Google has announced latest beta version of its Chrome web browser two days before. The new version, 4.1.249.1021 Beta, brings two much talked about features. i.e., Automatic Webpage Translation of different languages into your preferred languages and new privacy settings which means now you can control how Chrome handles cookies, images, JavaScript, plugins, and pop-ups for individual sites.
Let me throw some light on these two features one by one.
Automatic WebPage Translation
Google Chrome’s automatic translation functionality will detect when a web page is displayed using a language other than that set as the browser’s default using Google’s translation tools. If this is the case, a toolbaar notification opened in the top most bar of the Google Chrome page and ask, would you like to switch to a machine translated version of the page.
When you click the “Translate” button, it offers you an option via a drop-down menu bar to translate into pre-defined languages, using Google’s translation tools.
Although translation functionality is already available to many browsers via third-party sites or plugins, Google’s built-in service offers one-click translation between numerous languages using its own Google Translate service. And I think it’s very easy and useful to many users out there.
Check out the below video to see a demo that how automatic translation feature worked by Jay Civelli, one of the engineers who developed it.
I believe that this kind of feature will help make all the world’s information universally understandable in a very easy way. In simple words, you can access all the web information into your mother tongue and no chance to miss any.
New Improved Privacy Settings
In addition to Automatic WebPage Translation, the latest Google Chrome beta also enhanced the privacy settings. A new “Privacy” panel are available under “Options” – “Under the Hood”-”Privacy”.
For example. you can set-up rules to allow cookies only to the sites you trust and block from untrusted sites. For that you have to click on “Content Settings” in “Privacy” section.
Also check this video below to know more about privacy settings
These new Google Chrome features are now available only for latest beta version, but Google Chrome official blog also states that Automatic Translation features and Privacy settings will also be available for Google Chrome stable release after some weeks.
March 3, 2010 at 2:25 pm
Nice article Yogesh, you have covered almost everything in it.
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March 5, 2010 at 3:13 pm
Thanks for the heads up Suhasini
March 3, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Thanks for a post, for a long time already I use Google Chrome, with each new version it all becomes better and more convenient.
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March 5, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Thanks for commenting and I am agreed dude, even I am using Chrome from almost more than month or two. And seriously speaking , I love to work on it because of the high browsing speed it offers.
March 3, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I just started to use Google Chrome. I am looking forward to trying out these new features!
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March 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Make it your default browser mate, you’ll gonna love it for sure
March 4, 2010 at 2:25 am
i have been using google chrome since it was launch and i can say the security is good in terms of tab browser individuality.
March 5, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Wow. I am using it from the last two months and I’m loving it. But still like Firefox for security settings. But now Chrome come with privacy settings so I am hoping it will be great for me now.
March 4, 2010 at 3:34 am
google translator never works with chinese or any other asian languages.
google seriously need to work on improving the translator first
March 5, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Its working like a charm here even in the Chinese languages. You can see the above image I have shown the Translator function. Even I used translator for Hindi language too and works great for me.
March 4, 2010 at 6:03 am
I thing enhanced privacy is what everyone is looking for nowadays in the internet. You need protection from getting your life out there. Although social networks contradict that.
March 5, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for the concern dude and I am agreed with you. We have to stabilize our personal life and online life for sure.
March 4, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Hehe… chrome is getting more mature everyday! i love chrome
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March 5, 2010 at 3:27 pm
Lol, “mature” I like the term. Thanks dude for commenting
March 5, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Chrome is improving day by day. Now i m using chrome more than firefox
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March 5, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Even I am doing the same. I think after some days I’ll gonna fully switch to FireFox.
March 5, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Hope Chrome is not going to get too bloated and slow down.
Like the idea of Google translation – but how successful? Enough to get the gist only.
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March 8, 2010 at 6:36 pm
It is enough to get a glimpse of the other language webpage. I am using it too and so far not seen any speed problems. It is working like a charm still.
March 6, 2010 at 7:14 am
The automatic webpage translation is just simply amazing. This feature makes it more effective to be used worldwide.
March 8, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Yes agreed mate. It surely be going useful for getting information from all over the world whether its in our local language or not
March 6, 2010 at 7:38 am
I love Google Chrome, my favourite browser. Great news
March 8, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Mine too
March 7, 2010 at 1:09 am
I was using Google Chrome since its launched but then stopped it because of some security exploits heard in news. Now I am using it for about 15 days and i just love Google Chrome. Its getting better and better everyday. But I will still wait for the stable version to release.
Thanks Mankani for the information.
March 8, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Its my pleasure dude. Well now I am using Google Chrome for a long time and pretty much happy with performance and now enhanced privacy features will surely make it my favorite favorite browser without any doubt
March 7, 2010 at 3:17 pm
This is really a great news bro. Google making its impact.. Great one. Liked it. It seems, you have researched about it. great article.
March 8, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Yups Google is making its powerful impact in internet world. Thanks for the heads up Sid.
March 7, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Whenever i get a software, privacy is the most important for me. Chrome honors privacy and that’s why I use it along with firefox. Its a good software. Youtube videos seem to load faster for me in Chrome.
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March 8, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Well right dude Youtube loads fastly and even search loads faster too in Google Chrome. With the extensions ,it is certainly going to overcome the Firefox market
March 23, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Pretty interesting post. Couldn’t be written much better. Browsing this post reminds me of my old friend. She always kept talking about this. I will forward this post and I’m pretty sure it will be a good read for ‘em. Thanks for sharing!