Dev Channel - 2.0.169.1: Install and Update fixed plus a few Bug Fixes and new version of V8
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
This release includes a number of fixes on top of the recent 2.0.169.0 release. For users having trouble installing or updating Google Chrome this release includes a fix! The most common problem seen with installs or updates happens when a users %TMP% directory is pointing at a different hard drive than their C drive.
Noteable changes:
- Make the last tab have a right-click menu. Issue 8519
- Bring V8 to version 1.0.3.6 (r1458).
- Stop history search going on beyond the start of history. Issue 8438, and Issue 8456
- Fix black titlebars rendering when toggling DWM when the window is maximized. Issue 8526
- Fix horizontal scrolling to not be reversed on tilt wheel mice and old Thinkpads. Issue 8590
- Fixes crash in ResizeCorner. Issue 8477
- Make Google Chrome windows not hide auto-hide taskbars. Issue 20, and Issue 8410
- Fix installer failure when %TMP% not on C:Issue 8505
Known Issues:
- Issue 8453: Regression: about:network dialog shows up behind current Google Chrome window
- Issue 8399: Bookmarking a page not reflected on history page when open
- Issue 8318: "Exit Full Screen" link does nothing
- Issue 8372: Background paint issues with Task manager in maximized mode.
- Issue 8289: Drag drop of bookmark from IE/FF crashes tab and then loads the page
- Issue 8071: Javascript debugger doesn't come up for constrained windows
- Issue 8040: Zoom is broken in [New Tab]
- Issue 8345: Browser can crash when removing saved passwords
- Issue 8653: CPU can go to 100% while scrolling a page using Flash
- Issue 8669: Dragging a link/bookmark into tabs may be ignored
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Jonathan Conradt
Engineering Program Manager