Menlo Park (ip-192.com): Google has released the next generation of its Chrome browser for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Chrome 5.0 is the fastest version of Google's browser yet, thanks to improved JavaScript performance. The V8 engine, updated from version 1.3 to 2.2, compiles JavaScript to native machine code before executing it.
With the new release, Chrome hits its fifth major milestone in only 20 months. The new release allows users to synchronize both bookmarks and browser preferences including homepages, themes, and startup settings, across multiple computers and devices. Each extension can be set to "incognito mode" through the extension manager.
"Our stable release also incorporates HTML5 features such as Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop," says Google on its Chrome blog. "For a taste of HTML5's powerful features, try browsing through websites developed in HTML5 such as scribd.com, dragging and dropping attachments in Gmail, or by enabling the geolocation functionality in Google Maps."
More than 4,000 extensions are available in Google's gallery, including extensions that allow users to access applications such as Google Calendar and Google Docs directly from the browser. Web developers can integrate Chrome's developer tools and create a customized environment in the browser.
While Adobe's Flash Player did not make it into the stable release 5.0, Google says that it will enable the feature with the full release of version 10.1 in the near future.
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