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Google releases Chrome 14 Beta

Details of Google’s next Chrome browser version Beta 14 have emerged. Google’s software engineer Chris Rogers reveals the various new features being developed for Chrome’s next release. Amongst the big noteworthy changes, there will be support for a ‘native client’ (NaCI), which means developers, can run C or C++ programs without leaving their browser. The ‘native client’ feature will be enabled through the use of ‘Pepper APIs’, similar to a plugin feature.

It seems Google is now keen to turn their browsers into a powerful development tool itself.

According to Chris Rogers, native client will enable “developers to build more powerful and more immersive apps and games for the Web.”

Google also wants to please the MAC users as the new version 14 will have better support for OS X Lion. The users will get OS X Lion scrollbars, full screen mode and print preview capabilities.

Google is also going to put a lot of emphasis on the HTML 5 features, including support for Audio and multimedia to make it ideal for the game developers.

So far Firefox has been the favourite browser for developers and now with Chrome trying to reach out to the same market, we think there is tough competition ahead for the duo.

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