Chrome 4.0.249.0

Chrome v4.0.245.0 [11-14-09]

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)

• Update covered by extensions and all platforms.

• [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)
  

• [r31127] Select boxes work again (Issue: 26759)
• [r31416] Catch plugin crashes. (Issue: 25964)
  

• [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)
  

• 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.
  

Chrome v4.0.237.0 [11-08-09]

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.

• [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.

• 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)

• [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.

Chrome v4.0.229.1 [11-05-09]

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).

• [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).

Chrome v4.0.223.1 [10-24-09]

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 ConradtEngineering Program Manager

Chrome v4.0.221.6 [10-08-09]

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.221.6 for Windows and 4.0.221.8 for Mac and Linux.

• All
• Theme change should automatically update New Tab Page background again. [r27841] (Issue: 20392)
• Mac
• No longer crash when selecting closed window from Dock menu. [r27769] (Issue: 14003)
• Fix several issues with dragging tabs and quickly letting go. [r27861] (Issues: 22266, 13594, 22538)
• Fixes for full screen plugins: keystrokes are now sent to full screen plugins and the Menu Bar is properly hidden. [r27755] (Issues: 19534, 21020)
• Linux
• Work around the sudden creation of a tree of directories in your homedir after an update.  [r27997] (Issue: 23327)
  
• Tab titles in Thai locales are no longer chopped.  [r27725] (Issue: 22791)
  
• Extensions
• More features for browser actions (still in progress, still Windows-only)
• badges [r27951] (Issue: 23268)
• popups [r27889] (Issue: 23596)
• Fix bug on Linux where directory cruft was accidentally created. (Issue: 23327)
• Known Issues
• Linux: Google Chrome fails to collect zombie processes from closed tabs. (Issue: 23778)
• Mac: Bookmark bar looks weird, and hurts you when you resize the window (hit cmd-shift-b twice after window resizing as workaround).

Chrome v4.0.220.1 [10-03-09]

Version: 4.0.220.1


This week's dev channel update includes a number of fixes.  It introduces the Native Client as a built-in feature for the first time on Windows.  Some additional Extensions APIs also make their first appearance.


All Platforms

• [r27300] Remove "Remove Item" from download item context menu. (Issue: 23078)
  
• [r26976] Omnibox now understands Zeroconf .local hosts. (Issue: 19957)
  

• [r27445] Native Client is now built into the renderer but disabled by default.  For info on how to enable please see this page.

• [r27015] cmd-f, cmd-g, cmd-e now use the system-wide find pasteboard. (Issue: 14562)
• [r27464] cmd-up/cmd-down now work correctly. (Issue: 22585)
  
• [r27378] Sheets should be positioned between the content and everything above it, no matter if they are window- or tab-modal. (Issue: 17615)
• [r27185] Download item name no longer displayed in white in Incognito window. (Issue: 22664)
• [r27405] about:ipc page enabled. (Issue: 22664)
• [r27064] Omnibox now draws red bar over "https" for bad site certificates. (Issue: 22558)
• [r27127] Typing option-return in the Omnibox now opens a new foreground tab. (Issue 22822)

• [r27368] Extension shelf now obeys GTK theme. (Issue 23031)
• [r27041] "Other bookmarks" link no longer chopped off non-English locales. (Issue 22788)
• [r27194], [r27422] App shortcuts now work and use proper icon. (Issue 22589, 22528)

• [r27599] Extensions menu item now in 'wrench' menu. (Issue 22883)
• [r27319] Introduce Browser Actions. (Issue 22099 and others) (still a work in progress)
• [r27163] Implemented extension packing on Linux.
• [r27290] Toolstrip dragging now restricted to extension shelf.
• [r27262] Themes and extensions now install if you have "ask for destination" option set in download options.
• [r27376] Content scripts can now see their own functions in setTimeout.
• [r27440] Fix crash when using non-extension iframe.
• [r27393] Some initial i18n API (still a work in progress). (Issue: 12131)

Chrome v4.0.211.7 [09-24-09]

UPDATE: 2009-09-22 - 4.0.211.7 is being pushed to Windows.  It contains 2 fixes, the first resolves the issue which prevented large downloads and the second is a stability fix which should resolve a number of crashes (bug 22135). Thank you for you again for your patience.


UPDATE: 2009-09-19 - 4.0.211.4 is being pushed to Windows and resolves this issues with bookmark synchronization. Thank you for your patience.

UPDATE: THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN HALTED DUE TO A CRASHING ERROR WITH --enable-sync.


This week's changes for the dev channel, 4.0.211.2, is being released to all platforms.

• All
• Fixed a bug that prevented some Dailymotion videos from playing. [r25220]
• Bug fixes in NewFTP. [r25624][r25729][r25750][r25771]
• Improved New Tab page load performance. [r25232]
• Win
• Ensure that tips change when the Chrome language changes. [r25834]
• Mac
• Import from Firefox no longer hangs. [r25174]
• Added SSL icons. [r26307]
• Implement the search engine manager. [r26078]
• Allow windows with a single tab to be merged into other windows with drag and drop.
• Allow Snow Leopard systems to connect to certain IPv6-enabled web sites when only IPv4 is available. [r26051]
• Prevent a sad tab when loading certain images on Snow Leopard. [r26089]
• Don't show "Google Chrome did not shut down properly" when quit from the Dock, logout, restart, or shut down. [r26269]
  
  
• Linux:
• Make the bookmark toolbar folders act like a menu bar. [r25677]
• Bookmark bar shows a menu on too many bookmarks. [r25200]
• Implement external protocol handler dialog (e.g. for aim: URLs).[r25373]
• Extensions can register page actions. [r25934]
• Fix a crash when closing tabs that have open login prompts. [r26066]
  
• Work around a Flash crash that mostly affects Gentoo users. [r26265]
  
  
• Extensions
• Enable/disable extension button on chrome://extensions
• Update extensions now button to force autoupdate check on chrome://extensions
• chrome.window and chrome.tab APIs can now reference relative URLs inside an extension
  
  

• All
• Large files do not download completely - bug 406
• Linux:
• Cannot be set as the default browser in GNOME (Already fixed by [r26314, r26316]).
  

Chrome v4.0.203.2. [08-31-09]

The dev channels for Windows and Linux have been updated to 4.0.203.2.

• All Platforms
• [r23666, r23790, r23988] Fix some hangs/crashes. (Issue: 16512, 16871, 18217, 18521, 19710, 19860)
• [r23668] Fix hang with video and audio tags. (Issue: 19276)
• [r23670] When SafeBrowsing alerts for a page, don't allow that page to redirect until after the user has dealt with the alert. (Issue: 6442)
• [r23754, r23937] Prevent time/slider from jumping around during and after seeking in video and audio tag content. (Issue: 19396)
• [r23859] Reduce Omnibox flicker. (Issue: 18369)
  
• [r23965] Unicode text could sometimes produce garbled Omnibox dropdown entries. (Issue: 5490)
  
• [r23967] Fix problems with plugin z-order. (Issue: 15840)
  
• [r24033] Fix a crash on Windows and Linux. (Issue: 17569)
  
• [r24151] Fix regression (since Chrome 2.0.172.1) where some gzipped files (e.g. script) were not unzipped before evaluation, making them unusable. (Issue: 16430)
  
• [r24170] Faster startup with custom themes. (Issue: 18768)
  
• [r24179] Graphical errors with some themes. (Issue: 20139)
  
• [r24189] Problems with video/audio tag playback and looping at rates other than 1.0. (Issues: 19856, 19105)
  
• [r24192] Properly align cursors used for middle-mouse-autoscroll with the original click location. (Issue: 6173)
  
• Windows
• [r23915] During uninstall, if Chrome was the default browser, prompt user to choose a new default. (Issue: 14023)
  
• [r23849] Fix clicking/noise when playing video/audio tag content with 48 or 96 kHz audio. (Issue: 17940)
  
• [r24198] Remove "Clear browsing data" and "Import bookmarks & settings" from Tools menu since they are now available in the Options. (Issue: 20137)
  
• Linux
• Chrome for Linux is now truly 64 bit.
• [r23696, r23737, r23768, r23815, r23846, r23930, r23944, r24034, r24040, r24191, r24207] Crash fixes. (Issues: 10911, 17549, 18686, 18866, 18907, 18957, 19552, 19670, 19788, 19915, 19971, 19994)
• [r23828] Make inactive titlebar legible. (Issue: 18856)
• [r23834] Ctrl-C does nothing in Omnibox. (Issue: 19648)
• [r23760] Default to not using custom frame under Fluxbox. (Issue: 19130)
• [r23757, r23827, r23998, r24010] Add some missing pieces of UI. (Issue: 11507, 13524, 17251, 19290)
• [r23879, r24001] Fix small graphical issues with the find bar. (Issue: 19726, 19811)
• [r23899, r24149] Fix issues with tab titles and their tooltips. (Issue: 19741, 19754)
  
• [r24210] Cookie manager polish. (Issue: 17919)
  
• [r24000] Allow users to delete entries from autocomplete suggestion lists. (Issue: 19664)
  
• Extensions
• [r23675] Fix some issues around re-enabling disabled extensions. (Issue: 12140)
  
• [r23676] Async extension callbacks now always fire and set chrome.extension.lastError on error. (Issue: 17381)
  
• [r23739] Beginnings of localization support. (Issue: 12131)
• [r24223] Unconditionally enable HTML5 Database and Local Storage support for chrome-extension:// pages. (Issue: 19511)
  
• [r24231] Crash fix. (Issue: 15888)
• Known Issues
• WebInspector's Elements Panel is blank for some sites. (Issue: 19850)
  
• Control key misbehaves in omnibox on Linux (Issue: 20166)
• Chrome for Linux not fully themed with GTK+ theming.
• Moving a tab in Chrome 64 bit for Linux always detaches the tab.  (Issue 20513) 

Chrome v3.0.194.3 [07-28-09]

This week's update includes changes for Windows, Mac and Linux. Significant changes include:
Form suggestions now shrink properly as the list of suggestions gets shorter. (Issue: 15334)Extensions can now auto-update. (Issue: 12117)Set the default minimum font size to 12 for Chinese and 10 for Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Thai. (Issues: 16868, 16875)Mac now supports drag and drop of URLs, plain text, and HTML intoand out of the content area, as well as within text fields and the
thumbnails on the new tab page. URLs can be dragged to and from other
apps, the Finder/Desktop, and the Dock.(Mac) Fix for download shelf crash when clearing all downloads. (Issues: 15855, 15893)(Mac) First cut at infobars. Not pretty, just functional. (Issues: 15839, 14937, 14462, 16487)(Mac) Add JavaScript Console menu item to View > Developer submenu. (Issue: 16135)(Linux) Allow dragging a link from the web contents to the bookmark bar to get a named bookmark. (Issue: 16791)(Linux) Add additional hotkeys (Ctrl-Enter, Shift-F5, Shift+Scroll Wheel). (Issue: 16792)(Linux) Dockable developer tools.More details about additional changes are available in the release notes and the 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 ConradtEngineering Program Manager

Chrome v3.0.191.3 [07-08-09]

Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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 LaforgeTechnical Program Manager

Chrome v3.0.190 [06-25-09]

Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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 LaforgeTechnical Program Manager

Chrome v3.0.189.0 [06-19-09]

Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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 LaforgeTechnical Program Manager

Chrome v3.0.187.0 [06-13-09]

Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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 LaforgeTechnical Program Manager

Chrome v2.0.177.1 [05-11-09]

 
It includes a number of fixes and a couple UI tweaks.  For example, if you have searched from wikipedia.org in the past, start typing wikipedia.org in the omnibox, press the Tab key then a search term and suggestions and past searches will appear for Wikipedia.  Other fixes include:
[r14196] Scrollbars, Home/End work again in Gmail (Issue: 10009) [r14377] Flash (and other plugins) can be installed without restarting the browser. (Issue: 10574) [r14137] Fix hang seen in plugin process, including the new O3D plugin. (Issue: 10711) [r13934] On some sites text disappears or is never drawn. For example, on Google Calendar, the titles for all day events do not display. (Issue: 9904) Detailed release notes are available.  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 ConradtGoogle Chrome Program Manager