Google Chrome 6

• New APIs
  • The Context Menus API allows you to add context menus to pages or specific objects on a page
  • The Cookies API allows you to manage the browser's cookie system
  • The Idle API allows you to detect when the machine's idle state changes
• Manifest Changes
  • The geolocation permission gives an extension access to the user's physical location
  • Match patterns can now select all schemes or all urls
  • Access to file:/// URLs no longer triggers the "access to your machine" security warning, but now requires user opt-in from the extension management page
• Additions to existing APIs
  • chrome.extension.getViews() can now return popup views
  • Added WINDOW_ID_NONE constant for when focus shifts away from the browser
  • The chrome.tabs.getCurrent() method returns the tab associated with the currently executing script
• New experimental APIs
  • The Omnibox API allows you to add functionality to the browser's omnibox
  • The Infobars API allows you to add UI panels across the top of a tab