Try Out Web Store Apps Without Any Installation

Try Out Web Store Apps Without Any InstallationIt is every intention of any parent to want to see their little one grow up and succeed in life, and I guess that the same can be said for any software or hardware company to see their apps and devices be hugely successful on the market. Well, Google for one, has every intention to see Chrome apps fly, and the Internet search giant has done its fair bit in the past by throwing in better notifications, in-app payments for that added touch of convenience, and an app launcher in the browser, among others. The latest which we have heard is this – Google is looking to work on a way for the curious to try out Web Store apps without the need for any installation.

A couple of separate components are involved here, where ephemeral apps would allow you to give a Chrome app a go prior to installation, while linkable ephemeral apps would let you launch those apps directly from a hyperlink, now how about that? This would certainly make life a whole lot easier for those who do not want to go through messy installation procedures for sure. After all, only if you really want that particular app badly after giving it a go, do you go right ahead and install it for sure.

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    Chrome may let you try Web Store apps without installing them

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    Ever want to test a Chrome Web Store app without installing it? You may get your chance if a new Chromium feature find its way into Google’s commercial browser. Mountain View is experimenting with support for “ephemeral” apps that launch like regular Web Store titles, but don’t leave a footprint in Chrome or Chrome OS. Users wouldn’t even have to visit the Web Store in the first place — a recent Chromium build lets surfers launch an app directly from a Google search result page. There’s no certainty that the new try before you buy (or at least, try before you glorified bookmark) capability will actually land in Chrome’s stable channel, but it certainly wouldn’t surprise us.

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    Via: The Next Web

    Source: Francois Beaufort (1), (2)

    Opera’s Android browser gets dedicated support for bigger tablets

    After jumping aboard the WebKit train and launching a dedicated browser for the iPad, Opera’s now turned its attention to Android tablets. With the release of Opera 18 for Android, the company is quick to note that it didn’t just update and scale up its smartphone browser: navigation and menu buttons have been strategically placed to where your fingers naturally rest and its improved Discover feature lets you swipe between newspaper and magazine content that has been matched to your interests and location. Like with all its browsers, Opera’s Android tablet app comes complete with data-saving capabilities. Off-Road mode is designed to help you stay online when you’re on a public Wi-Fi connection or trying to reduce your data usage, basically when connectivity is less than ideal. Underpinned by Google’s Chromium 31 framework, Opera’s big-tablet app is available on Play Store right now — check the source to grab it.

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    Source: Opera for Android (Google Play), Opera Press

    Opera 15 Chromium-based browser officially launched for PC and Mac

    Opera 15 WebKit-based browser officially launched for PC and Mac

    While the non-final build of Opera’s new browser for PC and Mac was simply called “Next,” today it’s chosen the more formal title of Opera 15 for its official release. There aren’t any features of note that we hadn’t seen in the desktop preview of the WebKit-based software (or should we call it Blink-based?), but to jog your memory, it sports a fresh design, a Discover feature for catching up on the latest news and a tweaked Speed Dial menu for quick access to your favorite corners of the internet. Also, the web-clipping Stash feature, predictive address-cum-search bar, new download manager and “Off-Road mode” for extra compression on lousy connections are all included in the final version. We ran a quick SunSpider benchmark on the Mac build of Opera 15, in which it scored 167ms, compared with 171ms in Chrome. If you’re not already allied to one of the many competing browsers and feel like giving Opera 15 a try, head to the source below for the download links.

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    Opera browser exits beta with Chromium heart

    Opera for Windows and Mac has exited beta, with the final version of the Chromium-based browser released. Previewed as Opera Next back in May, the new software was built from scratch, Opera says, on top of Google’s Chromium engine, and includes a new Speed Dial page for faster access to favorite sites, and the Discover

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    Opera Next browser released with Chromium engine under the hood

    Opera has launched a new version of its desktop browser, Opera Next, complete with the Chromium engine from Google’s portfolio. “Made from scratch” according to Opera, the new version features a redesigned Speed Dial interface with support for folders; shortcuts can be dragged and dropped on top of each other to instantly create a folder, and there’s a combined search box which merges in bookmarks too.

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    Other changes sees the new Discover feature added, which sifts through categorized topics – such as food, technology, or sport – and automatically pulls out content both global and localized on that theme.

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    The personalization element of the new features is part of a push by Opera to make the browser more focused for each user. Stash, another new addition, is basically a researching bookmark tool, clipping pages with a “heart” icon for easier recall later on. Opera expects it to be useful for shopping research or when planning a holiday, and Stash supports keyword search for easier filtering.

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    It’s the underlying engine change which heralds the biggest alteration, however. The switch to Chromium previews Opera’s eventual plans to adopt Google’s Blink engine; even before that, the new version of Opera Next is said to be faster than ever before.

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    Off-Road, the “Opera Turbo” feature, has been fettled to support SPDY protocol, and now works with more sites, and the mail client has been cut out and will now be offered separately rather than bundled with the browser. That too has been revamped in line with Opera Next 15.

    Versions of Opera Next are available for both Mac and Windows.

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    Chromium browser cops reset feature to clean up malware messes

    Chromium browser cops reset feature to help cleanup after malware

    Mopping up after malicious software can land you in a browser quagmire full of sketchy search engines, toolbars or worse. Google’s latest version of its open-source Chromium browser now has a remedy for much of that thanks to a ‘reset profile’ setting discovered by code tinkerer François Beaufort. You can revert the defaults for search, homepage, content settings and cookies all in one go, while also disabling extensions. Since Chromium features often pop up later in Chrome, that means your life may soon be easier after your, ahem, friend has a brush with the dark side of the internet.

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    Via: TNW

    Source: François Beaufort (Google+)

    Chrome App Launcher Beta For Mac OS X Released

    The beta of Chrome app launcher for Mac OS X has been released. It presents an easy way to launch Chrome web apps from the desktop.

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    Google’s Blink team pulls 8.8 million lines of WebKit code in one month

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    Google let us all know that it would strip out unneeded WebKit code to make its Blink web engine scream, but it never said exactly what kind of pace we could expect. The answer, it turns out, is “breakneck.” The company’s Alex Komoroske told Google I/O attendees that the Open Web Platform team has already yanked 8.8 million lines of programming from Blink in about a month, with 4.5 million of them scrubbed almost immediately. Removing so much cruft has reportedly improved not just the upcoming engine, but the engineers — they’re far more productive, Komoroske says. The team has already had time to explore new rendering techniques and garner code contribution requests from the likes of Adobe, Intel and even Microsoft. Although we don’t yet know if all the trimming will be noticeable to end users by the time Blink reaches polished Chrome and Chrome OS releases, it’s safe to say that some developers won’t recognize what they see.

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    Google changelog reveals upcoming Chrome devices with Star Fox-inspired codenames

    Upcoming Google Chrome x86 devices get Star Foxinspired codenames

    Though we know virtually nothing about any Chrome OS-based devices in development at Google, we at least know what their engineers are calling them. Google insider François Beaufort revealed that developers working on such projects might be Star Fox fans, as several possible x86 devices seem to bear the Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy monikers, according to a recent changelog. None of this is proof of any future products, of course, but Fox and Slippy seem to be Haswell-equipped, according to Beaufort — which would be a nice step up from their 1993-era Nintendo graphics power.

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