Two years ago, Google launched Google Chrome – a browser based around the open-source program Chromium. Today, the latest version of the browser was released making it the sixth version to date. Google reports that today Chrome is now three times faster than when it was released in 2008 when it comes to JavaScript performance.
The search giant introduced the browser on September 2nd, 2008. Chrome 6 has been placed in Google’s "stable" channel.
"The last couple of years we’ve been focused on speed," added Brian Rakowski (via CW), Chrome’s director of product management. "A lot of things have changed in the last two years [in browsers], but the one thing we’ve learned is that speed matters. It’s something Google’s always believed in and it resonates with people."
Google has officially rolled out Chrome 6 as the latest stable version of the browser today. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone using the dev or beta builds of the browser, but it’s nonetheless an important mark as it means it’s stable enough for mass consumption.
