WHATS NEW IN CHROME 2.0

Google has released the beta release of its Chrome browser.The new build is given the version number 2.0.156.You can download the latest build from here.Since it is the first beta release you would expect a lot of changes to its previous version. The team at Google has taken the feedback received from the first official release, and made changes accordingly.So lets take a look at what's new in new version.

Form Autocomplete. Google Chrome remembers what you've typed into fields on
web pages. If you type in the same form again, it will show any
previous values that match what you've typed so far. You can disable
Form autocomplete on the Minor Tweaks tab of the Options dialog.This is like the basic form autocomplete available in Firefox
or Internet Explorer.

Full-page zoom. Previously, page zoom (Ctrl++ or Ctrl+-) increased or decreased
only the text on a page. Zoom now scales everything on the page
together, so pages look correct at different zoom levels.

HTTPS-only browsing mode:This new feature lets users add “force-https to your Google Chrome
shortcut” to only load Web sites with valid security certificates.
“Sites with SSL certificate errors will not load".

Spell-checking improvements. You can now enable or disable spell checking in a text
field by right-clicking in the field. You can also change the
spell-checking language by right clicking. To enable spell-checking in
a language, add it to the list of 'languages you use to read web sites'
in the Fonts and Languages dialog ([Wrench] > Options > Minor
Tweaks > Fonts and Languages).

Autoscroll. Many users have asked for this and (thanks to our WebKit update), we
now offer autoscrolling. Middle-click (click the mousewheel on most
mice) on a page to turn on autoscroll, then move the mouse to scroll
the page in any direction.

Docking dragged tabs. When you drag a tab to certain positions on the monitor,
a docking icon will appear.  Release the mouse over the docking icon to
have the tab snap to the docking position instead of being dropped at
the same size as the original window. Docking positions are:

• Monitor top: make the dropped tab maximized.
• Monitor left/right: make the dropped tab full-height and half-width, aligned with the monitor edge.
• Monitor bottom: make the dropped tab full-width and half-height, aligned with the bottom of the monitor.
• Browser-window left/right: fit the browser window and the dropped tab side-by-side across the screen.
• Browser-window bottom: fit the browser window and the dropped tab top-to-bottom across the screen.

Import bookmarks from Google Bookmarks. The [Wrench menu] > Import
bookmarks & settings... option now has a Google Toolbar option to
import Google Bookmarks. The bookmarks get imported into your Other
bookmarks folder. The bookmarks are not kept in sync; the import
process simply reads in the current set of online bookmarks.

New SafeBrowsing implementation. SafeBrowsing is now faster, more reliable, and uses the disk less often.

Use different browser profiles. You can start a new browser window that
uses a different profile (different bookmarks, history, cookies, etc.).
Use [Wrench menu] > New window in profile. When you create a new
profile, you can name it and add a shortcut to your Desktop. 

Update the V8 Javascript engine to version 0.4.6.0 (from 0.3.9.3).

New window frames on Windows XP and Vista, supporting windows cascading and tiling, and other window-management add-in programs.

download chrome 2.0 here
check release notes here