Tired of spamming notifications on the Internet? Good news: Chrome 84 has arrived and new computers and features to make Internet browsing much safer and less annoying.
The new version, which can now be downloaded, addresses the all too common challenge of Internet sites harassing it with contextual notification windows. This does not apply to all Internet sites, only those that tend to abuse the feature (by trying to trick you into accepting notifications, to advertise malware, for example).
According to Google, annoying enabled notifications are one of the main court cases for Chrome users, and blocking the worst offenders will make their online lives safer and more private.
Chrome 84 will also notify you of downloads of merged content (which are entered from an HTTPS site, but are provided over an unsecured HTTP connection).
In February, it emerged that Google intended to absolutely block downloads of merged content, and from Chrome 82, searching for a record on this resulted in a warning appearing on the console (a progression tool available when you tap Ctrl – Maj – J on Windows or Ctrl – Option – J on MacOS).
From now on, those warnings will be much more visual for normal users, and if you review to download a record delivered in this way, you will see an alert that will cancel or continue at your own risk.
Other new additions to Chrome 84 are for developers and come with a number of new APIs to create better Internet apps.
For example, an Internet app might now prevent a device’s screen from darkening or shutting down (which in the past could only be imagined with a local Windows app). Web programs can also use the clipboard to correctly copy and paste knowledge of local programs that use proprietary record formats (such as Word documents and Photoshop PSD records).
If you haven’t already installed Chrome, you can download the latest edition directly from Google. If you already are, click the menu button on the most sensitive right, scroll to “Parameters” and click “About Google Chrome”. The browser will check for updates and display a “Restart” button when it is complete.
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