First Chrome 6 build released (6.0.401.1)

[blackroseMD1]

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.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

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.

 

[blackroseMD1]

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

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

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]

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.

 

[Firestrider]

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.

 

[MilesAhead]

Thanks for the info. I found some stuff about the various doodads like Gears, but not put as succinctly as your post. I appreciate it.

 

[bigonroad]

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

 

[blackroseMD1]

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

Yeah, that would be awesome.

 

[MilesAhead]

Everyone will want the Firefox extension they've been using so eventually it will take a minute to load if the disk is busy.

But it should have SyncPlaces instead of using 2. Right now I have to use LastPass and XMarks to get the same results. Plus I have to use an online account instead of my own ftp site. But speed heals all wounds.

 

[blackroseMD1]

Everyone will want the Firefox extension they've been using so eventually it will take a minute to load if the disk is busy.

But it should have SyncPlaces instead of using 2. Right now I have to use LastPass and XMarks to get the same results. Plus I have to use an online account instead of my own ftp site. But speed heals all wounds.

Yeah, I'm using LastPass and Xmarks as well. SyncPlaces would be awesome, but I can deal with it as is.

BTW, Chrome's built-in sync actually works pretty well for bookmarks, preferences and themes. Once they add passwords, it will be almost perfect.

 

[MilesAhead]

Everyone will want the Firefox extension they've been using so eventually it will take a minute to load if the disk is busy.

But it should have SyncPlaces instead of using 2. Right now I have to use LastPass and XMarks to get the same results. Plus I have to use an online account instead of my own ftp site. But speed heals all wounds.

Yeah, I'm using LastPass and Xmarks as well. SyncPlaces would be awesome, but I can deal with it as is.

BTW, Chrome's built-in sync actually works pretty well for bookmarks, preferences and themes. Once they add passwords, it will be almost perfect.

I feel kind of Leary(as in Timothy Leary paranoid) about using an online account for my passwords and bookmarks provided by the same people who want to track my movements. It may be a placebo, but I used that unique ID destroyer thingy:

UnChrome - Anonymize Google Chrome - UnChrome removed the unique ID from Google Chrome

I don't know how different Chrome is to program from Firefox but if the XMarks guys could port theirs I think we should encourage the SyncPlaces guy to port his(unless maybe he hates Chrome.) I put a suggestion already in the mozilla AddOn comments section, but I think it's being ignored.

 

[andyparks]

why is there a chrome 5 beta and a chrome 6 beta

 

[blackroseMD1]

Good question. 5 is the older build...meant to be a bit more stable. However, I've been running nightlies since 4.***, so I would recommend moving to 6. Most of your extensions should work by now. Google is pretty good about making sure that extensions work, even in nightlies. I haven't had a single browser crash in over a month.