14 DAY TRIAL // The Google Chrome Dev Channel has been updated with new developer builds of the company’s web browser, Chrome. Versions 4.0.212.1 for Macintosh and 4.0.213.1 for Windows and Linux deliver mostly fixes, with a few under-the-hood enhancements here and there.
Available for all platforms, the latest version of Google Chrome now requires re-authentication when navigating around, while the FTP LIST parsing code has been moved to the renderer process, limiting potential damage from security issues. On the Mac front, Google has made changes in the following areas:
- Extension shelf (that weird gray box at the bottom) is only displayed if you have extensions installed - Add Command-0..8 shortcuts to "select Nth tab" and Command-9 to "select last tab" - Basic emacs key bindings in text fields should work. (e.g., ctrl-e, ctrl-a, ctrl-d) - Paste-and-Go for Mac omnibox, cleaned up omnibox context menu - Form controls now draw correctly in 10.6 - Search Engine Manager UI improved - Find bar now animates open and close - Pressing Up/Down arrows in find bar now scrolls page - Empty bookmark bar should show IDS_BOOKMARKS_NO_ITEMS - Add favicons to items in folders on the bookmark bar
A couple of known issues are listed on the Google Chrome development blog, one of which is specific to the Macintosh - “CMD+Down, CMD+Up no longer scrolling to top/bottom of page on Mac,” the release notes say. “One machine in our QA group is seeing blank pages on Facebook,” another issue is described.
Google, as Softpedia readers may recall, is also putting hard work into an operating system bearing the name “Chrome OS.” The Internet-centric operating system is touted by Google as an open source, lightweight platform that will be targeted at netbooks upon its debut. A fake preview of the software in question emerged this week. You can learn more about this subject here.