Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Google has released Chrome 2.0 Beta

Google Company released the first beta version of its upcoming Chrome browser 2.0 on Tuesday. Chrome 2.0 testing versions have already been available since the beginning of January, starting by the build 2.0.156.1.
It was possible to obtain them by selecting a distribution channel with development versions, according to this guide : http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel

The first build, which the company issued as a beta version is build 2.0.170.0. Compared to its earlier versions, it in particular, corrects numerous errors. Compared to version 1.0 several features have been added, like full-screen display support, form filling, and a new simple method of placing multiple windows side by side.



The essential change is accelerated implementation of JavaScript, which opposed to the final version of Chrome 1.0, is accelerated by 25% according to V8 benchmark and according to Sunspider benchmark even by 35%.
Chrome Beta version 2.0 can be downloaded from http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/index.html

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