Chrome 36 BETA: New Linux App launcher, New APIs for Apps and Extensions

As the Stable channel of the Google Chrome has reached version 35, the BETA channel has been updated to version 36. Chrome 36 BETA has a new revamped Chrome app launcher for Linux, along with many new APIs for chrome Apps and extensions to give more ability and tools to the developers.

Chrome 36 beta Change-log by Google:

- Chrome no longer sends touchcancel on touch scroll, improving compatibility with other browsers and making it possible to add touch UI effects like pull-to-refresh without re-implementing scrolling and fling physics in JavaScript.

- Some CSS properties such as scrollTop and offsetHeight will now return fractional values in browser-zoom situations.

- The new WOFF 2.0 Web Font compression format offers a 30 percent average gain over WOFF 1.0 (up to 50 percent in some cases).

- DevTools now faithfully emulates touch with mouse, allowing you to test touch interactions on Chrome for Android using the mobile emulation feature of DevTools.

- Unprefixed CSS Transforms enables rich web content by allowing elements to be transformed in two-dimensional or three-dimensional space.

Google Chrome 36 is set to launch (Hit stable channel) in June. Some changes will be made before it leaves the beta channel.

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