Milestone edition of Google Chrome includes modifications to the user string and multi-screen window locations as well as a revamped Chrome icon
On Tuesday, Google released a new version of its Chrome browser for all platforms, bringing them all up to version 100. Some improvements have been made, although not all of them will be immediately obvious to the end user.
The browser’s icon has received a little tweak, making it more noticeable. Google Chrome designer Elvin Hu gave a sneak peek at this update back in February, and now it’s available on all major operating systems.
The middle blue part has been made somewhat bigger in Chrome’s iOS update, which is a modest but noticeable adjustment. Instead of a flat circle, the symbol now appears as a cylindrical shape seen at an angle on Mac OS X.
The update’s development log mentions a problem with User-Agent, an element generally used to establish what browser is being used for configuration reasons, that was discovered in February. Because some developers may have hard-coded the usage of a double-digit version number into their code, difficulties may emerge when the new browser version is used without further investigation.
Developers and website owners are urged by the Chrome team to test their websites with the latest versions and to add tests to parse User-Agent versions higher than or equal to 100.
To make way for an API for User-Agent Client Hints, Chrome 100 will be the final version to offer the “unreduced User-Agent string” by default. The User-Agent will be “gradually lowered” starting with Chrome 101.
The addition of a new Multi-Screen Window Placement API makes it possible to make creative use of numerous screens attached to a computer. Google gives the example of utilising Slides for a presentation, where full-screen slides are shown on one device and speaker notes are displayed on another.
For HID devices, a “Forget()” function revokes rights, and for WebNFC, a “makeReadOnly()” method makes NFC tags permanently read-only.
Chrome Developers has produced a “100 great web moments” website to commemorate the release of Chrome’s 100th edition, highlighting notable milestones in the browser’s history.
The App Store may be used to update the iOS version of Chrome. Once the update has been installed, open “Chrome” in a new tab, click “About Google Chrome,” and then “Relaunch” in the new tab.