Chrome 78 Arrives With Dark Mode Enhancements, Native File System API, SMS Receiver API

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Chrome 78 Arrives With Dark Mode Enhancements, Native File System API, SMS Receiver API

In addition to Mozilla Firefox 70 having been released on Tuesday, Google released Chrome 78 as the newest version of their web-browser...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-78-Released

[pegasus]

Totally sounds like "what could go wrong" edition ... I'll keep away from it for a few more months if anything nasty is found in the new features. Local file access sounds especially uncomfortable.

[kmare]

At this point, why don't they just call it ChromeOS?? Oh wait.....

[M@GOid]

Looking forward to see that dark mode (I'm using Chromium). While I tested a couple extensions with that purpose, none were much successful on the job, with a good amount of websites looking weird.

But that is only part of the equation of a truly dark mode desktop. In the office front things are not looking good. LibreOffice doesn't work good with dark themes (last time I tried) and most importantly, it doesn't convert documents to dark colors. Also, if you open a typical PDF at night on a dark room, you may fell off the chair because of the brightness. While I have a monitor with physical buttons to switch presets, the darkest setting isn't enough to save my eyes from the shock.

[JPFSanders]

Is this the version with the new nerfed adblock API?

[schmidtbag]

Remember when Chrome used to be fast and lightweight?
I still like the browser but I'd rather they start cutting out these completely unnecessary features than to keep adding more of them. Google knows their browser supports extensions, right?

[cl333r]

Is this the version with the new nerfed adblock API?

What's "nerfed"?

[JPFSanders]

What's "nerfed"?

Nerf
/nəːf/

verb informal•US
past tense: nerfed

• cause to be weak or ineffective.
  "the constant zone running nerfed Michigan's pass rush"
  • (of a video game developer) reduce the power of (a character, weapon, etc.) in a new instalment or update of a video game.
    noun: nerfing
    "ever since they nerfed the shield, the game just isn't as fun"

[JPFSanders]

Here you go:

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/338

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-chrome-manifest-v3-ad-blocker-extension-api/

https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-could-soon-kill-off-most-ad-blocker-extensions/

[skeevy420]

Nerf
/nəːf/

verb informal•US
past tense: nerfed

• cause to be weak or ineffective.
  "the constant zone running nerfed Michigan's pass rush"
  • (of a video game developer) reduce the power of (a character, weapon, etc.) in a new instalment or update of a video game.
    noun: nerfing
    "ever since they nerfed the shield, the game just isn't as fun"

It's also a Noun -- creatures made of foam herded by the citizens of Tatooine.