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Google releases Chrome 10.0.684.127
INTERNET AND SOFTWARE GIANT Google has announced a stable release of Chrome 10.0.684.127, which packs a number of new features.
Chrome 10 includes a new version of the open source Java engine V8, codenamed Crankshaft. Google says that this version significantly improves Javascript performance.
Settings pages now open in a tab instead of a dialogue box. Password sync is enabled by default. GPU accelerated video, background Webapps and the Webnavigation extension API are also included.
Security is becoming a growing concern for Google as Chrome gains more popularity, so this version automatically disables outdated plugins and features improved malware reporting. It also has a sandboxed version of Adobe Flash for extra security.
Google highlighted its dedication to addressing security issues by providing a list of Chrome bugs that were reported by users. These ranged from low to high severity and the reporters were awarded prizes ranging up to $2,000 for the most critical.
The new stable release of Chrome works with Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. µ
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the version is 10.0.648.147 not 684
As a web developer, FF4 is ahead of GC/Safari and IE9 in most areas that we're currently pushing forward in. I don't use the browser specific prefixes with CSS3 so this means that GC falls behind here.
I've never had issues with FF memory usage, although most machines that I have have enough memory that 2-300MBs is fine. I generally find that it never goes over 200MB; currently I see it using 104MB with 20 plugins, FaceBook homepage and the Inq comments page open; GC 10 is using 75MB with 1 plugin and a Google search results page open.
Plugins are still the main point with FF, with them being more numerous and more powerful on FF, where as GC takes the performance crown. IE9 is like the IE6 of its day, implementing bits of a spec but not being complete (not MS's fault as not everything is finalised yet, but they could have supported more.)
IE9 is very fast, but, PLUGINS!!!
My FF plugins:
Adblock Plus
Adblock Plus for popups
Better Privacy
British English Dictionary (Spell checking!!!)
Downthemall (download manager/accelerator)
Ghostery (anti website tracking)
KeyScrambler (added anti keylogging browser security)
Webmail Notifier
Work stuff:
ShowIP
ShowMyIP
Web Developer
Firebug
I'm a plugins man, so I use Firefox, until Chrome or another browser can come along and give me the same functionality then I'm not really interested in anything else
Latest stable version is 10.0.648.127 not 10.0.684.127.
Just thought I'd point that out :)
Anyone know which leaves the bigger memory footprint, Opera or Chrome ?
Looks good to me, though Iron is a better option.
Basically, anything is better than what Firefox has become, even IE9.
However it may have began, it had become a bloated, buggy, unstable, lazy, clunky unintuative mess that lags behind everyone else when it comes to the overall browsing experience. When you look at the major changes in Firefox 4, they're without exception just things that have already been in other browsers for a while.
There's nothing new in it, it's just an attempt to catch up but with higher RAM usage and slower start-up (even after the improvements over v3.6). But the other browsers are still moving forward, so how long until it's fallen far behind again and the remaining fanbois are all waiting for Firefox 5 to try and catch up again.
Firefox is like an elderly relative losing the plot with every passing year, and you know deep down that it's never going to improve.
Well that's nice...
I think I'll check google chrome out again at version 20.0, when they iron out the kinks.