It took Microsoft almost two decades of Internet Explorer releases to get to version 9. Google did it in approximately a couple of years, and by the looks of it users will be running Google Chrome 15 in no time, perhaps even as year as by the end of 2011, with major releases now roughly six weeks apart.
After it moved the
Chromium project up to version 9.0, Google is now offering early adopters and developers the first real taste of Chrome 9.0 as well.
Google Chrome 9.0.570.0 is now available for download via the Dev Channel for testers running Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. In addition, Chrome Frame has also been upgraded to version 9.0.570.0.
There are a number of bug fixes for all platforms, but no new features underpinned by the Mountain-View-based search giant.
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,” revealed
Karen Grunberg, from the Google Chrome team.