Google Updates Chrome so Plugins Will Work Better

Oct 17, 2008, 23:33 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"The big thing for me though is really one bug that is fixed dealing with plugins. Google notes that in the new update Chrome runs plugins at a normal priority so that they do not cause the browser to become unresponsive. That's a huge thing. In my experience with Chrome thus far it is typically a plugin (often Flash) that becomes unresponsive crashing the browser."

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