Google has pushed out an update to its Chrome browser, taking its stable version to 4.1.249.1059.
The latest release closes seven security holes, 4 of which were rated as high, with the other 3 rated as medium.
A full list of security holes that were fixed can be seen in the release notes.
The browser will automatically update itself for Windows Chrome users, or can be downloaded from the Chrome website.
Google has removed the http:// from new development builds of it’s Chrome browser.
The change was noticed when a user posted a bug report in the Chromium issue tracker, to which a Chrome developer replied and stated that this is a new feature, and not a bug.
Currently when you copy and paste a the URL from these development builds, the http:// will be missing, but this is expected to change in the new future.
https:// and ftp:// are still displayed for security reasons, but some argue this is inconsistent.
This feature will eventually make its way into the standard browser.
The WebKit team have announced WebKit2 is on it’s way, the popular rendering engine found in Apple’s Safari, and Google’s Chrome web browsers.
“WebKit2 is designed from the ground up to support a split process model, where the web content (JavaScript, HTML, layout, etc) lives in a separate process” wrote Anders Carlsson and Sam Weinig. This is similar to what the Chrome team have done, but it allows other developers to use this model right from the framework without having to add an extra application layer.
WebKit2 can currently be compiled for both Mac OSX and Windows users. More information can be found in the WebKit wiki.
No word yet on when this will make its way into the Safari browser, of if Google will be interested in this method over it’s own for Chrome.
The Chrome development team have today announced a new partnership with Adobe which bundles Adobe’s Flash with Google Chrome browser.
The latest development builds include Adobe Flash Player 10.1.51.95 (10.1 beta 3), and allows Chrome users to receive updated Flash updates automatically without the need of user intervention.
“The traditional browser plug-in model has enabled tremendous innovation on the web, but it also presents challenges for both plug-ins and browsers. The browser plug-in interface is loosely specified, limited in capability and varies across browsers and operating systems. This can lead to incompatibilities, reduction in performance and some security headaches” explains Google.
This move will ensure participating plug-ins are always up to date, increasing browsers security, while also integrating plug-ins tighter within the browser ensuring they become more stable.
Mozilla is also in on the plan, with Google using Mozilla’s next generation browser plug-in API. Other plug-ins such as Adobe’s PDF reader are expected to come further down the track.
Adobe’s Flash Player can be found from today with today’s dev channel update for Chrome; version 5.0.360.4 for Windows and Mac and 5.0.360.5 for Linux.
Google has pushed out a small update to Google Chrome, taking it to version 4.1.249.1045 on Windows.
The update fixes a crash bug, and adds a new option to disable the new translate feature. This release also closes a security hole which was rated as low and would crash the browser upon receiving a bad FTP response.
Information on these two crash bugs can be read in issues 38857 and 38845.
The update will be pushed out to Windows Chrome users automatically, or alternatively, you can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
Google has pushed out Chrome 4.1.249.1042 to Windows users.
Not much was changed in this release, with only one change solving an issue with some extensions not installing from the Google Chrome extensions gallery. This fixes issue 38220.
The update will be pushed out to all Chrome users, while new users can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
Google has pushed out Chrome 4.1.249.1036 to Windows users, which adds several privacy features and closes several security holes.
Users now also have the option to translate pages using Google Translate if the page they are visiting isn’t in their native language. A great time saver for many.
This latest release closes 9 security holes, 5 of which are rated high, 3 medium, and one low. More details on these security issues can read on the Google Chrome Blog.
The update will automatically be pushed out for Windows users, while users can download the browser from the Google Chrome website.
Google Chrome developers have pushed out new code to Mac beta users allowing them access to bookmark sync and browser extensions, just over a month after these features made it to the dev channel.
Chrome 5.0.307.7 brings many new features to Mac, and also included updates for Linux users.
Mac users now have access to these new features:
The team have also worked hard to ensure the browser is more stable, while having better support for plug-ins like Adobe Flash Player.
The new updated will be pushed out to existing users, or can be downloaded using the links below:
Private browsing will now extend to the Flash plug-in with Flash Player 10.1 Adobe have announced.
“Integrating with your web browser, Flash Player 10.1 will automatically clear stored data in accordance with your browser’s private browsing settings” said Adobe Engineer Jimson Xu.
Flash Player 10.1 supports private browsing with Internet Explorer 8+, Mozilla Firefox 3.5+, and Google Chrome 1.0+, with Apple’s Safari 2.0+support coming soon.
Missing from this list is Opera, which has only recently included private browsing in the latest 10.50 alpha release.
Adobe Flash Player 10.1 is currently in Beta and is expected in the first half of this year. Beta 2 can be downloaded from Adobe Labs.
Google has pushed out version 5 of Chrome to the dev channel for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Not much has changed so far, but Windows versions will now use the default download folder for downloading files, while the Mac version is now more stable with extensions.
Linux versions now include support for desktop notifications, along with improved support for complex text such as Arabic and Hebrew.
Being development versions, they are prone to instability and crashes. There is currently one known bug in the Mac version, which will crash the browser when a user clears the cookies.
Users can jump on the dev channel version of Google Chrome by following instructions on the Chromium website.