Google Chrome Releases

The Google Chrome Beta channel for Windows has been updated to 4.1.249.1030
03.10.10
Beta updates, release
The Google Chrome Beta channel for Windows has been updated to 4.1.249.1030.
 
This release fixes a few UI and installer issues:

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.
Google Chrome Beta channel for Windows has been updated to 4.1.249.1025 including fixes for few UI and stability issues
03.05.10
Beta updates, release
 

 

The Google Chrome Beta channel for Windows has been updated to 4.1.249.1025. This release fixes a few UI and stability issues:

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.342.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms and 5.0.342.0 ChromeFrame
03.04.10
Dev updates, release

​The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.342.1 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms and 5.0.342.0 ChromeFrame
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All

  • Extension content scripts no longer run multiple times after fragment (ie #hash) navigations (Issue:35924)
  • Early version of Geolocation API now available with following caveats:
    1. To enable, run the browser with --enable-geolocation
    2. Wifi based location is only supported on Windows and Mac (not OSX 10.6 for now)
    3. Permissions are not persisted (will re-prompt every time) and associated UI is incomplete.

Mac

  • Improved plugin stability (Issue:35081,36928)
  • AutoFill Preferences UI Updates
  • Translate infobars are now implemented (Issue:34466)
  • Mac History menu now has favicons andno longer lists duplicates of Recently Closed sites
    (Issues: 20464 and 21314)
  • Added HTML5 databases to the Mac cookie manager (Issue: 35191)

 

Chrome Frame
Known Issues
  • Linux
    • Chrome crashes when setting prompt for cookies/data (Issue: 37426)
    • The "Show details" link on cookie/data prompt doesn't work (Issue: 37428)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revisions.

Windows Beta Update: Translate and content controls
03.01.10
Beta updates, release

 

The Windows Beta channel for Google Chrome has been updated to 4.1.249.1021. This update has some new features that we wanted you to be able to try before Chrome 5 is ready, so we created Chrome 4.1.

 

The new features are
  • Automatic translation of web pages
  • More content settings to let you control whether web sites can store cookies, load images, use plug-ins, run JavaScript or show pop-ups. You can find these new settings in under Options > Under the hood > Privacy.

 

The changes in Google Chrome 4.1 Beta are explained in more detail on the Google Chrome Blog.

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.336.0 for Google Chrome Frame
02.26.10
Dev updates, release
The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.336.0 for Google Chrome Frame
  • [r38145] Add support for the IE File->Save As command. (Issue: 24039)
  • [r38962] Fixed an IE7 crash caused when ChromeFrame would pass keystrokes to be processed as accelerators. (Issue: 35355)
  • [r39208] Add support for accelerators like BackSpace, Shift+Backspace to navigate back or forward. (Issue: 35629)
More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.
The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac/Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.11: fix package dependencies
02.26.10
Beta updates, release

 

The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.11 to fix a few more issues:
  • [Linux] Fixed the dependency problem that caused extra packages to get pulled in for installing Google Chrome. (Issue 35639)
  • [Mac, Linux] Fixed an issue where an error resolving a proxy server would not try a direct connection. (Issue 32316)
  • [Mac, Linux] Fixed an extensions bug that could crash the entire browser. (Issue 34778)
  • [Mac, Linux] Fixed an issue in the cross-site scripting auditor that could prevent Google translate from working on sites. (Issue 33115)

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.335.0 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms
02.24.10
Dev updates, release

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.335.0 for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

All

  • Support "cache-bypassing reload"; this is hooked to various accelerators on different platforms (e.g. shift-reload, ctrl-reload, etc.) (Issue 1906)
  • [r38877, r39018, r39040, r39133, r39346, r39524] Fix numerous issues relating to new Content Settings functionality (Issues 34633, 34668, 35011, 35775, 36021)
  • [r39285] Fix crash when alert() is called from extension popup (Issue 33698)
  • [r39365] When a single tab is open, "Close other tabs" context menu option should be grayed out (Issue 35576)
  • [r39381] Remove all infobars from a tab when its renderer crashes (Issue 36035)
  • [r39412] Fix crash adding/deleting bookmark/folder when browser sync is on and the network is not available (Issue 36200)
  • [r39670] Do not send extra blur and focus events if popup menu is showing (Issue 23499)
  • [r39682] Fix crash when dragging bookmarks (Issue 36473)

Windows

  • [r39328, r39564] Fix issues relating to new Content Settings functionality (Issue 35118, 36079)
  • [r39408] Fix a crash when installing an extension from incognito mode (Issue 36077)
  • [r39461] Fix star button theming (Issue: 35028)
  • [r39676] "Remove" and "remove all" buttons in cookie manager should not be enabled when nothing is selected (Issue 34886)

Mac

  • [r39240] Fix Mac startup theme perf regression (Issue 34775)
  • [r39389, r39467, r39485] Add client SSL certificate support for Mac (Issue 16831)
  • Enable Full Screen mode (Issue 31638)
  • [r39231] Adds grippys to the left side of the Browser Actions container to resize the container (they do not work yet) (Issue 26990)
  • [r39158] Show icon in omnibox when popups were blocked (Issue 35594)

Linux

  • Fix package dependencies in .deb package (Issue 35639)
  • [r38999] Fix crash with some extensions (Issue 35577)
  • [r39160, r39257] Fix issues relating to new Content Settings functionality (Issues 34941, 35861)
  • [r39250] Fix crash when editing a bookmark in the bookmark manager (Issue 35438)
  • [r39251] Implement the new AutoFill section of the Options dialog (Issue 33025)
  • [r39436] Failing NSS version check should not be a fatal error (Issue 33163)
  • [r39669] Add "deb" and "rpm" to dangerous extension list (Issue 31144)
The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.9
02.17.10
Beta updates, release

The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.9. This release fixes a few issues to make the browser a bit more reliable:

  • [Mac, Linux] Fixed a tab crash that could be triggered by visiting wordpress.com, http://acid3.acidtests.org/, and many other sites. (Issue 35498)
  • [Mac, Linux] Fixed a tab crash in image loading. (Issue 32230) 
  • [Linux] Improved font bolding for fonts without native bold. (Issue 22360)

 

The dev channel has been updated to 5.0.322.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms
02.12.10
Dev updates, release

 

The dev channel has been updated to 5.0.322.2 for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms

All

  • [r38242] Don't crash when a theme specifies a nonexistent image. (Issue: 31719)
 
 
Mac
  • [r38319] Honor modifiers for clicks on home button – cmd-clicking the home button now opens your home page in a new tab. (Issue: 34900)
  • [r38204] Implemented writing direction context menu in text input fields.
  • [r38504] Add local storage nodes to the cookie manager (Issue: 33068)
 
Linux
  • [r38320] Use of Freetype's emboldening for fonts that don't provide bold. Fixes the sometimes blurry bold fonts. (Issue: 22360)
  • [r38372] Can now drag and drop bookmarks from Firefox. (Issue: 34141)
  • [r38246] Implement content blocking address bar icons and bubbles (Issue: 33314)
 
Native Client
 
  • Chrome for Linux and Mac OS 10.6 can now run Native Client modules directly, no plugin required. To enable this features, run Chrome with the following command line flags --internal-nacl --enable-gpu-plugin --no-sandbox.
  • Platform-independent NPAPI extensions for 2D, 3D, and mouse/keyboard events are now available.
  • We'd like to hear from you. Please send feedback to native-client-discuss@googlegroups.com,
 
The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.7
02.11.10
Beta updates, release
The Google Chrome Beta channel for Mac and Linux has been updated to 5.0.307.7. You can read about it on the Google Chrome Blog.

 

We've been adding many of the features that were missing on the Mac, and working hard on making Google Chrome on both platforms more reliable. We've spent a lot of time making plug-ins (like Adobe Flash Player) more reliable.

What's new on Mac since the last Beta update?

Highlights of Linux Fixes

  • [r34915] Fix a hang on many sites using custom fonts. (Issue: 29861)
  • [r37193, r36423, others] Improvements in GTK theme mode, using system colors in more places (new tab page, highlights, scroll bars). (Issue: 25831, 29948))
  • [r37201] We now also will load plugins from ~/.config/$PRODUCT_NAME/Plugins. (Issue: 22261)
  • Improved complex text support, fixing a number of bugs in Hebrew/Arabic/Hindi/etc. display.
  • [r34222] OOM killer should now kill runaway tabs before it kills the browser. (Issue:29752)

Highlights of Mac Fixes

  • [r36016] Support pinch to zoom on the Mac. (Issue: 16305)
  • [r35440] Cmd-three finger swipe opens prev/next page in new tab. (Issue: 29804)