Google Chrome 5.0.342.5 Beta Web Browser Released For Mac - With Extensions And More
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Google Chrome is a beta web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.
Google Chrome Blog says:
Since we released Chrome for Mac in beta last December, we've been busy adding new features. Today, after some incubation in the developer channel, we're happy to make some of these features more widely available. The new beta release of Chrome for Mac offers extensions, bookmark sync, and more.
With this new version, you'll be able to install any of over 2,200 extensions (and counting!) currently available in Chrome's extensions gallery. Extensions can add useful, informative, fun, or quirky functionality to the browser. You can manage your extensions by clicking on the Window menu and choosing "Extensions."
For this release, we remained focused on providing a snappy, safe, and simple browsing experience on the Mac. If you haven't tried Chrome on the Mac yet and are curious about its features, this video will take you on a brief tour:
Those of you who use several computers will now be able to keep your bookmarks synchronized between them. If some of your computers aren't Macs, don't worry: bookmark sync works in Chrome for Linux and Windows too. We also added bookmark and cookie managers in a way that feels completely at home on the Mac. For technically-oriented users, our new Task Manager will help you keep tabs on all of your tabs.
If you're not using Chrome yet, you can try all of these new features out by downloading the Google Chrome Beta for Mac. Existing Chrome users should be automatically updated to the new beta within the next day just check the About window and look for version 5.0.307.
For more information, visit:
http://tinyurl.com/y9cd2um
Features:
• Free and installs in seconds
• Fast start-up
• Fast loading
• Fast search - Search the web right from the address bar.
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Speed
Google Chrome loads pages and runs web applications in a snap.
Stability
Google Chrome is built for stability. If an individual tab freezes or crashes, the other tabs are unaffected.
Security
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New Tab page
Visit your favorite websites easily from the New Tab page. When you open a new tab, the sites you visit most often are readily available.
Omnibox
Use the Omnibox to type both web addresses and searches in Google Chrome.
Themes
Customize your browser with themes from artists around the world.
Incognito mode
When you don't want your website visits to be recorded in your browser history, you can browse in incognito mode. (A handy feature for planning surprise gifts and birthdays!)
New in version 5.0.307.9:
• Fixed a tab crash that could be triggered by visiting wordpress.com, http://acid3.acidtests.org/, and many other sites. (Issue 35498)
• Fixed a tab crash in image loading. (Issue 32230)
New in Google Chrome 5.0.342.5:
• A lot of improvements to the bookmark bar on the Mac. Note that there's still an issue with folders with a lot of bookmarks. When you open the folder on the bookmarks bar, the list may extend below the bottom of the screen and you won't be able to access the bookmarks at the bottom. A fix is coming soon.
• A workaround is to use the bookmark menu in the menu bar.
• A lot of improvements to the quality of form Autofill
System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later
Platform Support
Intel
Download link:
http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
Video on Chrome extensions:
http://tinyurl.com/yd8ulyf
You can read the Chrome terms of service (EULA) here:
http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac
