While those that have Chrome installed are stuck at 0.2.149.30, a new beta version of Google's browser has been making its way into every corner of the web. Known as 0.2.152.1, the release has been launched through the Chrome Dev channel last week and it features new Network and Window managers, plus:

Javascript/Web API

- Fix hit-test detection in SVG
- Ensure contextmenu event is dispatched _after_ mouseup.

User Interface/Behavior

- Stop creating full-text index data for https: pages.
- Changes the behavior of 'New incognito window' to always open a new window and 'New window' to always open a new normal window.
- Move the New tab, New window, and New incognito window options to the wrench menu (from the page menu).
- When you right-click a tab and hover on Close other tabs, Close tabs to the right, or Close tabs opened by this tab, the tabs that would get closed pulse briefly so you can see what tabs will be affected.
- The about :version page has been rearranged to show the versions of Google Chrome, WebKit, and V8. The About dialog no longer shows the user agent string (it's still available in about :version).
- Tables in dialogs like the task manager and keyword editor do not flicker on resize.
- Fix errors with tabs sometimes showing the wrong title or favicon.
- Allows chrome menu items and bookmarks bar menu items to be selected with right-click.
- Update the New Tab page properly when bookmarks change.

Plugins

- Fixes bugs with Silverlight plugin not displaying correctly.
- Fix YouTube (and other Flash videos) halting if the time-advance slider is used.
- Fixes a problem with Shockwave/Flash games not loading.

Application Shortcuts and Pop-up Windows

- Makes sure that application windows (and popups from applications) show the application icon and do not have an address bar.
- Fixes the "Create application shortcut" window being too short on Windows Vista.

Network/Proxy

- Better handling of proxy settings, fixing a corruption reading the config file.
- Fix performance problems with using proxies.
- Fix a problem accessing some SSL sites that return an illegal message.

Crashes

- Fix occasional crash when trying to make Google Chrome the default browser.
- Fix crash in history view when deleting a day of history.

To download Google Chrome beta 0.2.152.1 follow this link.