More important is that you can now search through Options, so you don't have to hunt around for the feature you want to change. For example, if you want to make changes to any settings related to downloads or passwords, type in one of those terms, and you'll be sent directly to those settings.

As you use Options, the Omnibox (Google's name for the address bar) displays a local URL for your location -- for example, chrome://settings/advanced for advanced settings and chrome://settings/browser for basic settings. In some instances, an individual Option feature or setting will have its own URL, such as chrome://settings/passwordManager for the Password Manager. You can add this to your bookmarks if it's a feature you frequently use, which I found very convenient.

Syncing among multiple computers and devices has been improved as well. Chrome 9 already synced bookmarks among versions of Chrome running on Windows PCs, Macs, systems and Android Honeycomb devices such as the Motorola Xoom. (The Honeycomb browser looks and works like Chrome but is actually based on different code, although it syncs with Chrome.) With Chrome 10, passwords now sync as well.

I've found that to be a big bonus, because I use Chrome as my primary browser on my PC, Mac and Xoom. So now when I need to log into my Computerworld blog or my online library account from any of my devices, I no longer need to remember passwords.