Chrome 96 was released in the Stable channel almost two months ago and although the release rate needs a new one version every four weeks, this was not the case with Chrome 97 due to the holiday season. So today Chrome 97 Stable will be released, with a very controversial feature: the Keyboard API.
Chrome 97 in short will be able to spy on your keyboard. The procase της τιμής “keyboard-map” είναι το μήλο της έριδος καθώς πολλοί προγραμματιστές της Apple και της Mozilla κατακρίνουν την ιδέα. Και οι δύο αναφέρουν ότι αυτό το API μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για την αναγνώριση και την παρακολούθηση σας, ειδικά εάν χρησιμοποιείτε κάποια διάταξη πληκτρολογίου που είναι ασυνήθιστη σε μια περιοχή. Έτσι το API έχει χαρακτηριστεί σαν “επιβλαβές” από την Apple και τη Mozilla και δεν θα εφαρμοστεί στον Safari και τον Firefox, αντίστοιχα.
Another interesting feature of Chrome 97 is the improvement of communication protocols. Currently developers use WebSockets or RTCDataChannel when communicating two-way with a remote server. The former is based on TCP which means it is not suitable for latency sensitive applications while the latter is based on SCTP which is mainly designed for communication peer-to-peer.
So Google brings the new WebTransport protocol framework that addresses both of these problems and supports two-way communication between trusted and untrusted sources using nullable streams and UDP-esque datagrams.
Chrome 97 will be released today. If it is not automatically updated to version 97 during the day, go to Help> About Google Chrome to enable the update as soon as it becomes available.
