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The new Chrome version includes a built-in PDF viewer and Adobe Flash Player, secured in Chrome's sandbox. The framework also includes support for Google's upcoming Chrome Web Store, which will let shoppers browse Flash and HTML5 apps in the very near future.
Chrome 8 integrates over 800 bug fixes and stability improvements. The update also addresses 13 security vulnerabilities in the WebKit-based browser: four rated as High, five rated as Medium, and four rated as Low.
The latest stable build (8.0.552.215) is available now for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Those who currently have Chrome installed can use the built-in update function in under the About Google Chrome menu item.
The release is light on new features compared to past versions but that's because Google is no longer concerned about using version numbers to mark a significant development milestone. The search giant recently promised to accelerate the release cycle for Chrome and push out a new stable build every six weeks. Chrome 7 was indeed released less than two months ago. Apparently users don't mind this: the browser's market share is steadily growing.
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KG363 said:
Thanks for the update info
DL'd
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sweet
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Mikymjr said:
Nice!
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Thanks for the update, downloading atm to give it a try, but I doubt it will ever replace FireFox.
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Haven't used Firefox in months since switching to Chrome.
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Det said:
If there only was a "report spam" button...
But yeah, Google Chrome/Chromium is brilliant. I use Firefox only when downloading videos from YouTube. If anybody's interested in knowing why there's no Youtube downloader extensions for Chrome (anymore) you can check out my question & the answer(s) in the support forum: [link]
Shame, but I just use Firefox for that.
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jstillion said:
If you install Real Player Basic, it adds the download flash video (youtube supported) to google chrome (as well as to Firefox, IE, etc).
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does chrome supports idm down loader integration have to use idm
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I hope they reach version 9 on the beta channel soon. That's the version where they promised hardware acceleration.
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Chrome version numbering is a joke.
It's impressive to me that a company that had gmail on beta for more than 5 years bumps their browser version every 2 months.
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