Chrome 38.0.2125.111 released

Another new version of Chrome was announced yesterday.

The announcement unfortunately contains no details about what was changed. There is a link to the full change log, but that page is rather technical and likely difficult to read for typical users. However, it appears that the new version fixes several minor bugs, none of which are related to security.

Reviewing the change log reveals this:

Flip 32-bit warning string to let users know itโ€™s the end of the line. The string is changing to “This computer will no longer receive Google Chrome updates because its hardware is no longer supported.” Previously, the message began with “This computer will soon stop receiving”.

Since my main computer currently runs a 32-bit O/S, I became somewhat alarmed at this. Digging into the related material, I was able to determine that the message in question is only for Mac systems. 32-bit versions of Windows will continue to receive Chrome updates.

About jrivett

Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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