14 DAY TRIAL // Google is proud to introduce Chrome fans to the version 12 stable of the browser, which includes new features and enhancements, as well as security patches. A new Dev build of Chrome 13 is also available for download.
Jason Kersey makes the official introductions, saying “The Google Chrome team is happy to announce the release of Chrome 12 to the Stable Channel for all platforms.”
Kersey reveals that Chrome 12.0.742.91 Stable includes a number of new features and updates, such as hardware accelerated 3D CSS, new Safe Browsing protection against downloading malicious files, and the ability to delete Flash cookies from inside Chrome.
There’s more. You can now launch Apps by name from the Omnibox and Sync is now integrated into new settings pages.
Improved screen reader support and the removal of Google Gears pretty much round up the list of changes occurring in Chrome Stable.
One particular change is mentioned for Mac users of Chrome. As of version 12.0.742.91, users will get a new warning when hitting Command-Q, according to the release notes.
On the official Google Chrome Blog, Adrienne Walker, Software Engineer details today’s new stable release highlighting its “improvements in security, privacy, and graphics” now headed to Chrome’s 160 million users.
As far as Dev channel testers are concerned, a new Chrome 13.0.782.11 can be downloaded for Mac OS X, Windows, and Chrome Frame. Apparently there’s no Linux release this time around.
According to Anthony Laforge blogging for Google on the Dev channel, “this [Chrome 13] release contains a number of UI tweaks and stabilities fixes.”
As usual, the full list of changes is available in the SVN revision log.
To run Chrome on a Mac, you will need an Intel processor, 128 MB of RAM and just over 100 MB of hard disk space.