Dev updates

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.3 for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48)

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 16:53

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.3 (Platform versions: 1625.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

This build contains a number of performance, stability and security improvements. Additional changes:

  • Fixes to login problems that users may have encountered on machines that were shipped with versions R11 and earlier.
  • Updated Pepper flash version.

Known issues:

  • 25557 & 25559 - Hangouts will not display video of yourself or participants on Chromebooks. Audio does work, and other Hangout participants will be able to see you if video is enabled. This problem does not affect GTalk Video.
  • 25509 - Occasionally when switching tabs, the screen will not redraw the content to the new tab. Workaround: Closing all tabs or restarting the machine resolves the issue.
If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. Interested in switching channels? Find out how. You can submit feedback using ‘Report an issue’ under the wrench menu.

Dev Channel Update

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 20:52
The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1017.2 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:

All

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1010.1 for Windows and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 21:14

 

Update: Enabling getusermedia, PeerConnection and MediaStream functionality behind switch --enable-media-stream. (r117430)

The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1010.1 for Windows and Chrome Frame; 18.0.1010.0 for Mac and Linux.  This build contains the following updates:

All
  • The PDF plugin now adds ‘Rotate Clockwise’ and ‘Rotate Counterclockwise’ commands to context menus, so users can more easily view documents scanned horizontally.
  • Updated the first-run bubble text and added a link to change the current search engine. (Issue: 117521)
  • Fixed HTML5 showing download bar in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 99673)

Mac

  • Fixed issue where Cmd-W would close the whole window in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 109793)
  • Fixed best-fit-window-zoom. (Issue: 104170)

 

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1003.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 23:41
The Dev channel has been updated to 18.0.1003.1 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:

All
    • Updated V8 - 3.8.4.1
    • Fixed several crashes (Issues 106869, 104046, 106989, 107574, 106891, 108687, 107171, 109002)
    • When a profile is synced, use GAIA name + GAIA photo for avatar - Use Google OAuth userinfo API to get profile information (Issue: 91241)
    • Added support for manifest_version attribute for extensions  (Issue: 62897)
    • Eliminate drawing glitch on WebUI radio controls. (Issue: 105755)
    • Fixed regression with extension omnibox API where whitespace would get trimmed (Issue: 106355)
    • Fix page zoom for plug-in documents (Issues: 106013, 106228)
    • Fix race condition in extension service that causes extensions installed (Issue: 101935)
    • Folders in the wrench menu and application menu are greyed out (Issue: 109196)
    • Better error handling in audio wave out. (Issue: 108685)
    • Made URL filter for web request API mandatory (Issue: 106590)
    • Reject weak RSA and DSA keys when validating certificate chains for HTTPS; related UI (r114879, r116442, r115924)

Windows

    • Popups opened from a maximized window should now be unmaximized (Issue: 106967)
    • Hide panels in presence of full screen app for windows. (Issue: 102731)
    • Provide windows notification of thread termination (Issues: 107974, 103209)
    • Abort in-flight load tasks if the DB has been closed. (Issue: 106722)

Linux

    • Native Client applications should now work on Linux systems where /dev/shm is mounted with the “noexec” option, such as Gentoo (r113228).
    • Fixed issue where Google Chrome does not start on RHEL 6 and derivative Linux distributions. (r116534)

 

 

 

Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.
Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Dharani Govindan
Google Chrome

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Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.27

Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 13:13



The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.27 (Platform version: 1412.64) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Highlights:

  • Pepper flash: release 11.1.31.209
  • Stability improvements
  • File Browser improvements

 

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.26 for all platforms except ChromeOS

Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 19:09

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.26 for all platforms except ChromeOS. This release contains the following updates:

All

  • Updated V8 - 3.7.12.12
  • Make webstore installs work when the Downloads folder is missing. (Issue: 108812)

Mac

  • Fixed crashes when running on top of Apple's software OpenGL renderer. (Issue: 106891)
  • Fix the fullscreen exit bubble's shadow on lion. (Issue: 106798)

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 13:51

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.10 (Platform version: 1412.24) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Dev Channel Update

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 21:47

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.12 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.  This release contains stability and feature improvements. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to a different release channel?

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 18:18

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.6 (Platform versions: 1412.18.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).  This release contains stability and feature improvement.

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 13:34

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.2 (Platform versions: 1412.5.0 and 1412.7.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5 , and Cr-48).

Dev Channel Update

Submitted by admin on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 19:30

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux.  This release contains stability and feature improvement. Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to a different release channel?

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for all platforms

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 18:45

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for all platforms.  This release has the following updates:

All Platforms

  • Updated V8 - 3.7.12.6
  • r113121 Omnibox suggestions will now be prerendered if our confidence of the user following the suggestion is high.
  • Support for
  • Content Settings (in Options, Under the Hood) now has UI for “Mouse Cursor”, which controls the Mouse Lock API permissions.
  • r110556 Fixed a renderer crash that could happen when opening a new tab with many tabs open.
  • WebKit Issue 73056  - Small fix for BiDi selection.
  • WebKit Issue 63903 - Fixed WebKit's implementation of bdo, bdi, and output elements to match HTML5 spec section 10.3.5.

Windows

  • r111156 - Desktop shortcuts will be created for each user account, to launch Chrome with that account active.

Mac

  • The PDF viewer now renders nicer looking text.
  • r111426 - Plugins using the Core Animation rendering model are now rendered through Chrome’s compositor rather than directly to the screen. This should have no user visible side effects; please file bugs and cc: kbr@chromium.org if any unexpected issues are seen with plugin rendering on Mac.

Known Issues

  • Extension/App/Themes installs on Linux/ChromeOS are currently not working.  This includes sync-driven installs. (Bug 106599)

Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to a different release channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 (Platform version: 1324.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 17:00

 

The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 (Platform version: 1324.0.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Highlights:
Known issues:
  • Issue 22949: Repositioning of bookmarks results is in bookmark duplicate
  • Issue 22950: Chrome crashes when uploading picture to picasa album

If you find new issues, please let us know by visiting our help site or filing a bug. You can also submit feedback using "Report an issue" under the wrench icon. Interested in switching to the Dev channel? Find out how.
 

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 19:12
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.942.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:
All
  • Updated V8 - 3.7.7.0.
  • Fixed New Tab page apps re-ordering issue.
  • Policy support for disabling the Cloud Print Connector has been added.

Windows

  • Fixed an issue where Chrome app windows would hang. [r110239]

Known Issues

  • Crash when notification occurs [Issue: 103427]

Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching release channels?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Dev Channel Update for Chromebooks - updated to 16.0.912.38 (Platform version: 1193.52.0)

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/15/2011 - 19:09

The Dev Channel has been updated to 16.0.912.38 (Platform version: 1193.52.0) for Chromebooks (Acer AC700, Samsung Series 5, and Cr-48).

Release highlights:

  • A number of functionality and stability fixes
  • Flash updated to 11.0.31.110

Known issues:

  • After autoupdate, the UI may freeze on first boot after logging in. This problem happens less frequently if you wait 60+ seconds to login. Workaround - If you encounter this hang, press the power button to force the Chromebook to shutdown, then restart. The machine should behave normally after that.

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.938.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 19:13
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.938.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:
  • Updated V8 - 3.7.6.0. This release includes the new garbage collector.
  • Windows: Fixed a bug where the missing plug-in infobar would not do anything (issue 103216).
 

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.932.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/07/2011 - 18:56
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.932.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:

All

  • Fixed possible hang when using the GPU (Issue: 102214).

Windows

  • Fixed a bug causing the missing plug-in infobar (“An additional plug-in is required…”) to wrongly appear (Issue: 101821)
  • Stopped search engine dialog from appearing even when not changed.
  • NaCl working again on Win64.

Known Issues

  • In some cases, clicking the “Install plug-in” button on the missing plug-in infobar does nothing (Issue: 103216). A workaround is to click on the plug-in placeholder on the page instead.

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.928.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 18:31
The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.928.0 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame.  This build contains the following updates:

All

  • Updated V8 - 3.6.6.3
  • Prompt the user if they want to cancel downloads occurring when the last Incognito Window of a profile is closed.
  • Panels are enabled by default (extensions-only, “Tasky” in Web Store is one example)
  • Adjustable margins supported in Print Preview.
  • Mouse Lock “Allow” permission (given via a prompt) is now saved in content settings per domain.

Linux

  • Fix the multi-profile selection bubble when using a chrome-theme [r107495]
  • Optimization work to make the GTK+ tabstrip do less redundant painting. Please report any regressions, especially with complex themes. [Issue: 100803]

Known Issues

  • NaCl will not run on Windows
  • Indexed Database: IDBDatabase.transaction() - passing [] as first argument is no longer supported per specification [Issue: 99690]
  • Indexed Database: Databases will fail to load previously created object stores [Issue: 102537].

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.21 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 18:01
The Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.21 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This release contains stability fixes. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log. Interested in switching to the Beta or Stable channels?

Dev Channel Update - The Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.15 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame

Submitted by admin on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 18:09
The Dev channel has been updated to 16.0.912.15 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome Frame. This release contains fixes for stability. Full details about what changes are in this build are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to the Beta or Stable channels?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.