14 DAY TRIAL // Chrome, the lightweight yet powerful web browser developed by the folks at Google, is available not only for Windows platforms, but also for Mac OS X and Linux. Currently in beta, Chrome is updated, improved and refined on a weekly basis, with the latest release being a Mac-specific one.
On the Google Chrome blog, Anthony Laforge, Google Chrome program manager, recently announced that, “The Beta channel has been updated to 4.0.249.49 for Mac. This release includes a relatively minor update that corrects a potential issue with our auto-update processes for Mac users.” “More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revisions,” he added, as usual.
Last year (it was only a month ago, really), Mark Larson of the Google Chrome Team announced that Chrome Beta was finally available for Mac OS X. Released in tandem with the Linux and Windows installments, Chrome Beta (version 4.0.249.30) for Mac migrated users who previously installed the Dev channel releases to the Beta channel.
“We're happy to announce that Google Chrome 4.0.249.30 has been promoted to the Beta channel on Windows, Mac, and Linux,” Larson wrote on the page dedicated to Google Chrome releases. “In addition to introducing our first Beta versions on Mac and Linux, this update introduces Google Chrome extensions on Windows and Linux. Read more about this Beta update on the Google Chrome Blog,” Larson added.
In addition to working on the Chrome web browser, Google is actively developing an operating system bearing the Chrome label. Appropriately dubbed Chrome OS, the operating system will feature key aspects like speed, simplicity, and security, according to Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management at Google. Many believe it will be a direct rival with whatever operating system Apple decides to put on its unconfirmed tablet.