Chrome 53 is out

[Carfax83]

Chrome 53 version is available everyone, and this one has some really big improvements when it comes to performance and security. UI also received an overhaul and it looks cleaner, sharper and more modern. So if you're in the mood for a browser change, now is a good time to try out Chrome..

Chrome 53 is also the first version of Chrome that will actively start to block flash unless it's necessary to display content. Personally, I disabled it entirely 😀

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[quikah]

They still haven't fixed display scaling in Windows 10.

 

[mikeymikec]

Font rendering still blows.

E.g.:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...hanges-for-the-windows-10-anniversary-update/

Screenshot from Chrome 53:

 

[Puffnstuff]

I wish they would add a menu system to the interface like IE or FF.

 

[mikeymikec]

I wish they would add a menu system to the interface like IE or FF.

Why? Both are depreciated, at some point they'll be cut out entirely. Both are depreciated probably because Chrome started the trend. It makes little sense for Google to add one now.

Don't get me wrong, if I go back to Firefox (hopefully the multi-threadedness will come to something decent), I used to use the classic menus (Classic Theme Restorer), and I'll probably do so again if I revert to FF; the fact that I have to go to the old FF menu system to find certain options (such as page saving) is a testament to Mozilla not getting it right quite yet.

 

[nerp]

Supposedly this will be less of a battery hog, which is a really good thing. I had basically switched to Edge on my ThinkPad because the difference was quite dramatic. Chrome has become so out of control bloated and hoggy that this update is hopefully a step in the right direction.