Chrome Blog
chrome.blogspot.com · Company blog · on HN since 2009
Google's official Chrome blog announces browser releases, features, platform support changes, and Chrome OS news.
What HN saysHN links it for official Chrome announcements, like multiple profiles, speech input, and dropped OS X support; one commenter complains about its small font.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Talking to your computer (with HTML5)4 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 2Adobe joins the Chromebook party, starting with Photoshop3 people · 368 points · first shared 2014 · 245 comments on HN
- 3PDF goodness in Chrome3 people · 60 points · first shared 2010 · 38 comments on HN
- 4Google Chrome for the holidays: Mac, Linux and extensions in beta3 people · 2 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 5New Stable Chrome with WebAudio and NativeClient support3 people · 1 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 6Chrome OS is here to stay2 people · 344 points · first shared 2015 · 125 comments on HN
- 7First set of Android apps for ChromeOS2 people · 153 points · first shared 2014 · 86 comments on HN
- 8Everyone can now track down noisy tabs2 people · 137 points · first shared 2014 · 108 comments on HN
- 9New Chrome Beta release renders web pages as you type, screens downloads2 people · 66 points · first shared 2012 · 53 comments on HN
- 10Extending Chrome support for XP users until April 20152 people · 32 points · first shared 2013 · 44 comments on HN
- 11Google Chrome Blog: Browse for a good cause2 people · 21 points · first shared 2010 · 5 comments on HN
- 12Introducing Chrome for Android2 people · 10 points · first shared 2012 · 2 comments on HN
- 13New Chrome Beta includes Native Client2 people · 10 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 14A fresh take on an icon2 people · 8 points · first shared 2011 · 2 comments on HN
- 15Securing Flash Player for our Mac users2 people · 6 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
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danso · 2013-02-26
OK, I'm going to go off-topic and sound like a crank...but is the font-size for Google's blogs kept at 13px because:
1) To keep consistency across every service (search, analytics, maps, etc)
2) Because it's what users like, according to in-house studies
3) Because...why change it?
Not all the Google blogs use Arial (http://chrome.blogspot.com/ uses Open Sans). I'm not trying to be completely snarky here...If it is indeed a best practice, then that's good to know. The width of the Google blogs do conform to showing 80-or-so characters a line, though at 16px, the characters-per-line is about 70, which isn't bad either.
(yes, I know HN is at 13px too...but a discussion board with variable length of text and a higher value in being able to see more entries at once is different than the narrative paragraph form)
mbrubeck · 2012-07-17
I loved the official announcement of Chrome 20:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/06/yet-another-chrome-release.html
leebossio · 2012-01-11
I'm not too sure they'd like it. In this post: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/03/talking-to-your-computer-with-html5… the big G clearly states their speech recognition is beta. I've also seen on Stack Overflow responses from Google employees insisting the API shouldn't be used for commercial applications.
Best recommendation is to use Nuance's HTTP Api
http://dragonmobile.nuancemobiledeveloper.com/public/index.php?task=su…
It's not free, but it's at least it's guaranteed for commercial use.
I don't work for Nuance, but my startup uses their products now - and the accuracy and speed are great. The documentation is pretty horrible, so feel free to reach out w/any questions on the program/usage/etc.
jeromeflipo · 2011-11-06
Chrome supports multiple profiles now, see http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/11/take-your-chrome-stuff-with-you-in-… I can't believe so few HN readers know this, since it's the best way to use seperately Google Apps and Gmail accounts. It works for Facebook too, obviously.
You can sync all Chrome browsers, on all your devices, with both your Google Apps account for work and your personal Gmail account. It means that each profile have their own bookmarks, history & most visited pages, extensions, saved passwords (...) synced in real-time (you can even sync open tabs!). It's very powerful to improve your focus, because you only use 1 browser (no need to switch your habits) and you're never get distracted by notifications, mails, docs, rss when you're in your work/perso "station".
Fortunately, you can keep your Gmail/Google apps chat accounts of each profiles open in the background with the official Google Talk extension https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoii… (works on Mac, Windows, Linux & ChromeOS).
anon1385 · 2016-02-12
http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-suppor…
OS X 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8 are all being dropped and won't get security updates.
netmarketshare.com suggests that's about 13% of current OS X users.
paulirish · 2016-01-28
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/05/new-research-ad-injection-economy.h… describes why such a tool must exist. AFAIUI, the cleanup tool addresses with the many Windows executables that can compromise the core Chrome experience and user profile settings in order to inject bothersome advertisements.
A paper on this Ad Injection ecosystem was published last year: http://research.google.com/pubs/pub43346.html
ikeboy · 2015-12-28
Chrome already blocks extensions not from the webstore on Windows, unless you use a developer branch. See http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/05/protecting-chrome-users-from-malici…
kalleboo · 2015-11-25
Related: "Today, we’re announcing the end of Chrome’s support for Windows XP, as well as Windows Vista" http://chrome.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-suppo…
Gupocca · 2015-11-12
The media has been slightly mixed up about the whole Chrome OS claim.
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/11/chrome-os-is-here-to-stay.html
jessaustin · 2015-06-30
Safari in 10.11 has added a feature which tells you which browser tab is making noise so you can close it. Just now I was so wishing for it (in Chrome -- which is my primary browser, since I'm a web developer).
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/01/everyone-can-now-track-down-noisy-t…
Good grief.
The smiley b^) means it's a joke. At this point I have to wonder who is trolling whom...
codeulike · 2015-04-01
Chrome Android App - Introducing #ChromeSelfie
http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/introducing-chromeselfie.html
seanmcdirmid · 2015-03-18
I stand corrected:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-use…
Until next month, anyways :)
jrockway · 2015-03-11
Probably want to link to the blog, which I think is available in every country: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2015/03/for-whats-next-new-chromebook-pixel…
cpeterso · 2015-02-13
In 2013, Google said they would support Chrome on Windows XP until at least April 2015:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-use…
lern_too_spel · 2014-11-10
Your memory of desktop Chrome doesn't match mine. Chrome added extensions more than a year after launch. http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-chrome-for-holidays-mac-linu…
Its extension model remains superior to Firefox's, and I hope Mozilla fixes this. I shouldn't need Python and an SDK installed to develop a JavaScript browser extension. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Installation
arthurfm · 2014-10-29
> Unfortunately my home nation (though very small) is also on something like 20% WinXP (thus limited to IE8).
Chrome and Firefox are still supported on XP. Surely they could switch browsers if forced?
http://chrome.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-for-xp-u…
http://www.neowin.net/news/mozilla-to-support-firefox-on-windows-xp-af…
firloop · 2014-10-26
I think the parent level poster was referring to the cloud-streaming capabilities Adobe is rolling out for Photoshop and presumably other programs, starting on the Chromebook.
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-party-starti…
tree_of_item · 2014-10-14
Software is a service industry, not a product industry. Expect to see more software in the style of http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/adobe-joins-chromebook-party-starti… or http://aws.amazon.com/appstream/ or even http://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/psnow in the future.
This developer is upset about the difficulty of securing a continuing revenue stream. This is exactly the problem addressed by streaming software to users instead of just giving it to them. What this developer really wants to do is _rent_ their program: when users stop paying, they stop having the software as well.
bla2 · 2014-09-20
Interesting, Google announced working on this on this year's I/O and posted the first apps just one week ago ( http://chrome.blogspot.com/2014/09/first-set-of-android-apps-coming-to… ).
lmedinas · 2014-08-29
Additional link for the user switch feature: http://chrome.blogspot.de/2014/08/this-time-its-personal.html
martey · 2014-05-04
Chrome has done this since 2010: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2010/10/understanding-omnibox-for-better.ht…
Firefox's implementation of this feature is at least partially because of its usage in Chrome and other browsers: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Locationbar_Domain_Highlight
junto · 2014-01-14
As a parent I was more interested in the "supervised users" feature to monitor your children's internet usage. Parents desperately need something simple to help them make sure that their children are safe on the internet.
Most solutions are far too technical for most parents to understand and their children are more technically aware than they are, even at a young age.
It is of course important that parents can educate their children about the dangers of the internet, but such a feature is like having stabilisers on a bike. Once your children show you that they can be trusted the you can take the supervision off and give them the privacy they they too deserve.
I think Google is hitting a sweet spot if they can get that feature right.
http://chrome.blogspot.de/2013/10/a-beta-preview-supervised-users.html
graue · 2013-07-10
Every time Firefox introduces a cool new feature, they emphasize how it's standard, or being put into the standardization process, and how every web developer will be able to use it.
Chrome? Not so much. And it isn't just that this news article left something out — the official Chrome blog[1] never hints that this feature will ever work on anything but Chrome.
To me it's uncomfortable how much Google's tactics with Chrome resemble Microsoft's "embrace and extend" from the late 90s. They seem to want everyone to make Chrome apps, not web apps. If that happens, ultimately we all suffer from the loss of an open web.
[1] http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/05/richer-notifications-coming-to-chro…
randomfool · 2012-10-11
I much prefer Chrome's approach to locking down Flash- put it in a (much more) secure sandbox.
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-even-more-secure-flash-player-fo…
Microsoft could have taken the approach of running Flash in it's own Win8 app container, but apparently wanted to put as little effort into it as possible.
shrikant · 2012-02-09
..is this a rhetorical question?
See the byline in http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/02/introducing-chrome-for-android.html - Sundar Pichai is "SVP, Chrome and Apps".
ootachi · 2012-02-04
Original post, without the blogspam: http://chrome.blogspot.in/2012/02/german-federal-office-of-information…
JonnieCache · 2012-01-06
Blogspam.
Here's the actual announcement: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2012/01/speed-and-security.html
aboodman · 2011-09-16
What?
Firstly, there are several improvements:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-stable-release-of-chrome-expand…
Secondly, Firefox's new release is the same as Chrome's. Every six weeks, like clockwork. More releases, less big features in each release.
samstokes · 2011-09-16
This release includes another significant change that, for some reason, neither the submitted article nor the higher-level announcement [1] mentions: if an HTTPS page loads a script over HTTP, the script is now blocked from executing. There's a popup which warns you that "This page has insecure content", and you can opt to ignore the warning and unblock.
[1] http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-stable-release-of-chrome-expand…
Mithrandir · 2011-08-13
In case anyone's interested, here's the original story:
http://chrome.blogspot.com/2011/08/building-better-web-apps-with-new.h…