Monday, October 20, 2008

Google Chrome more secure and stable

The developers behind the new web browser Google Chrome have released the latest dev channel version. Google Chrome for testers is now in version 0.3.154.3. This is mainly a bug and security fix update.

Release 154.0 had a few browser crashes, including a crash on startup on tablet PCs running Windows Vista. Has been fixed the new crashes and 154.3 should be much more stable.

There are more plugin performance updates in this release, including fixing some videos that halt after 1 second (r3123, Issue 115) and plugins causing the browser to become unresponsive (r3323).

r3228 Changes the download behavior for files that could execute code (exe, dll, bat, etc.). These files are now downloaded to unconfirmed_*.download files. In the browser, you’re asked if you want to accept the download. Only after you click Save is the unconfirmed_*.download file converted to the real file name. Unconfirmed downloads are deleted when Google Chrome exits.