Chrome 12 gets a beta release

INTERNET SEARCH GIANT Google has released the latest version of Chrome, giving the Beta update a shiny look and a handful of improvements.

The beta has trackpad improvements, an updated flash player and several stability and functional improvements over the previous release, according to the firm, as well as some security fixes.

Root escalation has been disallowed in Chrome 12, and it has an about:flags in Guest mode, safe browsing protection, the ability to delete Flash cookies from within the browser, and multiple package updates, includinog openssl, dbugs, pango, sudo, strongswan, acl, libxml2, and dhcpd.

It is a beta, of course, and there are already a number of known issues. These include some problems with chat window opening and, perhaps worst of all, "Angry Birds displays black screen in SD and HD version during intro video". µ