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Google Chrome 2.0 is faster, features full page zoom, full screen mode

by Brad Linder on May 21, 2009 at 09:45 PM

Google has released version 2.0 of Google Chrome, with a handful of new features and a improved support for JavaScript. In fact, Google says that Chrome 2.0 loads JavaScript-heavy web pages 30% faster than older versions of the browser.

Google Chrome 2.0 also includes the ability to remove thumbnails from the new tab page, as well as a bunch of features which have long been common in other browsers, such as:

Full page zoom (previously you could only zoom the text, not images and other page elements)
Full screen mode when you press F11
Form autofill

If you're using Google Chrome, the browser will automatically update to the latest version next time you load it, so there's no need to download and install anything to get these new features.

Tags: autofill, full-page-zoom, google-chrome, google-chrome-2.0

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Jash SayaniMay 22nd 2009 8:16AM

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@Google:: IS IT TOO EARLY FOR A MAC VERSION ???

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mike k.May 22nd 2009 8:23AM

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right on.. where's the mac version?

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Jose FarrugiaMay 22nd 2009 9:52AM

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I'm starting to use Google Chrome and I'm beginning to like it in spite of the lack of features it has compared to Firefox and Internet Explorer.

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KeegdnaBMay 22nd 2009 11:11AM

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Chrome is still lacking too much in feature set for me to switch from firefox ful-time, however in certain situations, I do use it when I'm not power browsing and can benefit from the speed boost.

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