Google Chrome launches the third version

In the third beta of the Chrome web browser, Google focused on addressing some of the existing security issues, besides improving performance and stability, as well as compatibility with a variety of plugins: Flash, Silveright, Quicktime.

If you're using Chrome, your browser will automatically update within the next few days. But impatient people can update directly from the homepage or check in About Google Chrome to see if the localization version has been updated.

One of the two most notable enhancements to this upgrade is the limited ability to store Chrome's visited website index. By default, this browser 'lists' all visited websites for search, regardless of whether the site is password protected or not. When discovering this ambiguity, many users voiced warnings about Google's intentions. Its answer in this new version: Chrome will not save data from websites starting with https :, and displaying the lock image in the address bar.

This version also fixes security flaws from the first version released in September. This error may trick users into opening malicious files, but Chrome will ask for comments before opening. All files ending with .exe are also automatically saved as a .download extension, and only converted to the .exe extension the same when you confirm you want to save.

Nearly the same time Google launched Chrome, Chrome - the Firefox developer, Chrome's biggest rival - said it would end Firefox 2's existence later this year. Firefox 2 users will not receive any support from Mozilla since the beginning of 2009. Firefox 3 succeeds, with outstanding advantages will have a major upgrade 3.1 also later this year.