Chrome 64 Beta Brings Stronger Pop-Up Blocker, JavaScript Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Chrome 64 Beta Brings Stronger Pop-Up Blocker, JavaScript Improvements

Ahead of the holidays Google has pushed out the Chrome 64 beta to all supported platforms...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...-Beta-Released

[tildearrow]

I'll be happy if this version fixes text input, KWallet and site data viewing. I'm still on Chromium 58 because the later versions break for me.

[perpetually high]

And an ugly icon; this thing's hideous.

[heliosh]

Hardware video-decoding still not enableable
https://chromium-review.googlesource...m/src/+/532294

[devius]

Oh My Gooooooooood!!!! Chrome sixty foooooooooooouuur!!

[perpetually high]

Hardware video-decoding still not enableable
https://chromium-review.googlesource...m/src/+/532294

Graphics Feature Status

• Canvas: Hardware accelerated
• CheckerImaging: Disabled
• Flash: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
• Compositing: Hardware accelerated
• Multiple Raster Threads: Force enabled
• Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated
• Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
• Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL2: Hardware accelerated

Is that different then what I'm seeing in chrome://gpu?

[Vistaus]

Graphics Feature Status

• Canvas: Hardware accelerated
• CheckerImaging: Disabled
• Flash: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
• Compositing: Hardware accelerated
• Multiple Raster Threads: Force enabled
• Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Hardware accelerated
• Rasterization: Hardware accelerated
• Video Decode: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL2: Hardware accelerated

Is that different then what I'm seeing in chrome://gpu?

Yes, 'cause a clean install of Chrome 64 on my laptop (on a clean Solus install as well, so both the OS *and* browser are clean!):
Graphics Feature Status

• Canvas: Hardware accelerated
• CheckerImaging: Enabled
• Flash: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D: Hardware accelerated
• Flash Stage3D Baseline profile: Hardware accelerated
• Compositing: Hardware accelerated
• Multiple Raster Threads: Disabled
• Native GpuMemoryBuffers: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
• Rasterization: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled
• Video Decode: Software only, hardware acceleration unavailable
• WebGL: Hardware accelerated
• WebGL2: Hardware accelerated

[heliosh]

[*]Video Decode: Hardware accelerated

Yes, it doesn't make use of it unless it's a patched version of chromium. Check chrome://media-internals while playing a video. Only if video_decoder is GpuVideoDecoder, it's hardware-decoded.
Here is a comprehensive article about this topic:
https://www.pcsuggest.com/chromium-h...ecoding-linux/

[perpetually high]

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the clarification. You guys are right, mine shows VpxVideoDecoder.

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

Michael, do you even know what the term "holidays" mean? (;