It is so exciting Google has updated the Chrome browser to version 69 and it is a
material design
What does that mean? I'll show you today on dottotech
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We're gonna be taking a look at the new refreshed version of Google Chrome
Which Google released in the 10th anniversary of the launch of their now legendary web browser Google Chrome?
And they've now incorporated something called
Material Design into their overall design of Chrome
I don't know about you, but I had no idea of what material design is
It's probably something I should know but I admit I didn't know so I google-searched it and listens what I came up with
Sit back and relax and learn about material design on dottotech
Material design is a visual language that synthesizes the classic principles of good design with the innovation of technology and science
Do you feel better informed now?
no, neither do I let's scroll down and take a look the goals of it are to create a
Visual language that synthesizes the classic principles of good design with the innovation and possibility of Technology and science
Nope
Unified developing a single underlying system that unifies the user experience across
Platforms devices and input methods that makes a little bit of sense to me
Ok, so a common interface that works on all of our devices all of our operating systems. Ok
I understand now a little bit of what material design is
Reading through it. If you want to know more. It's it's they just want to create more of a real-world
Physical metaphor to a certain extent. I'm not explaining it well
Here's what we see when we see material design in the browser. Here's our new version of the browser
It looks pretty much the same. Doesn't it?
But what's different here is along the top now. They have little vertical lines instead of angled lines separating our tabs
That's pretty much it. I
Know I'm gonna get vilified by the design community, but I think it's pretty much a tempest in a pot of tea
what is new is they've actually
Developed some new and created and released some new underlying technology in the Chrome browser
Which to me is far more exciting than vertical izing my-tabs
Here's what they've added Oh
Before I go on if you don't know if you have the new version or if you if your chrome has not updated
just go under the about Chrome menu and
there in about chrome it will check for updates and it will allow you to relaunch Chrome with the latest version if you don't have
The latest build already installed that is the easiest way to get to the the new version now
here, there's two areas that
Google has I think significantly improved what chrome does the first is in the omnivore?
The aamna bar is what we used to call the address bar now
They have made it all curvy now, which is nice but a while ago
they started to change how we interface with the address bar in the Chrome browser, and they
Renamed it the aamna bar which allowed us to as we type information in it gives us instant access to what we're looking for
Rather than having to go to a web page. So for example, I'm a football fan and I want to see what the Seattle Seahawks
Score is in their football game. I type in Seattle
Seahawks and
as I type in
The name it comes up with the score of the last game so I can be disappointed
Instantly without having to go to a page to look at the scores. There it is
So I see the list now if I want to see what the weather's like in Seattle this week
Instead of searching in and going to a weather site as I start to type in the word weather
It gives me the current weather conditions
So it's trying to anticipate what we're looking for and fill in that information and it's it's pretty robust in what it does
I think if you pay attention to what's happening in the omnivore you type in search queries or type in different things in
You're probably pleasantly surprised with how much information is portrayed in how much it saves you time. For example, what day?
is
Esther
And there it is it comes up with Sunday April 21st and 2019, that's what if people don't know
What day is Easter if they have if they're worried about that? I what's the exchange rate? I'm in I'm in Canada
And I want to go
US dollar
exchange rate and
there it comes up with one Canadian dollar knows I'm in Canada is
77 US cents. There we go
I know and I can be depressed instantly looking at how the Canadian dollar is doing against the US counterpart
So the aamna bard gives us instant access to a lot more information pay attention to what's happening there
I think you'll be pleasantly surprised the other big change that they've added is
again subtle, but built into the autofill in password area, which if you haven't checked out
you should probably take a look at go into your settings in chrome and
There you've got payment methods and addresses as well as passwords all clustered right here at the top
So the first changes in the password area chrome will save passwords for you
It always has saved web passwords for you
But now it will suggest cryptic passwords
Much like the way we do in LastPass or one password or some of the other more advanced password managers
It still doesn't have the sharing features and some of the other things that those tools have but it now will suggest
far better and more cryptic passwords for you to use
If as you as you're creating new accounts on sites, that's that's a good idea for them to have added
While you're on it
even though they haven't changed this you should check out what's happening in the payment methods in the
Addresses area because this is something that's just a good idea to refresh as far as your relationship with your Chrome browser
at various times when you've purchased things in the past Chrome has said would you like me to save your credit card information or your
Address and it saves that so that you can autofill forms in the future to speed things up
So make sure that you're comfortable with the information that's being saved in these
that's all I'm saying is go ahead and make sure that the address is accurate as far as as far as your
as far as your autofill and that you're happy to have your credit cards stored in the payment system if you do have a
Credit card stored with them and make sure that it's the correct number and everything is up to date and if you're uncomfortable
Having your credit card stored in Chrome
well
Go ahead and delete it from Chrome and then enter it manually the next time it's up to you to take
Responsibility for your personal privacy Chrome's gonna try and give you some nice benefits of flexibility and convenience by storing it for you
But you might not be comfortable with that
your decision all in all I think that the you know
The as I say the actual material design part of this might be a little bit of a tempest in a pot of tea
But some of the additional functionality of the new Chrome browser
I kind of like I think that they've done a good job in adding to our browsing experience with the new version of Chrome
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