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

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 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.

Version 149.29 released! Google Chrom Update and Bug Fix

Google Chrome has realease an update that fixes many of the 
issues reported here, including: 

- the ":%" error 
- Javascript trouble on Facebook 
- confirmed security vulnerabilities 

You should be automatically updated soon, but if you'd like these 
important fixes now, follow the instructions here: 

http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95414