August 6, 2009

Google Releases Updated Version of Chrome (the Browser)

A new release of Google Chrome is out and there are quite a few features you'll want to know about.

First up, it's faster. When you open a new page while other pages are loading, Chrome prioritizes requests for the new page. (I usually want the older pages to load first, but whatev.) DNS caching, more efficient DOM bindings and using V* or proxy auto-config should also contribute to a quicker browsing experience.

You can customize your New Tab Page to set which sites you would like quick access to. Drag website thumbnails to give them a spot on the page. The change will remain permanent no matter what your browsing habits are.

The Omnibox, which provides suggestions based on keystrokes is optimized to help distinguish between keyword searches and websites. New themes let you dress up your browser, and HTML 5 capabilites are being built into the beta.

Have you tried Chrome 3.0? Let us know your impressions of the updated beta by leaving a comment below.

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July 8, 2009

Google Chrome Is Now An Operating System The Official Google Blog announced the launch of the Chrome Operating System - late night in California - the entry is timestamped 9:30 pm PST - but an hour and a Twitter link ago - I found it. A number they claim - "30 million regular Chrome browser users" - seems high. But who cares Chrome is now an operating system. It will run on the web with interaction through browsers based in most OSs. If they can flip a decent percentage of the browser users, get a good number of laptops and other methods of connecting to the web it could be something Microsoft will notice diving deep into a field they have just begun to test. As Google blogs "Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google"

Browser Statistics Month by Month

2009 IE7 IE6 IE8 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera June 18.7% 14.9% 7.1% 47.3% 6.0% 3.1% 2.1% May 21.3% 14.5% 5.2% 47.7% 5.5% 3.0% 2.2% April 23.2% 15.4% 3.5% 47.1% 4.9% 3.0% 2.2% March 24.9% 17.0% 1.4% 46.5% 4.2% 3.1% 2.3% February 25.4% 17.4% 0.8% 46.4% 4.0% 3.0% 2.2% January 25.7% 18.5% 0.6% 45.5% 3.9% 3.0% 2.3% 2008 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Chrome Safari Opera December 26.1% 19.6% 44.4% 3.6% 2.7% 2.4% November 26.6% 20.0% 44.2% 3.1% 2.7% 2.3% October 26.9% 20.2% 44.0% 3.0% 2.8% 2.2% September 26.3% 22.3% 42.6% 3.1% 2.7% 2.0% August 26.0% 24.5% 43.7% 2.6% 2.1% July 26.4% 25.3% 42.6% 2.5% 1.9% June 27.0% 26.5% 0.5% 41.0% 2.6% 1.7% May 26.5% 27.3% 0.7% 39.8% 2.4% 1.5% April 24.9% 28.9% 1.0% 39.1% 2.2% 1.4% March 23.3% 29.5% 1.1% 37.0% 2.1% 1.4% February 22.7% 30.7% 1.3% 36.5% 2.0% 1.4% January 21.2% 32.0% 1.5% 36.4% 1.9% 1.4% 2007 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla Safari Opera November 20.8% 33.6% 1.6% 36.3% 1.2% 1.8% 1.6% September 20.8% 34.9% 1.5% 35.4% 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% July 20.1% 36.9% 1.5% 34.5% 1.4% 1.5% 1.9% May 19.2% 38.1% 1.6% 33.7% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7% March 18.0% 38.7% 2.0% 31.8% 1.3% 1.6% 1.6% January 13.3% 42.3% 3.0% 31.0% 1.5% 1.7% 1.5% 2006 IE7 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla N7/8 Opera November 7.1% 49.9% 3.6% 29.9% 2.5% 0.2% 1.5% September 2.5% 55.6% 4.0% 27.3% 2.3% 0.4% 1.6% July 1.9% 56.3% 4.2% 25.5% 2.3% 0.4% 1.4% May 1.1% 57.4% 4.5% 25.7% 2.3% 0.3% 1.5% March 0.6% 58.8% 5.3% 24.5% 2.4% 0.5% 1.5% January 0.2% 60.3% 5.5% 25.0% 3.1% 0.5% 1.6% 2005 IE6 IE5 Firefox Mozilla N7 O8 O7 November 62.7% 6.2% 23.6% 2.8% 0.4% 1.3% 0.2% September 69.8% 5.7% 18.0% 2.5% 0.4% 1.0% 0.2% July 67.9% 5.9% 19.8% 2.6% 0.5% 0.8% 0.4% May 64.8% 6.8% 21.0% 3.1% 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% March 63.6% 8.9% 18.9% 3.3% 1.0% 0.3% 1.6% January 64.8% 9.7% 16.6% 3.4% 1.1% 1.9% 2004 IE6 IE5 Mozilla N3 N7 N4 O7 November 66.0% 10.2% 16.5% 0.2% 1.2% 0.3% 1.6% September 67.8% 11.2% 13.7% 0.3% 1.4% 0.3% 1.7% July 67.2% 13.2% 12.6% 0.4% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6% May 68.1% 13.8% 9.5% 0.6% 1.4% 0.4% 1.6% March 68.2% 14.6% 7.9% 0.8% 1.4% 0.6% 1.4% January 68.9% 15.8% 5.5% 0.4% 1.5% 0.5% 1.5% 2003 IE6 IE5 Mozilla N3 N7 N4 O7 November 71.2% 13.7% 7.2% 0.5% 1.6% 0.5% 1.9% September 69.7% 16.9% 6.2% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.8% July 66.9% 20.3% 5.7% 0.6% 1.5% 0.6% 1.7% May 65.0% 22.7% 4.6% 1.0% 1.4% 0.9% 1.4% March 63.4% 24.6% 4.2% 0.9% 1.4% 1.1% 1.2% January 55.3% 29.3% 4.0% 1.2% 1.1% 1.7% 2002 IE6 IE5 AOL N3 N5 N4 IE4 November 53.5% 29.9% 5.2% 1.1% 4.9% 2.0% September 49.1% 34.4% 4.5% 1.3% 4.5% 2.2% July 44.4% 40.1% 3.5% 1.2% 3.5% 2.6% 0.5% May 40.7% 46.0% 2.8% 1.2% 2.7% 3.4% 0.7% March 36.7% 49.4% 3.0% 1.2% 2.4% 4.1% 0.7% January 30.1% 55.7% 2.8% 1.3% 2.2% 4.4% 1.0% Thank you w3schools for the stats

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May 22, 2009

The Fast and the Furious: Google Chrome Adds More Lead to Its Foot

Google has announced that its internet browser, Chrome, is now faster. How much faster? About 30% faster. Chrome is also boasting some new features:

Form autofill
Full screen mode
Remove thumbnails from the New Tab page

Google launched Chrome last September and it has steadily been gaining browser market share (because, you know, if there's anything Google needs to do, it's dominate even more of the internet). A few days later, Google Analytics was tracking Chrome visits.

By the end of 2008, Chrome was released out of beta, then just last month a new version was launched into beta.

Posted by Nathania Johnson at 2:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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