14 DAY TRIAL // The Stable and Beta channels of Chrome have been updated to 6.0.472.55 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, Jason Kersey blogs for Google, revealing that both updates address existing issues with the web browser.
Affecting all supported platforms (which includes Mac OS X), failures when using autocomplete have apparently been resolved.
The problem wiping out the default search engine settings has been addressed, while the issues with shift reload not working are now gone, according to the changelog for Chrome 6.0.472.55.
For Windows users in particular, Google has set importing data from other browsers when chrome as default. Chrome also can’t be made the default browser when it already exists, the developers noted.
As usual, more details about additional changes are available in the svn revision log, while those who find new issues are encouraged to tell Google about them by filing a bug.
Google celebrated two years of Chrome on September 2, with Product Manager Brian Rakowski updating the official Google Chrome blog with an insightful post spanning the numerous changes undergone by the browser in this short period of time.
“Since Chrome’s first beta launch for Windows, we’ve brought our Mac and Linux versions up to speed, and continued to make the browser faster, simpler, and safer across all three platforms,” Rakowski wrote.
“We’ve also introduced a boatload of features, including a more customizable New Tab page, browser themes, side-by-side view, password manager, better privacy controls, built-in Adobe Flash Player, Autofill, automatic translation, HTML5 capabilities and synchronization of various settings such as bookmarks, themes, extensions and browser preferences—just to name a few,” he noted.
“Finally, there are now more than 6,000 extensions in our gallery to enhance your browsing experience,” Rakowski added.
Google’s man said that developers are actively working to extend the feature set focusing on the security of Chrome, which includes the Safe Browsing technology, Chrome’s auto-update mechanism, and the browser’s “sandbox”.