Chrome 8 goes final with PDF viewer, Web Store support
updated 03:55 pm EST, Thu December 2, 2010
Chrome 8 arrives with PDF and Web Store
Google today quietly released a finished version of Chrome 8. The stable release adds a new built-in PDF viewer that, like Safari, saves having to use a companion app. The tool is sandboxed to prevent a rogue PDF from compromising the browser and posing a security threat to the rest of the system.
Although not directly mentioned, developers have also revealed that Chrome 8 should have the underlying framework for the Chrome Web Store. Google's portal will let users shop for web-based apps, such as Flash games or HTML-based productivity tools, without having to visit separate sites. Access to the store isn't currently active.
Full release notes aren't available, but the update should fix a pair of major security holes with SVG images and XPath as well as other crashes and exploits that focus most on web video. Linux and Mac users get a specific fix that updates the list of dangerous files to be in sync with the Windows edition.
All three operating systems can download the update today.
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It will be interesting to see whether Chrome's Web Store will take off. Developers will have a greater potential audience, but at the high cost of sharing revenue with Google.
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