Download New Google Chrome 7.0.517.36 for Mac OS X

The blog dedicated to Google Chrome Releases lists the availability of a new Beta channel release for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Chrome Frame. The release focuses on fixing issues related to the stability of the browser.

“The Beta channel has been updated to 7.0.517.36 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame,” Anthony Laforge, of the Google Chrome team, blogs.

“The majority of fixes in this release were related to stability and polish,” writes Laforge. “Of particular note, we also landed fixes for NTLM authentication and restored the ability to hide the most visited sites on the new tab page,” he adds.

The log of all revisions holds more information about additional changes, as usual.

“If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry,” Laforge concludes his post.

Download Google Chrome for Mac OS X (Free)

Yesterday, Jason Kersey announced an update to the Dev channel (version 7.0.544.0) which contains a number of changes including some Mac-specific updates.

Those include the addition of ‘Page Info Bubble’ lab, and fixes TO the deadlock in the accelerated drawing code.


A note about Google Chrome release channels and updates
Chrome boasts a release system with three distinct channels: Stable, Beta, and Developer preview, called the "Dev" channel. It was introduced on January 8, 2009 when there had been only two channels: Beta and Developer preview.

After January 8, 2009, all previous Developer channel users were moved to the Beta channel. Developer channel builds are less stable than those that Developer channel users were getting during Google Chrome's Beta period.

The Stable channel is updated with features and fixes only after they are thoroughly tested in the Beta channel, while the Beta channel is updated with stable and complete features from the Dev channel, where ideas get tested.