Chrome 74 Update Released: Controversial Dark Theme and Security Optimizations

Google company released Chrome 74 update for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS and Android users. In this version, the main innovation is the appearance of Dark Mode support for Windows users. A similar feature has already been on macOS since the release of Chrome 73.

Chrome 74 Update Released: Controversial Dark Theme and Security Optimizations

Interestingly, there is no theme switcher in the browser itself. To activate the dark design, you need to switch the theme to dark in Windows 10. After that, the browser will automatically darken.

This means that users can't use Chrome Dark Mode regardless of the OS theme, which can be quite frustrating since most users like to control the appearance of each app rather than relying on system-wide settings.

Chrome 74 Update Released: Controversial Dark Theme and Security Optimizations

The rest of the new features added in Chrome 74 are related to web development. In particular, this applies to illegal downloads that can be initiated by ad units. They use the iframes sandbox by downloading a malicious file to the PC.

Also, Google engineers have removed the ability to open a new tab when the current page is closed. This method has been the "favorite" way to attack a computer over the past few years. It was also used by advertising farm operators.

Chrome 74 Update Released: Controversial Dark Theme and Security Optimizations

The browser version for the Android mobile OS has received the Data Saver function, which is a new mechanism for saving data. However, details about his work are not yet available. We only know that this is a replacement for the Chrome Data Saver extension for desktops and mobile devices.



Source: 3dnews.ru

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