Google Chrome prevents screensaver from starting (minimized or maximized)

After running Chrome successfully on my Mac Mini for a while, I recently noticed that after upgrading to the latest version (6.0.472.59) my screen saver will no longer kick in if Chrome is running. I have tried running several screen savers to see if the behavior would stop and it doesn't. As long as Chrome is up and running (it doesn't matter if its minimized or not, if there is an open window or not) the screen saver will not kick in. Now, for the sake of testing, everything is fine if Safari or Firefox are left open and running. HOWEVER, Opera also gets in the way of the screensaver kicking in, just like Chrome. Its annoying to have to shut down chrome if i want my computer to have screen saver capabilities and eventually sleep.
Software is up to date, permissions have been fixed and the PRAM has been zapped. I want to see if anyone has any ideas/takes on this before I re-apply the 10.6.4 combo update (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048). Any help is appreciated!

Google Chrome is third party software so perhaps you should query the developers about your issue. Try creating a new user account and see if it happens there. Your other option is to get rid of GC.

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