Chrome Beta browser includes a fantastic improvement in JavaScript speed, new password sync features, and entirely changed browser settings. beta release sports a whopping 66% improvement on the V8 benchmark suite
here are the statistics.
Users with capable graphics hardware should see a significant decrease in CPU usage. In full screen mode, CPU usage may decrease by as much as 80%! This means better battery life.
For those of you who enjoy the convenience of saving passwords in Chrome, you can synchronize your saved passwords across multiple computers, along with your bookmarks, preferences, themes, and extensions. For added security, you can choose to encrypt your synced passwords with your own secret sync passphrase. To enable sync, visit the �Personal Stuff� section of Chrome�s settings dialog.
Two new settings features:
1) if you can�t remember where a particular pesky configuration setting is, simply type its name into the search box to see the settings that match as you type.
2) you can also now jump directly to most settings pages using their own dedicated URLs, without needing to navigate through a sequence of windows.
Here�s a short video of the new settings
Cross posted from google chrome blog
