14 DAY TRIAL // Google has made available for download a new interim development milestone of its open-source browser. Google Chrome 2.0.172.2 went live at the end of the past week, and is up for grabs as a developer channel release. The new build fixes an array of issues, and in fact it was delayed in order to ensure that the resolves introduced are working properly. According to the Mountain View-based search giant, Google Chrome 2.0.172.2 now allows end users to right-click selected text in order to copy it, functionality which was missing from previous versions.
“Google Chrome's Dev channel has been updated to 2.0.172.2. We're late this week, because I wanted to make sure we fixed the #1 annoyance with 171.0: you can't copy text with right click,” revealed Mark Larson, Google Chrome program manager. “Notable changes: added support to cache some form submissions so that when you press back, you don't get the annoying "Confirm Form Submission" page; the Web Inspector should be working properly again (right-click > Inspect Element); fixed most pages being cut off on the side and bottom when you print them.”
At the same time, Google has focused hard on the known issues that affected the previous development milestone of Chrome. In this context, users will be able to create multiple Download tabs in a single window without any issues. When it comes down to download, Google has also fixed the progress indicator for downloads. In addition, the History tab no longer displays just today's browsing history. But at the same time, there are new issues that the end users will need to be made aware of, including the fact that they “cannot drag bookmarks on the New Tab page; and mouse wheel scrolling does not scroll windows that aren't focused,” Larson added.
The latest development milestone of Google Chrome is available for download here.