14 DAY TRIAL // Chrome Beta has been updated to version 12.0.742.68 - likely one of the last builds in the v.12.0 development cycle - with user interface improvements and a number of performance fixes.
According to Jason Kersey, of the Google Chrome development team, “The Chrome Beta channel has been updated to 12.0.742.68 for all platforms,” which includes Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and, of course, Chrome Frame.
Kersey notes that Chrome 12.0.742.68 Beta “contains a small number of UI updates and performance fixes,” with the full list of changes being made available in the SVN revision log, as usual.
Kersey doesn’t mention what the UI tweaks are for, nor does he note whether these changes apply to both Mac and Windows builds.
However, it is reasonable to assume that the omission stands as confirmation that all platforms will see these enhancements apply as soon as users download and install the latest beta build of Chrome.
The latest version of Google’s open source web browser is actually Chrome 13.0.767.1, also released for all platforms recently.
A developer built, Chrome 13.0.767.1 continues print preview work, and improves Omnibox string matching. Chrome 13 also drops support for Ubuntu Hardy - a Linux distribution.
Stable builds of Chrome are currently distributed as version 11.0. The latest, Chrome 11.0.696.71, was announced earlier this week packing security fixes and a few other code corrections detailed in a concise blog post by Google’s Karen Grunberg.
A notable fix is Chrome 11’s correction of a regression bug where selections extended by arrow keys flickered on LinkedIn.com.
Mac users can try any flavor of Chrome via the link below, as long as they pack an Intel Macintosh with 128 MB of RAM at the very least. Roughly 100 megabytes of free disk space will also be required to have Chrome installed.