Google Chrome Update

Chrome fans rejoice: Google has released several new features for its open source free web browser.

Chrome marked its one year anniversary earlier this month, and users can now personalise their browser with themes and wallpapers, and order and change the selection of website favourites that appear when they open a new tab.

Google has also tweaked its ‘omnibox’ feature, which combines the website address and search bar and adds icons to help users differentiate between suggested sites, searches, bookmarks and sites from their browsing history.

Product manager director Brian Rakowski says more than 30 million people worldwide use Chrome regularly. Chrome holds just under 3 percent of the global browser market, in comparison with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer which holds around 66 percent.

For developments coming up, the company plans to release beta versions of Chrome for Mac and Linux operating systems.

Plans to allow software developers to create applications for the browser are also scheduled to be in place by the end of the year.