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Chrome 47 Released (blogspot.ca)
LichtSpektren writes: Google Chrome version 47 is now available for download. This release features 41 security fixes, very tiny UI changes (except for the built-in PDF viewer, which was redone entirely), and the removal of the desktop notification center. The iOS version has added new keyboard shortcuts and support for 3D touch.
Chrome uses the integrated face system to browse the web.
>> yet another new "whole number" version of Chrome
Also, the sun rose again today.
These features sound totally sweet! As a Firefox user, I can look forward to the exact same changes coming my way around Firefox 57, or maybe Firefox 58, if redoing the built-in PDF viewer takes more effort than they expected.
Finally... WTF took so long? Jeezze.
I've been blocked from doing unimportant things
because this release was held up in Beta for so long.
Good Job, nontheless. I still use IE6...
CAP === 'denature'
When Chrome is going through a proxy that uses NTLM auth, the users keep on getting prompted for credentials; Google is already aware of it, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544255
(except for the built-in PDF viewer, which was redone entirely)
Hm, that seems entirely unsourced given the provided links. Actually they both report 4 bugfixes to PDFium (the open source rendering engine - psst, everyone out there wrongfully using GhostScript dependencies) but there is no mention of a redesign.
I don't think I saw anyone who liked the notification center.
It only took 300+ pages of negative comments and a couple years for Google to realize this was a feature that literally nobody wanted.
And one that was turned off, by as many people as possible, as soon as they could.
I like you, Stuart. You're not like everyone else, here, at Slashdot.
This new version of Chrome should be yet another reason for Mozilla to collectively shit its pants in fear.
Chrome consistently gets better with each release. So even if there isn't a new release of Firefox, Firefox has still gotten relatively worse compared to Chrome just by the fact that Firefox hasn't improved. It surely doesn't help that each release of Firefox has typically been seen as worse than the one before it, causing more problems and inconvenience for its ever-dwindling user base.
Just look at the recent browser usage stats. Firefox is only around 7% to 8% of the browser market now, across desktop and mobile platforms, and all versions. The desktop version of Chrome 46 alone has about 3.5 times the number of users than Firefox has. Chrome for Android has roughly 2.5 times as many users as all versions. Even Opera Mini almost has more users than Firefox has in total!
There should be nothing but panic at Mozilla right now when looking at those numbers. Then there should be even more panic when they realize that Firefox is the only product of theirs that sees much use. They're apparently looking to kill of Thunderbird, based on another recent Slashdot submission. Then their other projects, like Persona, Rust, Firefox OS, Servo, and Bugzilla don't have many users.
In my opinion, Mozilla's influence is dwindling as more and more users leave Firefox for greener pastures. At some point Mozilla will become completely irrelevant. None of the other browser vendors will give a damn what they think or want when they've only got 1% or maybe 2% of the market. When we see how quickly Firefox's share of the market has been dropping lately, the 2% mark will likely be hit sooner than a lot of people expected.
I think that Mozilla is reaching a fork in the road. One path leads directly to irrelevance. The other path leads to glory, but it involves going in a very different direction. This means the end to Firefox OS, Rust, Servo, and other failed projects. This means restoring Firefox's UI to what it once was. This means removing Pocket, Hello, and the ads from Firefox. This means listening to Firefox's users, rather than ignoring them, or worse, doing exactly what the users said they don't want to happen. I, for one, sure hope that Mozilla does not choose the current path that leads straight to irrelevance!
Thanks. I suspect some Chrome users will be interested, so this is News for Nerds and Stuff that Matters.
But I bailed on Chrome a couple years ago - installing and switching to Firefox on my account/machine at the consulting customer that used Chrome for their standard browser.
The precipitating incident: A typo had brought up a NSFW page, URL autocompletion kept suggesting it whenever its (common) first letter was typed, and both the documented and undocumented methods for removing such "helpful hints" weren't working in that version of Chrome.
But even before that they had broken several things I used in a "we know what you need better than you" interface change that couldn't be configured-away.
I'll stick to open stuff, even if it means I don't get the proprietary blazingly-fast rendering engine. Even when Netscape breaks things (like "delay image loading") I (or helpful netizens) have always been able to find a way to get it back, and in principle I could hack the code if it was REALLY important.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
righton, they were annoying
Chrome is so desperately slow on my iPad compared to Safari with adblocking. Won't get me to use it again until I can control the deluge of shitty ads (and their related malware content) like I can with Safari.
Go to Settings. Turn off "Use a prediction service to help complete searches". Or/also press the "Clear browsing data" button and clear browsing history and cookies (or delete the offending entries by hand by going to the "History" tab"). Firefox does the exact same thing, btw.
RE: "I'll stick to open stuff" -- Chrome is almost entirely FLOSS. The only difference from the BSD-licensed Chromium browser is that Chrome adds in the auto-updater, Flash, and Widevine.
There should be nothing but panic at Mozilla right now when looking at those numbers.
But what does Netcraft say about the numbers? I know it offers an anti-phishing extension for Firefox, but has it released any news stories about Firefox's decline?
In general, Google is now badly managed, in my opinion.
People are beginning to dislike the increasing levels of control in the Chrome browser and in the Android operating system.
I stopped using Chrome because of the system services it installs.
They all have flaws. Use one for this, another for that. One has neat add ons, the other has crap. 9 jillion browsers out there and none of them do a decent job.
Wuddooeyeno? IITYWYBMAD? Like nuts? eclecticallyincorrect.com
Have the made it possible to disable the new profile management that they forced on everyone in 44?
I switched to FF after that and haven't looked back.
What are these system services you speak of?
Did you read the comment you're replying to?
"both the documented and undocumented methods for removing such "helpful hints" weren't working in that version of Chrome."
Emphasis mine.
Knowing how to fix the problem and actually being able to fix the problem are separate things.
Just upgraded based on this article and now chrome doesn't load any pages. Tried this on multiple machines.
So here come's another shit from google chrome, to be frank how many chrome updates will comes all will be shit as always, as it get crash, even alot issues are ahead with chrome browser like the videos on YouTube lags alot
Chrome 47 is one of the more stable of chromium isotopes, but still fairly radioactive with a half-life of about 500 ms. Almost there. (Chromium 50 is the lowest mass "stable" isotope, half-life estimated at 1.8E17 years).
So the NTLM bug was fixed, but somehow made it into the release. It is fixed in the chromium releases. I'm using 49 at the moment perfectly.
Users could not authenticate to the squid proxies, and couldnt get out, and our entire shipping department couldnt reach fedex.
Bug @ https://code.google.com/p/chro...
We had to push out a group policy for google chrome to turn off updates, but a few users already got smacked with it. We use google gmail/office enterprise, so this hit us pretty hard. Having employees use IE11 for now. Bug says a update might be pushed out tomorrow.
Firefox should never have included ads in the first place. Even if they are removed, the damage has still been done, and it cannot be repaired.
Yep. This is exactly why, when we put people in jails, they're always kept there until the end of their natural lives. We just don't have any concept of redemption. Making things right? Ah, fuck it. That's for chumps. Once you make one mistake, you may as well start killing and eating babies.
Oh, wait. No, that's not right, because we're not psychopaths. Well, I can't speak for you, but as a *society*, we're not comprised *solely* of psychopaths.
installing and switching to Firefox
I think we have drugs that can treat that now.
Given the way the US treats ex-felons, it's arguable that letting them out is a worse punishment.
Oh joy, version 47, (more like 4.7). I can't wait for the end of next year when it is up to 247. That will be awesome. Google has certainly taught us all in high-tech that the bigger your number the better you are than your competition. THAT is what matters my friend, just ask any Googler.
The PDF viewer is now *much* faster at rendering and has rotate buttons. A considerable improvement in this area.
I loaded the update on my Ubuntu laptop and Amazon Prime video quit working. I had to scour the net to find the previous version. Once it was loaded watching video worked again.