Google Chrome Final (Out of Beta in 100 Days)

By Marius Oiaga, Technology News Editor

12th of December 2008, 07:33 GMT

“There is more speed to come,” Google promisesHot on the heels of Opera 10.0 Alpha 1, Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 and Internet Explorer 8 Beta Partner Build, Google has taken its Chrome browser out of Beta stage. Chrome went live into Beta stage at the debut of September 2008, with the Mountain View-based search giant trumpeting plans to “reinvent” the browser. Just three months and a total of 14 releases later, the latest Chrome bits made available for download no longer feature the Beta label. Google indicated that in just the first 100 days on the market Chrome managed to gather up a consistent audience, accounting for an installed base in excess of 10 million users worldwide. In this regard, Google is the undisputed king of the under 1% market share browsers.

“Better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video). Video and audio glitches were among the most common bugs fixed during the beta period. If you had problems watching videos with Google Chrome in the past, you should be pleasantly surprised with the performance now,” Sundar Pichai, VP, Product Management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, revealed. 

 
“Even more speed. Google Chrome starts up fast, loads pages quickly, and just keeps getting faster. Since the first beta, the V8 JavaScript engine runs 1.4 times faster on the SunSpider benchmark and 1.5 times faster on the V8 benchmark — and there is more speed to come.”

Moving out of Beta, Google Chrome comes to the table with evolved bookmark features. The new bookmark manager featured in the Chrome streamlines the process of importing and exporting items, so that users can easily switch from one browser to another. At the same time, they will notice that the management functionality has been kicked up a notch, especially when it comes down to handling large volumes of bookmarks. 

On top of this, Google emphasized the security features delivered by Chrome from the get-go, namely the sandbox technology that adds an extra layer designed to mitigate the threat of malicious software, and the Safe Browsing feature capable of fending off phishing and malware attacks.

“We have removed the beta label as our goals for stability and performance have been met, but our work is far from done. We are working to add some common browser features, such as form autofill and RSS support, in the near future. We are also developing an extensions platform along with support for Mac and Linux. If you are already using Google Chrome, the update system ensures that you get the latest bug fixes and security patches, so you will get the newest version automatically in the next few days. If you haven't used Google Chrome for a while, now might be a good time to give it another spin,” Pichai and Upson stated.

Out of Beta within just 100 days since the first development milestone was released, Chrome is in effect representative of Google's ambition to take on Internet Explorer. Fact is that, despite the 10 million strong user base, the Beta label has inherently pushed additional audience away, as it is traditionally associated with software products still under development. Minus the Beta, Chrome delivers a guarantee of stability and performance that will undoubtedly make the browser more attractive, not just to end-users, but also across enterprise IT infrastructures.

Google Chrome is available for download here.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Google-Chrome.shtml
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Beta 2 is available for download here.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Internet-Explorer-8.shtml
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 for Windows is available here.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Mozilla-Firefox-Final.shtml
Opera 10.0 Alpha 1 for Windows is available for download here.
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Browsers/Opera-for-Windows-without-Java.shtml

Source: softpedia

Final Chrome Version Boosts Speed, Compatibility12.12.08


by Michael MuchmorePC Magazine has performed follow-up tests of Google Chrome to see how much progress the browser has made since coming out of beta. The results show that its already fast JavaScript performance on the respected Sunspider benchmark has gotten even faster and compatibility with popular sites such as Facebook has improved. 


The retest shows a 24 percent speed improvement, bringing this released browser to the same level of performance as Firefox's second beta 3.1 version. The new numbers far outstrip what Microsoft's Internet Explorer was capable of, by a factor of nearly 100, and even bested the released version of Firefox 3.0's results more than threefold. 

However, there are still sites that kick back an "unsupported browser" message when a user attempts to view them using Chrome, such as Microsoft's Office Live site. Chrome has added a separate bookmarks window, though it still lacks many capabilities found in the competition, such as bookmarking multiple sites at once (also known as tabbed groups) and tagging. 

In memory usage, Chrome still holds up the rear, using somewhat more RAM than Internet Explorer, and more than double what Firefox consumed in testing with the same set of ten content rich sites. In standards support, Opera is still the leader, garnering 85 out of 100 possible points on the Acid3 Browser Compatibility test from the Web Standards Project.

What is Acid3 Browser Compatibility test??Acid3 Browser Test

Acid3 is the third in a series of test pages written to help browser vendors ensure proper support for web standards in their products.

Acid3 is primarily testing specifications for “Web 2.0″ dynamic Web applications. Also there
are some visual rendering tests, including webfonts. Here is the list of specifications tested:
DOM2 Core
DOM2 Events
DOM2 HTML
DOM2 Range
DOM2 Style (getComputedStyle, …)
DOM2 Traversal (NodeIterator, TreeWalker)
DOM2 Views (defaultView)
ECMAScript
HTML4 (<object>, <iframe>, …)
HTTP (Content-Type, 404, …)
Media Queries
Selectors (:lang, :nth-child(), combinators, dynamic changes, …)
XHTML 1.0
CSS2 (@font-face)
CSS2.1 (’inline-block’, ‘pre-wrap’, parsing…)
CSS3 Color (rgba(), hsla(), …)
CSS3 UI (’cursor’)
data: URIs
SVG (SVG Animation, SVG Fonts, …)
take the test here:
http://acid3.acidtests.org/

i just instal the latest google chrome!!here screenshot after instal!!

hey there, was wondering whether google chrome is any good?

Well it's fast, opening tabs won't slow down the "browsing" (or whatever you call it), it's got a simple streamlined look...Me likey but there are some sites that aren't really "compatible" (I don't know the right term) with G. Chrome, like ump e-comm & this forum.

what a bummer. i'ma forgo google chrome then.

Hahahaha...yeah I've switched back to Mozilla Firefox now

i try almost all the popular browser on net, only mozilla giv me the fastest speed in FACEBOOK!!

i like OPERA for normal surfing!!


*disadvantage: from my experience, Mozilla exhausted a lot of CPU usage while U open many tabs. with more than 1 tab, it make >90% of CPU usage.

Admin wrote:i try almost all the popular browser on net, only mozilla giv me the fastest speed in FACEBOOK!!

i like OPERA for normal surfing!!


*disadvantage: from my experience, Mozilla exhausted a lot of CPU usage while U open many tabs. with more than 1 tab, it make >90% of CPU usage.

really boss???
along time i'm using mozilla....
my cpu usage not more than half.....

that was what happened to my computer ....

or something wrong with my mozilla??

what version mozilla did you use boss???

the latest version but not the beta version!

may b i wil try reinstal it !!

g. chrome masih tak dapat bukak e-comm dan tak leh posting dalam ni... last2 aku guna the world sahaja....

for normal(pc da ada balik) pakai gak g chrome ni sebab kepantasannya....

zicron21ck wrote:g. chrome masih tak dapat bukak e-comm dan tak leh posting dalam ni... last2 aku guna the world sahaja....

for normal(pc da ada balik) pakai gak g chrome ni sebab kepantasannya....

ye ke?
post ni aku pakai chrome, ok je aku tgk..
e-comm pon aku bukak gne chrome..

eh silap plak... elearn.... posting aku tak tau sebab aper....nanti dia post kosong...