"New Google Chrome 23 adds "Do Not Track" setting"

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Earlier today, Google launched an automatic update for its Chrome web browser, bringing it up to version 23. Now the company has revealed just what has been included in their latest web browser release, and one of the new features is something that the company has been promising for a while.

In a post on the official Chrome blog, Google said that Chrome 23 now has a "Do Not Track" setting. Google released earlier developer versions of Chrome with this new feature earlier this year, but this is the first version of the official Chrome Stable build that will include "Do Not Track". In its blog today, Google said, "The effectiveness of such requests is dependent on how websites and services respond, so Google is working with others on a common way to respond to these requests in the future."

As we have reported in the past, Microsoft decided to make Do Not Track as the default option for Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8 and Windows RT. This decision has been opposed by a number of companies, mainly Internet advertisers who claim that move by Microsoft will "undercut thriving business models, and reduce the availability and diversity of the Internet products."

Today's new version of Chrome also has some performance improvements for Windows-based PCs, specifically for viewing videos. Google states:

Dedicated graphics chips draw far less power than a computer's CPU, so using GPU-accelerated video decoding while watching videos can increase battery life significantly. In our tests, the battery lasted 25% longer when GPU-accelerated video decoding was enabled. Now Chrome users on Windows will experience longer battery life so they don’t get cut off while watching their favorite YouTube video on repeat.

via Neowin

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[House_maniac]

thanks i just ran the autoupdate nice and i can see that now when you move your mouse on the close button on a tab it becomes red

 

[Syntax]

Thanks for the head-up. Happy about the Do Not Track .

 

[Ink]

It was always red, but they made it look uglier in this release. :-/

move your mouse on the close button on a tab it becomes red

 

[Spirit]

Does Google will respect itself

 

[Deleted member 178]

"Do not Track others but google"

 

[MrXidus]

Good but can't be relied on, I still suggest the use of tools such as Ghostery, BetterPrivacy (for flash / super cookies), DNT+, or Fanboys Tracking List for AdBlock Plus and in browser settings have "Clear cookies on browser exit" enabled. Thanks.

 

[NSG001]

I'll gladly wait for Dragon.
Thanks

 

[madyrocksin]

lastpass crashing for anybody after the update ?????

 

[madyrocksin]

Even Xmarks crashing, anybody ???

 

[Deleted member 178]

No issues so far.

 

[madyrocksin]

ahh still not working for me, any 32 bit users???

 

[House_maniac]

nah lastpass working perfectly here on win8 64bit