After the release of the Internet giants first web browser, titled Chrome, Google is hard at work on making their next version of Chrome up to standards with other browsers. The team at Google has taken the feedback received from the first official release, and made changes accordingly.You can expect to see the following new features:
Form Autocomplete:
Something browsers currently have, and a small, yet important feature to implement into Chrome.
Full-page Zoom:
The ability to zoom in on text and images using your keyboard shortcuts, making text easier to read. The image zoom will also utilize your keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl – and Ctrl + to zoom in and out.
Autoscroll:
An easy navigation feature built in that allows the users to scroll up and down, as well as side to side by clicking their scroll wheel.
Profiles:
Keeping your settings separate between users and personalizing your browser, such as homepage, bookmarks, and browsing history. You can also open a new window to switch profiles without exiting.
Greasemonkey Scripts (user-scripts):
Now users can add their own scripts to their browser to help customize their browsing experience
Google also mentioned improvements in their Webkit, V8 javascript engine, a better implementation for SafeBrowsing (malware / phishing protection) and new code for the HTTP network protocol.
Users can test the latest version of Google Chrome by following these steps:
- If you don't have Google Chrome, install it from google.com/chrome
- Subscribe to the developer preview channel. This is required even if you've previously subscribed to the channel.
- Wait until the new version is downloaded (you may force the update by opening the "About Google Chrome" dialog).
Link: Google Chrome 2.0 Release Notes
yeah you are right... same thing with me.
It is hard to live without.
It should have been there since a long time already, but anyway. I'll give them until Snow Leopard, then I'll start to whine about it
Its hard to find any innovation in Internet Explorer when its stay seven years in the same version.
FTFY :-) (a feature since 2001, the year IE 6 was released)
I know it doesn't matter, but it was you who brought it up as an innovation.
I know it doesn't matter, but it was you who brought it up as an innovation.
Wrong! IE6 didn't had the full page zoom feature, only text zooming or - to be exact - you can only change 5 level of text size ( Largest, Larger, Medium, Smaller, Smallest )
It was IE7 that Microsoft added full page zoom feature to IE, which release a few years after Opera had implement full page zoom feature.
It was IE7 that Microsoft added full page zoom feature to IE, which release a few years after Opera had implement full page zoom feature.
that's what he wrote, try reading his post again along with what he quoted and the FTFY expression...
It was IE7 that Microsoft added full page zoom feature to IE, which release a few years after Opera had implement full page zoom feature.
that's what he wrote, try reading his post again along with what he quoted and the FTFY expression...
Opera had full page zoom (with images) back in Version 3 from 1998
I'll stick to Firefox, thank you very much.
They perhaps won't, but they're planning to include extension support, which is basically good enough. ;-)
Too bad it didn't happen in this version, yet, at least.
Too bad it didn't happen in this version, yet, at least.
Yeah, a browser today without adblock just doesnt cut it for me. I stick to ie7 with the iepro addon... couldnt live without it. SOOOO many ads everywhere now.
Whatever addons become available though are fine.
Opera does...
It's a URL filter list but in all honesty it's the same thing in reality.
I take it the filter blows? Because a lot of ads still come through on various sites, not to mention the sites looking quite funky...
Well, yeh, but the technical details.
Aren't you supposed to use user accounts for that. At least if you want different profiles for different users.
But yes, there's some use for e.g. work/school style settings alone, but that's it.
With IE already preparing v8, and Opera getting ready for v10, I think they are just trying to not look like they're too far behind
You used IE?
I tried Google Chrome but it's no good... not as a designer anyway.
I tried Google Chrome but it's no good... not as a designer anyway.
Normally I used FF, but as some sites NEED ie I'll have to use that. Now I'm on Chrome for daily use. For example at work we have 3 sites that NEED ie. I know, bad programming/scripting but it happens. That is why I mentioned ie.
I don't know why Chrome is not good, but I'm no experienced web designer so I'm sure there are some standards that are not compatible with Chrome. Haven't really nocited. But to say it's a bad browser goes far I guess...
I don't know why Chrome is not good, but I'm no experienced web designer so I'm sure there are some standards that are not compatible with Chrome. Haven't really nocited. But to say it's a bad browser goes far I guess...
In Firefox use the IE Tab extension and add the websites that 'NEED' IE in to the list in the extension to automatically render those pages in an IE tab on Firefox. I hit a couple sites that work fine in FF except for their video page on the sites. It is a scripting thing they never fix, although told about it.
Those sites should be avoided then. It is inexcusable to create sites that only work with IE.
I'll be sure to notify my college of that.
lol haha nice one
So,or Chrome become ie compatible (it is really unlike to happen) or eat firefox (adding add-ins such abp) or simple will become a nice browser that nobody use.
For me it's a wonderful browser: fast, quick, minimal, lets you see pages in the whole screen without bars, icons or so on... now it got also a bookmarks manager (in the 0.xx beta it hasn't...), zoom...
I bet it will be one of the most important browsers..
We can only determine how fast they are when they start adding something special (which will obviously copied in other browsers).
Guess I'll edit my post as I still can't find ANYTHING positive about this thing over last version!!
I like it a lot, but I'm still waiting for extensions and such to become available. Until then, I'll stick with Firefox.
why call it 2.0
it's a 1.1 version really
a lot have been achieved, but so much is still missing
Nope otherwise what would be the point of Google trying to build a search monopoly.
Isn't it was google, who pushed MS to add this function to IE?
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