Google Chrome 0.3.154.0 bèta
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Op 2 september 2008 bracht Google na lang speculeren eindelijk hun eigen browser uit, genaamd Google Chrome. Deze browser maakt gebruik van de WebKit engine en valt op door zijn snelheid.
Chrome is ontzettend snel met opstarten en laden van webpagina's. Vele malen sneller dan zijn concurrenten IE en Firefox. Verder is de browser vrij kaal net als google zelf. Gewoon simpel opgezet maar wel doeltreffend. Wij vinden het in elk geval een aanrader. Voor een beter overzicht van deze browser, check de video!
Vandaag werd er een update uitgebracht van de browser. Alle precieze veranderingen kun je terugvinden in het changelog.
Changelog:
Highlights: Plugin FixesThis release includes several changes that improve the performance of plugins, especially Adobe Flash video.
* r2459, r2744 Improve the performance and scrolling of plugins. This especially improves pages with multiple plugins playing video. Note to developers: this affects windowless plugins only. (Issue 93)
* r2539 Fixes plugins not playing when embedded in a third-party frame on a page (Issue 1533)
* r2740 Fixes a problem where using Flash plugins could lock up Google Chrome and cause 100% CPU usage (Issue 387, Issue 772)
New Network Layer: Testers Wanted
We're just about ready to turn on the new HTTP networking code by default. There are a few remaining bugs, mostly in handling SSL edge cases and HTTP authentication.
To use the new HTTP code, you can add a command line flag to the shortcut you use to launch Google Chrome. To add a command line flag, right click the Google Chrome shortcut, choose Properties, and edit the Target field. You can just add the new flags at the end of the Target line.
The new command line flag is:
--new-http
Enables the new network layer. Please put [new-http] in the description for any bugs you file.
Other Notable Changes
User Interface
* r2474 'Duplicate' (right click on a tab > Duplicate) opens a new tab instead of a new window.
* r2631, r2678 Adds the ability to sort table views in the user interface and turns it on for the keyword editor (Options > Basics > Default search: Manage) and cookie manager (Options > Under the hood > Show cookies).
* r2643 Makes the link in the About box clickable. The link opens a page acknowledging the authors and license terms of third party code and software used in Google Chrome.
* r2645 Keeps focus on the last match after the Find in page box is closed. (Issue 455)
* r2704 Ctrl+S now brings up a Save Page dialog. (Issue 1653)
Search Engines and Suggest Services
* r2564, r2623 Fixes search results when the default search provider is voila.fr (or orange.fr) and enables search suggestions for voila.fr (French) and daum.net (Korean).
* r2630 Fixes a problem with importing Windows Live Search as the default search engine.
JavaScript/Web API
* r2571 Adds a command line switch to set the user agent string for testing: --user-agent="some string". We'll be making changes to the user agent string before we exit Beta, and this will help in testing site compatibility. This isn't really Web API, but seems mostly of interest to web developers.
