The latest Google Chrome browser update brings some interesting news that are worth noting. In particular, on Chrome 23, there are 3 novelties: A new option to " Do not track " traffic on websites, optimizing video viewing and battery consumption on laptops and the ability to manage site permissions web .
" Do not track " is a function that has recently been activated on all major web browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer and Opera.
It allows the user not to give permission to websites to know browsing data : where you connect from, which computer you use, which sites have been previously visited and other information.
The Do Not Track would allow, in fact, to prevent online advertising agencies from knowing a user's browsing habits.
For example, in Internet Explorer 10 "Do Not Track" is automatically enabled by default.
Starting from the Google Chrome 23 version, this function can be enabled manually by going to the general browser settings (from the address chrome: // chrome / settings / ), by clicking on show advanced settings, under the Privacy section.
By activating the "Do not be tracked", a message appears briefly explaining what it means and noting how "Many websites will continue to collect and use browsing data (for example to improve security, provide content, services, ads and suggestions on their websites as well as for generating statistics necessary for reporting) ".
This means that sites can ignore this setting and still track user browsing.
At the moment, in fact, almost all online services, including those of Google and Yahoo, ignore the Do not track requests.
If you really want to activate a mechanism that prevents data tracking, you need to install a plugin on your browser in order not to be tracked online by the sites, blocking the collection of personal data.
The second novelty in Chrome 23 (on Windows) is the improvement of the energy management spent when viewing videos online using GPU acceleration.
This saves battery consumption on laptops (25%) when watching videos using Chrome.
Chrome 23 also adds a new security feature that allows the user to manage permissions for each website open on the browser.
You can then define, through a convenient selection menu, what a site can do on your computer: if it can execute javascript code, if it can load images, if it can detect the position, make notifications appear, see itself in full screen, if it can notifications or pop-ups and other things appear.
To modify the authorizations for a site, click on the address bar, on the symbol of a white sheet (near the www) or on the padlock for the https sites.
Chrome also displays the number of cookies and site data.
This authorization function is rather convenient because you can, for example, enable the display of pop-ups only for a specific site or deactivate the execution of javascript code on less secure sites.
Each change becomes permanent and can be changed at any time.
Google Chrome should update automatically to the new version and you can check it from the Information tab (writing on the address bar chrome: // chrome / ).
If you prefer, you can also download or update Google Chrome with offline installation
