Chrome Releases

Dev update: Larger fonts

Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2009

Google Chrome 3.0.182.3 has been released to the Dev channel.
The people have spoken. The small font issue affecting most non-English languages has been fixed (issue 12309).
Mark LarsonGoogle Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Release 3.0.182.2

Mittwoch, 27. Mai 2009

[Edits: Google chrome now supports the video tag. Also adding a note about the known issue with small fonts. --mal, 27 May 2009]
Google Chrome 3.0.182.2 has been released to the Dev channel.
Highlights for this release:

Google Chrome now supports the video tag.
--auto-spell-correct flag will fix common typos like "teh" for "the" in the blink of an eye.
Various bits of UI clean-up (toolbar and dangerous download bar paint issues).
Multiple crash fixes.

Known Issue:

The font in the browser's user interface is very small in most non-English languages. This will be fixed in the next Dev channel update. (Issue 12309).

Version Changes:

WebKit - 531.0
V8 - 1.2.5.1
Gears - 0.5.21.0

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 Laforge
Technical Program Manager

Beta update: V8 experiment

Freitag, 22. Mai 2009

Google Chrome 2.0.172.30 has been released to the Beta channel. The changes in this release since 172.27 are

complete translations in all languages
an experimental change in the V8 JavaScript engine that might improve page load times for pages with a lot of JavaScript.
a fix for a crash when using the French spell check dictionary (Issue 8551)
a fix for a crash when visiting a site with more than 50 feed links (Issue 12075)

You can join the Beta channel by downloading the Google Chrome Beta channer installer.

--Mark Larson

Google Chrome Program Manager

Stable Update: Google Chrome 2.0.172.28

Donnerstag, 21. Mai 2009

We're promoting 2.0.172 from Beta to the Stable channel today.
We've made a lot of changes to stuff you never see, such as a newer version of WebKit for rendering web pages, a new network stack, and improvements to speed up the V8 Javascript engine.
There are some new features like removing Most Visited sites from the New Tab page, form autofill, and full screen mode.
We're also proud to announce that Google Chrome is now available in 50 languages. We added Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya (on Windows Vista only), Tamil, and Telugu in this release.
You can read more about it here.
--Mark LarsonGoogle Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Update: 2.0.181.1

Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2009

Google Chrome has been updated to 2.0.181.1 on the dev channel. This release contains many localization, crash, and ui behavior fixes.

Version Changes:

WebKit - 530.11
V8 - 1.2.4.1
Gears - 0.5.21.0

Changes:

Fixed a common crash when using a French spell-check dictionary. (Issue: 8551)
Fixed a regression where maximizing Chrome turned the tab-background black. (Issue: 11695)
Improved remote desktop (RDP) performance by using the standard dotted rectangle when moving a tab out. (Issue: 805)
The command line debugger has been replaced by a graphical debugger using the WebKit inspector scripts tab to debug JavaScript running in V8.
It is now possible to set proxy setting from the command-line. See the issue for more information. (Issue: 266)

Beta Update: Bug fixes and translations

Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2009

Google Chrome 2.0.172.27 has been released to the Beta channel. This release adds translations for all new features in all supported languages. We've made a number of fixes to improve reliability and updated the version of Gears to 0.5.19.0.

You can install the current Beta channel release from http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/.

Please report bugs at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/list.

Mark LarsonGoogle Chrome Program Manager

Dev Channel Updated with Bug Fixes

Dienstag, 12. Mai 2009

WebKit

530.9

1.2.2.1

[r14827] Support PgUp/PgDn in Omnibox for "first entry/last entry." (Issue: 6857)

[r15115] Tell the user if Chrome is not the default browser. (Issue: 9049)

[r15702] You can choose to allow pop-ups from a site. (Issue: 11440)

[r14891] Fix for crashing when zoomed into street level on maps.yahoo.com (Issue: 2044)

[r14731] Patch from Mohamed Mansour for systems without an installed printer. (Issue: 6835)

[r15020] Stop the location bar from flashing white when navigating from one HTTPS site to another. (Issue: 11157)

[r15214] Fix for common issues around opening a new window. (Issues: 6377, 6192, 835)

Lots of work around Extensions. (See r15417, r15271, r15310)

release noteslist of all revisionshttp://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channelhttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entryGoogle Chrome Program Manager