Google Chrome Browser
Chrome is a free open-source web browser developed by Google.
What is Chrome?
When Google decided to develop a browser, they had to completely rethink this browser because today's browsers are very different from those that only needed to browse simple text pages. Now, we use browsers to send emails, shop, pay bills, and run other large applications.
What makes it different from other browsers?
Each tab in Google Chrome runs independently of other tabs. Even if an individual tab becomes unresponsive or crashes, it will not affect other tabs. This approach allows for safer and more efficient memory management. Closing tabs quickly recycles memory, improving efficiency.
Chrome uses a more powerful JavaScript engine - V8, which is beneficial for running complex web applications at high speed.
Chrome is an open-source project, where developers can add new features and create customized browsers based on it.
Understand related technology
Explore the mechanics of Google Chrome and understand key engineering decisions:Author: Scott McCloud, 'Google Chrome Comic'
Google Chrome 4
Chrome 4 is faster, safer, and has better support for HTML5. It provides thousands of new tools in the Chrome extension gallery and can synchronize bookmarks across multiple computers.
Google Chrome 3
Chrome 3 has a redesigned start page, a 25% improvement in JavaScript performance, an improved address bar, and better HTML 5 support. The new start page allows users to rearrange the most frequently visited web pages through drag-and-drop operations.
Chrome 3 has better support for HTML 5. It begins to support <video> and <audio> tags, allowing multimedia to be played in the browser without plugins.
Chrome 3 has improved the address bar. As long as you type content in the address bar, Google Chrome will automatically search your bookmarks and browsing history, and display matching results. The address bar will also automatically display suggestions for related search terms and websites.
The address bar menu contains several icons that can help you distinguish various display results, such as bookmarks, browsing history, suggested search content, and suggested websites.
Chrome 3 also allows you to use various themes.
Google Chrome 2
Chrome 2 runs faster, improves tabs, can auto-fill forms, and can switch to full-screen mode. This version patched over 300 bugs, making Chrome 2 more stable.
The JavaScript execution speed of the first version of Chrome is very fast. Chrome 2 improves it by 30%.
Chrome 2 adds the feature of auto-filling forms and full-screen browsing, which are features already possessed by browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox.
One great feature of Chrome is the new Tab Screen, which shows your most frequently visited web pages. The feature to remove web pages from the Tab Screen was added in Chrome 2.
New Features After Beta Version?
Google spent 100 days to upgrade the Beta version to the official version. During these 100 days, Google improved the browser and collected user feedback.
Stable Videos - Some issues may be encountered when playing videos in the beta version of Chrome.
Improved Bookmark Management - It's easy to switch between Chrome and other browsers with the import and export features.
Faster JavaScript - The V8 JavaScript engine is 50% faster than previous versions.
