14 DAY TRIAL // The Chrome Dev Channel has been updated with a crash and calendar fix for the Mac, Windows and Linux versions of the web browser. Available immediately, Google Chrome version 4.0.223.11 for Mac OS X can be obtained right here, on Softpedia.
“This release fixes a crash when running extensions like the Subscribe in Feed Reader sample,” the latest dev update, posted by Jonathan Conradt, engineering program manager, reads. “It also fixes a problem in Google Calendar where overlapping calendar items were invisible because they were being displayed with 0 width,” Conradt writes. “This update is being released for Windows, Mac and Linux,” Google’s guy says.
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WARNING: This release is not appropriate for general-consumer use. Several features, such as bookmarks, password import and certain privacy features, are unavailable at this time. DOWNLOAD THIS only if you are a developer or take great pleasure in incomplete, unpredictable, and potentially crashing software.
As a user, if you find new issues, Google’s dev team in charge with Chrome for Mac would be more than happy to look into your report. Just file one here and upcoming versions will have the issue addressed (most likely).
In addition to developing the Chrome web browser, Google is also working hard on an operating system bearing the Chrome label. Chrome OS will feature key aspects like speed, simplicity and security, according to Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google.
“We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work,” Pichai says in a statement.