We heard mixed reactions from internet users ranging from hailing Google Chrome as first ever browsers that really delivers in term of speed and User Interface to the other extreme who thought it is a total failure. As soon as it made its first footprint on the web, there were several issues related to security had been raised but guys at Google are fast at finding the workarounds and patching up all the weaknesses.
Google released its first update (0.3 from 0.2 version) recently which small bug fixes with the primary highlight is on various kind of plugins incompatibility. With many issues raised previously seemed to be taken care of by Google in the recent update, we can say they do listen and pretty responsive.
Among fixes highlighted are as follow:
- Improve the performance and scrolling of plugins. This especially improves pages with multiple plugins playing video.
- Fixes plugins not playing when embedded in a third-party frame on a page.
- Fixes a problem where using Flash plugins could lock up Google Chrome and cause 100% CPU usage.
For what's worth, this update is only available to the developers. If you interested in being part of the development process, you can also take part in the developer community by opting in as a developer (not necessarily a real developer). Just download this utility and choose Dev from the two options.
[tags]google chrome, chrome major update, open source browser[/tags]
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