Chrome tests a Real Google Search box on the New Tab Page to fix the Full Screen Bug
Latest Chrome Canary experiments with Google Search box in New Tab Page by replacing the fake box with a real one
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Google tests improved Cookie Controls UI for Chrome in Incognito mode, blocks third-party cookies by default
Recently Google has promised they’ll preview “improved cookie controls” for Chrome later this year. They’re already on it by building on SameSite cookie attribute, meanwhile, Chromium team is also testing a feature in Canary that blocks third-party cookies by default and offers an improved UI to control them in incognito mode. Yesterday, Mozilla has shipped …
Chrome: “Mute” and “Skip Ad” buttons removed from Picture in Picture Window
The Mute button that appears for videos in Picture in Picture Window in Chrome if you’ve Experimental Web Platform features enabled, can no longer be seen in PIP mode in Chrome 78. Francois Beaufort who works on Picture-in-Picture Web API has recently removed the Mute and “Skip Ad” buttons. With Chrome 73 on desktop, Google […]
Google Chrome now runs Audio in a Separate Process
Chrome starting version 76 onwards, runs Audio in a separate process on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Google has moved the Audio from browser process to a separate process and you can now notice “Utility: Audio Service” running in Chrome Task Manager when video or audio is playing in the browser. With the system audio …
Chrome 78 Canary adds reveal button to the password field
Recently, we’ve covered Microsoft implemented battery life-extending solution in Chromium browser which is now available behind a flag in Chrome and Edge browsers, yet another contribution from MS, the “Reveal Password button” has been landed in Chrome 78 Canary and now shows you the password you’ve typed in the password field when you click on …
Chrome 78: Flash Player December 2020 warning won’t appear for 2 weeks once you dismiss it
Google adds a 14 day cooldown period for Flash decpreciation message after it is dismissed
Chrome to block insecure downloads on HTTPS Sites
The downloads served over the insecure connection on HTTPS websites to be treated as mixed content and blocked by Chrome browser. The change has been rolled out 50% to Dev and Canary users, but as of now, it has been put on hold. Google is looking to block insecure downloads “initiated from secure contexts as …
Google Chrome gets Password Leak detection feature
Google Chrome now alerts if the browser detects the credentials you type while signing into the non-Google website has been leaked or part of a data breach. The company which recently has updated Password Checkup extension in Chrome Web Store now seems to have integrated the extension into browser and is available behind a flag …
Microsoft brings an experimental feature to Chrome to improve battery life
Microsoft after moving to Chromium started working on improving device battery life. Based on their initial test results, disabling media caching to disk causes less disk activity during the media playback, by keeping the disk less active power consumption will also be decreased, which automatically results in power savings. MS knows how to improve battery …
Google to remove FTP Support from Chrome
Google Chrome which already doesn’t render FTP URLs, but downloads them instead in the browser when visited, no longer going to support FTP in Chrome 80 stable and Google is planning is to drop FTP related code and resources from Chrome 82. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) which is used by websites to upload and …
Chrome: “You are using an unsupported environment variable: SSLKEYLOGFILE”
With Avast or AVG antivirus installed, latest Chrome Canary now shows an info bar on startup with the message”you are using an unsupported environment variable: SSLKEYLOGFILE. Stability and security will suffer.” We always surprised why Google Chrome hasn’t had any issues with Avast in the past or present, which users greatly experience with every major …
Chrome and Firefox browsers to remove Extended Validation (EV) Certificate indicators from URL bar
You may no longer see Extended Validation Certificate (EV Certificate for short) indicators for websites in the URL bar in Chrome and Firefox browsers. The next Chrome 77 will get this change and the browser will show EV information in the Page Info dialog, Mozilla to follow Google and to remove the EV indicator from …