Strong release of "Chrome 64" with powerful pop-up block added

The latest stable version of Google Chrome "64.0.3282.119" has been released. In this version, pop-up blocking is powerful as it pretends as content on the website and clicks opens new tabs and windows and tries to guide it to another site, so in addition to being powerful, Changes such as support of ResizeObserver that monitors size change of elements are added.

Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html


Chromium Blog: Chrome 64 Beta: stronger pop-up blocker, Resize Observer, and import.meta
https://blog.chromium.org/2017/12/chrome-64-beta-stronger-pop-up-blocker_14.html

New in Chrome 64: ResizeObservers, Named Captures, import.meta and more! - YouTube


One of the major changes was that it supported "ResizeObserver" which monitors size changes of elements within the page.Things flagged with from Chrome 55 now work without flagsThat's right.


So far, the size of the element has changedDOM eventAlthough we have detected by "resize" of "resize", there was a risk of collapsing the page layout due to layout processing. However, ResizeObserver will let you know the new width and height of the element without the risk of layout collapse.

Another is pop-up blocking. Many users have received reports that "Attempting to play video content on the website and clicking, clicking on it opens new windows and tabs and will guide you to a third-party site", and this kind of behavior is expected by users Since there are many cases that are not things, it is supposed that selfish development of new windows and tabs will be suppressed thereafter.


In addition, many vulnerabilities including severity "High" 3 cases are also fixed this time.