If we talk about web browsers, one of the first names that come to mind is Chrome, the popular Google browser. Some of the reasons why it is one of the most used today is the large number of open tabs that it supports, its ease of use thanks to its simple interface, the importance it gives to security and the large number of improvements that it incorporates in your new updates.
One of the last ones incorporated in version 66 Beta and which we already reported in Solvetic was that Chrome would stop the annoying automatic playback of videos on websites. Here you have all the information:
Focusing on the issue of security that unfortunately is giving so much talk due to the latest cyber attacks such as Specter and Meltdown, the "big G" launched Site Isolation: A function that causes Chrome to generate an independent process for each new window or tab in which opened a website, thus avoiding the possibility of receiving attacks such as those mentioned. And here is when the novelty comes in: From version 67 of the browser, this function will be activated by default.
Chrome 67 will have Site Isolation enabled by default
It is true that in previous versions of the browser you have used independent processes when we opened tabs and windows, but some of these processes were shared when we opened different tabs within the same page or the same domain.
As of the Chrome 67 Site Isolation beta, it will be installed by default within the browser, which they had been testing since version 63 of it. But it is now when they include it without giving rise to choice by users.
What advantages and disadvantages does this offer us as users?
Like everything else in this life, the default installation of Site Isolation within Chrome 67 will lead to benefits but also to a number of disadvantages when using the browser
Advantages
With this action, security, a topic that worries especially from Google, will improve significantly when we navigate using your browser.
Disadvantages
One of the negative points of Chrome is the amount of RAM it consumes compared to other competitive browsers, significantly higher than what we would like. With the default installation of Sole Isolation in the Chrome 67 Beta this RAM consumption could be even greater, more specifically between 10% and 20%
What do you think about Chrome's new security measure and the increase in RAM consumption that it entails? Do you think it's worth it?
Via: Xda developers
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