Google has officially released Chrome 9 version of its web browser named as “Google Chrome 9.0.570.0″. It is now available for download via the Dev Channel for testers running Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The new version includes many bug fixes and new enhancements as compared to its predecessors. (Complete Change Log)
Karen Grunberg from the Google Chrome team revealed:
“In terms of security, Chrome 9.0.570.0 Dev requires a user gesture when opening file choose dialog and make sure file choose dialog from invisible windows can not be displayed”.
In addition, with Chrome 9.0 graduating to the Dev Channel from the Chromium project, there are a number of issues which have been introduced which include:
- REGRESSION: Windows media player for Firefox doesn’t load – Issue 61603
- Regression: Accelerated compositing slows down the whole machine – Issue 61520
- google.com/wave : “Page Unresponsive” dailog box appears – Issue 61533
- myspace.com : Cannot enter a character in Comments field – Issue 61513
Most probably users will see the final version of Chrome 8.0 released by the end of this year. In addition to this, testers are also bound to get to play with the Beta for Chrome 9.0 ahead of 2011.
- Download:
Download Google Chrome Build 9.0.570.0 for Linux.
Download Google Chrome Build 9.0.570.0 for Mac.
