14 DAY TRIAL // “The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.360.0 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms,” Google’s Karen Grunberg, one of the people working on Chrome, reports. Google Chrome is a lightweight web browser based on the WebKit layout engine and application framework.
Listing the changes for all supported platforms, Grunberg suggests that the tabbed bookmark manager has been improved, alongside translations and several AutoFill features. An issue that caused long timeout when navigating away from slow pages has also been addressed on Mac, Windows and Linux builds of the Browser. For the latter platform only, Chrome developers have been able to fix menu popups for Xinerama. Chrome for Linux also now features better crash dumping.
A security update has been included with this version of Chrome, seemingly being applied for all platforms. Listed as “Updated libpng for CVE-2010-0205,” the security update is not detailed anywhere else on the Google Chrome dev channel, or at least the company doesn’t offer a link. Known Issues in Chrome 5.0.360.0 are listed as follows:
- Issue 39196: Bookmarks under the chevron are disabled (fixed but not in this release) - Issue 39104: REGRESSION: Native dialogs got extended - fixed on trunk. - Issue 37874: REGRESSION: Visual Defect / Gray Bar on Frame and Superbar on Windows 7 and Vista Aero - Issue 39340: [Extensions] Chrome crashes when dragging browser action not-incognito-enabled from normal window to incognito window - Issue 39360: [Extensions] Facebook for Google Chrome extensions doesn't work in incognito mode - Issue 39372: [Extensions] new tab extensions takes effect in incognito mode even without "Allow this extension to run in incognito" option checked.
As usual, those who want to learn more about additional changes are encouraged to check with the svn log of all revisions. To obtain the latest version of Google Chrome for Mac, Softpedia readers can use the download link available at the bottom of this article. Chrome for Mac works on Intel machines only, and requires Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or later. The Mac version of the browser is still beta software, therefore users are advised to exercise caution when utilizing the browser, or at least not rely on it for important tasks.