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Google's got a new Chrome beta - if you can get it
by Lee Mathews Mar 17th 2009 at 4:30PM
On the official Google Chrome blog a few hours ago, Google announced the release of a new beta version that falls somewhere in between the stable and developer branches.
Apart from the speed improvements in Google's V8 javascript engine, several new features have been added. In addition to the drag-to-split side-by-side browsing feature demoed in the clip above, the new Webkit core includes autoscrolling, full page zoom, and form filling.
If you're trying to get your hands on it, you may need to be patient. A number of Twitterers are having the same problem I encountered: The downloader application looks like it's working, but the actual setup process never begins. The announcement only came a few hours ago and Chrome devotees are likely hammering the download servers, which may be partly responsible.
Apart from the speed improvements in Google's V8 javascript engine, several new features have been added. In addition to the drag-to-split side-by-side browsing feature demoed in the clip above, the new Webkit core includes autoscrolling, full page zoom, and form filling.
If you're trying to get your hands on it, you may need to be patient. A number of Twitterers are having the same problem I encountered: The downloader application looks like it's working, but the actual setup process never begins. The announcement only came a few hours ago and Chrome devotees are likely hammering the download servers, which may be partly responsible.
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Kemwer said 5:13PM on 3-17-2009
I had the same problem here as well, but I noticed after trying to install that, on the About window there was an update notice that could install the beta anyway.
That worked fine for me.
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alienvenom said 5:57PM on 3-17-2009
Interesting, this .application file would only execute properly if I downloaded it using Internet Explorer. Not Chrome or Firefox.
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Ryan said 9:43PM on 3-17-2009
Just going into the about window and letting chrome check for updates allowed me to upgrade no problem.
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