Google improves Chrome, new faster beta
Google has begun work on one much-requested feature of its Chrome browser, the ability to detect when a Web page offers a subscription service through RSS or Atom technology. Google programmer Finnur Thorarinsson formally marked the RSS support issue as “started” on Wednesday, though the feature is disabled for now. “The first part of this has been implemented and checked in,” Thorarinsson said, referring to the part that discovers when RSS feeds are available on a Web site. The feature is disabled for now, though, because the second part, which will produce a page that lets people actually subscribe to the feed, isn’t yet available, he said in his comment about Chrome’s RSS support. When Chrome debuted in September, many often basic features available in rival browsers were missing. Google has been working feverishly to add them, though. A total of 250 people flagged RSS support as being an issue of interest, second only to the Chrome extensions, which 725 people flagged.
Google is working on extensions, too, which will let people customize the browser with features such as ad blocking. Extensions are a popular selling point with Firefox, the second most popular browser after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. The new Chrome beta is designated 2.0.169.1. “The best thing about this new beta is speed — it’s 25% faster on our V8 benchmark and 35% faster on the Sunspider benchmark than the current stable channel version and almost twice as fast when compared to our original beta version,” says Google Chrome product manager Brian Rakowski in a blog post.
Source: Cnet
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keep tryin chrome, u r way behind!
V8 tests
firefox 3.0.7: 107 points
Opera 10: 51.0 points
IE8: 21.7 points
@1: Yet it's still evolving faster than any browser currently out.
Its like a faster snail…
It's a good browser…no question it will evidently make it's way all to the top…
My V8 Scores are:
Chrome 1.0.154: 1755
Firefox 3.0.7: 185
Internet Explorer 7: 44.4
Bit of a difference…
i agree its a fantastic browser
will it make its way to the top? No
ie comes with xp & vista & windows 7 so therefore ie will always hold top spot it will have a fight to get past firefox but im confident as more people try it they will be pleased at google crome thumbs up from me
Speed is only one element of internet browser.
Add-on also plays a big role.
There are still many things for Chrome to improve.
Chrome is great, it's way faster then the other browsers and I can't wait until extensions is added, which is the reason why i havn't changed from FF.
Is Chrome faster than Safari 4 ???
https://addons.mozilla.org/cs/firefox/addon/12
https://addons.mozilla.org/cs/firefox/addon/1843
https://addons.mozilla.org/cs/firefox/addon/1865
Make me these three addons to chrome, and I shall start using it. Without it, noway.
According to this site safari is fatest
http://www.zimbio.com/Mozilla+Firefox/articles/294/New+Browser+Benchmarks+Safari+42+Times+Faster
Sweet, thx for the heads up Martin
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Oh good. I love fasterbetas.
dont forget to inform us about opera too, it has alpha 10th version already.
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Remember: Google is after every information they can geht about you. If you don't trust Microsoft, you as sure as hell shouldn't trust Google. Use their browser and give them every info they need about you.
Chrome was a good browser when I tried.
But, I hated the integrated spyware, they removed that stupid feature now?
Too bad Chrome doesn't work with Windows 7 X64.
No adblock, no point…
i thought google only created chrome to bundle its software package with OEM pcs… i havent seen anything yet.
mac?
1. Adblock for Chrome means $0 in Google income (that's how they make 95% of their money).
2. Spying is part of Google's core philosophy. Search and Privacy are diametrically opposed to each other – Search is the opposite of Privacy.
Don't care how fast Chrome is or what not, will always use Opera.
If Google removes support for dictator-state censorship then maybe I'll think about it.
Well, I'm with everyone else that the add-ons have really made the difference in Firefox and I see that ABP seems to be the most common one.
However when you try the acid tests the latest Chrome actually does the best job on them beating firefox, which I though was pretty surprising.
http://www.acidtests.org/
adblock is only half of the solution. HOSTS FILE, people.
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
The most common complaint is there is no adblock for chrome, actually there is you just don't know about it, it's called AdMuncher
If you have $30 to waste, AdMuncher is great.
It doesn't work with my AdBlock filters.
It is not open source.
It only works on windows.
It doesn't do element hiding.
And worst of all (again) it isn't free.
Chrome sucks, but it's still nicer than turdpera
Chrome is a pretty decent browser, but I'm still using Firefox, sure Chrome may be faster but its not that big a deal as web pages load up almost instantly on Firefox for me, its a mere technicality. The add ons on Firefox are great, plus its open source and generally this means there is better "customer support" out there, than you would get from large corporations such as google or ms.
@11
all that stuff isnt needed normally
at most adblocker
i will always use Firefox, it's open source people! and i have all the speed and add-ons i want without anyone spying on me. Wake up!
Google Chrome Beta: 2123
Safari 4 Beta: 1354
Firefox 3.0.7: 180
Internet Explorer 7.0: 50.7
Personally I'm still sticking to Safari 4 Beta though ^^
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