Chrome 5 Beta Released
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey in News
Now that Chrome version 4 has been officially released as a stable browser version, Google has now given users a chance to check out the Chrome 5 beta (Mac users must follow this link). Javascript performance has improved in this version, as I ran a SunSpider test for my previous Chrome 4.0.249.78 version and overall benchmark speed has increased when compared to this new 5.0.307.1 version. For those of you interested, I advise you to try this benchmarking test yourself to check out the speed with which this browser as well as any others you may use can render pages.
According to the developer changelog, there are a few new features (more sure to come):
- Use of the default downloads directories in Windows 7 and Vista
- Better plugin stability for Mac
- A fix for tab dragging in Mac that used to cause Chrome to crash
Also, in the Under the Hood tab for Chrome Options, there is a new Content section for fonts, language and Google Gears settings:
Both Windows and Mac is supported for this developmental build. For those of you interested in making some money finding flaws in Chrome browser, you probably want to have the latest and greatest version. Just keep in mind this is a beta, and therefore it is a version that Google deems unstable. If you experience issues you can report them here.
UPDATE: For Mac users, there’s a different download link – thanks to the commenter who pointed this out!
11 Responses to “Chrome 5 Beta Released”
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labria
31. Jan, 2010
The provided link, when clicked from MacOS, gives a version 4 browser.
Steve
31. Jan, 2010
This is the link for OSX: http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac
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why does it keep dl’ing chrome stable version 4 instead of the beta version of 5?
Daniel Cawrey
10. Feb, 2010
Does it say “Developer Release” at the top before you accept the agreement?
Alphatango
16. Feb, 2010
Links go to to beta version 4, not 5. No it does not say Developer Release.
Daniel Cawrey
18. Feb, 2010
The links above are the landing pages for the Beta. I’m not sure why Google would have a user download 4 instead of 5 – all I know is that they detect your system and allow you to download an installer for the beta from there.
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