These days we are going to read a lot of sentences that include something like "the first of the year." We already said it in the Manjaro's version of January 2, and today we have to do it again, but speaking of Google's web browser. After a v96 with automatic redirection from HTTP to HTTPS, among other new features, yesterday Tuesday they launched Chrome 97, a version that will not go down in history as it is one of the most exciting for the end user.
What is most striking is a new API, which is called WebTransport. It is a protocol framework similar to the WebRTC data channels, but mainly for clients limited by the web security model to communicate with a remote server using a secure and multiplexed transport. Therefore, and although it can be said of all versions, Chrome 97 is more secure.
Other new features of Chrome 97
Chrome 97 also adds CSS media queries for HDR screen detection, new JavaScript methods and more support for native-looking web applications. On the other hand, from the settings we can delete all the data stored on a web page (site, in this case).
Among the rest of the changes we also find a improved support for international keyboards, something that will help developers to know what type of keyboard is being used. The full list of changes is available at this link.
For existing users of Linux distributions who add the repository when installing Chrome for the first time, such as Ubuntu, Chrome 97 should already be waiting as an update in the software center. In other cases, such as Arch Linux-based distributions, Chrome v97 is already available in AUR (google-chrome), and can be installed, for example, with the graphical Pamac tool developed by Manjaro or by compiling / updating with tools like yay. Chrome 98 has been in development for a long time and will arrive in about a month and a half.
As long as Firefox exists there is no Chrome for me, hehe, greetings
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