First Chrome 6 build released (6.0.401.1)

Changelog:

All
Don’t prepend scheme on copying an incomplete hostname. (Issue 43585)

Windows
Much better display/eliding of RTL and mixed-direction strings in the omnibox dropdown. (Issue 41716)

Linux
Make sure scheme is prepended to addresses that are cut (as opposed to copied) from the omnibox. (Issue 43569)
Fixed rendering of monospaced fonts on Linux (Issue 43252)

Known Issues
Hitting enter in some form fields does not submit the form. This will be fixed in the next Dev release.

Get it here.

blackroseMD1 said:

Changelog:

All
Don’t prepend scheme on copying an incomplete hostname. (Issue 43585)

Windows
Much better display/eliding of RTL and mixed-direction strings in the omnibox dropdown. (Issue 41716)

Linux
Make sure scheme is prepended to addresses that are cut (as opposed to copied) from the omnibox. (Issue 43569)
Fixed rendering of monospaced fonts on Linux (Issue 43252)

Known Issues
Hitting enter in some form fields does not submit the form. This will be fixed in the next Dev release.

Get it here.

Am surprised no one realized it the other day.

Wasn't many changes from the last 5.x.xxx.x build.

Yeah, I was hoping for a few more changes, but it's a milestone nonetheless.

blackroseMD1 said:

Yeah, I was hoping for a few more changes, but it's a milestone nonetheless.

I suppose. More features should be showing up soon; if you follow the nightly builds you are bound to see them sooner rather than later.

MilesAhead said:

Since you guys are into it(I'm running this build btw) maybe you can tell me if there's more than a semantic difference between "plugin" and "extension" ?? And what the hell is a google Gear?

I switched from SRWare Iron to the real thing since too many 3rd party utilities couldn't find the stuff they needed to work with Iron.

A plugin is a way for the browser to access a native application on the client machine to achieve functionality that can't be done with web technologies. Examples of plugins are Flash, QuickTime, Java, and Silverlight.

An extension (for Chrome) is written in Javascript/CSS/HTML. Extensions cannot access resources outside the browser and typically connect to other websites to provide information. Examples of extensions are Web of Trust, Google Mail notifier, Facebook notifier, RSS subscription button, etc.

Google Gears is a plugin that is slowly being phased out by HTML5. They both offer threading for parallel execution of javascript, local/offline caches and databases, and geolocation among other things.

bigonroad said:

I'm stilll waiting for a chatzilla style IRC extension!

Yeah, that would be awesome.