chromium

chromium

Latest Chromium build for Mac finally adds a bookmark manager

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 19:00

 

In amongst a chorus of "what took them so long", the Google folks working on the Chromium project -- the open source project behind the Chrome browser -- have at last added basic support for bookmark management in Mac OS X builds. Now, before you run over to the nightly builds page for Chromium, it's worth noting that the feature is still incomplete - you're not able to remove items from the bookmark manager -- you can only move them around. So there's still some way to go!

If you're using the Chrome for OS X releases, there's also going to be a little wait for the changes to move from Chromium to Chrome -- however if you feel adventurous, the Chromium snapshot builds will give you a taste of the feature (scroll to the bottom of the list for the most recent build).

 
  • Read more
  • 1267 reads

LastPass extension for Google Chrome now available, and it rocks

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 14:45

 

A number of Download Squad readers have been echoing the same sentiment in recent posts about Google's browser: as soon as LastPass is available, we're leaving Firefox for good.

Well, gang, grab your parachutes, it's time to bail! The LastPass crew has released an alpha version of their Google Chrome extension, and it rocks. Check out the screens after the break!

RoboForm now available for Google Chrome, sort of

Submitted by admin on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 14:00

 

While it may not be the seamless solution you've been looking for, if you're a RoboForm user and have been waiting for Google Chrome integration, there's now a solution for you.
 

 

  • Read more
  • 1415 reads

Google Chrome grows up, stable build gets bumped to version 3

Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 15:30

 

Those of you who are tired of reading about all the great features Google has been packing into Chrome's beta and developer channel builds, it's time to break out the Guinness. A fortnight after Google Chrome's first birthday, Google has bumped the stable version to 3.0.195.21.
 

 

  • Read more
  • 982 reads

Extensions now enabled by default in Google Chrome dev channel, now where are they?

Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 10:30


Did Google just take the next step in making extensions play a more interesting role in Google Chrome? Possibly, but at least now we can trim our command line switches down a little.
Those of you running Chrome's bleeding-edge developer channel builds can now drop the --enable-extensionsswitch. They're now supported by default.

Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 10:30

Filed under: Google, Browsers

While Firefox has built-in support for making GMail your default handler of mailto: links, Chrome has not yet implemented such a feature. Strange, really, since it's Google's browser. Then again, it still doesn't have a version of the Google Toolbar.
  • 2219 reads

64-Bit Google Chrome Coming to Linux

Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 10:00

Linux users are some of the first to tout (or demand) the benefits of 64-bit computing, and it looks like the devotion may pay off. CNET points to Chrome developer mailing list posts indicating that a 64-bit build of Chrome's open-source, development-stage Chromium counterpart is well underway, ahead of versions for Windows or OS X. So while Microsoft and Apple will have built-in 64-bit browsers for their 64-bit systems, Linux gets a helping hand in the browser field from the big G.

Latest Google Chrome dev build adds Windows 7 jumplist support

Submitted by admin on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 16:55

Filed under: Google, Open Source, Beta, Browsers

Though the recent release of Firefox 3.6 alpha 1 didn't prioritize support for Windows 7's jumplists, Google has flicked the switch in the latest developer channel build of Chrome.

  • Read more
  • 1165 reads

Portable Google Chrome now available on OS X

Submitted by admin on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 09:00

The Mac version of Google's Chrome browser, although not yet officially released by Google, is getting nightly builds in the form of Chromium. As Chromium adds more features that are already available in the Windows version of the Chrome, it makes that it would also get its own portable version. Like Portable Google Chrome for Windows, which we've reported on in the past, Portable Google Chrome for Mac is a version of the browser that you can load up from a USB key.

The portable version of Chromium loads from a ChromeLoader app that makes sure your settings save on your portable media, so you can take them with you anywhere. It's a good time to try Chromium, since important features like Flash, popup blocking and full screen mode have been implemented over the past couple of weeks. The developer's blog is in German, so you may find it helpful to try t.

  • Read more
  • 455 reads

Chromium Releases Official Mac, Linux Browser Alphas

Submitted by admin on Sat, 06/06/2009 - 05:00
Chromium Releases Official Mac, Linux Browser Alphas
  • Add new comment
  • 855 reads

A new approach to browser security: the Google Chrome Sandbox

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 16:04
Building a secure browser is a top priority for the Chromium team; it's why we spend a lot of time and effort keeping our code secure. But as you can imagine, code perfection is something almost impossible to achieve for a project of this size and complexity. To make things worse, a browser spends most of its time handling and executing untrusted and potentially malicious input data. In the event that something goes wrong, the team has developed a sandbox to help thwart any exploit in two of the most popular vectors of attack against browsers: HTML Rendering and JavaScript execution.
 
In a nutshell, a sandbox is security mechanism used to run an application in a restricted environment. If an attacker is able to exploit the browser in a way that lets him run arbitrary code on the machine, the sandbox would help prevent this code from causing damage to the system. The sandbox would also help prevent this exploit from modifying and even reading your files or any information on the system.
 
We are very excited to be able to launch Google Chrome with the sandbox enabled on all the platforms we currently support. Even though the sandbox in Google Chrome uses some of the new security features on Windows Vista, it is fully compatible with Windows XP.
 

Iron: Chrome for privacy fanatics

Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 13:00

If you want to use  but are concerned or have questions about , you might want to giveIron a try.

Iron, developed by German software company SRWare is Chrome stripped of all the user ID information that gave the German governmentcause for concern.

  • Add new comment
  • Read more
  • 735 reads