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    Chrome 17 launches, upcoming updates focus on speed

    As mentioned on the official Google Chrome Blog this week, the Chrome team has pushed out a stable version of Chrome 17 to all users of the popular Web browser. Detailed extensively in a previous article, Chrome 17 brings pre-rendering to the browser and has the ability to start loading pages as the user is typing the search query or URL into the omnibox. The browser makes these judgments based of the Web history of the user, but only analyzes the data on a single machine rather than Web history under the same login on multiple machines.

    In addition to the pre-rendering feature, Chrome 17 brings a higher level of security to the browser. When attempting to download an executable, Google will compare the URL of the site against a database of sites known to distribute malicious files. Beyond the two new features, Google also paid over $10,000 to developers hunting down pesky bugs in the software. Testers that located eleven bugs during the process were paid figures ranging from $500 to $2000 and an additional nine bugs were squashed as well.

    Looking beyond Chrome 17, the beta for Chrome 18 was pushed out to developers and consumers. Chrome 18 utilizes the GPU in a computer to accelerate rendering of 2D Canvas content, part of HTML5, which is used in both Web-based games and animations. For users with slower computers still on Windows XP, Google is pushing out support for SwiftShader. This software is designed to help emulate how a GPU works in a faster PC and display 3D content more efficiently. It’s definitely not a substitute for a real GPU in newer machines, but it will be helpful for anyone with a PC that’s a few years old. Chrome 18 will likely be released during late March if the six-week release cycle continues. Even further down the pipeline, Google is already adding support for the next version of JavaScript within Chrome 19. 

    This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

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    18 comments

    • Lahiru  •  Colombo, Sri Lanka  •  3 mths ago
      i hate when chrome crashed !! if it continues have to switch to Firefox. IE always sux !!
    • Truth Hurts  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Chrome 17? Does that mean there has already been 17 versions of this? I only heard of Google Chrome about 2 years ago. Windows 8 will be out this year too.
      • Ralph 3 mths ago
        Chrome is setup to update itself. There have been 17+ builds pushed out to users and most of them don't have to worry about whether they have the latest build.
      • John 3 mths ago
        You are confusing browsers with OS's.
      • Truth Hurts 3 mths ago
        Thanks. That just seems like a lot of "builds". I know IE9 is out and 9
    • Kelly P  •  3 mths ago
      Chrome Rocks and has since it came out . Bravo for Chrome.
      • Lahiru 3 mths ago
        when it crash ??? LOL
    • Joshua  •  Manila, Philippines  •  3 mths ago
      I love Chrome..the fastest Browser I've ever had......have tested IE,Mozilla, and Opera...still Chrome is the best....next to it for me is Mozilla that is fast too.. :D
    • Jungle Jim  •  3 mths ago
      IE is dead.
    • LEFTHANDOFGOD  •  3 mths ago
      When a new version comes out every six months why would I even want to use it... Tell you what...when you get it right, let me know then I will give it a try..
    • John  •  3 mths ago
      I can't wait to get my Chromebook, when they end up in the clearance bin!
    • Tom Paris  •  Chantilly, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Everything that comes out of Montreal is gold.
    • William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      They should have concentrated on compatability, not speed.
      • Ralph 3 mths ago
        Huh? Chrome follows standards pretty good. Unlike some flavors of MS IE.
    • Suit of Flames  •  3 mths ago
      Bow down to the great Chrome, the best browser known to man and not tainted by the stink of death of the scab Jobs
    • William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      IE rules the internet!
      • four 3 mths ago
        IE= Internet Exploiter
      • Truth Hurts 3 mths ago
        LOL! You've been thumbs down and statistically you are right.
        IE does have far more users than anyone else.
      • Ralph 3 mths ago
        He's absolutely right! But if it wasn't for Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, etc, YOU folks would still be using a browser that didn't follow standards, security was an afterthought and nightmarishly atrocious interface. Also, since users have become more internet savvy, quite a few have abandoned the Windows built-in browser and opted for something better.
        BTW, you'll find that web-developers don't like to use MS IE.... ;)
    • William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      99% of the world uses IE. Get over it!
    • jou  •  3 mths ago
      Man, I've already GOT 17.
      Where have you been?
    • Hintzanity  •  3 mths ago
      So tired of the error message: "The following plug-in has crashed: Shockwave Flash"...hopefully they will fix this compatibility issue...
    • Bill  •  3 mths ago
      Chrome makes the less than savvy user work to hard to use, they would be smart to put the old menu bar back, it is why I cannot use it with seniors, make it easy.
    • John M  •  3 mths ago
      Where's the menu bar. Should give people a choice to show it or not.
      You should not have to download an extension to open tabs at the end. I hate group tabs, it should be off by default.
      I hate tabs on top. Give an option too turn it off.
      I don't know if it's Chrome or what, but when I middle click it sometime opens in the current tab, and sometimes opens in a new tab.
      Google took out a lot of stuff that other browser has had for years. They stripping out a lot of stuff that is sometimes. Like I want to be able to right click on an image and see the image proprieties, the way you do it now, is cumbersome.
      and other stuff is missing.
    • Jon  •  3 mths ago
      Chrome is awesome, & I tell my friends how great it is...But...The last few updates have sucked!!! It's about dam time they focus on performance again, was hoping not to have to switch to IE9 lol. & Please disable pop-up blocker by default, that was annoying lol.
    • William S  •  Las Vegas, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      Tried it, back to IE.
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