Google has announced the availability of version 5.0.307.7 of Chrome for Mac and Linux users, the latest betas of its Chrome WebKit-based browser for each platform. In accordance with the developers, Chrome on both platforms features stability improvements to plug-ins, like the Adobe Flash Player, and is now doubly reliable.Like its Windows counterpart, the Mac Beta of Chrome at present features support for extensions and bookmark sync. With extensions, users can widen their browser's functionality by writing also installing scripts that become part of the browser, in a similar fashion to Firefox Add-Ons. Up to now, there are more than 2,500 extensions available from the Google Chrome Extensions page.
The addition of bookmark sync to the Mac Beta permits users to make use of their Google Account, to synchronize their bookmarks across all of their computers. Once enabled, bookmarks created on one computer will automatically be added to the users other computers over the internet. The Mac Beta in addition adds a new bookmark manager, cookie manager and task manager.
The Linux Beta, which formerly included support for extensions and a bookmark manager, includes a number of bug fixes, like addressing an Out Of Memory (OOM) error that will cause "runaway tabs before it kills the browser". The Chrome for Linux beta supports 32 as well as 64-bit versions of Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE. Chrome for Mac need an Intel Mac with Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard' or later. All beta users are advised to upgrade to the newest release.
Further details about the beta releases can be found in the release announcement and release notes. Chrome 5.0.307.7 Beta is available to download for Linux and Mac. Users that presently have Chrome installed can make use of the built-in update function by clicking Tools, selecting About Google Chrome and then click on the Update button.
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