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Did Google Chrome Just Get Even Faster?
Mashable! —
One of the few Google products that isn’t a perpetual beta, Google Chrome, has just gotten a beta branch, which lets users get a taste of things to come.
So, what does a Google Chrome beta bring? Speed, and lots of it. According to Google, it’s 25 percent faster than the stable build of Chrome, which is nothing short of amazing given that Chrome is already blazing fast.
Other new features are form autofill, full page zooming and autoscroll, as well as a way to get a side-by-side view by dragging out tabs to the side of the browser window, which you can see in the amazingly short video below.
You can get the Google Chrome beta ...
New Chrome Beta, Blog Announced
WebProNews Feed —
Everyone knows that Google loves the word "beta"; Gmail has stood as evidence of this for years. Well, love can do powerful things, and Google's brought back the term to describe a fresh, faster-than-ever version of its Chrome browser. There's a new Chrome blog, too.
The Google Chrome Blog represents an addition to (not a replacement of) the Chromium Blog. From this point on, the Chromium Blog will focus more on developer-related issues, while stuff that typical users should appreciate will show up on the official Chrome Blog.
And speaking of appreciation, a post on the Google Chrome Blog stated, "The ...
Google releases new 2.0 beta of Chrome browser
Betanews —
Google releases new 2.0 beta of Chrome browser By Tim Conneally | Published March 17, 2009, 4:43 PM Today, Google has made the latest beta of Chrome available for download , promising a 25%-35% speed boost over the latest stable version, and speeds nearly double that of the original Chrome beta, according to two Google benchmarks. In Betanews tests of Chrome version 2.0.169.1 this afternoon, performance was 10.5% better than the last stable version. It also scored 100% on the Acid3 test, with much faster rendering. [image] While the design of Chrome remains essentially the same, this latest version includes full page zoom, autoscroll, form autofill, and ...
Google Unveils Updated Chrome Beta
AppScout —
Think Google will let Apple have all the St. Patrick's Day glory? Not a chance.
On the same day that Apple announced its new iPhone 3.0 OS, Google unveiled a new beta version of its Chrome browser.
Google promises that the updated beta is much faster than its predecessor: "almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version," Brian Rakowski, a Google product manager, wrote in a blog post.
The updated Chrome also includes some new features, including autofill, full-page zoom, auto-scroll, and new drag tabs.
Want to see two tabs side-by-side? Drag one of the tabs out to the side of the screen and the update Chrome will ...
Google's got a new Chrome beta - if you can get it
Download Squad —
Filed under: Windows, Google, Beta, Browsers
On the official Google Chrome blog a few hours ago, Google announced the release of a new beta version that falls somewhere in between the stable and developer branches. Apart from the speed improvements in Google's V8 javascript engine, ...
Google Chrome Beta Updates, Boasts Speed and New Features [Beta Beat]
Lifehacker —
[image] Windows only: Google Chrome has released a fresh new beta that integrates many of the features available in the nightly releases, including significant speed improvements and a few cool new features. Apart from the speed increases which claim a 25% boost in their V8 benchmarks and 35% on Sunspider (see the graphs below for a better idea) the new beta includes form autofill, full page zoom, autoscroll, and the snazzy tab drag feature you see in the video for breaking tabs into a side-by-side view. As I said, none of these are all that new if you've been keeping up with the latest and greatest in the nightly builds, but if you prefer the slightly more stable beta ...
Google Chrome Beta Updates, Boasts Improved Speed and New Features [Beta Beat]
Lifehacker —
[image] Windows only: Google Chrome has released a fresh new beta that integrates many of the features available in the nightly releases, including significant speed improvements and a few cool new features. Apart from the speed increases which claim a 25% boost in their V8 benchmarks and 35% on Sunspider (see the graphs below for a better idea) the new beta includes form autofill, full page zoom, autoscroll, and the snazzy tab drag feature you see in the video for breaking tabs into a side-by-side view. As I said, none of these are all that new if you've been keeping up with the latest and greatest in the nightly builds, but if you prefer the slightly more stable beta ...
New Chrome Beta Polished For Speed
Webmonkey —
According to Google, the first thing you’ll notice about its new beta version of Chrome Browser is speed.
The V8 JavaScript engine has been streamlined for speed. According to a blog post by Brian Rakowski, the new browser is “25 percent faster on our V8 benchmark and 35 percent faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version and almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version,”
Some of the Beta’s features are inherited from its Webkit rendering engine, including full page zoom and support for autoscrolling. Other features include basic ...
Google releases new Chrome Beta
D' Technology Weblog —
After taking off the “beta” tag from Chrome in December, Google re-introduces the beta channel for some early feedback. This new beta is 25% faster and has some new features: form autofill, full page zoom and autoscroll, and a cool new way to drag tabs out to get a side-by-side view (shown below). ...
Back to Beta: Google Chrome Now Faster
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
googlechrome.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Google’s Chrome reached the 1.0 version in December, though I felt it was a little rushed, intended to exit beta so that bundling deals could be made. Since then, Google has been updating builds in two release channels: developer and stable. Their latest release, re-introduces the beta channel, however. The reason for this is that the beta channel is better tested than the developer channel, so if you want to try out new features with the reassurance that it will be relatively stable, the beta channel version is the way to go. And Google has some new “tricks” it wants users to try out. And what Google wants ...
Google Releases New Stable Version of Chrome: Faster, Full Screen Mode, Form Autofill
ReadWriteWeb —
Google today announced a major new update of its browser that gives Chrome a large speed boost. According to Google, Chrome now loads JavaScript-heavy pages 30% faster than the previous stable version. Some of the new features were already available in the last beta version, but even those users on the stable version will now get access to Chrome's full screen mode, form autofill, and improved new tap pages. In addition, Google also says that the new stable version of Chrome contains over 300 bug-fixes.
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Google Chrome is available in three versions, a stable, mainstream version, and a beta version, as well as ...
