nsane.forums Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Beta testing over as Google looks to wean surfers off Internet Explorer Google has published a stable version of its Chrome Frame plug-in, allowing users to access HTML5 and other modern web applications on Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8. Google offerings including Orkut, Docs and YouTube have already added Google Chrome Frame support, and Gmail and Google Calendar will follow in the near future. The plug-in should "ease the transition for users as they drop support for legacy browsers", said Google software engineers Tomas Gunnarsson and Robert Shield in a blog post. Chrome Frame went into beta in June, and Google has since been working on privacy, security, speed and ease of deployment. "We wanted it to start much faster and to reduce crashes by an order of magnitude. After months of polishing, Google Chrome Frame now starts three times faster on Windows Vista and Windows 7, and the most common conflicts with other plug-ins have been fixed," the engineers said. "DeviantART, Hootsuite and Github have added support, and Ruby on Rails is making a better-performing, more standards compliant experience the default for all users of Rails apps." However, Microsoft has expressed concerns that the Chrome Frame plug-in makes IE8 less secure. Google has insisted that the IE8 is out of date and unstable. The stable version of Google Chrome Frame is available to download now, and beta users will be automatically updated to the new version in the days ahead. An MSI installer has been made available for IT administrators, allowing them to deploy Google Chrome Frame on their network. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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