KotaXor Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Google's Chrome Web browser is coming out of beta testing, according to a TechCrunch report Wednesday. Marissa Mayer, Google's vice president of user experience, told TechCrunch's Mike Arrington as much in an interview at Le Web 08, according to the report. However, there was no word about when the move might take place. One possibility would be to announce it Thursday at Add-on-Con, a conference about browser extensions at which Nick Baum, a product manager on Google Chrome, is scheduled to speak on a panel about the future of Web browsers. Also on the panel are Joshua Allen, senior technical evangelist for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, and Mike Shaver, vice president of engineering for Firefox builder Mozilla. Taking the browser out of beta would doubtless fulfill Google's ambition to let business partners, such as computer makers, bundle Chrome on their systems. Google launched the first beta version in September. However, Chrome is still rough around the edges to be a version 1.0 product. New Chrome developer releases arrive frequently to stamp out bugs. Hotmail only works with Chrome if users launch it with a particular command-line option to fool Microsoft's e-mail site into thinking it's not using Chrome. And at least for me, even Google's own Google's Zeitgeist 2008 Web site doesn't work properly in Chrome: the country-specific pop-ups are cut off at the bottom of the browser view. (The same pop-up issue arises in Internet Explorer and Safari, but not in Firefox.) Also, although Chrome has been in development internally at Google for years, it's curious that the company would take Chrome out of beta when it's resisted the impulse to do the same with Gmail and several other high-profile projects. Chrome works only on Windows for now, though Google is working on a Mac version and a Linux version. Google didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Separately, Arrington reported that Mayer said Google plans to include an option in the first quarter of 2009 to turn off the new SearchWiki feature, which lets people customize their own search results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halo Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 im waiting for the final version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sggk Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 did he say something about a future compatibility with the firefox adds/plugins?thanx :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_Hunt Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Google Chrome (out of BETA)Since we first released Google Chrome, the development team has been hard at work improving the stability and overall performance of the browser. In just 100 days, we have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven continents, no less) and released 14 updates to the product. We're excited to announce that with today's fifteenth release we are taking off the "beta" label!Google Chrome is a better browser today thanks to the many users who sent their feedback and the many more who enabled automatic crash reports, helping us rapidly diagnose and fix issues. Some of the areas where we've made great progress include:Better stability and performance of plug-ins (particularly video). Video and audio glitches were among the most common bugs fixed during the beta period. If you had problems watching videos with Google Chrome in the past, you should be pleasantly surprised with the performance now.Even more speed. Google Chrome starts up fast, loads pages quickly, and just keeps getting faster. Since the first beta, the V8 javascript engine runs 1.4 times faster on the SunSpider benchmark and 1.5 times faster on the V8 benchmark — and there is more speed to come.Bookmark manager and privacy controls. We heard you! Better bookmark features were a top request from our users. It's now easier to switch between another browser and Google Chrome with the bookmark import and export features, and we added a new simple way to manage large numbers of bookmarks, too. We also wanted to make it even easier for you to control your browsing data, so all of the features in Google Chrome which affect user privacy are now grouped in one place with detailed explanations for each one.We've taken security very seriously from the beginning and we will continue to look for ways to make Google Chrome and all browsers even more secure. Google Chrome's unique sandbox technology creates an additional layer of defense against harmful software, while the Safe Browsing feature provides protection against phishing and malware attacks for many browser users.We have removed the beta label as our goals for stability and performance have been met but our work is far from done. We are working to add some common browser features such as form autofill and RSS support in the near future. We are also developing an extensions platform along with support for Mac and Linux. If you are already using Google Chrome, the update system ensures that you get the latest bug fixes and security patches, so you will get the newest version automatically in the next few days. If you haven't used Google Chrome for a while, now might be a good time to give it another spin. View: Original ArticleDownloadjalaffa beat me by 6 mins on this news :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 jalaffa beat me by 6 mins on this news :PThat must have hurt :P But thanks a lot for the added info Zeus :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechTr Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Wooow...Excellent...But firefox forever :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 ~Merged topics~Thought it'd be better to have one topic about this ;)I haven't even tried it... Not sure why, it's just my gut I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 I haven't even tried it... Not sure why, it's just my gut I guess.Because most of us, admit it or not, are Firefox fan boys and girls ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Using this in one of my pc, lets see how it goes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I just wish google would market its services to the us government. We still have 100mb mail box limits (up from 10mb). Two years ago I looked at the sourse code for our web mail.... copy right 1998. Thankfuly they have made some improvements. But google could do TONS better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 So far so good, load sightly faster than firefox. Too bad no add-on like no script and adblock.Don't like the Bookmark manager though. Need some getting use to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 When final version of FF 3.1 comes out, Google Chrome's @$$ will be whacked :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 When final version of FF 3.1 comes out, Google Chrome's @$$ will be whacked :lol:QFT :win: Firefox #1 !!!!111!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 When final version of FF 3.1 comes out, Google Chrome's @$$ will be whacked :lol:Tried the beta version of Firefox, it is just as fast as Chrome except that most add-on is not compatible yet!Look like Chrome is fast due to its lack of add-on. Stripped Firefox 3.0.4 off its add-on, and it load as fast as Chrome!Still prefer Firefox though. :clap: :whistle: Just love the No Script and Adblock. :win: :win: to Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I modified greasemonkey to make it compatible with FF3b2 :lol:MediaFire . com sharecode is /?evmymj2z4b1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidro Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 I know I'm old news but there's s**t tweaks you can do to FF that Chrome can't beat... I'm on a wireless network that I have to wait till 2:00am to use it at full speed but even when there's a 150 guys logged in... FF still keeps me connected any time day or night... Nothin else canBottomline: FF rocks! :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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