Chrome for Linux Dev Channel Updated to 5.0

Google Chrome for Linux Dev Channel has been updated to version 5.0.307.1 with “preliminary” desktop notification support, for GTK builds of Linux only.
Chrome desktop notifications in Linux uses D-BUS notifications also known as libnotify. Also, GTK+selection colors when using GTK theme mode gets noticeably better. Other adds and fixes in this update include;

– Improved complex text support, fixing a number of bugs in Hebrew/Arabic/Hindi/etc. display.
– Plug-ins will now be loaded from ~/.config/$PRODUCT_NAME/Plugins.

Follow-up; Why not libnotify, Linux FAQ. More on Chrome releases
If you get to implement Chrome desktop notifications on your Ubuntu, let us know how youdid it. 🙂