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First Look At Chrome 10
jbrodkin writes "Boosted JavaScript performance, Adobe Flash sandboxing, password encryption and an overhauled settings interface are among the new features in Google Chrome 10. JavaScript pages should now load 12% faster than in previous versions, and Chrome 10 beats IE9 by at least 50% in a JavaScript benchmark."
I'm still waiting for NoScript, so I can use Chrome without being blasted with pop-unders and unwanted noisy video ads. Until then, I'll suffer the slowness of Firefox.
Almost everyone uses it. Few enjoy it.
Gone!
It's not about pageload time. It's about the ability to run JS heavy pages in a non-painful way. It's about running current JS pages faster, and making what is currently too expensive to implement in a browser usable. Just look at the many many JS based tests, games, and demos that are being developed.
I'm not saying that moving computationally heavy things into the browser is a good idea, but it does appear to be where things are headed; Talking about a few ms of pageload time is missing the issue entirely.
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Google 10! It spies on you 17% faster!
You are Google's product - not Chrome.
The sell your arse with every click. And you provide them with a means.
A corporation with 600 USD stock, "giving" you a choice? My God! Are the halls of Google clogged with the footsteps of saints?
Such charity.
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Never been known to fail..."
I'll avoid Chrome so long as it insists on hourly checking for updates - even when Chrome isn't running.
Google told me that the only way to uninstall this update thing was to remove all Google applications, and I was happy to oblige.
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