We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we’re announcing a new project that’s a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It’s our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.

As with all Google products, speed, simplicity, and security shall be the key aspects of Chrome OS. It’ll based on the Linux kernel and will run on all major chips. Knowing Google, one can already imagine a plain, no-fuss desktop, lots of web apps, and (maybe!) a sub-10-second boot time.

Google has further clarified that Chrome OS and Android are two separate projects, even though they will overlap on quite a few concepts. Android was designed to run basically on everything starting from phones to set-up boxes to netbooks. Chrome OS, on the other hand, will focus on everything from netbooks and above.

For years it has been OS-giant Microsoft trying to rattle Google’s firm grip over the Internet, with little success. Nevertheless, recent projects like Windows Live and Bing are finally starting to take away little things from Big G. About time Google hit back. First with Chrome and now Chrome OS, Google is carefully treading on Microsoft’s grounds, with speed and innovation in mind.

What’s your thought on this exciting development from Google? Say in the comments!

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• Much faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation
• Browse and install themes from the dashboard
• Completely revamped drag-n-drop interface for Widgets
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You can find the complete changelog in the WordPress Codex. All in all, 2.8 looks a lot like 2.7 but is much snappier.

Are we upgrading?

Definitely yes, but not now. The developers usually come up with a minor point upgrade (like 2.8.1) in about a month which contains a bunch of bug fixes and support from all popular plugins. We’re waiting for that.

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