3.0.197.x has been released to the dev channel with the following changes:

Windows / All Builds  (3.0.197.11)
  • Crash fixes
  • Bug 2993: Fix tabs getting "stuck" to your mouse and dragged out when under system load [r22024].
  • Bug 60: Make downloads removable from download shelf and download list [r22138].
  • Bug 17697: Properly unescape past searches in the Omnibox dropdown [r22167].
  • Bug 3641: Setting Chrome as default browser on multiple accounts in Vista should work [r22282].
  • Tweaks for new New Tab Page [r22316], [r22320], [r22337], [r22388], [r22428].
  • Bug 8037: Use jumplists on Windows 7 [r22375].
  • Bug 9985, 18271: Fixes for proxy users [r22430].
  • Rich text editors can now remove <s>, <u> and <strike> tags [Webkit r46286].

Linux  (3.0.197.11)
  • Default to showing the custom Chrome frame for most users [r22193].
  • Bug 15952: Use Linux native-looking title bar buttons. 
  • Many plugin fixes; fewer crashes [r21992], [r22037], [r22083] and Gmail no longer hangs [r22165].
  • GTK theme mode no longer fails to display the back button on recent Linux distros [r22242].
  • GTK themed location bar now matches theme text color (fix for dark themes) [r22018].
  • Match GTK's font hinting settings [r22411].

Mac  (3.0.197.12)
  • Bug 17555: Fix for a particularly common crash on Mac.
  • Bug 11952: Support input method editors (IMEs).
  • Enabled plugin support by default [r22209].

Extensions

  • Bugs 18140 and 18472: Fix for crashes. 
  • Added a mole expand/collapse API, callable from a toolstrip [r22382].
  • Fix a bug where content scripts that are supposed to match all pages don't match hosts that are IP addresses [r22260].
  • Delay loading of toolstrips until the background page is ready [r22302].
  • First cut at the final extension installation prompt on Windows [r22368].
  • Experimental support for Databases and DOM Storage when extensions are enabled [r22452 and r22407].
  • Beginnings of extension shelf for linux [r22439].
Known issues:
  • (Mac) Flash can use a lot of CPU.
  • (Mac) Bug 18203:  Mouse clicks on Flash content often doesn't work. (Try middle-click as a workaround.)
  • (Mac) Bug 18666: Page Up/Down and Cursor Up/Down no longer scroll page content.
More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revisions.



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Jonathan Conradt
Engineering Program Manager