Google Introduces Google Chrome 6 Beta

Bertrand Vasquez | Aug 11, 2010 | Comments 0

Mountain View, California-based Google announced today on the Google Chrome Blog the introduction of the sixth iteration of its browser in beta. As with previous releases, Google Chrome 6 Beta promises to be faster than its predecessors. Additionally, the new release introduces new features.

One of the new Google Chrome 6 Beta features is “Autofill,” which allows users to easily and quickly fill out forms by remembering specific personal information such as name, address, phone number, and even credit card numbers. For security purposes, credit card numbers will not be saved by default. Instead, the browser will ask users whether they would like to save the number or not.

Some may argue that the new feature is a little bit risky. However, Google promises that saved information will be stored safely and kept private until a users chooses to fill out a form. This will benefit those who are constantly shopping online, and hate introducing their information every single time.

The new Google Chrome 6 Beta also introduces new syncing capabilities. Thus far, users are able to sync their bookmarks, preferences, and themes with existing stable versions of Chrome. Now, Chrome 6 Beta  allows users to also sync their extensions and the aforementioned Autofill data — with the exception of credit card numbers, of course — using a Google Account.

Google also states that the new beta features a slightly redesigned interface. “we have streamlined the upper toolbar, made the Omnibox more approachable, and condensed all of our options into a single menu,” explains Google Software Engineer James Hawkins.

As mentioned above, the new Google Chrome 6 Beta is faster than its predecessor. The new iteration of the browser has improved by 15% on both the V8 benchmark and SunSpider benchmark.

Check out a video demo of the Autofill feature at the below link:

Source: http://erictric.com/2010/08/11/google-introduces-google-chrome-6-beta/