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Google Betas Chrome 4, Touts 30% Speed Boost

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

CWmike writes "Google upgraded the beta version (4.0.223.16) of its Chrome browser yesterday, boasting a 30% speed improvement over the current production edition and adding integrated bookmark synchronization. Developers Idan Avraham and Anton Muhin, who announced the release, tout Chrome 4.0's faster JavaScript rendering speeds. 'We've improved performance scores on Google Chrome by 30% since our current stable release, and by 400% since our first stable release,' they said, referring to Chrome 3.0. The new beta includes the ability to sync bookmarked sites across multiple computers."

12 of 383 comments (clear)

  1. Really Fast by gmuslera · · Score: 4, Funny

    With it Google news is showing articles of next week.

    1. Re:Really Fast by martin-boundary · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm on Debian, you insensitive clod. For some reason, the only articles I actually see are from two years ago.

  2. Re:Love to use it, but... by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mac

    Hello PC, Whats that you have there?

    PC

    Oh this? Its Google Chrome and its faster than IE and Firefox.

    Mac

    But it still gives you viruses and spyware right?

    PC

    Oh Mac, you're such a brainwashed little cunt.

    PC (Cont'd)

    Look, it uses WebKit, the same stupid thing your Safari browser uses. Happy now?

    Mac

    Sort of. I'm a Mac and I want it my way. I want Google Chrome now!

    Mac (Cont'd)

    PC... give that to me.

    PC

    You know Mac...You could just buy a PC, or at the very least boot windows on your over priced PC hardware.

    Mac

    But then I will get viruses...

    (PC Throws his arms up and walks away)

    PC

    I give up.

  3. Re:Cheating on my first love - Firefox by L0wt3ch · · Score: 3, Funny

    I disagree, Firefox is perfect,

  4. Re:Sucks To Be You by jeffstar · · Score: 3, Funny

    That all depends on your industry/area of research.

    ah, i see, it depends on your niche...

  5. Re:Love to use it, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Because Google is a PC and didn't pay $2000. :)

    Where is your god now?

  6. Re:JIT javascript by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everybody already knew that. Fuck off back to digg, loser.

  7. Re:Love to use it, but... by JasonMaloney101 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone else have the commercial's traditional piano tune playing in their head while they read this?

  8. Re:Smoking by Toonol · · Score: 4, Funny

    But "Slashdot.org" is more ideologically pure than "Slashdot.com". Get your priorities straight.

  9. Re:Smoking by juletre · · Score: 2, Funny

    I just type /. and Opera takes me here.

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  10. Re:60% faster loss of privacy by afex · · Score: 3, Funny

    woah woah, buddy - you are WAYY off base
    We absolutely do NOT want to use google email anymore!

    we want to use google wave.

  11. Re:Plugin support by Simetrical · · Score: 2, Funny

    Until it has that or built in addblock and vimperator, no chrome here.

    So run the dev channel. It has extensions today. Yes, including ad blockers. Dev channel is actually perfectly usable if you don't mind the occasional disembodied head taking the place of a button. Dev channel Chrome has been my primary browser for over a year now.

    Me too. Best part is, you can get Glen's head back by running "google-chrome --glen". (At least on Linux.) I highly recommend you freak out all your fellow Chrome users by changing their browser shortcuts when they aren't looking!

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