Google Chrome Version 100 Is Here to Break the Internet

[Eugene]

Source: PC Magazine

Google Chrome Version 100 Is Here to Break the Internet

But only a little bit.

Nathaniel Mott
By Nathaniel Mott
March 29, 2022

Google has officially released Chrome version 100—and that could be a problem.

Google warned earlier this month that Chrome and Firefox both reaching this milestone release could break some websites until web developers account for three-digit version numbers.

The company plans to report Chrome's version number as 99 in part of the User-Agent string used to communicate browser versions, operating systems, and other details to websites. It will report the correct number, 100, in the minor version part. But even that might cause problems.

"Chrome is also running experiments to ensure that reporting a three-digit value in the minor version part of the string does not result in breakage," the company says, "since the minor version in the Chrome User-Agent string has reported 0 for a very long time."

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Read more: https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-chrome-version-100-is-here-to-break-the-internet

[dem4decades]

1. I heard that Chrome was not secure right now. What are we supposed to use?

[Tetrachloride]

2. For financial transactions, I login to a separate user account

I use more than 1 browser. In general, I keep Javascript off. This will increase safety quite a bit.

For Mac users, I can advise in significant detail.

[CloudWatcher]

3. Just keep it updated

A security fix was released Friday, March 25, Chrome 99.0.4844.84

And another bigger release today: Tuesday, March 29, 2022, Chrome 100.0.4896.60

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com