Google Release Stable Version of Chrome 7.0 Browser

The Web browser competition is going to get stiff as Google (News - Alert) has released a stable version of Chrome.

Chrome 7.0.517.41 for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems comes with hundreds of bug fixes. Plus, a number of other features have been added for developers. These include an updated HTML5 parser, file API and directory upload via input tag (News - Alert), as well as AppleScript support for Mac OS X for UI automation. And, it offers a new dialog for managing blocked cookies in bulk.

In a blog post, Jeff Chang, Google’s product manager for Chrome, said the primary focus for the latest stable release was bug fixes. As promised, the new version comes just over six weeks after the release of version 6.0. This is part of Google’s strategy to release a new stable version of Chrome approximately every six weeks.

As stated on The H Security site, the updated version also addresses a total of 11 security vulnerabilities in the webKit-based browser, including one that Google rates as critical and five high-risk issues. Google said that the critical issue can cause the browser to crash due to an issue with form autofill. The high-risk bugs range from other form related crashes, to URL spoofing, memory corruption and elements issues. The fifth high-risk problem reportedly causes the sandbox worker processes to fail on Linux systems, cautioned the online article on the H Security site.

According to Webmonkey, two features missing from the stable release of Chrome 7 are the hardware acceleration and Tabpose. Both the features are currently available in the developer builds of Chrome 8. However, said Webmonkey, they may not make it to the stable release category until Chrome 9.