


The following Google Chrome features are not present in Iron: Therefore, the "WebRTC disabled" builds are no longer available. With version, control of WebRTC is taken over by an add-on. Support for Windows XP ended with version 50, but all older versions are still available. More recent versions of Iron have been released since then, which has gained the features of the underlying Chromium codebase, including Google Chrome theme support, a user agent switcher, an extension system, integrated Adblocker and improved Linux support. On 11 August 2010, Microsoft updated the website in order to include Iron as one of the possible choices. And on 7 January 2010 a beta version for macOS was released. On a Preview-Release ( Pre-Alpha) of Iron came out for Linux.

Iron was first released as a beta version on 18 September 2008, 16 days after Google Chrome's initial release. Iron ships with certain Chromium privacy options switched on by default, it provides some additional features that distinguish it from Google Chrome. It primarily aims to eliminate usage tracking and other privacy-compromising functionality that the Google Chrome browser includes. SRWare Iron is a Chromium-based web browser developed by the German company SRWare.

It will automatically block hundreds of unwanted ads on websites, including Google's Adsense and Yahoo's YPN. This ensures you can still take advantage of the power of Google Chrome, while being completely assured of your personal information.Ī useful feature present in SRWare Iron browser but not in Google Chrome, is the ability to block ads, which is similar to the famous Adblock Plus plug-in in Firefox. SRWare Iron Browser is an exact copy of Google Chrome, but it does not have features for collecting personal information. It is mainly intended to remove usage tracking and other privacy-infringing functionality that Google Chrome browser includes.
