Internet Browsers News & Updates

[Bapun]

Google Chrome is less of a drain on a laptop’s battery power than Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox, according to tests conducted by a YouTuber.

Good to hear. However it is not so good in memory usage practically for us. Hope Google improves it in future.

 

[Sarkar]

Finally we can play video right into focus browser

 

[Sarkar]

End of Life announced for FlashPlayer

Given this progress, and in collaboration with several of our technology partners – including Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla – Adobe is planning to end-of-life Flash. Specifically, we will stop updating and distributing the Flash Player at the end of 2020 and encourage content creators to migrate any existing Flash content to these new open formats

Flash & The Future of Interactive Content

Chrome will continue phasing out Flash over the next few years, first by asking for your permission to run Flash in more situations, and eventually disabling it by default. We will remove Flash completely from Chrome toward the end of 2020.

Saying goodbye to Flash in Chrome

We will phase out Flash from Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer, culminating in the removal of Flash from Windows entirely by the end of 2020. This process began already for Microsoft Edge with Click-to-Run for Flash in the Windows 10 Creators Update. The process will continue in the following phases:

Through the end of 2017 and into 2018, Microsoft Edge will continue to ask users for permission to run Flash on most sites the first time the site is visited, and will remember the user’s preference on subsequent visits. Internet Explorer will continue to allow Flash with no special permissions required during this time.

In mid to late 2018, we will update Microsoft Edge to require permission for Flash to be run each session. Internet Explorer will continue to allow Flash for all sites in 2018.

In mid to late 2019, we will disable Flash by default in both Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer. Users will be able to re-enable Flash in both browsers. When re-enabled, Microsoft Edge will continue to require approval for Flash on a site-by-site basis.

By the end of 2020, we will remove the ability to run Adobe Flash in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer across all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Users will no longer have any ability to enable or run Flash.

The End of an Era – Next Steps for Adobe Flash - Microsoft Edge Dev Blog

 

[Sarkar]

Chrome 60 Update is Live now.



This update includes 40 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop

 

[Bapun]

https://twitter.com/x/status/891015434669084677

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[Bapun]

• Chrome now disables video tracks when a MSE video is played in the background to optimize performance.
• Video will go fullscreen when device is rotated.

Media Updates in Chrome 61  |  Web  |  Google Developers

 

[Siva]

Native ad-blocker appears in Chrome Canary on Android

 

[sumitroy]

Google Chrome browser add-on Copyfish has been compromised.
Cybercriminals managed to compromise the Chrome Web Store account of German developer team a9t9 software – who are behind the popular browser add-on – and use it to distribute spam correspondence to users.

Google Chrome WARNING - If you use this browser add-on, beware of this malware attack

 

[Siva]

Chrome 60 adds new search widget, blocks vibrating ads, improves payments, and more [APK Download]

 

[sumitroy]

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