Recently, Google Chrome got a brand new beta version [2.o] for everyone to play around with.

Among a touted 25% V8 Javascript performance improvement, multiple other features such as auto-filling of forms, page zooming, and tab-dragging features that allow you to view tabs side-by-side, as shown in the video below:

but crucially, Google’s Chrome now supports extensions, albeit unofficially. It takes a quick hack to be able to use extensions with the beta version.

I think the inclusion of extensions is addressing the one biggest flaw of Chrome – It’s nowhere near as customizable and as personalized as Firefox can be. If the Chrome developers can get extensions support and somehow coax the community to create the same wealth of quality add-ons Firefox has, we may have a very serious contender in the browser market. Threaded tabs, quick start-up times and efficient browsing… AND add-ons. What more could you want?