This kind of stuff needs to stop. Chrome in particular has the whole fancy installer thing. What if I have an old machine sitting around that I simply need chrome on (even an older version)? Don't support it, that is fine, but don't prevent me from doing something that used to be possible.
Third-party sources such as filehippo and others have archived every version of Google Chrome produced since 2009(?) and that's the only option.
Google's stance is that they only support the latest version. Needless to say, this policy hasn't been popular with web developers who need to test older versions.
> Google's stance is that they only support the latest version. Needless to say, this policy hasn't been popular with web developers who need to test older versions.
It's actually extremely popular with web developers because almost everyone is on the current version. It's awesome.
If Google isn't going to support (i.e. provide security fixes) for the branch that supports older versions of OS X, it would be irresponsible to let people continue to install it.
Safari 4.1.3 is the final version for Tiger as of 18 November 2010.[9] Despite not having received security updates since then, Tiger remains popular with Power Mac users...
Plus new HTML features, but they are secondary.
But, half-joking aside, it's dangerous to run old browsers with no security updates. It might not have bitten you, and it might never bit you (like how you can run off a red light lots of times and you might not crash into anyone).
That doesn't make it less dangerous than running a browser WITH security updates.
Google simply doesn't archive older versions of Chrome and doesn't offer them for download.
This is covered in their support FAQ. They only support and offer the latest version.