you’ve ...
Google Chrome 2 Released With Much Faster Rendering, Full Screen [Browsers]
Gizmodo —
Chrome 2.0 isn't that different from Chrome 1.0, despite what its bold new version number might imply. It is, however, a healthy upgrade: rendering speed is up a full 25-35%, stability is improved, true full-screen has been enabled, and the smart New Tab Page and autofill functions have been revamped. Mac and Linux users, however, are still on their own. [Google via Lifehacker]
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Google updates Chrome - faster, more stable and now with form autofill too
Tech Digest —
I may not be enamoured by gmail but I'm a sucker for Google Chrome. I admit it. So, it brings me great pleasure that the G-Lords have just updated their browser by making it 30% faster at loading Java-heavy pages and added a couple of features too. The new version of Google's WebKit, on which the sofware's based, and the V8 Java engine are to thank for a lot of the improvement but, if it's tweaks you're after, then you'll be pleased to hear they've added the auto form-fill and a degree of discretion by allowing you to delete thumbnails from the "most viewed pages" section. What you ...
Suft the web with faster Google Chrome 2 browser
D' Technology Weblog —
Google Chrome 2 is now out of beta and is less about new features, but more on better performance. JavaScript-heavy web pages will now run about 30% faster. Also, added some useful features like form autofill, full screen mode, and the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page. If you’re Chrome, you’ll be automatically updated, else download at google.com/chrome.
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Google Chrome 2 '30% faster'
Web User | News —
Google has launched a new version of its web browser, Chrome. Darin Fisher of Google said that the new version of Chrome was about 30 per cent faster than its predecessor when dealing with Javascript-heavy pages. "Additionally, we've added some useful features like form autofill, full screen mode, and the ability to remove thumbnails from the New Tab page," said Fisher. The first version of Chrome ...
Google Chrome 2 now available
Tech Ticker —
Google’s Chrome 2 is now available for public consumption after serving as a Beta for the last two months. The second stable version irons out over 300 bugs and updated the WebKit and JavaScript’s V8 engine. On the visible features front, it now has a form autofill option, full screen mode and the option to remove thumbnails from the tabs page.
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