Google Chrome 2

Google on Thursday unveiled the latest version of its Chrome browser, moving the product out of beta and promising speed boosts of up to 30 percent. How does it measure up?

If you are already using the beta version of Chrome, the features will be familiar, including the speedier JavaScript performance of the browser's V8 interpreter. Google touts a 30 percent speed increase for Chrome; my testing actually showed a 44 percent improvement.

Chrome 2 completed the well-known SunSpider JavaScript benchmark in 1503ms, compared with 2689ms for version 1. This leaves the competition in the dust: Internet Explorer 8 required 9,065ms, while the Firefox 3.1 beta took 3,045ms.

In terms of features, not much has changed since our preview of the Chrome 2 beta. Most notably, you can now remove the thumbnails of your choice from the new tab pages you open. It also includes auto-fill, a full-screen mode, and the ability to drag and drop windows to fit the screen equally.

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How can you update from Chrome Beta to Chrome 2?

Originally Posted by Country Boy

How can you update from Chrome Beta to Chrome 2?

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I installed it & I'll have to admit that it didn't impress me. I'll stick with FF.

What didn't it impress you? What does Chrome have that FF doesn't? Besides the reputation?

Do you mean what does FF have that chrome doesn't? If so thousands of add-ons and skins. Chrome has NOTHING on FF. FF also has a cooler name.

Yup , not impressed with google chrome at all - have been trying page load speeds with different browsers with a new 50 mb internet connection ( you can tell I have very little to do huh ! ) . I agree with the above statement . Firefox is the best around and has been for ages .