Google has just released Google Chrome 11. Chrome 11 is the new version of the very popular browser from Google. Chrome 11 features updated bug fixes, translation and speech-to-text features, plus some simplified icons.
Users can download Chrome 11 at the official Chrome page.
Google has paid out around $16,500 to developers who have been able to find bugs in Google Chrome. Additionally, Google gave special thanks to Apple Product Security team members miaubiz, kuzzcc, Sławomir Błażek, Drew Yao and Braden Thomas who helped take the browser to a less buggy stable release.
Google has released the Google Toolbar 7 for Internet Explorer. Google comments that the toolbar bring the best elements of Chrome to Internet Explorer 9.
According to the official Google blog post on the launch, Google Toolbar 7 has the following features:
Instant Search (must be enabled in toolbar options)
Highlight ability to show where key terms appear on a web page
Quick Scroll, to suggest what part of a web page might be the most relevant
It seems as though Google has simplified the Google Chrome logo yesterday. Goodbye 3D and now we have a sexy flat logo.
The new logo has been appearing in a number of areas, but there is still no official word from Google (unlike Google).
The new logo was added just before Google Chrome adds a lot of great new features. Its rumoured that Google Chrome will be adding the ability to select multiple tabs, which is handy for managing the tab chaos some of us suffer, and abbreviated tab titles to better distinguish similar pages.
Microsoft will be hosting a press even in the US on February 10th to announce the launch of Internet Explorer 9.
Internet Explorer 9 is being seen as an extremely strong product, even more so for users with Windows 7 where it allows individual websites to be pinned to the Start Menu and Windows TaskBar. Any website pinned to the TaskBar can have custom jumplists with only a small amount of added code.
IE9 is not a browser for people who like plug-ins and browser add-ons. In fact the beta version will nag you to remove them in order to have the software working at its fastest. It is definitely a very fast browser and stands up well against its main rival, Google Chrome.
Do you think Internet Explorer can really compete with Chrome and Firefox or is it just a waste of time?
Typing Speed Monitor it’s a Google Chrome extension which records your typing speed. This extension also includes some interesting data about your typing.
If you are always looking for a way to improve your typing speed and want to know some of the facts about your daily work with the keyboard, the Typing Speed Monitor should fit perfectly: How long you’ve spent typing, what characters you’ve typed most, and provides you with a keyboard visualization that tells you statistics about each of the keys you’ve typed.
I think this tool to be more useful could include some other data about your typing, for example: words we usually mistype, average speed / average mistyping, or even some exercises about how to improve your speed or accuracy.
StatCounter published a chart representing the top 12 browser versions existing; which we can distribute among continents or even particular countries. In this data I’m pretty sure you can find some surprises, take a look.
Ok, there’s no surprise if I say Internet Explorer is ruling over the world (Microsoft already had a lot of problems regarding this); but what do you think about Internet Explorer 6 (developed in 2001) being the third most used browser? Or that Firefox 2.0 has more popularity than Opera 10?
Remote Desktop for most power and/or IT users represents the way of accessing a remote’s computer desktop by reaching it using an IP address; but is more than that. Using Remote Desktop protocol, users can access their applications, installed on a remote computer, without actually installing them locally.
This functionality, without an official announcement by Google, appeared in a Google forum; made by software designer inside the developing of Chrome: “We’re adding new capabilities all the time,” wrote Kačmarčík. “With this functionality (unofficially named ‘chromoting’), Chrome OS will not only be [a] great platform for running modern Web apps, but will also enable you to access legacy PC applications right within the browser.”
For me, almost anything representing legacy or an interoperability support sounds like a good idea; especially in today’s market when some are thinking that by being more restrictive they will win.
Flock, the social browser, is not built on Chrome.
and browsing. Since then Flock, the social browser, has always been that fringe browser that a few people used but didn’t grab the audience it was hoping for. What did help Flock was the fact that it was built on the Firefox browser framework which made it easy to develop for since it was open source. The Flock browser allowed for many unique plug-ins very similar to Firefox, thus offering a seamless user interactive experience with the added bonus of social networking.
This week a huge announcement was made that Flock was leaving the Firefox backbone and moving to Chrome. Touted as a social browser there is definitely something to love about it, but does it really know where it wants to go? The interface has undergone a drastic overhaul moving away from the complex menus and tabs and moving more towards a simple interface with fully customizable group and friend options.
In a world where social platforms like Tweetdeck, Seesmic, and Hootsuite have been integrated into desktops and/or browsers, it feels like Flock is still running too many steps behind. Has Flock lost its luster? Perhaps, but there’s nothing wrong with reinventing yourself.
Google Chrome team is preparing a new release of their browser, 4.1. And you can access to the beta where you can try on some of the new features, including the auto translate option.
The auto translate option works in a very simple way, when you are browsing your sites, Chrome will detect which is the language that is displaying and pop the question to you: Would you like for me to translate this? Here’s a short video about the feature.
Some of the other features that this beta includes:
NoScript: The possibility to configure some sites where you can exclude them to run any type of script.
New privacy features: You’ll get the chance to use incognito mode, where you won’t leave any track of the websites you are visiting (one of the most wanted features).
New control panel: Better control of cookies, images, plug-ins and pop-ups.
For those that are Mac users probably used at least once Password1 as their password manager. Now they have an alpha version of the application available for Chromium.
It is important for you to notice two things:
1. That this version is available in the developer version of Chrome, aka: “Chromium”. But why Chromium and not Chrome? Simply because Chrome Mac version does not support extensions just yet.
2. This is an alpha version; meaning that is not stable and you should expect some bugs.
Since it is an early phase of the software, 1Password will work will several sites appearing in Chromium and will complete filling simple login forms.
Here’s also a simple procedure to install 1Password in Chromium (source):
1. Make sure you have at least 1Password 3.0.4 installed. It just came out yesterday.
2. Install the developer build of Chrome or the latest Chromium. The latest developer version is required to have the needed extensions support.
3. Enter this URL into Chrome’s address bar: http://agile.ws/s/a330894b8 and install the extension from the notification that should appear at the bottom of Chrome’s window.
It seems as though Google has simplified the Google Chrome logo yesterday. Goodbye 3D and now we have a sexy flat logo.
