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Facebook problem with Google Chrome

At the actual version (2.0.172.33) ,Google Chrome, still have some bugs with Facebook.

The most troublesome for me is when I click "close" over a friend suggestion, in next friend suggestion I can't see friend name. This problem still remain until you refresh the page.

Sometimes Chrome seems hang up when a facebook tab is opened from a while. The notifications don't appear anymore and the chat don't work well. In this case you have to close the tab where Facebook is open.

I really don't know if this kind of issue are imputable to facebook ajax control (that doesnt respect standard) or to the immaturity of Google Chrome.

I still searching more information, and more user experince problem with FB.

Chrome PreBeta 2.0.169.1 win AcidTest

In this days a new version of Google Browser Chrome is available in a pre-beta realese at http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/index.html.

Probabilly you have already read about the lot of new features this versione include, but i never hear about its new record on ACID3 Test. In fact Chrome 2.0.169.1 score in Acid Test is around 100!!

Try it by yourself.

Another interesting features I have found and that isn't well-know, is now the search function works well inside page text box area too.

Other features can be found on official Google Chrome Release Blog here.

Anyway the most important include form autofill, full page zoom and autoscroll (both thanks to a new version of WebKit), and a cool new way to drag tabs out to get a side-by-side view (shown below).

Download Beta

New Release 1.0.154.43 Available

Google Chrome's Stable and Beta channels have been updated to version 1.0.154.43.

This is a minor update to add the following fixes:

• Update Gears to version 0.5.8.0 to fix a crash with some offline applications

• Enable spell-checking for Hebrew

New WebKit for Google Chrome 2.0.156.1

All the rumors indicate that Google Chrome is exiting with new version 2.0.

Actually in Beta-version this release will include:

• New version of WebKit, with lots of fixes and new features like full-page zoom, autoscroll, and CSS gradients and reflections.
  
• New network code. Google Chrome now has its own implementation of the HTTP network protocol (we were using the WinHTTP library on Windows, but need common code for Mac and Linux).
  
• Form Autocomplete.
  
• Full-page zoom.
  
• Autoscroll (rough implementation). Middle-click on a page to scroll the page in any direction.
  

A complete list of implemented features is available here

Google Chrome is now STABLE! Release 1.0.154.36

Google Chrome is now officially out of Beta

After 100 days of development and performance tuning Google Chrome can now leave the BETA tag and become official release.

All the user will get automatic updated to the latest release over the next few days, or download it here.

 

Note to Dev channel users: The Dev channel release will stay at 0.4.154.33. The current stable release is the same as the current Dev channel release without the Hotmail fix (which hasn't been tested enough to release to all users). An update is coming next week.

Bugs Fixed

• [r6418] Allows Google Desktop links to launch Google Chrome as the default browser
• [r6421] Fixes a crash when opening the Options dialog on 64-bit Windows (issue 49)
• [r6464] Changes the accelerator keys for the Javascript debugger (Ctrl+Shift+L) and Javascript console (Ctrl+Shift+J). (Issues 3696, 5087)
• [r6467] Fixes an issue with displaying unicode characters in some fonts. (Issue 5139)
• [r6482] Fixes issues with composing mail and switching folders in Hotmail. Hotmail still does not properly recognize Google Chrome, so to use the site, you have to add the following to the shortcut you use to launch Google Chrome: (not in this release)
• [r6492] Fixes the problem with 'Text zoom' being untranslated in non-English locales. (Issue 4591)
• [r5556] Fix issue 343, Chinese Sogou input method loses first letter.
• [r5927] Fix the crash in issue 4582
• [r5931] Fix the crash in issue 3899
• [r5938] Fix the crash in issue 4731
• [r5943] Fix the crash in issue 4740
• [r5950] Fix the crash in issue 4684
• [r5996] Fix issue 4750, Position the Bookmark manager context menu properly in right-to-left languages.
• [r6002, r6027] Fix crashes in focus manager, issues 3895, 4633, and 4714
• [r6016] Attempt to fix scrolling for mice/trackpads with older drivers.
• [r6029] Fix issue 4691, Ensure context menus appear on Silverlight plugin frames.
• [r6128] Fix a black background flash when resizing Street View windows with Flash 10.
• [r6228] Update V8 to 0.3.9.3 to fix a slowdown in Date() functions on Windows XP SP3.
• Attempt to fix the crash in issue 4832

Google Chrome issue with Facebook

From some days I'm trying use my Facebook with Google Chrome and it work fine and fast.

Today I tryed delete a comment on my wall and nothings happen using Google Chrome, in IE and Firefox it is ok...

I'm trying to understand what is happened and if this can be an issue of Chrome, sure I report this "bug" to Google Chrome developer team...

hope a solusion coming soon.

Google Chrome 0.3.154.9 RELEASED

This release fixes the top issues we've heard about from people using the Beta release, especially with plugins (the programs that show video on sites like YouTube).

 

Wonderful! Google fix the freeze in Chrome caused by some plugins like Flash, very noise... now you can watch Yotube Videos and navigate on other windows without any problem!!!

Reading and scrolling PDF in Chrome  is now very fast, unlike it was sice 0.2.149.30 release

I Think Google is doing a good Work.

Top Issues Fixed

• Scrolling with laptop touchpads now works.
• Improved performance and reliability for plugins (like Flash, Silverlight, QuickTime, and Windows Media). We fixed issues with video not loading, stopping after a second, and slowing down or freezing Google Chrome (100% CPU usage).
• Fixed the 'chrome has crashed' message when you close a tab that was showing PDF using Adobe Reader 9.
• We no longer store data from secure sites (they use https: and show a lock in the address bar) in your history. You can still search your history for the site's address, but not the contents on the page.
• Improved performance and reliability for people who use web proxies (thanks to griffinz for the fixes).

Security Update

• This release fixes an issue with address spoofing in pop-ups. A site could convince a user to click a link to open a pop-up window. The window's address bar could be manipulated to show a different address than the actual origin of the content.
  Security rating: Medium. This flaw could be used to mislead people about the origin of a web site in order to get them to divulge  sensitive information.
  Disclosed by: Liu Die Yu of the TopsecTianRongXin research lab.

Changes to how things look and work

• The New tab, New window, and New incognito window options moved from the 'Control the current page' menu to the 'Customize and control Google Chrome' (wrench) menu. Thanks to Szymon Piechowicz for the patch. 
• 'New incognito window' always opens a new window. 'New window' always opens a new normal window. Both options are always visible on the wrench menu.
• The spell checker works on text input fields and underlines misspelled words. You can now add words to the spell check dictionary so they are not shown as misspelled (right click on a misspelled word and choose 'Add to dictionary...').
• The download behavior for files that could run programs (exe, dll, bat, etc.) has changed. These files are now downloaded to unconfirmed_*.download files. Google Chrome asks you if you want to accept the download. Only after you click Save is the unconfirmed_*.download file converted to the real file name. Downloads that you never confirm are deleted when Google Chrome exits.

Google Chrome News in 0.2.153.1 Dev Release

Google Chrome 0.2.153.0 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY.

See http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel for information about subscribing to the Google Chrome Dev channel.
Reminder: please file (or update existing) issues at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues
Highlights
r2266 Fix scrolling (cannot scroll up) with touchpads on most laptops. Issue 4.
r2334 Fix the problem in 152.1 with the About box spinning forever to check for updates and leaving behind an orphaned chrome.exe process. Issue 2362
r2282 and r2320 Remove the separate installer for the Gears component. It is now installed as a versioned component alongside chrome.dll. When 0.2.153.0 (or later) is installed successfully, the previous version of Gears is uninstalled.

New Network and Window Managers: Testers Wanted

To use the new backend features, you can add a command line flag to the shortcut you use to launch Google Chrome. You can have multiple flags, so you can test both features if you want. To add a command line flag, right click the Google Chrome shortcut, choose Properties, and edit the Target field. You can just add the new flags at the end of the Target line.
The new command line flags are:

--new-http
Enables the new network layer. This is nearly complete, but there are still be some things that don't work. Areas that need more attention: SSL and SSL-EV sites, proxies (especially requiring authentication), very large downloads (>2GB).Please put [new-http] in the description for any bugs you file.
--magic_browzR
Enables the new tab and window manager code. The code has been refactored to help make it more portable, easier to add new features, and make it more Windows-friendly. Things like ' Tile windows horizontally' or extensions that manage multiple desktops/monitors should work, the full Google Chrome window menu is available when you right click a pop-up or application window title bar, and pop-up address bars looks nicer.A couple of known issues on Vista (already fixed, but not in time for this release): the new tab button does not work and you cannot resize windows. :(
Please put [magic_browzR] in the description for any bugs you file.
Other Notable Changes
User Interface
r2026 Double-clicking a tab's entry in Google Chrome's task manager (Shift+Esc) brings that tab to the foreground.
r2222 Your choices for Clear browsing data... are saved so the same boxes are checked the next time you open the dialog.
r2322 Add an "Add to dictionary..." option to the right-click menu for misspelled words. Use this to add a word so that Google Chrome does not highlight it as misspelled.
r2412 Fix an issue that could prevent users from saving bookmarks. Issue 1946.
r2413 Allow mutiple bookmarks to refer to the same URL (which can be useful if you want a bookmark on the bookmarks bar and also saved under Other bookmarks). To get a new bookmark for a URL, either drop a link on the bookmarks bar (not by dragging the star) or right-click the Bookmarks bar and choose Add page...
r2504 Adds a Page info option to the context menu (right click). This brings up the same information as double clicking the lock or warning icon in the address bar of an SSL page.

Plugins

r2400 Add support for Adobe Reader's fast web view, which fixes a performance problem loading PDF files. Issue 206.
Javascript/Web API
r2061 Add anti-aliasing support for SVG shape-rendering="crispEdges".
r2250 Make navigator.language reflect the current UI language for Google Chrome instead of the operating system. Issue 1862.
SSL and SafeBrowsing
r1998 Fix a problem with links or redirects to pages containing malware. The warning page now correctly identifies the new page as the malware host, rather than the previous page.
r2098 Add support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates from GlobalSign.
r2363 Add support for Extended Validation (EV) certificates from CyberTrust.
Tab Model Rewrite (--magic_browzR)
r1996 Fix several issues on Vista, most notably that tabs were not selectable with the mouse.
r2205 Allow windows to be resized on Vista
r2406 Fix an issue with tooltips showing up in the wrong location.
Other
r2223 Turn off making a request to determine the local URL for Google (google.co.uk, google.co.in, etc) when Google is not your default search provider.
r2323 (related to r2223) Don't set a cookie when making a request to determine the local URL for Google.
r2287 Fix a problem that prevented Google Chrome from being uninstalled immediately. Issue 2321
r2457 Fix the Open dialog (Ctrl+O) so that it does not lock the directory from which you open a file. Issue 2617.
r2466 Fix proxy exceptions that include upper-case characters. Issue 541.
Crashes
r2028 Fix a crash when using Find next (F3). Issue 1669,
r2090 Fix a crash when using View Source on an https page. Issue

Google Chrome last update and hot fix..coming soon

Some important changes are coming soon in Google Chrome.

Actual release is 0.2.149.30, but the programmers are working hard to 

make Google Chrome faster, more reliable and user-friendly.

I'd like report here the most important changes and hot-fixes tha will be included in the next realease of BigG Browser.

Actually on the Dev Channel you can download the 0.3.154.0 version.

Mayor changes in 0.3.154.0 are:

Release Notes: 0.3.154.0

Oct 3, 2008 7:55 PM posted by Mark Larson

Google Chrome 0.3.154.0 has been released to the Dev channel ONLY. See http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel for information about subscribing to the Google Chrome Dev channel. Reminder: please file (or update existing) issues at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues.  Highlights: Plugin Fixes This release includes several changes that improve the performance of plugins, especially Adobe Flash video. r2459, r2744 Improve the performance and scrolling of plugins. This especially improves pages with multiple plugins playing video. Note to developers: this affects windowless plugins only. (Issue 93) r2539 Fixes plugins not playing when embedded in a third-party frame on a page (Issue 1533) r2740 Fixes a problem where using Flash plugins could lock up Google Chrome and cause 100% CPU usage (Issue 387, Issue 772) New Network Layer: Testers Wanted We're just about ready to turn on the new HTTP networking code by default. There are a few remaining bugs, mostly in handling SSL edge cases and HTTP authentication. To use the new HTTP code, you can add a command line flag to the shortcut you use to launch Google Chrome. To add a command line flag, right click the Google Chrome shortcut, choose Properties, and edit the Target field. You can just add the new flags at the end of the Target line. The new command line flag is: --new-http Enables the new network layer. Please put [new-http] in the description for any bugs you file. Other Notable Changes User Interface r2474 'Duplicate' (right click on a tab > Duplicate) opens a new tab instead of a new window. r2631, r2678 Adds the ability to sort table views in the user interface and turns it on for the keyword editor (Options > Basics > Default search: Manage) and cookie manager (Options > Under the hood > Show cookies). r2643 Makes the link in the About box clickable. The link opens a page acknowledging the authors and license terms of third party code and software used in Google Chrome. r2645 Keeps focus on the last match after the Find in page box is closed. (Issue 455) r2704 Ctrl+S now brings up a Save Page dialog. (Issue 1653) Search Engines and Suggest Services r2564, r2623 Fixes search results when the default search provider is voila.fr (or orange.fr) and enables search suggestions for voila.fr (French) and daum.net (Korean). r2630 Fixes a problem with importing Windows Live Search as the default search engine. JavaScript/Web API r2571 Adds a command line switch to set the user agent string for testing: --user-agent="some string". We'll be making changes to the user agent string before we exit Beta, and this will help in testing site compatibility. This isn't really Web API, but seems mostly of interest to web developers.

You can download last Dev Release by following
this istructions

Change Google Chrome Theme Easily

Is changing Google Chrome Theme too hard operation for you ?

NO MORE!!

With XChrome Theme Manager you can easily and quick managing & Installing Google Chrome Themes.

Xchrome Theme Manager is still in beta is, but it has pretty good features.
List of features of Xchrome Google Theme Manager

- Automates the Installation of Google Chrome themes

- One place to download and install Google Chrome themes

- Lets you to Edit and build Google Chrome Themes

- List all Google Chrome installed Theme with preview and theme author details

- Theme Installer makes Chrome theme installation one single step process

- Theme Maker to create your own custom Google Chrome Themes

Install Instructions:
1) Download the .zip file.
2) Extract the files to a folder
3) Run Xchrome.exe (it adds some entries to the registry for Paths to Xchrome files)
4) Execute any theme.exe built within Xchromes theme builder (Xchrome doesn’t need to be running)

DOWNLOAD  XChrome Theme Manager HERE

Add Home Button to Google Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome.

2. Open Options menu in the upper-right corner of the toolbar.

3. On the Basics tab, go down to the Home page section and check the Show Home button on the toolbar checkbox.

4. Click the Close button.

Now your Home button is where it should be.

How to create Google Chrome Theme

1. Download and install Google Chrome (http://google.com/chrome)
2. Download and install Resource Hacker (http://angusj.com/resourcehacker/)
3. Open Resource hacker and goto > file > open,
4. XP : Navigate to [LOCAL DRIVE LETTER]:Documents and Settings[Username]Local SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeApplication.2.149.27Themes
VISTA : [LOCAL DRIVE LETTER]:Users[Username]AppDataLocalGoogleChromeApplication.2.149.27Themes
5. Within that directory there should be “default.dll” -> Open it with Resource Hacker
6. Right Click on BINDATA and click “Save [BINDATA] Resources
7. Make a new folder on your desktop called “BINDATA” and save the file as “1,txt”
8. You should now have a directory called “BINDATA” on your desktop
- Opening it should reveal many files.
9. DELETE “1.txt” within that directory. You should still be left with many files.
10. Open up Command Prompt - START>>RUN>>”CMD”
11. Navigate to the “BINDATA” Directory
- To go up a directory in CMD type “cd..”
- To access a directory type “cd [directory name]“
- So when I opened CMD I typed in the following:
- cd “c:documents and settings**MY USERNAME**desktopBINDATA”
12. Once you have navigated to the BINDATA folder which you created, type in “ren *.bin *.png”
13. If you open up the BINDATA folder you should find a tonne of PNG files all making up the Chrome GUI.
14. You need to go through and open the ones you want to change. If you don’t have Photoshop/fireworks or some other photo/image editing application then download GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/) or GIMPshop (http://www.gimpshop.com/)

15. Once you have edited all the files you want to open up Resource Hacker again!
16. This is the really really boring bit! (sorry)
17. In the directory tree, open up BINDATA > 9000 > Now Right click on 1033 and click Replace Resource
- In the dialog box, click “open file with new resource”
- Navigate to your BINDATA folder
- All the PNG files in this folder should be named numerically (e.g. DATA_1, DATA_2 etc.)
- Select the first PNG (probably “DATA_1.png” and click open.
- There should now be three empty text input boxes
- in “RESOURCE TYPE” enter “BINDATA”
- in “RESOURCE NAME” enter “9000″ (or whichever directory you’re within) (If you are replacing the resource under “9001″ then enter “9001″ here etc. etc.)
- in “RESOURCE LANGUAGE” enter “1033″
18. Repeat step 17 for every single resource under BINDATA. (VERY TEDIOUS)
- Remember to change “RESOURCE NAME” each time you do this, second time it will be “9001″, then “9002″… etc….
19. The numbers within your BINDATA folder (on your desktop) may NOT correspond to the resource names under BINDATA in resource hacker, so don’t worry about that - you’ll have to progressively work your way through the resources.
20. WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED (should take about 2-3 years) in Resource hacker go > file > save - NOW RESTART CHROME!

How to Change Google Chrome Theme

To install these themes, download your desired theme then uncompressed it and copy the default.dll file(found in zip) and replace the once found in

For Windows XP Users:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\

For Windows Vista Users:
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\0.2.149.27\Themes\

Note: Don’t forget to make backup of default theme file before replacing with new one.

Dowload Themes

Google Chrome Dark Theme

Google Chrome Green Theme

Google Chrome Orange Theme

Google Chrome White Theme

Google Chrome Chocolate Theme

Google Chrome Firefox Theme

Google Chrome Safari Theme

Chrome Tips: Resizing TextBox Area

Another interesting new feature in Google Chrome is the abilty to resize any multiline text box area.
It is very easy to use this feature. Whenever you find a Multi-line Text Box in a web form while browsing through Google Chrome, you would find a small grey dotted right-angled triangle on the lower right hand corner of the Text Box. The screen shot is shown below..

Just click on this triangle & drag your mouse according to your needs to resize the Text Box. (Note: The Mouse Pointer does not change when the Mouse is kept over this triangle)