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Google Chrome 28 Is Out: Rich Notifications For Apps, Extensions

Posted by Soulskill on from the extending-its-lead-on-firefox's-version-number dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google today released Chrome version 28 for Windows and Mac. The new version features a notification center, although it's only available on Windows (in addition to Chrome OS of course). You can update to the latest release now using the browser's built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. This is also the first release of Chrome that ships with Blink instead of WebKit. You can check the Blink ID yourself tag by navigating to chrome://version/."

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  1. Re:28? by hedwards · · Score: 3, Informative

    Because Google always used this numbering system, and Mozilla changed it for inexplicable reasons. What's more, I don't think that version number changes have the same effect on killing extensions that it does on Firefox.

  2. Re: --disable-new-menu-style no longer works by gnurfed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google says they did the extra padding to create a "unified experience" for all. Meaning us normal users get to suffer because we somehow need to have the same interface as people using tablets. Like you, I'm going back to Firefox as my primary browser, or Waterfox to be exact.