Google Returns Chrome To Beta, Touts Speed Boost 110
CWmike writes "Google yesterday reversed its decision to ditch the beta label from its Chrome browser, saying it is restoring the moniker to some builds to get faster feedback to developers. 'Since we took the 'beta' tag off Google Chrome in December, we've been updating two release channels: developer and stable,' said Brian Rakowski, a Chrome product manager, in a new blog Google kicked off on Tuesday. 'With our latest release, we're re-introducing the beta channel for some early feedback.' The first beta, Chrome 2.0.169.1, includes several new features, said Rakowski, and it boasts a significant speed increase over the current stable version of the browser, 1.0.154.48. According to Google's tests, the beta is 35% faster than the stable build when measured by the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark suite, and 25% faster on the company's own V8 tests."
Reader Al notes too that "Google has launched Chrome Experiments, a site where Javascript coders can upload projects that make use of Chrome's speed and processing abilities. The site already features a handful of cool 'experiments' including a balls that jump between browser windows, a gravitationally-challenged version of the Google homepage and a game that runs through nine different browsers. It's cool stuff alright, but some experts wonder whether browser security might be a more important thing to focus on."
Re:Is it going to come to Linux? (Score:5, Informative)
There's an unofficial Linux build called Chromium:
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/
A story ran on it yesterday on a familiar website... I think it's called "Slashdot" or something:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/17/2345216
Re:Linux version (Score:2, Informative)
Re:worst summary ever (Score:2, Informative)
Noo . This is the 2.0 Beta (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Is it going to come to Linux? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Is it going to come to Linux? (Score:0, Informative)
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