Google Chrome Releases

Beta Update: All platforms

2009-12-16T11:56:00.000-08:00

The Beta channel has been updated to 4.0.249.43 for Linux, Windows and Mac. It was cut at r34532. The release includes stability improvements for Linux and Linux, Windows and Mac.

All platforms

Fixed several common crashes

Windows and Linux

Fix bug 28795 - Added a notification says "xxx is synched." if you are already synced and click that button.

Linux

Fixed bug 28061 - Add popup support for page action extensions.

Known issues

Mac only: bug 29121 - You'll get an error when checking for updates using the About Google Chrome dialog. 'Update server not available' (error : 12). Regardless of the error message, the update is successful.

Orit Mazor, Google Chrome

Stable update: Crash fixes

2009-12-14T14:13:00.000-08:00

Google Chrome's Stable channel has been updated to version 3.0.195.38. (The Stable channel is still Windows-only.)

This release fixes a couple of browser crashes:

r31694 fixes a crash while typing in the omnibox (issue 20511).
r32474 fixes a crash while playing mp4 videos with odd sizes, such as 1366x768 (issue 27675).

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

2009-12-11T13:37:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.266.0 for Windows and Linux.

No mac updates this week, we are working to get a version out soon.

All Platforms (but Mac)

Initial implementation of the HTML5 sandbox attribute for iframes [WebKit@51577]
[r33376] Copying an image from a web page and pasting into Gmail now works (Issue: 27708)
Spellchecker moved to renderer. (Issue: 25677)

Windows

[r33803] Fixed download dialog truncation in German locale. (Issue: 23178)
[r33855] Fixed options panel truncation in various locales. (Issue: 24821)
[r33793] Implement keyboard access between bookmarks and main toolbar. (issue 3510 issue 8329 issue 10942 issue 15228 issue 21211).

Linux

[r32547] Extensions that use bubbles on page actions work. (Issue: 28061)
[r33132] Proxy settings should now work on newer KDE4 systems. (Issue: 25938)
[r32206] Use SSE2 optimizations in Skia.

Known issues:

Issue #30065
[Linux] Drop down menu for bookmark location is broken;Drop down menu opens for a second then close.

Issue #30066
Once a folder is located in 'Other Bookmarks', user cannot move the folder out of 'Other Bookmarks'

Issue #30067
[Linux] When creating Folder/Bookmark under the 'Other Bookmarks', Foler/Bookmark is created on the bookmark bar.

Issue #30068
[Linux] When Folder is located under parent folder or 'Other Bookmarks', the folder icon color becomes gray.

Orit Mazor, Google Chrome

Beta Update: Linux, Mac, and Windows

2009-12-08T09:05:00.000-08:00

We're happy to announce that Google Chrome 4.0.249.30 has been promoted to the Beta channel on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

In addition to introducing our first Beta versions on Mac and Linux, this update introduces Google Chrome extensions on Windows and Linux. Read more about this Beta update on the Google Chrome Blog.

This release is the same as 4.0.249.25 with a fix to make the HTML video tag work.

Users can subscribe to the Beta channel by installing from

Windows: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=betachannel
Mac: http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac
Linux: http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux

Mac users who previously installed the Dev channel release will automatically be migrated to the Beta channel. If you want to get back on the Google Chrome Mac Dev channel, follow the instructions at http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

(A new Dev channel release is coming soon.)

Mark Larson
Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

2009-12-04T15:15:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.27 for Mac.

Mac

[r33490] Disabled extensions. (Issue: 29086)
[r33556] [r33768] Added more localized string translations.
[r33803] Fixed download dialog truncation in German locale. (Issue: 23178)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-12-03T17:25:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.25 for Windows.

All

[r33602] Delete old version directories of installed extensions during garbage collection. (Issue: 28884)

Win

Fixes for two top crashes. (Issues: 28994 and 27068)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-12-02T15:07:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.22 for Linux, Mac, and Windows.

All

[r33013] Disable --enable-user-scripts. (Issue: 27520)

NOTE: You can now install user scripts by navigating to them. You will have to reinstall your current scripts (they aren't migrated).

[r33086] Remove toolstrips API. (Issue: 24475)
[r32875] Turn on HTML5 DBs by default.

Mac

[r32793] Omnibox no longer becomes too long for window after installing a few themes (Issue: 28476)
[r32843] Display a warning dialog if there was a problem reading the profile (Issue: 26377)
[r32943] Switch "Save" and "Discard" buttons on dangerous download warning to match platform standard. (Issue: 28638)
[r33105] Show feedback while dragging bookmarks (Issue: 17608)
[r33243] Implement non-admin autoupdate (Issue: 16360)

Known Issue

[MAC] (Issue: 29121) If a user clicks "Set Up Automatic Updates for All Users" and later clicks "Update Now" from the About Box, an error 12 will be displayed. The product is updated successfully; restarting the browser will apply the update.

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-30T16:37:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.21 for Linux.

All

[r33013] Disable --enable-user-scripts. (Issue: 27520)
[r33086] Remove toolstrips API. (Issue: 24475)

Linux

[r32941] Change the default CSS fonts for Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Thai on Linux to poplular Linux fonts. (Issue: 20171)
[r33145] Properly detect KDE4 on newer systems (e.g. [K]Ubuntu 9.04). (Issue: 25938)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Google Chrome Frame Update

2009-11-24T14:57:00.001-08:00

Google Chrome Frame has been updated to 4.0.255.0.

ChromeFrame

Empty user directories are properly deleted when Google Chrome Frame is un-installed. (Issue: 27483)
Crash fixes (Issues: 27414, 27695, 27662)
Ensure that the renderer has focus when ChromeFrame navigates to a URL in IE full tab mode. (Issue: 22745)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-24T14:57:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.12 for Mac.

Mac

[r32659] Improved plugin focus handling (Issue: 26585).
[r32663] Improved plugin stability (Issues: 28190, 24173).

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-23T15:19:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.11 for Windows and Linux. This release includes relatively minor updates for both platforms.

Windows

Make the char encoding indicator visible again on Windows (Issue: 26438).

Extensions

Extension popups shrink when their contents shrink. (Issue: 26471)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-20T14:00:00.001-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.4 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux).

All Platforms

Fixed - Issue 27897: [Extension] Some extensions crash after installing 4.0.249.0
Fixed - Issue 27900: [Extension] Reload on crash infobar causes more crashes

Windows

Fixed top windows crasher. (Issues: 27856, 28096)
Fixed a crashing race condition in bookmark synchronization. (Issue: 23251)
Make the character encoding indicator visible again on Windows. (Issue: 26438)

Mac

Silverlight plugin support. (Issues: 28019, 27788, 25105)
Bookmark bar improvements. (Issues: 17608, 25600, 25655, 26643, 26647, 26718, 27634, 27692, 27693, 27795, 28203)
Pasting some text into the Omnibox should no longer crash Google Chrome. (Issue: 27698)

Linux

Pasting some text into the Omnibox should no longer crash Google Chrome. (Issue: 27698)

Extensions

Tab traversal in popups fixed on Windows, also a few other focus-related bugs. (Issues: 22654, 28086, 28087)

Known Issues:

Issue 27902: [Extension] Extension link on new tab page doesn't work properly

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Google Chrome Frame Update: Bug Fixes

2009-11-18T12:37:00.000-08:00

Google Chrome Frame has been updated to version 4.0.245.1. All users should be updated automatically.

This release fixes several of the most common crashes and the following issues:

Network requests fail randomly (Issue 27401).
Fix issues with CFInstall.js to better detect compatible OS and browser versions, allow users to cancel the installation frame, and not cache the isAvailable result (Issues 22738, 23057, and 23132).
Don't use Google Chrome Frame for frames or iframes (Issue 22989).
Follow redirects properly (Issue 25643).
IE8 freezing intermittently (Issue 24007).
Remove data directories on uninstall (Issue 27483).

Security Fix
Google Chrome Frame 4.0.223.9 and earlier versions were vulnerable to a cross-origin bypass.

Severity: High. An attacker could have bypassed cross-origin protections. Although important, "High" severity issues do not permit persistent malware to infect a user's machine. We're unaware of any exploitation of this issue.

Credit: Thanks to Billy Rios and Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) and also to Lostmon for finding and reporting this vulnerability responsibly.

-- Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-16T17:43:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux).

All Platforms

[r31779] Introduced Timeline and Storage panels in Chrome's Developer Tools

Windows

Covered by All Platforms and Extensions.

Mac

[r31785] Support undo in the omnibox (Issue: 18084).

Linux

[r31793] Visual fixes to the popup blocker in chrome theme mode (Issue: 26155).
[r31984] Status bubble should move out of the way of the mouse (Issue: 18311)

Extensions

[r32008] Mostly fixes black flashing that happens during popup resize. (Issue: 25459)
[r31996] Re-enable database storage for extensions. (Issue: 27216)
[r31844] Fix a crash in ExtensionMessageService when a source renderer closed. (Issue: 27554)
[r31840] Fix a crash in BrowserActionButton::OnImageLoaded. (Issue: 27167)
[r31826] Fix a crash in ExtensionsService::ReloadExtension (Issue: 27199)

Known Issues:

Issue 27897: [Extension] Some extensions crash after installing 4.0.249.0
Issue 27900: [Extension] Reload on crash infobar causes more crashes
Issue 27902: [Extension] Extension link on new tab page doesn't work properly

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-13T11:04:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.245.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). In this release we are continuing our focus on feature polish, stability improvements, and extensions work.

All Platforms

[r31412] Kiosk Mode implementation. (Issue: 23145 – doesn't work on OS X yet)

Windows

Update covered by extensions and all platforms.

Mac

[r31428], [r31429], [r31432], [r31462] Download shelf polish.

[r31156] Download shelf animates out (Issue: 25602)

[r31200] Bookmark All Tabs... works (Issue: 25099)

[r31227] Engooden SSL code – saving on google docs should no longer hang forever (Issue: 21268)

[r31369, r31197] More keyboard handling fixes (Issue: 25856, 26115)

[r31287] Send keypress() events for more keys – ctrl-1 now works in docs (Issue: 25249)

[r31316] New Tab button has "pressed" and "hover" states (Issue: 26205)

[r31330] "Paste and Match Style" now has shortcut cmd-opt-shift-v instead of cmd-shift-v (Issue: 25205)

[r31297] Mouse tracking now works correctly on full-window plugins (Issue: 25288)

[r31561] Transparent plugins now draw correctly (Issue: 25820)

[r31585] PDFs downloaded again instead of being opened by the QuickTime plugin (Issue: 26075)

Linux

[r31127] Select boxes work again (Issue: 26759)

[r31416] Catch plugin crashes. (Issue: 25964)

Extensions

[r31157] Don't reload extensions management page to refresh after install/uninstall/disable (Issue: 26163)

[r31179] User scripts not installed depending on download settings (Issue: 26801)

[r31204] Implement alert(), prompt(), and confirm() for extensions (Issue: 12126)

[r31285] Installed extensions should not have the 'reload' option (Issue: 26901)

[r31335] Make inspector for background page stay open across reloads (Issue: 25287)

[r31365] Add an info bubble after extension installation (Issue: 21412)

[r31540] Added a confirmation on extension uninstallation. (Issue: 27162)

Known Issues:

Crash when closing a browser window when page action extensions are installed on Linux. (Issue: 25558)

Crash when clicking on the "Reload" button on the extension crashed info bar (Issue: 27199).

WebDatabase has been temporarily disabled.

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug athttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Stable Update: Fix Google Chrome not Starting

2009-11-12T10:50:00.001-08:00

Google Chrome's Stable channel has been updated to 3.0.195.33 to fix a potential issue that could cause Google Chrome to stop working and a security issue.

This release removes a dependency on a Windows library (t2embed.dll) that is not required by Google Chrome. If that library is missing or the user does not have permission to read it, earlier versions of Google Chrome would fail silently.

Security Fix:

CVE-2009-2816 Custom headers incorrectly sent for CORS OPTIONS request

A malicious web site operator could set custom HTTP headers on cross-origin OPTIONS requests.

More info: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28446, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949

Severity: Low. The majority of users are unlikely to be impacted by this issue.

Credit: Apple Security

Mitigations:

A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
The OPTIONS attribute is not widely supported by servers.

Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

Dev Channel Update

2009-11-06T15:37:00.000-08:00

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.237.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). The focus on this release has been feature polish, stability improvement, and extensions work.

Mac

Significant bookmark bar improvements.

Linux

[r29163, r29299] Audio playing improvements in video/audio tags. (Issues: 23974, 20945, 17703)
[r29261] Fix international keyboard handling (alt-gr, ctrl+f). (Issues: 10846, 2215, 21471)
[r29657] ~ now works in the Omnibox to expand to home directories. (Issue: 18200)
[r29857] Fix conflicts between accelerator keys and HTML DOM accesskeys. (Issue: 21624)
[r29903] Inactive pinned tabs on linux throb when the title changes. (Issue: 25308)
Text drawn over rounded corners (including buttons) is no longer blurry. This affected a variety of sites, including Google Calendar and Google Reader.
As an experiment, we've changed the way clicking in the omnibox works. Leave a comment on the bug if it bothers you.

Extensions

Lots of work to polish and stabilize the browser and page action APIs:

[r29556] Add badge text color API. Also change color APIs from ARGB to RGBA (breaking change, sorry!) (Issues: 24635, 24644, 25215)
[r29152, r29785] Browser actions (buttons, popups) are now implemented. (Issue: 23882, 23897)
[r29997] Add support for tab-specific state to browser actions. Also, fix the bug where only the first call to setIcon() works. (Issues: 24669,24472)
[r30346] Constrain browser action popups to a min/max size. Also fix some glitches in popup sizing. (Issue 25214)
[r30499] Use a better signature for the new page actions API (chrome.pageAction.* instead of chrome.pageActions.*). This is technically a breaking change, but hopefully not too many people had gotten around to using the new API yet. (Issue 25833)

[r29665] Remove toolstrips on linux. They were causing lots of crashes and are going away soon anyway. (Issue 25106)
[r29911] Add chrome.extension.sendRequest() -- a simpler way to do content script messaging. (Issue 23865)
[r30341] Add new event chrome.tabs.onStatusChange. This makes the common case of wanting to know when tabs load much easier. (Issue 21729)
Other miscellaneous cleanup:

[r29498] Correctly handle reloading in the task manager (Issue 18693)

[r29555] Fix bug where content scripts did not always apply to first page load (Issue 11547)
[r29714, r29922, r29935, r30219] Various cleanup for the extension management page (Issues 12119, 25509, 25471)
[r30091] Improve install UI on mac (Issue 19654)
[r30312] Filter out hidden files when loading and packing extensions (Issue 23004)
[r30326] Copy chrome.extension.getTabContentses() to chrome.extension.getExtensionTabs(). Nobody liked the old name. (Issue 21433)
[r30384] Use the puzzle piece as the default extension icon. (Issue 25906)
[r30481] Hide the theme install bubble a little earlier. It was overlapping with the install dialog on linux. (Issue 26130)

Known Issues:

[r26861] - Autocomplete/ select box values are not being correctly populated in Linux. As a work around you can use the up/down arrow keys to view the current selection.
[r26600] - Task bar icon in Windows does not update/ display correctly.

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Stable Channel Update

2009-11-05T13:18:00.000-08:00

The stable channel has been updated to 3.0.195.32, and includes the following security and stability fixes:

Resolved a history issue that affected going back from queries in Google Maps. (Issue: 21353)
Fixed issue with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.2, where no content would be displayed. (Issue: 24883)
Fixed an infinite loop in AAC decoding. (Webkit Issue: 27239)
Fixed a top crasher. (Issue: 22205)
Fix issues where setInterval sometimes eats 100% CPU. (Issue: 25892)

Security Fixes:

CVE-2009-XXXX User not warned for some file types that can execute JavaScript

The user was not warned about certain possibly dangerous file types such as SVG, MHT and XML files. In some browsers, JavaScript can execute within these types of files. Because the JavaScript runs in the local context, it may be able to access local resources.

More info: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=23979
(This issue will be made public once a majority of users are up to date with the fix.)

Severity: Medium
Credit: Inferno of SecureThoughts.com
Mitigations:

A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
The victim would furthermore need to open a malicious file.

CVE-2009-XXXX Possible memory corruption in the Gears plugin

A malicious site could use the Gears SQL API to put SQL metadata into a bad state, which could cause a subsequent memory corruption. This may lead to a Gears plugin crash or possibly arbitrary code execution.

More info: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=26179
(This issue will be made public once a majority of users are up to date with the fix.)

Severity: High
Credit: This issue was found by the Google Chrome security team.
Mitigations:

A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
The victim would furthermore need to "click-through" the Gears dialog confirming that they trust the attacker's evil page.

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Updated with UI improvements for Mac

2009-11-04T15:14:00.000-08:00

This release is Mac OS X only and includes a number of UI improvements.

Version: 4.0.229.1

All,

[r30050] Use new renderer process for cross-site links with rel=noreferrer and target=_blank (Issue: 24447).
[r29848] Video/audio tags now support data:// protocol (Issue: 24357).

Mac

[r29121] Show "Loading" bubble while loading a theme. (Issue: 22219).
[r29229, r29270, r29396, r29458, r29660, r29877, r30045, r30209] Various keyboard handling fixes (Issues: 24817, 25000, 24921, 25396, 25330, 25254).
[r30032] Do not send some keyboard shortcuts to the renderers; e.g. cmd-w, cmd-t, ctrl-tab (Issues: 24877, 5496, 15090).
[r29812] "Copy image" now works (Issue: 13099).
[r30016] Cmd-clicking back button now opens history page in new background tab (Issue: 25319).
[r30100] If auto-update happens, About box now says "update is available" and "restart needed for latest version" (Issue: 13165).
[r30547] Form resubmission warning dialog implemented (Issue: 23526).
[r30189, r30190] Use Helvetica rather than Arial for several things (Issue: 21458).

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Orit Mazor

Google Chrome Technical Program Manager

Beta Channel Updated to 4.0 with Bookmark Sync

2009-11-02T15:02:00.000-08:00

Version: 4.0.223.16 (Windows Only)

The Beta Channel is being updated to 4.0.223.16 which is our first Beta release for 4.0. This release includes many bug fixes and for the first time Bookmark Sync is enabled. Extensions are disabled until the final API changes arrive. Please use the dev channel for the latest extension API.

More details about the changes since 4.0.223.11 are available in the svn log of all revisions.

You can join the Beta channel here: http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html?extra=betachannel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Jonathan Conradt

Engineering Program Manager

Dev Channel Updated with Crash and Calendar Fix

2009-10-23T15:35:00.000-07:00

Version: 4.0.223.11

This release fixes a crash when running extensions like the Subscribe in Feed Reader sample. It also fixes a problem in Google Calendar where overlapping calendar items were invisible because they were being displayed with 0 width. This update is being released for Windows, Mac and Linux.

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Jonathan Conradt

Engineering Program Manager

Dev Channel Updated with Fixes and Extension Changes

2009-10-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

This week Printing and the Quicktime plugin make their initial appearance on Chrome for Mac. Lots of important Extensions changes and quite a few bugs are also fixed.

Be sure to read the Known Issues if you are running Chrome for Mac.

All Platforms:

CSS rounded corners are now antialiased on Windows and Linux. (They were already on Mac.)

Mac:

Printing now works. (Issue: 13158)
[r28871] Autoupdates no longer cause problems if Chrome is already running. (Issue: 14610)
[r29388] Hitting backspace while IME is active does no longer go back in history. (Issue: 25000)
[r28837] QuickTime plugin no longer crashes, and often displays properly (though there are still bugs to be ironed out).
[r28837] Plugin whitelist has been removed, so that Chrome will attempt to load all NPAPI plugins. Expect more plugin crashes.
[r29396] Ctrl-tab switches tabs again. (Issue: 24921)
[r29458] Cmd-` switches windows again. (Issue: 24817)

Linux:

Minor visual polish (e.g. horizontal scrollbars show the proper grippy, omnibox highlighting fix).
[r28834] Create application shortcuts now works on Fedora 11. (Issue: 22966)
[r28869] Browser actions (extension buttons in toolbar) partly implemented. (Issue: 23882)
[r29102] Omnibox auto-complete popup stacks properly below SCIM IME candidate window. (Issue: 19082)
[r29261] Ctrl+F etc. no longer type other letters into edit boxes in non-English keyboard setups. (Issues: 10846, 2215, 21471)

Chrome Frame:

Fixes persistent IE 8 crashes. (Issue: 22768)

Fixed crashes when navigating with Web Inspector open. (Issue: 22993)

Fixes spurious errors when re-installing Chrome Frame. (Issue: 23444)

Fixes a crash in comctl32.dll, triggered by Google Wave. (Issue: 24115)

Fixes empty referrer issue for initial link navigations. (Issue: 22994)

Preview support for accessibility via MSAA, including ARIA role and state information. (Issues 23669, others)

Improved keyboard and accelerator handling.

IE text-size menu items now change text size in Chrome Frame.

Navigating to a site marked as restricted is now disabled in Chrome Frame. Chrome frame now updates the zone UI on the task bar.

Chrome Frame will now work for all other users on the machine, not just the user who installs it. (Issue: 23989)

Fixes for SSL certificate error issue.

Disables sending 'chromeframe' in the User-Agent if the Chrome Frame addon is disabled. (Issue: 22760)

Disables the 'Chrome has crashed - Restart?' message box.

Limited support for JavaScript history object for back/forward from content.

Extensions:

[r29068] *Breaking Change* Finalize browser actions API (Issue: 23879)
[r29284] *Breaking Change* Only one browser action or one page actions is now allowed per-extension. We are experimenting with the idea of a direct correspondence between extensions and visible UI features. We think this may improve managability. (Issue: 24473)
[r29335] Update page actions API to improve usability. Old API still supported. (Issue: 24635)
[r29495] Browser actions and page actions: Add chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path:...}). No longer need to prespecify images in manifest. (Issue: 22575)
[r29297] Add an options_page to the manifest. (Issue: 23801)
[r29365] You can now use (slightly) bigger icons in browser actions and page actions. Up to 19px square are now allowed (up from 16px). (Issue: 24881)
[r29046] Fix extension canceling. (Issue: 23405)
[r29143] Browser action button disappears when loading a new extension. (Issue: 23593)

Known issues:

Mac: If an older version of Chrome is running when this version is automatically installed the running version will not quit cleanly and will spike the CPU at 100%. It will be necessary to Force Quit the application. Use Cmd-Option-Escape to open the Force Quit dialog.
Mac: Cmd-opt-left/right navigate history instead of switching tabs (Issue:25396). Use cmd-{/} as workaround.
Linux: Some fonts may look blurry or extra bold. (Issue: 25365)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Jonathan Conradt

Engineering Program Manager

Dev Channel Updated with Fixes

2009-10-15T14:08:00.000-07:00

Version 4.0.222.12

Windows release corresponding to the 4.0.222.5 releases for Mac and Linux.

Jon Conradt
Engineering Program Manager

Dev Channel updated with Bug Fixes

2009-10-15T10:13:00.000-07:00

Version: 4.0.222.5

This week's dev channel update includes quite a few bug fixes. The Windows release will arrive shortly.

Mac OS X:

[r28121] Fix bookmark bar resize issues. (Issue: 23949)
[r28145] Support OS X's url handlers. (Issue: 15546)
[r28260, r28600] Make content area a drop target for dragging images, etc. (Issues: 23517, 19529)
[r28453] Enable "Edit Search Engines" in Omnibox context menu. (Issues: 22512, 22648)
[r28505, r28528] Make cmd-left/right and backspace/shift-backspace navigate history if the focus is not in a text box. (Issue: 12557)
[r28613] Fix a ton of theming bugs. (Issues: 22213, 20295, 18547, 19851, 23651, 24338, 18438)
[r28749] Status bubble now fades in and out after a delay. (Issue: 24495)
[ r 28709 ] Key equivalents sent to renderer: Cmd-s etc. should now work on e.g. google docs. (Issue: 15090)
[ r28813 ] Chrome's and Safari's ideas of "default browser" now agree. (Issue: 24401)

Linux:

Various crash and visual glitch fixes.

Extensions

[r28095] Extensions loaded "Load unpacked extension" (and --load-extension) will no longer change id's when they're reloaded (Issue: 21281)
Browser Actions (windows only at the moment)

[r28130, r28136] Can now set an image dynamically with an ImageData from a canvas. (Issue:23269)
[r28115] Can close popups using window.close. (Issue: 23832)
[r28187] Popups now have a bubble border. (Issue: 23833)
some sample extensions converted to use browser actions. (gmail checker, buildbot, mappy)
a number of other misc bug fixes.

[r28135] Extension packing now works on Linux and Mac. (Issue: 20669)

Known Issues:

[Mac] Trackpad scroll events are passed to windows behind the chrome window.
[Mac] Cmd-` doesn't work when tab contents are focused.
[Mac] Chrome for Mac thinks its name is Google Chrome Helper. (Issue: 24776)
[Mac] Cannot "edit" or "add" bookmarks via bookmark contextual menu. (Issue: 24828)

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

You can find out about getting on the Dev channel here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.

Jonathan Conradt

Engineering Program Manager

Beta/Stable Channel Update

2009-10-12T16:02:00.000-07:00

Both the beta and stable channel have been updated to 3.0.195.27 and contain the following fixes:

Fixed an issue where menu items for certain Indian languages were not properly visible. (Issue: 18042)
Add support to blacklist the faux www.paypal.com certificate. (Issue:24038)
Added NTLMv2 support on Windows. (Issue: 14206)
FFmpeg files now properly have NX/DBCompat enabled. (Issue: 23189 - Will be made public once this release is fully deployed)
V8 crash fix. (Issue: 22913)

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome Program Manager