Chrome for Linux Dev Channel Updated to 5.0


Google Chrome Dev 5

Google Chrome for Linux Dev Channel has been updated to version 5.0.307.1 with “preliminary” desktop notification support, for GTK builds of Linux only.
Chrome desktop notifications in Linux uses D-BUS notifications also known as libnotify. Also, GTK+selection colors when using GTK theme mode gets noticeably better. Other adds and fixes in this update include;

- Improved complex text support, fixing a number of bugs in Hebrew/Arabic/Hindi/etc. display.
- Plug-ins will now be loaded from ~/.config/$PRODUCT_NAME/Plugins.

Follow-up; Why not libnotify, Linux FAQ. More on Chrome releases
If you get to implement Chrome desktop notifications on your Ubuntu, let us know how you did it. :-)

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One Comment;

  1. Martin Kaba
    2:16 am on February 3rd, 2010

    Chrome for Linux Dev Channel Updated to 5.0 http://bit.ly/a8hrGl

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