Download Google Chrome 4.0 Beta - 400% More Performance

[v0id]

Download Google Chrome 4.0 Beta - 400% More Performance over v1.0
Version 4.0.223.16 is Windows only

A new release of Google Chrome 4.0 is now available for download, full build string 4.0.223.16. Loyal to a Cloud-tailored mantra of simplicity and performance, Google has kicked up a notch its open source browser, revealing the first Beta development milestone of version 4.0. Ahead of the November 2nd launch of Google Chrome 4.0 Beta, version 4.0 was offered exclusively through the Mountain View search giant’s developer channel. This is no longer the case. With the unveiling of the Beta Build 4.0.223.16, Google is now offering Chrome 4.0 to the public.

However, not all users will be able to install the release. Version 4.0.223.16 is Windows only, Google informed, giving no indications as to any future plans to offer Chrome 4.0 for users of Linux and Mac OS X platforms as well. In this regard, early adopters looking to start test driving Google Chrome 4.0 Beta will need to do it on Windows XP SP2, and SP3, Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 and Windows 7.

“The Beta Channel is being updated to 4.0.223.16 which is our first Beta release for 4.0. This release includes many bug fixes and for the first time Bookmark Sync is enabled. Extensions are disabled until the final API changes arrive. Please use the dev channel for the latest extension API,” revealed Jonathan Conradt, Engineering Program Manager.

Google Chrome releases in Mozilla's Dromeao DOM Core Tests
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One aspect of Google Chrome’s evolution that is also characteristic of version 4.0 Beta, is the added horsepower introduced by the Mountain View search giant. Google’s Idan Avraham and Anton Muhin, Software Engineers, explained that Google Chrome 4.0 Beta delivers 400% more performance compared to Chrome 1.0, and 30% more over Chrome 3.0 Stable (according to Mozilla's Dromeao DOM Core Tests).

Google Chrome bookmark sync is a new feature introduced with version 4.0 Beta, with a self-explanatory moniker. Google Chrome 4.0 Beta allows users to synchronize bookmarks across multiple devices that are running v4.0 of the open source browser. The synchronization is done in the Google Cloud, more specifically, the XMPP-based servers for Google Talk.

Google Chrome 4.0 Beta is available for download here.

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[Uber Philf]

Fantastic!, have good experiences with Chrome, was waiting for an update, thanks very much for this.

 

[nplusv]

Thank you for sharing!

 

[brummyfan]

Thanks for the info, it is very fast indeed.

 

[v0id]

Yea!

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Cool, but I usually just go for the dev builds.

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Stable
Beta
Dev

 

[siramic]

Good post, good Information vOid, thanks...

 

[kaschiro]

verry verry fast

The Chrome 4.0 is verry verry fast...but, do not go into secure web sites with it, it will not let you in....I had to get into my bank account and it could not access it, went back to foxfire and no problem...it go from site to site very quickly
Kas

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

The Chrome 4.0 is verry verry fast...but, do not go into secure web sites with it, it will not let you in....I had to get into my bank account and it could not access it, went back to foxfire and no problem...it go from site to site very quickly
Kas

Not all secure sites are like that. Most were designed before Chrome's existence so it has no compatibility whatsoever. Though, a good chunk of those sites update often to keep up and say compatible.

 

[Teerex]

The story of Google Chrome development is another illustration why Windows is king and will remain so for a long time.

Google, which is supposed to be smothering Microsoft, develops the central application for a desktop these days - the browser.

The development of the Windows version flies, versions are flying out month after month, features are being added, the thing rolls..

Mac OS X and Linux versions? Well, not so fast.

June 2009: Chromium Blog: Danger: Mac and Linux builds available

Now:

Our goal for this Friday is to be able to count our Mac P1 M4 release
blocker bugs on one hand (we're in the 20s now).

So, judging by the case in point, developing for Windows is soooo much, much easier & faster and there are many people who can do that well. Coding, debugging..and so on. Even a well resourced Microsoft-battling giant like Google can't escape that fact.

Good old monkeyboi Steve was right in his rant: Developers x 3, that's what's keepin' Windows on top, despite all the Jobsian fanboi hate, malware, real problems, security issues.. there just is so much software, so much quality, so many features, so much diversity..

 

[Lucretius]

I love the idea of Chrome but I cannot get over the fact that FireFox always loads pages quicker and has AdBlockPlus.

I would keep Chrome on my system if it had AdBlockPlus or an equivalent feature.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I love the idea of Chrome but I cannot get over the fact that FireFox always loads pages quicker and has AdBlockPlus.

I would keep Chrome on my system if it had AdBlockPlus or an equivalent feature.

Chrome Addon: AdBlock for Google Chrome

Close enough until they get extensions stable.

 

[Lucretius]

Hey thanks for that! It could prove very useful if I should ever have to stray away from FireFox.

Just hope I don't encounter any of the issues those other people had in the comments section.

 

[Uber Philf]

Hey thanks for that! It could prove very useful if I should ever have to stray away from FireFox.

Just hope I don't encounter any of the issues those other people had in the comments section.

What issues? :S

 

[Lucretius]

These issues:

 

[Uber Philf]

I stand corrected

 

[Qdos]

Dunno about anyone else, but I can't stand the bookmarks 'sidebar' - if you can really even call it that, because it's a pretty poor job and makes Chrome pale beside other browsers. I have over 2,500 bookmarks, and accessing and managing them in Chrome would be an absolute nightmare.

 

[Charles Kane]

I run 4.0.223.11. I like new and fast things, and I've tried very hard but I just can't really like nor love Chrome!
I even have reservations about its speed. Once it is actually rendering a page it is fast but I find I get a lot of blank pages which then load, and a lot of "refreshes" after a preliminary load (a la Netscape from way way back when). On my own tests, loading 10 pages (that I use commonly), all at once in both Firefox and Chrome - there is no discernable difference in full load time (about a second),

During and at the end of the load Chrome is more labor intensive and uses more memory to hold the pages.

This is despite the fact that I have heaps of add-ons in Firefox. I have a few in Chrome too - notably Adblock+. I left them all in place for my tests coz that's how I actually use the browser.

I dislike the tab defaults in Chrome (Firefox too but TabMixPlus fixes that)(especially open new tab next to current - which is essential for me), and I just can't take to the tabs at the very top. Bookmark usage in chrome is pretty primitive and having to open the bookmark manager just to open 3 or 4 tabs is mad.

So you get my drift - some of it is probably just about what I'm used to, but with my speed reservations, why switch.

(oh - and some of you will laugh but I find the search/address bar pretty limited - the lack of a Google Toolbar in a Google branded app is, for me a killer. I love the simplicity of choosing which search I'm doing, seeing my gmail info and gcal info up front in Google Toolbar etc)

 

[Lucretius]

I'm currently responding in Opera, usually use Firefox, and also test out Chrome for "speed claims".

A Google Toolbar is absolutely unnecessary given that you can search directly from the "search/address" bar. Don't like using Google as the default search engine? Go ahead and change the default search engine in the options.

 

[Kompolaga]

thanks for the info! when opening sevenforums only my ram was at 60,000K now its at only 18,000K

chrome the best!