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Chrome 50 Updates Push Notifications, Drops Support For Old Windows and OS X Versions (venturebeat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Google today launched Chrome 50 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, adding the usual slew of developer features. You can update to the latest version now using the browser's built-in silent updater, or download it directly from google.com/chrome. As announced in November 2015, Chrome now no longer supports Windows XP, Windows Vista, OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, OS X 10.7 Lion, nor OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Chrome 50 allows sites to include notification data payloads with their push messages. This eliminates the final server check -- the initial version relied on service workers to proactively fetch the information for a notification from the server, leading to problems when there were multiple messages in flight or when the device was on a poor network connection. Push notification payloads must be encrypted. Sites can now detect when a notification is closed by the user, resulting in better analytics and allowing for cross-device notification dismissal. The look of notifications can now be customized with timestamps and icons. Chrome 50 also brings support for declarative preload.

2 of 168 comments (clear)

  1. It's still Chrome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Despite all the new bells and whistles, Chrome is just another example of a publicly available spy tool used by monolithic corporations to invade the privacy of the average citizen.

    Google is evil.

  2. Re:XP I understand by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's more to do with development.

    You can't legally VM Mac OS. It just doesn't have compatible licensing.

    From the El Capitan license agreement:

    (iii) to install, use and run up to two (2) additional copies or instances of the Apple Software
    within virtual operating system environments on each Mac Computer you own or control
    that is already running the Apple Software, for purposes of: (a) software development; (b)
    testing during software development; (c) using OS X Server; or (d) personal, noncommercial
    use.

    http://images.apple.com/legal/...