Keep Chromium Up To Date

Chromium is the Open Source project behind Google Chrome. Chromium and Google Chrome have many similarities and it is usually the case that new features are integrated into Chromium first before they make they way into the Google browser.

One problem that Chromium users experience is that the web browser does not come with an automatic update option, at least not when it comes to the snapshot builds that are often uploaded to the ftp server several times a day.

It is highly impracticable to download and install new Chromium builds manually which is why Chromium Constantly Bleeding Edge has been developed.

The third party software has been designed to automatically query the Chromium server for the latest build. The version that is retrieved that way will be compared to the Chromium version installed on the computer system the program is executed on.

A newer version will be automatically download and installed. This process is handled in the background without user interaction. The only user interaction is required if Chromium is not installed on the computer system (which will trigger the standard setup) or if the operating system or security software display warnings during the download or installation.

The program has a size of only 50 Kilobytes. It should be added to the startup items or task scheduler in Windows so that it will regularly check the latest builds on the server against the local build.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Monday February 22, 2010 -
Tags:chromium, google chrome, portable software, web browser, windows software

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