Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.
What's New
Version 19.0.1084.52:
Bug Fixes:
[117409] High CVE-2011-3103: Crashes in v8 garbage collection. Credit to the Chromium development community (Brett Wilson).
[118018] Medium CVE-2011-3104: Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
[$1000] [120912] High CVE-2011-3105: Use-after-free in first-letter handling. Credit to miaubiz.
[122654] Critical CVE-2011-3106: Browser memory corruption with websockets over SSL. Credit to the Chromium development community (Dharani Govindan).
[124625] High CVE-2011-3107: Crashes in the plug-in JavaScript bindings. Credit to the Chromium development community (Dharani Govindan).
[$1337] [125159] Critical CVE-2011-3108: Use-after-free in browser cache. Credit to "efbiaiinzinz".
[Linux only] [$1000] [126296] High CVE-2011-3109: Bad cast in GTK UI. Credit to Micha Bartholomé.
[126337] [126343] [126378] [127349] [127819] [127868] High CVE-2011-3110: Out of bounds writes in PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[$500] [126414] Medium CVE-2011-3111: Invalid read in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.
[127331] High CVE-2011-3112: Use-after-free with invalid encrypted PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[127883] High CVE-2011-3113: Invalid cast with colorspace handling in PDF. Credit to Mateusz Jurczyk of the Google Security Team, with contributions by Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team.
[128014] High CVE-2011-3114: Buffer overflows with PDF functions. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (scarybeasts).
[$1000] [128018] High CVE-2011-3115: Type corruption in v8. Credit to Christian Holler.
Version 19.0.1084.52:
Bug Fixes:
[117409] High CVE-2011-3103: Crashes in v8 garbage collection. Credit to the Chromium development community (Brett Wilson).
[118018] Medium CVE-2011-3104: Out-of-bounds read in Skia. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (Inferno).
[$1000] [120912] High CVE-2011-3105: Use-after-free in first-letter handling. Credit to miaubiz.
Have always had trouble with the Extensions, I cannot even get them to show up anymore when I download them. Before I could download them but they would be gone the next time I opened Chrome, must be missing something here? In Firefox adding extensions works smoothly with no trouble ever. Have thrown away Chrome and reinstalled, still the same trouble no extensions showing.
So, Chrome 20 broke a bunch of stuff. Speed dial got hosed. The Flash settings web page link was removed. What a nightmare this update was. And, as you can see below. I like Chrome. What a shame.
SL, IDK what went wrong. I resorted to re-downloading the 20 beta and got no relief so downloaded the stable build, which is what the beta was before. Still, everything got lost. I'll be O.K. but am not very happy.
Really, do "...several bug and stability fixes" really warrant a new version? Stupid Google. Unfortunately, they are the best browser around other than the rumors of Google collecting data...but then that's why Chromium and Iron came around.
Awesome browser. I love the feature set and functionality of Chrome. This new beta slightly refines the icons on the Windows version. I'm at work so I haven't upgraded to the Mac version yet but in Windows the icons have been slightly refined in version 20.
Updating Flash was so bad for the longest time that it posed a serious security threat for Chrome's users. Google felt that they needed to take care of ensuring that their users use the latest Flash version at all times themselves. And the best way to accomplish this was to simply bundle Flash with Chrome and make it part of the regular updates. As much as the Apostles of Steve may believe Flash is dead, it's still very much alive (unfortunately) and still required for too many (non-mobile) sites. Chrome cannot market itself as the most secure browser when at the same time > 90% percent of users use a plug-in which can easily circumvent all of Chrome's security measures if it's not updated regularly and quickly. So you have two conflicting issues here: Taking a more strict stance on HTML5 or drastically improving the security of users. Google decided for the latter which is understandable.
Allegedly Flash 10.3 will finally have an auto-updater on OS X as well. If it actually works (not sure with Adobe's track record) and it gets sufficient distribution Google will hopefully drop Flash from Chrome in the future.
I disagree Erunno, bundling it is shoving it down peoples throat, they could take the approach apple did with safari and still ensure people have latest version, without making you actually install it. Safari 5.1.7+ disables flash if it isn't latest version, but it doesn't make you install it if you don't use it. That's the more appropriate method of doing it, vs bundling and then issuing app updates to update something you may or may not even use.
"they could take the approach apple did with safari and still ensure people have latest version, without making you actually install it"
What would be the point other than to inconvenience a vast majority of Chrome's users who actually use Flash? Most users lack the technical knowledge to even comprehend a) what Flash is and b) the security issues at hand. All they would see is that every few weeks the Internet stops to work as intended on Chrome and requires them to manually perform some arcane update procedures. Google is not in the business to wage war on Flash as Apple does for whatever reasons, but to build a browser your grandmother can use (hint: your grandmother most likely knows nothing of Flash).
How would the Windows, Linux and Android version sync with iCloud? I don't think that Apple supports this use case. Your best hope is that some of the recent rumors are true and that Google will release a stripped down version of Chrome for iOS.
In spite of what some of the trolls may say, this is a pretty damned good browser. Is it perfect? No. Is it light years ahead of Firefox? I'm afraid so.
There's no record on your Member Profile of downloading Chrome from MU. So, just for curiosity's sake, from where did you download it and how long did you spend trying it out.?
Fyreflye - Chrome can be downloaded directly from Google. I've downloaded and tested on Mac, Windows and Linux on various occasions going back to 2008. Are you the MU download police?
Amnesiac7 - Thanks for your prompt reply. No, I'm not the MU police, just someone interested in determining which posts on this forum are useful and informed and which are biased and uninformed opinion. Shouldn't all of us be interested in that?
Isn't everything on this board opinion? You should take everyone's advice, including mine, with a grain of salt, regardless of whether or not they have downloaded from here or not.
Anyone have a reliable download (or, hell, even just one thrown up on a blog) of Chrome 13? You can't set up Cloud Print in 14 and 13 for Mac has vanished from the web.
I wish they'd figure out the rights they apply to the application. Firefox finally did. You have to delete Chrome from the Apps folder BEFORE trying to copy he new version. I'm admin of my machine and it's just idiotic to require that when almost EVERYBODY else in the known universe has it figured out. IDIOTS
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Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Apple's Safari and Firefox browsers, they made the project open source.
Emanneercs reviewed on 23 May 2012
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OSX-FTW! reviewed on 22 May 2012
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Cgc reviewed on 22 May 2012
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snowschmo reviewed on 22 May 2012
Seriously though, can anyone list without having to search what changed from 14 to 15? Or what was in 19.6?
Puerile humor from the mountain kiddies and their love of numbers.
And after all this time, it's still a hog.
I'll come back in a months time, when it's a respectable version number, like 25.
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Call-Me-Yo-Daddy reviewed on 22 May 2012
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xcore777 reviewed on 17 May 2012
Please remove Flash! HTML5 is the future!
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Allegedly Flash 10.3 will finally have an auto-updater on OS X as well. If it actually works (not sure with Adobe's track record) and it gets sufficient distribution Google will hopefully drop Flash from Chrome in the future.
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What would be the point other than to inconvenience a vast majority of Chrome's users who actually use Flash? Most users lack the technical knowledge to even comprehend a) what Flash is and b) the security issues at hand. All they would see is that every few weeks the Internet stops to work as intended on Chrome and requires them to manually perform some arcane update procedures. Google is not in the business to wage war on Flash as Apple does for whatever reasons, but to build a browser your grandmother can use (hint: your grandmother most likely knows nothing of Flash).
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OSX-FTW! reviewed on 15 May 2012
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Sure, accelerated graphics, for one. On Snow Leopard, on Mozilla's own "Mozilla Hardware Acceleration Stress Test".
Chrome absolutely destroys Firefox.
Chrome blows past the capped 60 FPS, while FireFox flames out at a measly 20 FPS and that's twice as good as it was in version 11.
3X better frame rates in this streaming heavy world are indeed LIGHT YEARS.
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Oh, streaming faster... so I can finish watching movies quicker?
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Amnesiac7 reviewed on 12 May 2012
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They stopped working some time ago and Im not sure if that was because of the new chrome or 10.7.4 update
"The server presented an invalid certificate.
You cannot proceed because the website operator has requested heightened security for this domain"
But is works fine in safari :/
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I mean, i want to use how it was, full screen but no creating a 'space', this way makes the video playback weirdly.
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Youtube is not working as normal, i just can hear what in the video but i cant see it ( i see my desktop instead in that box of the video)
(Same with Firefox!)
Is that problem from me or issue from the browser?
In addition, there is high CPU usage going on !!
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closing all open windows and tabs in chrome.
then choosing either new tab, or new window from the file menu.
Doing this for me on lion, causes chrome to beach ball and instantly crash.
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