Google Chrome 28.0.1500.63 Beta Now Available for Download

Google has released Chrome 28.0.1500.63 to the Beta channel for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame platforms. This build most likely brings some feature enhancements and bug fixes.


What's new in Chrome 28 Beta?
Chrome 28 Beta contains a number of new improvements and updates, including:

Faster page loads
Starting in Chrome 28 Beta, your apps get a free speed boost from Blink’s new threaded HTML parser. It has two under-the-hood performance benefits:

1. Reduced jankiness by moving work off the main JavaScript thread
2. Improved page loading speed through pipelining.

Compared to the normal HTML parser, it loads DOM content about 10% faster and reduces the maximum stop time due to parsing by 40%.

Deprecated features
The prefixed version of the Content Security Policy HTTP header is now deprecated, so please use Content-Security-Policy instead of X-WebKit-CSP. The prefixed version will still work for now, but future releases may not support it.

Other developer features in this release

• You can now use CSS @supports conditional blocks to test whether Chromium supports certain property:value pairs.
• The :unresolved CSS pseudoclass lets you style a Custom Element that hasn’t been registered in the browser yet. Custom Elements are part of Web Components.
• As part of V8's continuing quest to make all JavaScript as fast as possible, recent optimizations have made the asm.js benchmarks more than twice as fast as prior versions of Chrome.
• Chrome Apps and Extensions developers can now use rich notifications to proactively engage with users.

Here are changes apply to Chrome 28 Beta for Android

Fullscreen API on Chrome for Android
The Fullscreen API on Chrome for Android allows you to programmatically hide the browser UI and OS status bar. Just like on desktop, you can tell any piece of content to enter fullscreen mode by calling its webkitRequestFullScreen() function. The prefixed version will eventually be replaced by requestFullscreen().

Experimental new media features in Chrome for Android
In Chrome 28 Beta, WebGL joins Web Audio and WebRTC as an option in about:flags in Chrome for Android. Used together or independently, these three features will allow you to create rich, powerful web experiences that work across device form factors.

See the following Google website for more details: Chrome 28 Beta: A more immersive web, everywhere

Download Google Chrome Beta
Google Chrome Beta is available here: www.google.com/chrome beta

What's new in Google Chrome 28.0.1500.63 Beta?
Full details about changes that are in this version of Chrome 28 are available in the svn revision log.

For more information about features coming to Chrome, check out the Chrome Blog.

Reference:
Google Chrome Beta Channel Update