14 DAY TRIAL // A new release of Google Chrome is now available for download, bringing to the table fixes for a range of problems which survived past the previous development build. The Mountain View-based search giant kicked up a notch the Dev Channel flavor of Chrome, and is offering early adopters Build 5.0.322.2 not only for Windows but also for Mac OS X and Linux. As far as the Windows version of Chrome Build 5.0.322.2 is concerned, testers will be able to notice that the latest copy of the open source browser no longer crashes when a theme points to a nonexistent image, according to Google Chrome’s Karen Grunberg.
Google Chrome 5.0.322.2 also includes a number of extension-related fixes, including: “Don't crash when extensions use cookie. Preserve order of browser actions across extension autoupdate. Implemented overflow and reordering of browser actions (this was actually in the last update, but missed the release notes),” Grunberg added.
With the Dev channel releases of Chrome being the most advanced versions of Google’s open source browser, users should also inherently expect to come across various issues. In this regard, early adopters need to know that Chrome 5.0.322.2 doesn't show popup blocker bubble on all platforms. Linux users are bound to experience crashes when editing bookmark in the bookmark manager, Grunberg explained. At the same time, Chrome 5.0.322.2 won’t allow Mac and Linux testers to save cookie settings.
Grunberg also underlined changes associated with Chrome Native Client. “Chrome for Linux and Mac OS 10.6 can now run Native Client modules directly, no plugin required. To enable this features, run Chrome with the following command line flags --internal-nacl --enable-gpu-plugin --no-sandbox. (This should only be used to experiment with Native Client, disabling the sandbox for normal web browsing is dangerous and is not recommended). Platform-independent NPAPI extensions for 2D, 3D, and mouse/keyboard events are now available,” she stated.
The latest releases of Google Chrome are available for download here.