Pedal to the Chrome metal: Our fastest beta to date for Windows, Mac and Linux

Probably the single thing that keeps me using Firefox is its address bar. It's a much nicer experience than Chrome's, with its user-friendly auto complete mechanisms.<p>The speed of the browsers is rarely the bottleneck for me anymore. I'll switch to Chrome for intense javascript experiences, but that's about it. I feel like chrome needs to start focusing more time on the experience - these speed improvements aren't paying dividends anymore.

It certainly feels faster. It also took less than half the time to run the webkit JS benchmark than my firefox install. 414ms vs 1046ms.<p>And it also fixed a glitch I was fighting with the Xmarks extension being unable to sync.<p>So I'm back to Chrome as my default browser.

Things keeping me from using Chrome:<p>* Lack of built-in RSS support. This one kind of blows my mind.<p>* Worst progress indicator I've ever seen.<p>* Can't open external links in new windows, have to open in "tab of whatever my last used browser window was".<p>* Flash crashes more than it does in Safari/Firefox, but I don't blame Chrome for that.<p>Not exactly constructive to the conversation I guess, but at least the first three things have been driving me nuts for a bit.

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, but lately Google Chrome just freezes up most times I open a page that has flash. I'm using it on a Mac

The new test system looks amazing! I love when companies do that kind of stuff, it must keep their employees happy!

Just upgraded and almost immediately had to file a bug report. Flash video will not play in anything but full screen, and getting to said fullscreen requires about mouse clicks in quick succession.<p>I'm running OS X 10.6.3 on dual quad-core xeon (Nehalem 8 Core) Mac Pro with 6gb ram. Chrome is my default browser, and while I am part of the Youtube Html5 Beta, the inconvenience is rather large. Flash apps are a no-go entirely as they will not render.

Chrome is still missing features that are must have for me from a usability perspective. The number one is "full page default zoom" (eg. not just text zoom). For some reason this request is being ignored since 2008:<p><a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=32a8d83bd71bc1a8&#38;hl=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=32a8...</a>

Weird, I just upgraded on Linux (from 5.0.342.9 to 5.0.375.29) and fonts on a bunch of sites (like HN) are different now. I wonder what did that.

Any way to tweak the auto-update features for Flash? I want to have the debugger version installed instead, or disable it altogether. :/

I still miss bookmark tagging from FF. In fact, I often keep a FF window open just so I can keep my bookmarks organized with tags.

What I dislike in chrome is that passwords are not secured by a SSO password like in firefox. What I like in chrome is its thin and lightweight frame.<p>What I miss in Chrome and Firefox is bookmark synchronization on my own server because privacy is important to me.

Just installed and tried on Win XP. It definitely feels faster than Safari and Firefox.

More good news: pinned tabs are back.

I still prefer Opera, the speed of Chrome, the functionality that Firefox has to copy.

The speed and subtlety of nose-picking is also fantastic (at 0:09 mark)

What kind of specific improvements are they making to the JavaScript engine that is leading to such dramatic speed increases?

does it have firebug yet? That's all I care about. And no, the development toolbar is not good enough