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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Chrome Corner - weekly updates, extensions, themes and tips for Google Chrome

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More subtle-but-useful updates landed in Google Chrome this week, including some welcome functionality for Mac users. Submissions to the Extensions Gallery continue at a frantic pace, and I'll look at two which have taken up residence in my browser.

There's also an interesting take on where the design for the Google Chrome logo came from - could there be a sinister message behind the four-color sphere? Keep reading after the break, and help me sort it out in the comments!

That chap Hexxeh has also been busy. Let's start with his latest effort!

Chromium OS Zero released
With no official download of Chrome OS or Chromium OS coming from Google any time soon, the builds created by Hexxeh have gained quite a loyal following. And with good reason - they're easily the most pain-free way to play with the OS.

Apart from speed and stability improvements over the previous release (Cherry), Hexxeh has begun laying the groundwork for an auto-update system in his Chromium OS builds. That addition will make it easier for testers to stay current - and will sidestep the hassle of re-downloading full releases.

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Chrome Corner - weekly updates, extensions, themes and tips for Google Chrome originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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