14 DAY TRIAL // Via the Google Chrome Releases blog, dev team member Jason Kersey announces the release of Google Chrome 12.0.742.0, a new developer-centric version of the open source web browser.
Targeting Mac, Windows and Linux users who are not shy of crash-prone software, Google Chrome 12.0.742.0 is an update tasked with improving the stability of the application, as well as its performance in some circumstances.
“The Chrome Dev channel has been updated to 12.0.742.0 for all platforms,” Kersey writes. “This release contains stability and performance fixes.”
Reporting for the Google Dev Channel, Kersey outlines there’s a known issue with this latest Dev build.
It affects all versions of the browser, including the Mac-compatible one, and it is said to affect the synchronization features of Chrome.
“There is one known issue. Sync may not work correctly,” Kersey blogs.
As usual, Google makes the full list of changes available at the SVN revision log.
Testers are encouraged to use the bug filing procedure whenever they stumble upon errors that should be on Google’s priority list with the web browser.
For those who prefer more reliable builds of Chrome, the Beta and Stable channels have both received updates recently.
The newest ones (10.0.648.205 Stable and 11.0.696.50 Beta) focus on fixing security bugs, and some issues that prevented the Adobe Flash plug-in to load until the tab got activated.
Any of the versions of Chrome for Mac (Dev, Beta, Stable) can be downloaded using the link below.
Download Google Chrome for Mac OS X (Free) To run Chrome, Mac users will require an Intel-based computer with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (all incremental versions are supported, including Mac OS X 10.6.7), a minimum 128 MB of RAM, and roughly 100 MB of free hard disk space.