Thread: New Google chrome version; turbo

Shortly after that Microsoft could declare an upcoming IE 9's performance, tap Google strangle on Chrome. The developer Mads Ager from the Aarhus-based development team behind Chrome JavaScript engine V8, which in Chrome blog reports that the new beta version of Chrome has been given a improve in performance. The new beta version gives according to Google a 30% performance development in the V8 benchmark and 35% performance development in SunSpider benchmark compared with the earlier beta launch. V8 benchmark is Google's own JavaScript engine test, while the SunSpider benchmark developed by Apple's Webkit team.

At the side of performance progress givess beta version also expanded options for synchronizing the configuration of Chrome across different computers. You can also synchronize your browser preferences as your homepage, themes, languages and other options. Beta version also incorporates for the first time Adobe's Flash Player plug-in so that security and feature updates for Flash Player handled by Chrome auto update.


Developer team in Aarhus has possibly been busy finalizing the beta version of Chrome at a time when the browser market is in change. The team has in fact also had time to play. In a teaser-style YouTube video demonstrates the Chrome developers how fast beta version is using the potato gun, Tesla coil, pirate ship, painting and other normal browser-speed test extraneous belongings.

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