{"id":9468,"date":"2009-09-03T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T09:36:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-03T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T09:36:00","slug":"google-chrome-3-0-speeds-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/9468-google-chrome-3-0-speeds-up.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Chrome 3.0 speeds up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google’s Chrome 3.0 browser is now in beta and it is both a lot slicker than earlier versions as well as being a lot speedier. Chrome 3.0 also includes a couple of other desirable features which indicate the browser is maturing rapidly.<\/p>\n

Google has already claimed that Chrome 3.0 is as much as 30% faster in rendering websites than other browsers, although some testers (http:\/\/is.gd\/2BjWj<\/a>) have found the speed difference is closer to 11-15%.<\/p>\n

Although Google hasn’t officially released a version of its latest browser for Linux we tested the development version, called Chromium, against Firefox 3.5 and Opera 9.63 on Linux and found that not only is Chromium stable but it smashes the opposition when it comes to speed.<\/p>\n

Using the SunSpider Javascript test (http:\/\/www2.webkit.org\/perf\/sunspider-0.9\/sunspider.html<\/a>) Firefox 3.5 turned in a very respectable 1766ms turn of speed. Which is enough to put it miles ahead of Opera’s sluggish 7613ms but not a patch on Google Chromium 3.0 which turned a score of 719ms. This makes Chrome on Linux well over 50% faster than Firefox 3.5, giving Google ample ground to claim the title of fastest web browser around.<\/p>\n

Most of that speed boost comes from Chrome’s V8 engine which runs online scripts that are built on Javascript.<\/p>\n

Interface<\/strong><\/p>\n

Google Chrome 3.0 is more than just a speedy browser, however, and now includes a couple of additional interface features that make it well-rounded. One of those changes is the ability to use themes to change the appearance of Chrome. Firefox has long had the ability to be “skinned”
with different themes and now Google Chrome can do the same. Themes can be browsed and applied directly from the Chrome theme home page. Right now Google has produced a collection of themes that can be used but third-party-designed themes appear to not be available yet.<\/p>\n

The other improvement is in the “speed dial” home screen. Just like Safari and Opera, Chrome users can store their most visited sites as a collection of thumbnails.  In previous versions these thumbnails were static and couldn’t be moved around. But in 3.0 Chrome allows users to rearrange the websites as they like. It’s not as impressive an implementation as Safari’s version but it works well enough to be a useful tool.<\/p>\n

64-bit<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although Google has always been a lot slower in releasing Linux versions of its Chrome browser than it has been for other platforms, the company is working on a 64-bit version of the browser for Linux. It is also working on a 64-bit version for Mac OS X but the Linux version is likely to be the first 64-bit Chrome browser released. Windows users will have to wait a little longer for a 64-bit version as the V8 engine does not yet compile on 64-bit Windows.<\/p>\n

Google Chrome 3.0<\/strong><\/a> – comments and views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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