Google Releases Chrome 14

well, that was quick.

Best browser around

NEWS: Chrome 19 is now available!

I swear they pop these things out like crazy

Oh yea. Weird. I've had Chrome up all day. Just looked at the version number and it's now 14.0.835.163.

Crazy.

Gotta admit it's pretty fast.

Yeah, remember when there were different types of releases. Version 2.0 would be a major update. Version 2.1 would be a collection of fixes and minor updates, and version 2.1.1 would be additional bug fixes. Now, Firefox and Chrome are getting a new version number ever couple weeks, which is ridiculous. I want a new major number when something good changes, not just when some timer at Google headquarters expires.

So the idea is not only to visualy add-spam the user but also by sound...

I don't understand the big deal about browser updates. I don't care to know if/when they're updated. Just keep it current, and working properly & I'm happy.

But.. but... I've been using Chrome 15 for at least a month!

These days, version numbers from Mozilla and Google don't mean squat...a bugfix is a major upgrade! /s

so many updates, browsers seem to be most imperfect software around. chrome especialy.. its version 14!!

so true, arbitrarily changing the version number to 2.1.1 would make it more reliable.

every darn software has an updater running on my pc: windows, adobe, apple, google, yahoo. now there's even a facebook update. wtf

I like google chromes speed. But I dont like the lack of customization.. For me, its the simple things like having a bookmark button on the toolbar that is not a downloaded extension (dont want to add a whole bar for bookmarks). Being able to move such button anywhere on the toolbar. Having a highlight button just like the one on Google toolbar for FF and IE..

I find it interesting that google makes a toolbar for FF and IE that adds readily available options that in order to duplicate on their OWN browser, you have to do a ton of extra clicks... Example: highlight.. On FF, I have the google toolbar and the highlight option is on my screen, its always there. All I have to do is enter what I want and click the highlight button...thats it. Everything is on the surface of the browser. For Chrome, its nice it comes with the browser, but I have to ctrl-F (tbh, I dont like shortcuts) or hit the wrench, select "Find", then finally enter what I'm searching for.

These are just a few of the issues I have with chrome..

Oh, one last thing.. The one address bar is a complete waste of screen real-estate.. With FF, left side is address bar, right side google toolbar with all my readily available search options/highlights ect.

For a productivity individual like myself. I have to stick with FF(with google toolbar) until Chrome makes things easier to customize.

They will be at 125 by next Spring.

That few?

"Google Releases Chrome 14" and "I changed my undies"

One more reason to not use IE

I don't get the big deal. People applaud Google for quickly releasing new versions with no changes but go hating on Mozilla for doing the same. *shrug*

I just don't get it....so other than the new features , that I don't use, is there anything truly necessary in it...security updates ect.

I'd rather have the choice to have the option of only getting the critical updates and not all the new worthless "features" they claim are in the new version.

I'm waiting for Chrome 95 and Chrome 98. After those, Chrome 2000.

then they'll randomly change back to chrome 7.

@Hellbound "(tbh, I dont like shortcuts)" followed by "For a productivity individual like myself". If your big focus is productivity, I think you would become much more productive if you learn shortcuts instead of using a mouse.

Yeah.. It's just a new way of marketing a product.

But I am happy with Chrome.

I can't install new themes in this new version . When I click install somehow the download is automatically cancelled even if I'd turned my firewall/antivirus already. Why is that?

I can't wait for 14.0.835.168. I've had 14.0.835.163 for 5 minutes already and it feels so ancient.

I think you may have skipped the 99ME

All kidding aside, Chrome works for me. Besides, I only find out about these updates from Tom's. So no complaining here.

hahahaha nice one. it's kinda annoying having to restart chrome just for an additional 0.0.0.005

no 64 bit version planned, not downloaded in Ubuntu yet for enterprise machines and not so good of a Sync feature in Enterprise machines.

Yeh.... thats good News.

Google Chrome is the It's very Best Browser than others.

to be honest I think they only release all these name changes to get publicity

We all know they could just stopped this number inflation at the begining of 2011 ( 9.0.597 released 2011-02-03 yes 7 months ago ) and gone from version 9.0.597 to 9.1 to 9.2 etc etc but that doesn't get them any publicity. however eventually these number changes are going to start looking silly and they will probably switch to silly words and work through the alphabet like andriod and unbuntu.

I only got chrome for angry birds anyway. I don't notice any worthwhile speed differences so I use IE as I like the accelerators feature and its easy to adjust the page zoom with a mouse ( with no macros ).

some sites do work better with chrome but too few for me to switch from using IE as my main browser. It's not just speed that makes a browser good its features ( sometimes just one killer feature is enough) , customizabilty, flexability, add-ons, and something you enjoy working with. All these together make a great browser.