This week's changes for the dev channel focus on bug fixes as well as a new defense for cross-site scripting attacks.

Version: 4.0.207.0 for Mac and Linux.


All:
  • Reflective XSS filter for better security against a common attack.  See the mailing list post for more information.
  • Fixed extraneous horizontal scrollbars in Gmail (Issue: 7976)

Mac:
  • [r25560], [r25475], [r25478] Tweaks to the Omnibox look.
  • [r25182] Fix zoom (green maximize) button. (Issue: 17472)
  • [r25380] Adjust color spaces so that Mac Chrome renders colors properly. (Issues: 2055219951)
  • [r25167] Don't show favicons or throbbers for the New Tab page on the Mac. (Issues: 1333720378)
  • Uploading images with "Hide extension" set does now work. (Issue: 20857)

Linux:
  • [r25373] Add external protocol dialog for Linux. (Issue: 20731)
  • [r25100] Handle external protocols, e.g. mailto: links. (Issue: 20696)
  • [r25125] Fix crash when switching to a tab containing audio/video elements. (Issues: 20138, 19677)

Extensions:
  • [r25293] Added an auto-update now button to chrome://extensions page. (Issue: 17853)
  • [r25253] Fix crash on Mac when pressing "load unpacked extension" in chrome://extensions page. (Issue: 20860)

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