The Google Chrome Browser Is Mature!
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
December12th2008
With its fifteenth release, the Google Chrome browser left behind the "Beta" label and became a mature application. No, not one bearing the "M (mature)" mark, but one that should make even the most demanding users happy. Well, if some people won't be happy, at least they'll give it a try now, since I know a lot of guys and chicks who would stay away from virtually any program labeled as "Beta," no matter its source, and "little details" like outstanding reliability and a wide range of features...
...and since I mentioned "features," then let me tell you that Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 doesn't come with anything new, but has a lot of improvements over the first version, as the official blog says. Below, you have a few passages from the post related to the first non-Beta Google Chrome browser in the wild...
"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.
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.
Bookmark manager and privacy controls. We heard you! Better bookmark features were a top request from our users. It's now easier to switch between another browser and Google Chrome with the bookmark import and export features, and we added a new simple way to manage large numbers of bookmarks, too. We also wanted to make it even easier for you to control your browsing data, so all of the features in Google Chrome which affect user privacy are now grouped in one place with detailed explanations for each one."
If you avoided Google Chrome until now, today is the first day of your life, and you have no excuse to avoid it any longer, so download it and give it a try, it simply can't disappoint you!
...and since I mentioned "features," then let me tell you that Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 doesn't come with anything new, but has a lot of improvements over the first version, as the official blog says. Below, you have a few passages from the post related to the first non-Beta Google Chrome browser in the wild...
"Better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video). Video and audio glitches were among the most common bugs fixed during the beta period.
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.
Bookmark manager and privacy controls. We heard you! Better bookmark features were a top request from our users. It's now easier to switch between another browser and Google Chrome with the bookmark import and export features, and we added a new simple way to manage large numbers of bookmarks, too. We also wanted to make it even easier for you to control your browsing data, so all of the features in Google Chrome which affect user privacy are now grouped in one place with detailed explanations for each one."
If you avoided Google Chrome until now, today is the first day of your life, and you have no excuse to avoid it any longer, so download it and give it a try, it simply can't disappoint you!
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3 Comments on The Google Chrome Browser Is Mature!
On 01/13/2009 at 2:00 am Jens said:
you have no excuse to avoid it any longer, so download it and give it a try, it simply can't disappoint you!
Wow, really?
whoops, where is the mac version?
where is the Linux version?
why is the only OS which runs it also the most unstable and insecure system of the three major Os?
stop talking wbout security and stability as long as you are talking about windows.
And yes! I AM disappointed.
On 01/13/2009 at 5:11 am JackBeeNimble said:
b/c everybody uses that OS thats why its only on windows for now. And its matured only so it can be bundled w/ oem machines... its still the same beta code.... mature gmail already
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