Chrome 12 Stable

has just been released earlier today.

here are some of the changes:

more here:
http://liliputing.com/2011/06/google-cranks-it-up-to-12-with-latest-chrome-web-browser.html

 

Thank you for the update, this version was really good!

 

Good stuff, this means 14 should be on portableapps soon

 

12 Stable is at already portableapps.com

 

Been on 12 for a while. It's pretty great. Same speed as 10 for the most part.

 

I really do wonder what Google will do about Chrome's versioning years from now.

 

They're expected to hit 17 by the end of the year.

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

Is that important in any way at all?

 

Well, high numbers aren't aesthetically or pronunciationally pleasing.

 

Chrome 80

meh I can handle that haha

 

How about Chrome 127? It's just I think they're using whole versions for too little changes.

 

Chrome versions are going too fast
But who cares, i love how it's improving quickly and that's what matters to me

 

The version number doesn't matter at all and has no bearing on anything. As long as it works, that's all I care about.

 

I agree, but it takes a little getting used to. It has been the norm in the software industry for whole numbers to imply significant changes and improvements in a program, usually with UI changes so it's really obvious that something different is going on. When Google first started bumping the version number on Chrome I thought they were grandstanding, but I think now it's clear the version number no longer means what it used to and we should forget about it. Kind of reminds me of Nvidia's geforce drivers, which are up to version 275 LOL!

 

Also agree, especially since Chrome auto-updates you really don't need to worry about version number (and I would guess the typical average computer user has no idea what version of Chrome they are running and probably don't care).

 

What really freaks me out is that, most of times Google really makes it difficult to just extract contents from the installer. I remember a few versions back I could extract a file chrome.7z from the installer, and then do whatever I want with it.

But, now I can't. Not without using univeral extractor. Not even with Universal Extractor.

Is it really that hard to make things... how to put it... simple? Are they hiding super secrets

 

I doubt it's about secrets. They might be trying to stop malware from manipulating the installer. They're also undergoing a huge remake of their installer to try to shrink it.

 

Or Google is doing what it does best, being a PITA. Still, v12 intrigues me, I might give it a go now that it's stable.

 

Well, I don't know what it is, but I know I also couldn't install it inside Sandboxie either.

I could initiate the installer in Sandboxie, with administrator rights, but then the installer complains it won't install with administrator rights. Seriously, WTF? Without administrator rights it won't start, with all permissions given to it, unless there was some other file I missed, despite the fact it only extracted an extention-less file named 102~, and nothing else, at all; with administrator rights it starts, but it complains about it.

Was anyone able to install it

-edit-

I tried installing it using the cmd line with the parameter --systemlevel, so that it would install to %ProgramFiles%, and request for administrator privileges, and it initiates, but it fails to install Google Update, and the installer won't proceed.

P.S: But, this time I got the sucker!

 

@ m00nbl00d:

why don't you try the portable version?

 

Oh... I don't personally use Google Chrome. I use Chromium. But, I also like to keep Google Chrome, for whatever reason. Just not something packaged by third-parties. I prefer to have my own "portable" version. Just a thing of my own.

But, I found it challenging this time...

 

I just copy the latest Chromium .zip file, extract it, delete my current Chromium program dir, and put the new one in its place. I do it from time to time unless there seems to be an issue with the latest one I am using, which has only happened a couple times in the last year.

Sul.