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Google Releases Chrome V2.0

Posted by timothy on from the windows-only-tut-mir-leid dept.

RadiusK writes "Google has released the second major version of the Chrome browser. This version features more speed improvements thanks to a newer version of V8 JavaScript engine and WebKit. JavaScript-heavy web pages will now run about 30% faster. Other new features include form autofill, fullscreen mode, and improved New Tab page. If you're already using Google Chrome, you'll be automatically updated with these new features soon. If you haven't downloaded Google Chrome, you can get the latest version at google.com/chrome." A version for Linux or OS X would be nice.

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  1. I could live with no Adblock/Noscript by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 4, Informative

    But I can't live with the invasion of privacy. Sorry :(

    1. Re:I could live with no Adblock/Noscript by pwnies · · Score: 4, Informative

      But I can't live with the invasion of privacy. Sorry :(

      So why not get Iron?

  2. Re:No plug in support by zoips · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chrome has plugins (Flash, etc). You mean add-ons.

  3. Re:AdBlock Plus by Laxori666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    just get privoxy. works with anything! http://www.privoxy.org/ .

  4. Re:Windows Only by ogrisel · · Score: 5, Informative

    An experimental (daily snapshot) version for ubuntu is available here: https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/ppa

  5. Re:No plug in support by Marcika · · Score: 4, Informative

    Chrome will have proper extensions in the next 1-2 months. (They already work in the bleeding-edge dev version.) Adblocking extensions already exist (like AdSweep), but it'll take at least half a year to have the comfort and functionality that Adblock for Firefox has (extra blacklisting/whitelisting without editing arcane JavaScript files, easy installation, easy updates, choice of filter lists...).

  6. Chrome without Privacy Issues by basementman · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those of you concerned about the privacy issues surrounding Google Chrome, there is a virtually identical FOSS alternative that Google can't farm data from. See, http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php

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  7. Re:AdBlock Plus by Goaway · · Score: 5, Informative

    They specifically listed AdBlock as one of the things they wanted to support through their extension API, which is still in development.

  8. Re:AdBlock Plus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's been done: SRWare Iron.

  9. Re:AdBlock Plus by Photo_Nut · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go check out AdSweep. It works just fine in Chrome. Maybe it's not AdBlock plus, but it works in Chrome without much too fuss.
    http://www.adsweep.org/

  10. Re:Windows Only by hanwen · · Score: 5, Informative

    I am using the Linux version on a daily basis. It is usable, and the speed blows FF3 firmly out of the water, to the point that I don't want to go back to FF. Of course, it does crash every once in a while, and there are many rough edges.

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