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UA String Changes Coming In Chrome 11

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/10.0.648.204 Safari/534.16Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.16 Safari/534.24

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/11.0.696.16 Safari/534.24

On Windows, the initial "Windows;" platform identifier has been removed. This was redundant with the subsequent OS version identifier, and makes us more compatible with Internet Explorer, whose UA string doesn't have this initial token.

The "U" SSL encryption strength token has been removed. This token dates from more than a decade ago, when U.S. export laws limited the encryption strength that could be built into software shipped to various other countries; the valid values are "U" (for "USA" 128-bit encryption support), "I" (for "International" 40-bit encryption support), and "N" (for "None", no encryption support). These days, every browser ships with 128-bit SSL support everywhere, so it's not necessary to advertise it.

On 64-bit versions of Windows, tokens have been added after the OS version. For 32-bit Chrome builds running on 64-bit Windows, we've added "WOW64". (WOW64" stands for "Windows 32-bit On Windows 64-bit" and is the name Microsoft gives its 32-bit compatibility subsystem.) In our source code, we've also added identifiers for 64-bit native builds, specifically "Win64; x64" for x64-based processors and "Win64; IA64" for Itanium systems. (However, we don't currently ship such builds, or have any immediate plans to.) These tokens are useful for sites that need to provide download links for native executables, and match what Internet Explorer uses.

The locale has been removed. Web authors who want to know what languages a browser supports should use the HTTP Accept-Language header instead, which can supply multiple locales. In fact, websites that relied on the UA string locale probably had some very unhappy visitors, because Chrome always had a bug where the UA string locale was reported as "en-US", regardless of the user's desired locale(s)!

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Posted by Peter Kasting, Software Engineer

Getting smoother animated web content while reducing CPU usage

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Canvas2D contextsetTimeoutsetIntervalWebGL APImozRequestAnimationFrame APIbug reportWebGL samplessend us your commentsPosted by Kenneth Russell, Software Engineer

A Mini-Newsletter From Your Google Chrome Security Team

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

We’re always working hard to enhance the Chrome browser with bug fixes, new defenses and new features. The release of Chrome 10 is no different, and there are some items worth highlighting:
Chrome 10: Flash sandboxingWith Chrome 10, our first cut of the previously announced Flash sandboxing initiative is now enabled by default for the Windows platform on Vista and newer. Additionally, because we automatically update Flash to the latest and most secure version, this should provide useful defense in depth.
Chrome 10: Out-of-date plug-in warningsAs we previously mentioned, we believe that some of the most significant opportunities to increase user security revolve around plugins. We’ve made a number of improvements in this area, including actively encouraging users to update their plug-ins to the most secure version. Chrome now detects when a plug-in is out of date and blocks it with a simple infobar. This infobar helps guide the user towards updating their plug-in with the latest security fixes.

Chrome 10: Plug-in blocking enhancementsSome of our more advanced users prefer fine-grained control over which plug-ins they wish to run -- which can have security and privacy benefits. Chrome has long had a feature which blocks plug-ins by default (Wrench menu -> Preferences -> Under the hood -> Content Settings -> Plug-ins). We’ve improved this feature by adding a context menu to the blocked plug-in placeholder. This menu lets users control which plug-ins do and do not run. Using a context menu helps prevent clickjacking attacks that try to bypass the block. Plug-in placeholders can also be hidden (for example, if they are floating over and obscuring real content), and the actual plug-in that wishes to run is made apparent.

Chromium Security Rewards program still going strongWe mentioned in passing in the 9.0.597.107 release notes that our rewards program has passed $100,000 of rewards. We’d like to re-iterate our thanks to all the named researchers in our Hall of Fame. We’re continually delighted with the stream of interesting and clever bugs that we receive, so it will be exciting to see what the rest of 2011 brings. Remember, we love giving out money!
Still hiring!We are always looking to expand the Google Chrome Security Team, and we’re looking for a wide range of talents. We can promise exciting and varied work, working to protect hundreds of millions of users and working alongside the best in the industry. Why not have a look at our job posting?
Posted by Chris Evans, Google Chrome Security Team, Bernhard Bauer, Software Engineer, and Carlos Pizano, Software Engineer

GPU acceleration + old drivers = :(

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Use the latest major version of your operating system (such as Windows 7 or Mac OS 10.6)

Install all system updates and driver updates that are available for your system.

Posted by Henry Bridge, Product Manager

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UA String Changes Coming In Chrome 11

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