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Google Chrome Browser
Google Chrome Browser, known as "Google browser" in Chinese, is a free open-source web browser developed by Google and released in 2008.
When Google decided to develop a browser, they needed to completely rethink the browser, because today's browsers are very different from when they only needed to browse simple text pages. Now, we use browsers to send email, shop, pay bills, and run other large applications.
Google Chrome is the most commonly used browser today:Download Chrome。
Google Chrome Statistics
Below isBrowser Statisticswith details about Google Chrome usage:
| 2014 | Total | C 35 | C 34 | C 33 | C 32 | C 31 | C 30 | Older | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 59.2% | 12.8% | 40.5% | 1.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 2.2% | ||||
| April | 58.4% | 31.7% | 21.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 3.1% | |||||
| March | 57.5% | 0.8% | 49.8% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 0.4% | 3.0% | |||||
| February | 56.4% | 0.4% | 12.2% | 33.3% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 8.0% | |||||
| January | 55.7% | 26.4% | 24.5% | 0.8% | 4.0% | |||||||
| 2013 | Total | C 32 | C 31 | C 30 | C 29 | C 28 | C 27 | C 26 | C 25 | C 24 | C 23 | Older |
| December | 55.8% | 1.0% | 49.0% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
| November | 54.8% | 0.5% | 26.3% | 23.7% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| October | 54.1% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 39.8% | 8.3% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
| September | 53.2% | 0.6% | 46.0% | 3.2% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% | ||
| August | 52.9% | 0.5% | 11.1% | 36.5% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.1% | ||
| July | 52.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 30.3% | 18.3% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.5% | ||
| June | 52.1% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 45.3% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.4% | |||
| May | 52.9% | 0.5% | 10.0% | 38.4% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.7% | ||||
| April | 52.7% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 45.8% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.7% | ||||
| March | 51.7% | 0.4% | 2.1% | 44.2% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 2.1% | |||||
| February | 50.0% | 7.7% | 37.8% | 1.4% | 3.1% | |||||||
| January | 48.4% | 0.7% | 26.5% | 17.7% | 3.5% | |||||||
| 2012 | Total | C 25 | C 24 | C 23 | C 22 | C 21 | C 20 | C 19 | C 18 | C 17 | C 16 | Older |
| December | 46.9% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 41.7% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% |
| November | 46.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 30.3% | 10.7% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| October | 44.9% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 38.2% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% | |
| September | 44.1% | 0.4% | 4.1% | 35.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 1.2% | ||
| August | 43.7% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 34.7% | 4.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 1.3% | ||
| July | 42.9% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 35.4% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.5% | |||
| June | 41.7% | 0.4% | 1.6% | 35.4% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 1.7% | ||||
| May | 39.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 15.8% | 19.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.7% | ||||
| April | 38.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 31.3% | 3.4% | 0.6% | 1.8% | |||||
| March | 37.3% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 31.9% | 1.0% | 2.3% | ||||||
| February | 36.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 17.1% | 15.3% | 2.7% | ||||||
| January | 35.3% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 30.5% | 3.4% | |||||||
| 2011 | Total | C 17 | C 16 | C 15 | C 14 | C 13 | C 12 | C 11 | C 10 | C 9 | C 8 | Older |
| December | 34.6% | 0.7% | 13.4% | 17.8% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| November | 33.4% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 28.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| October | 32.3% | 0.5% | 3.3% | 25.5% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.5% | |
| September | 30.5% | 0.7% | 11.2% | 16.0% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.7% | ||
| August | 30.3% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 21.2% | 6.0% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% | ||
| July | 29.4% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 25.3% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | |||
| June | 27.9% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 17.3% | 7.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.8% | |||
| May | 25.9% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 21.0% | 2.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | ||||
| April | 25.6% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 21.3% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||||
| March | 25.0% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 14.8% | 7.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | |||||
| February | 24.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 17.0% | 4.8% | 1.2% | ||||||
| January | 23.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 20.4% | 1.4% | |||||||
| 2010 | Total | C 9 | C 8 | C 7 | C 6 | C 5 | C 4 | Older | ||||
| December | 22.4% | 1.2% | 16.6% | 3.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | ||||
| November | 20.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 17.7% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.0% | ||||
| October | 19.2% | 0.3% | 5.6% | 12.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||||
| September | 17.3% | 0.6% | 11.4% | 4.9% | 0.3% | 0.1% | ||||||
| August | 17.0% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 15.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | ||||||
| July | 16.7% | 0.8% | 15.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | |||||||
| June | 15.9% | 0.7% | 13.9% | 1.1% | 0.2% | |||||||
| May | 14.5% | 0.3% | 3.4% | 10.6% | 0.2% | |||||||
| April | 13.6% | 2.5% | 10.8% | 0.3% | ||||||||
| March | 12.3% | 1.7% | 10.4% | 0.2% | ||||||||
| February | 11.6% | 1.0% | 10.0% | 0.6% | ||||||||
| January | 10.8% | 2.8% | 8.0% | |||||||||
| 2009 | Total | C 4 | C 3 | C 2 | C 1 | |||||||
| December | 9.8% | 1.9% | 7.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||||||
| November | 8.5% | 1.1% | 7.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||||||
| October | 8.0% | 0.5% | 7.0% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |||||||
| September | 7.1% | 0.4% | 2.7% | 3.9% | 0.1% | |||||||
| August | 7.0% | 0.8% | 6.1% | 0.1% | ||||||||
| July | 6.5% | 0.3% | 6.0% | 0.2% | ||||||||
| June | 6.0% | 0.2% | 4.6% | 1.2% | ||||||||
| May | 5.5% | 0.8% | 4.6% | |||||||||
| April | 4.9% | 0.4% | 4.4% | |||||||||
| March | 4.2% | 0.2% | 3.9% | |||||||||
| February | 4.0% | 0.1% | 3.8% | |||||||||
| January | 3.9% | 0.1% | 3.7% | |||||||||
| 2008 | Total | C 1 | Beta | |||||||||
| December | 3.6% | 1.6% | 2.0% | |||||||||
| November | 3.1% | 3.1% | ||||||||||
| October | 3.0% | 3.0% | ||||||||||
| September | 3.1% | 3.1% |
The above statistics are based on users of the Example Tutorial website.
Google Chrome Comic
Google created a comic about how they developed the Google Chrome browser:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
Google Chrome 34
Chrome 34 was released on April 8, 2014.
Chrome 34 runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (April 2).
New features:
- When autocomplete=off is set, Chrome will still remember and fill in password fields.
- Support for responsive images -Google introduced the "srcset" attribute, allowing website developers to provide multiple resources at different resolutions for one image. In short, this means the browser will choose the resource that matches the device, which can be desktops, laptops, tablets, phones, TVs.
- The unprefixed version of the Web Audio API
- Import supervised users to a new computer -Importing supervised users also imports all of their permissions, which will automatically sync to the device.
- Many new apps/extensions APIs
- A different look for Win8 Metro mode
- 31 security fixes
Google Chrome 33
Chrome 33 was released on February 20, 2014.
Chrome 33 is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (February 26).
Chrome Frame (the Chrome plug-in for Internet Explorer) has been officially retired.
New features:
- Web Speech API - Speech recognition and synthesis
- Custom elements -You can create new HTML and DOM elements (you can use any names you want), and also extend new elements from other elements, and bundle custom functionality into a single element.
- In offline mode, you can create, rename, and delete folders in Google Drive
- In offline mode, you can rename files in Google Drive
- 28 security fixes
Google Chrome 32
Chrome 32 was released on January 14, 2014.
Chrome 32 is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (January 15).
New features:
- Tab indicators (sound, webcam, casting)
- A new look for Win8 Metro mode
- Automatically blocks malware downloads
- Supervised users - Chrome users can now create child accounts for family members to restrict and monitor website access (visit chrome.com/manage).
- 11 security fixes
Google Chrome 31
Chrome 31 was released on November 12, 2013.
Chrome 31 is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome Frame, and Android (November 15).
New features:
- Support for web payments - a new API that allows users to store commonly supported payment details, such as credit card numbers
- Launches Portable Native Client (PNaCl) - this tool allows developers to compile their code once and run it on any hardware and website.
- 25 security fixes
Google Chrome 30
Chrome 30 was released on October 1, 2013.
Chrome 30 is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Search images - right-click on an image and select "Google Search this image"
- Three new touchscreen gestures, including horizontal swipe to switch tabs, and drag buttons in the toolbar to see the tab switcher view
- New APIs, such as MediaSource and DeviceMotion (for better integration between apps and devices)
- 50 security fixes
Google Chrome 29
Chrome 29 was released on August 20, 2013.
Chrome 29 is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Improved Omnibox suggestions (based on recently visited websites)
- You can reset your permissions back to their initial state
- More new apps and extensions APIs
- Stability and performance improvements
- 25 security fixes
Google Chrome 28
Chrome 28 was released on July 30, 2013.
Chrome 28 can run on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.
New features:
- Uses the Blink engine as the rendering engine (no longer uses WebKit)
- Support for the CSS @support rule
- Enriched notifications for Chrome apps and extensions
- HTML5 Fullscreen API on Android
- 16 security fixes
Google Chrome 27
Chrome 27 was released on May 22, 2013.
Chrome 27 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Page loading 5% faster than previous versions
- Support for the following HTML5 input types: date, datetime-local, month, week, and time
- The Developer Tools window can be docked to the right
- Sync FileSystem API (synchronous file system API) - a new offline storage API
- 14 security fixes
Google Chrome 26
Chrome 26 was released on March 26, 2013.
Chrome 26 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Improved spell checking
- Multi-user (permission) desktop shortcuts on Windows
- Updated dictionaries for all languages in Chrome
- Support for three new languages (Korean, Tamil, Albanian)
Google Chrome 25
Chrome 25 was released on February 21, 2013.
Chrome 25 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Speech recognition support- via the Web Speech API
- Better support for HTML5 time/date inputs
- Includes Adobe Flash updates
- Support for multiple monitors in extended desktop mode
- Removed default extension installation for Windows users
Google Chrome 24
Chrome 24 was released on January 10, 2013.
Chrome 24 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Speed improvements
- HTML5 <datalist> element support for date and time
- Added support for MathML
- Includes experimental support for CSS Custom Filters
- Bug/security fixes
Google Chrome 23
Chrome 23 was released on November 6, 2012.
Chrome 23 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Provides a "Do Not Track" feature
- Includes GPU-accelerated video decoding on Windows - significantly increases battery life when watching videos
- Includes simpler website permissions
Google Chrome 22
Chrome 22 was released on September 25, 2012.
Chrome 22 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Pointer Lock API (Mouse Lock) - more precise positioning when using the mouse
- Windows 8 enhancements
- Improvements for Apple's Retina display
- Removed the old integrated Flash plugin (gcswf32.dll) - now only the full Flash Player plugin PepperFlash remains, which is a cross-platform web browser plugin API
- 24 security fixes
Google Chrome 21
Chrome 21 was released on August 1, 2012.
Chrome 21 can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Support for Apple's Retina display
- Support for getUserMedia JavaScript API (allows web apps to access the user's camera and microphone)
- Improved support for gamepad input devices
- Deeper integration with Google Cloud Print service
- 26 security fixes
Google Chrome 20
Chrome 20 was released on July 11, 2012.
Chrome 20 runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Various fixes and stability improvements
- The "New tab" button is bigger
Google Chrome 19
Chrome 19 was released on May 16, 2012.
Chrome 19 runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Tab sync- When you sign in to Chrome, your open tabs sync across all your devices.
- Chrome startup tab- By default, Chrome sets the startup tab (the first page you see when you open Chrome) to the "New tab" page.
Google Chrome 18
Chrome 18 was released on April 19, 2012.
Chrome 18 runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Improved 2D graphics in HTML5
- Including software rasterization- To allow older machines to display content from newer machines, enabling technologies such as WebGL that are not supported.
Google Chrome 17
Chrome 17 was released on February 8, 2012.
Chrome 17 runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
New features:
- Download scanning protection- Checks downloaded .exe and .msi files against Google's list to see if they were downloaded from a known malicious website.
- Omnibox prerendering of web pages- The browser loads search results/web pages in the background before you finish typing, making page loads appear faster.
Note:On February 6, 2012 - Google released the first Chrome beta for Android 4.0 tablets and phones!
Google Chrome 16
Chrome 16 was released on December 14, 2011.
New features:
- New sync tools- Sign in to Chrome to save your stuff to your account. You can save bookmarks, extensions, apps, settings, etc. to your Google account, so you can use what you've saved on any computer. It's also a great way to back up online, so even if your computer crashes, you can easily restore (sync) browser data and settings to a new computer.
- User support for multiple profiles in one browser window- This allows multiple signed-in users to use the same browser window, loading their browsing history/bookmarks.
- Google Cloud Print- Use Google Cloud Print to print any web page (your printer allows you to access any enabled web application).
Google Chrome 15
Chrome 15 was released on October 25, 2011.
New features:
- Redesigned "New tab" page- Lets you switch between apps and frequently visited sites.
- Extension manager- Now part of the options page and has a new interface.
- JavaScript Fullscreen API enabled by default- Supports fullscreen HTML5 video.
- Added Chrome sync to the menu
- Faster print preview
Google Chrome 14
Chrome 14 was released on September 16, 2011.
New features:
- Enhanced secure network protocol (HTTPS on DNSSEC)
- Updated JavaScript engineto V8 3.4.3.0
- Print preview (Mac)
Google Chrome 13
Chrome 13 was released on August 2, 2011.
New features:
- Instant PagesFaster Google search results (pre-rendered web pages)
- Print preview (Windows/Linux)
Google Chrome 12
Chrome 12 was released on June 7, 2011.
New features:
- More secure
- Support for hardware-accelerated 3D CSS
Google Chrome 11
Chrome 11 was released on April 27, 2011.
New features:
- Brand new logo
- Added HTML speech (Chrome can convert your speech to text)
Google Chrome 10
Chrome 10 was released on March 8, 2011.
New features:
- Faster
- New password sync feature
- New browser settings
Google Chrome 9
Chrome 9 was released on February 3, 2011.
New features:
- Chrome Web Store
- WebGL for 3D graphics
- Chrome Instant - starts loading the pages you frequently visit as soon as you start typing.
Google Chrome 8
Chrome 8 was released on December 2, 2010.
New features:
- Stability improvements
- Better CSS3 support
- Better HTML5 support
Google Chrome 7
Chrome 7 was released on October 21, 2010.
New features:
- Fixed a large number of bugs
- New HTML5 parser
Google Chrome 6
Chrome 6 was released on September 2, 2010.
New features:
- Chrome Sync: If you are signed in to Chrome, any changes to your browser settings will be synced to your Google account.
Google Chrome 5
Chrome 5 was released on May 21, 2010.
New features:
- Improved JavaScript performance
- Added support for HTML5 (geolocation, application cache, Web sockets, drag and drop)
- Integrated Adobe Flash Player
- For Mac and Linux users, Chrome 5 was the last beta.
- Allows you to use features from the extensions gallery while browsing in incognito mode
Google Chrome 4
Chrome 4 was released on January 25, 2010.
New features:
- Faster and more secure
- Added support for HTML5
- Added thousands of new tools to the Chrome extensions gallery
- Provided bookmark syncing across multiple computers
Google Chrome 3
Chrome 3 was released on October 12, 2009.
New features:
- Redesigned start page (new tab page)
- JavaScript execution speed improved by 25% over the previous version
- Improved address bar
- Support for HTML5 <video> and <audio>
- Designed different themes for the browser
Google Chrome 2
Chrome 2 was released on May 24, 2009.
New features:
- New Tab Screen, which shows the web pages you visit most often, and you can also delete pages you don't want to appear in the Tab Screen
- Auto-fill forms
- Full-screen mode
- Fixed over 300 bugs
- JavaScript execution speed improved by 35% over the previous version
Google Chrome 1
Chrome 1 was released on December 11, 2008.
The first stable version!
Google spent 100 days upgrading the Beta version to the official version. During these 100 days, Google improved the browser and collected user requirements.
Google Chrome's first Beta version
Chrome's first Beta 1 version was released on September 2, 2008.
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