I just checked in Chrome(latest -- just installed), and it all worked fine.
Do you have any plugins or custom config options that may be causing it?
Oh, yeah, I have several different extensions installed. That might be it. I'll try disabling them to see which one causes the freeze.
If one of them is buggy, maybe that might leave permanent damage to the Chrome install, so if you still get problems after uninstalling them, you might want to re-install Chrome as well.