- Improved Theme support: Previously the top bar of Chrome OS was forced to be black, no matter what theme was present, the tabs themselves could be covered, but the background could not be. It is really nice to have the theme now impact the entire interface.
- Quicker Boot-Up speed: In my completely unofficial tests, Chrome OS boot up is now only 7 seconds. The sign in screen is now nearly instant if you use a profile which has no user-specific stuff to load (themes, extensions, etc. but more on that later) but still takes the customary 5 seconds if you (like me) have themes, extensions, and bookmarks to sync and load.
- Effortless syncing: Themes, Extensions, Bookmarks, Passwords, Form Data, History, and even data from scratchpad notes are all synced to your google account quickly and easily on all computers you use.
- Adobe Flash Player 10.2: Flash 10.2 brings performance improvements for all computers but they are most notable on low-powered netbooks. Previouly, my Cr-48, like any netbook, could only play 360p content smoothly, 480p content was stuttery, and 720p was just impossible. Now with 10.2 480p is perfectly watchable and 720p is somewhat stuttery but bearable. Go Adobe!
- [ADDED] Improved Right Click: In my initial review I said that there was only tap-to-click for single finger clicking, but now you can tap with two fingers for right click.
This is probably being too hopeful, but I would like to do my analysis of Chrome 10, Internet Explorer 9, and Firefox 4 as soon as this weekend, as the release of Firefox 4 and IE9 marks the first real competition from them in a while.
Further reading:
http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/
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