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