Google rolls out a new version of its Chrome web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux every six weeks, so it’s kind of hard to get as excited about Chrome 12 as, say, Firefox 4 or Internet Explorer 10. But today Google launched the latest stable release of its web browser and Chrome 12 does bring a few new features to the table, including:

  • Support for hardware accelerated 3D CSS for improved web page and web app performance
  • Better control over data stored locally on your computer including Adobe Flash Player cookies
  • Ability to launch Chrome web apps from the Omnibox (URL bar)
  • Warning messages before you download some malicious files

There’s one feature you won’t find in Google Chrome 12 though: Google Gears. The company is discontinuing support for its legacy software that allowed you to access some web content even while you’re offline and will instead provide similar features through HTML5 in the future. Unfortunately for now that means there’s currently no support for offline Gmail access in Google Chrome because Google hasn’t yet developed tools for caching Gmail locally with HTML5.

You can download Chrome 12 from the Google Chrome web site. If you’re already using Chrome 11 you can check for an update by clicking the settings button and choosing “About Google Chrome” from the drop-down menu to check for an update.

 

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2 replies on “Google cranks it up to 12 with latest Chrome web browser”

  1. Actually,I don’t mind the version number of a browser.An old version may runs more fluent and less buggy then the new versions.I used the new version of chrome, Avant browser in last two week but what a pity uninstalled it just a few days later.Back to firefox again.you guys should move up with a stable version not a NEW version.

  2. i have a question .when i open more than 20 pages using chrome the tab width is so small and easy to be closes accidentally.why don’t you learn from avant browser which can Customize the tab width. 

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