Review: Google Chrome 16
Chrome at its 16th release is still faster than the other major browsers
A review says Google Chrome 16 is a little slower, but still faster than the rest of the browsers. The latest Chrome version 16 comes with two new features. Now you can print any web page to any Google Cloud Print printer you’re allowed to use and also sync multiple users to one copy of Chrome.
Chrome 16 does come with two new features that you might like. The first is you can now print any Web page to any Google Cloud Print printer you’re allowed to use. Cloud Print is a Google service you can use that enables you to turn any printer into an Internet-connected printer. You control who can print to your Cloud Print-connected printers.
The second, is you can sync multiple users to one copy of Chrome. So, for example, you can have multiple people via their Gmail accounts, running their own Chrome settings. So, for example, when you log into your Google account on the laptop’s copy of Chrome, you get your applications, bookmarks, and settings. When your buddy logs in, she’ll get her settings. So far, so good, but, there’s no security between logins. She can see all your settings and you can see hers.
Thinking of security, besides the usual array of security fixes that any browser gets with a new release, Chrome now won’t let you run any out of date plug-ins unless you explicitly agree to let it run. So, for example, if you try to run an old copy of Flash, you must, on every page, agree to let it run. Considering how many security problems can be laid to the door of browser plug-ins these days, this is a good move.
Moving along to the basics, Chrome is still great at observing Web standards. Like almost all modern browsers, it gets a perfect score on the Acid 3 compatibility test, which checks how well a browser complies with various Web standards such as CSS, JavaScript, and Extensible Markup Language (XML).
On the HTML5 Test, which checks to see how compliant the Web browser is with the HTML5 Web page standard, Chrome 15 scored 344 out of a possible 450. The next best is Firefox 8 with a score of 314.
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