The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.317.0 for Google Chrome Frame.

This release includes resolutions for the following issues:

• [r35922] Support the PUT HTTP verb in Google ChromeFrame in the IE host network stack implementation. (Issue: 31629)
• [r36037] Browser contents did not resize on control-+/-. (Issue: 31672)
• [r36130] Wave upload operations performed within Google ChromeFrame would cause the Wave application to freeze. (Issue: 26375)
• [r36749, r36831] Fixed issue which pervented the deletion of cookies with JavaScript. (Issues: 32546, 30786)
• [r36814] Url anchor values were getting stripped from window.location (Issue: 27270)
• [r36898] Include the full Google Chrome version number in the user agent string. (Issue: 29258)
• [r37197] Unload and BeforeUnload handlers would not get invoked within pages inside ChromeFrame. (Issue: 31853)
• [r37585] In IE8 new windows opened within Google ChromeFrame via window.open calls at times bypass the host network stack. (Issue: 33516)
• [r37981] Issue 23175 - cf:xxx namespace conflict with Coldfusion, removed cf: protocol (Issues: 22721, 23006, 29350, 23175)
• [r38021] IE crashes if we close a Google ChromeFrame tab quickly enough. (Issue: 34389)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

If you find new issues, please let us know by filing a bug at http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry

Anthony Laforge

Google Chrome

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.317.2 for Windows

All

• [r37939] (Windows/Linux) Do not select a word by right-click on an editable field in a web page (Issue: 8841)
• [r37411] (Extensions) Adds a new experimental processes module to the extensions API. (Issue: 32303)

Windows

• Integrated page level language translation.
• Added new privacy management tools, under "Options->Under the Hood->Content settings..." which all for better management of images, JavaScript, plugins, and popups.

Known Issues

• Automatic translation does not work for Chinese language sites (Issue: 43803)
• Uninstall problem on Google Chrome and Chromium (Issue: 34652)
• Crashes following the installing of a current Beta/Stable release after an uninstall (Issues 34794, 34688).
• Multiple exceptions can occur, related to the Content Settings UI. (Issue: 34692)
• When "Ask me ..." is set, cookies are still set without asking. (Issue: 34693)
• Pop-up settings changed in bubble are not saved. (Issue: 34781)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

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
Google Chrome

Google Chrome 5.0.307.5 has been released to the Developer channel for Mac and Linux. We've fixed some bugs present in 5.0.307.1 in an effort to stabilize 307 for a Beta channel update.

If your favorite theme didn't look right after the last update: we fixed that in this update (Issue 33416).

Want to subscribe to the Dev channel to get the latest updates? See http://dev.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel.

Bugs fixed in this release:

• [r37760] (Mac/Linux) Fix themes being corrupted after upgrade (bad colors, extra wrench menu, etc). (Issue 33416)
• [r37440] (Mac) Fix a crash when the page is closed or navigates while a popup menu is open. (Issue 33250)
• [r37445] (Mac) Bookmark manager: restore focus when people press Esc. (Issue 32734)
• [r37522] (Mac) Bookmark manager: Fix a crash on deleting a folder (Issue 33083)
• [r37542] (Mac) Fix a crash when plugins are scrolled or multiple plugins frames load (Issue 33467)
• [r37549] (Mac) Prevent tabs from closing when a popup window is open (Issue 31716)
• [r37342] (Linux) Fix a browser crash when the network connection is down. (Issue 33091)
• [r37738] (Mac) Fix a crash when opening a menu while the browser starts. (Issue 33890)
• [r37838] (Linux) Developer Tools: fix broken autocomplete. (Issue 33403)
• [r37853] (Mac) Fix cookie management dialog being slow to load (Issue 33248)
• [r37725] (Linux) Fix App and Edit menus not appearing on pressing Alt+F or Alt+E (Issue 33471)

--Mark Larson, Google Chrome Team

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.307.1 for Linux

Linux

• [r37017] Preliminary desktop notifications support. (Why not libnotify? See our technical FAQ.) (Issue: 23954)
• [r37193] Use GTK+ selection colors when using GTK theme mode. (Issue: 25831)
• [r37201] We now also will load plugins from ~/.config/$PRODUCT_NAME/Plugins. (Issue: 22261)
• Improved complex text support, fixing a number of bugs in Hebrew/Arabic/Hindi/etc. display.

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

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

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

The Dev channel has been updated to 5.0.307.1 for Windows & Mac

Windows

• [r37023] Use default downloads directory on Vista and Windows 7 (except where it is the desktop) (Issue: 13610)
• [r36938 and others] Start work on Content Settings window and sub-dialogs (Issue: 32719)

Mac

• Improved plugin stability.
• [r37204][r37210] Cocoa NPAPI plugins will now get NPCocoaEventMouseDragged and NPCocoaEventFlagsChanged events (Issues: 32996, 31846)
• [r37010] Fix crash that sometimes happened when dragging tabs (Issue: 29906)
• [r37004] Fix %cpu in task manager. (Issue: 32464)
• [r37139] Give the cookies manager a search field. (Issue: 32328)
• [r37247] Make copying of big images more robust (Issue: 26822)
• [r37114] Improve task manager resizing behavior (Issues: 33134, 33133)

Known Issues

• [Mac] Crash when deleting cookies (Issue: 33533).

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

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

Orit Mazor
Google Chrome

The stable channel has been updated to 4.0.249.78 for Windows, and includes the following features and security fixes (since 3.0):

• Extensions
• Bookmark sync
• Enhanced developer tools
• HTML5: Notifications, Web Database, Local Storage, WebSockets, Ruby support
• v8 performance improvements
• Skia performance improvements
• Full ACID3 pass, due to re-enabled remote font support (with added defense against bugs in operating system font libraries)
• HTTP byte range support
• New security feature: "Strict Transport Security" support
• Experimental new anti-reflected-XSS feature called "XSS Auditor"

Security Fixes:

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [3275] Low Pop-up blocker bypass. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
• [9877] Medium Cross-domain theft due to CSS design error. Credit to Chris Evans of the Google Security Team.
• [12523] Medium Browser memory error with stale pop-up block menu. Credit to Jacob Balle and Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
• [20450] Low Prevent XHR to directories. Credit to the Chromium development community.
• [23693] Low Escape more characters in shortcuts. Credit to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and, independently, Inferno of SecureThoughts.com.
• [8864] [24701] [24646] High Renderer memory errors drawing on canvases. Credit to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
• [28566] High Image decoding memory error. Credit to Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.
• [29920] Low Corner case failure to strip Referer. Credit to the Chromium development community.
• [30660] High Cross-domain access error. Credit to Tokuji Akamine, Senior Consultant at Symantec Consulting Services.
• [31307] High Bitmap deserialization error. Credit to Mark Dowd, under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.
• [31517] Low Browser crash with nested URL.

Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome Program Manager

Update: Windows has been updated to 302.3 to fix the crashes related to issue 32648 on Windows XP.

The dev channel has been updated to 4.0.302.2 for Windows, Mac, and Linux

All

• [r36632] We now only use our own FTP parsing code; please file bugs if you encounter any problems while navigating FTP sites. (Issue: 25520)

Windows

• See All

Mac

• [r35949, r36195, r36432, r36437, r36562, r36582] Various improvements to the bookmark manager.
• [r35959] Fix mis-sized download shelf close button. (Issue: 31785)
• [r35977, r36087, r36088, r36096, r36557] Enable the task manager. (Issue: 13156)
• [r36016] Support pinch to zoom on the Mac. (Issue: 16305)
• [r36021] Implements context menus for Page and Browser Actions. (Issue: 30655)
• [r36124] Eliminate Helper zombies. (Issue: 32001)
• [r36242] Quake Live Plugin will now load. (Issue: 24788)
• [r36259, r36370] Fix issues with browser action popups. (Issues: 32161, 31097, 32162)
• [r36416, r36533, r36554] Support plugin cursors, and fix cursor flicker with fullscreen plugins. (Issue: 20717)
• [r36422] Improve scroll performance on some sites, e.g. http://www.starcraft2.com/faq.xml (Issues: 502056, 28954)
• [r36182] Controls in QuickTime content now work. (Issue: 24952)
• [r36361] Double-clicking a plugin will no longer select it. (Issue: 31358)

Linux

• [r36423] Theme the NTP with GTK+ colors when matching GTK. (Issue: 29948)
• [r36073] Fix to way we identify the active window. (Issue: 31971)

Known Issues

• [OS-WIN] The translate extension causes webpages to crash in Chrome, this issue has been fixed on trunk, and will be resolved in the next Dev channel release. (Issue 32648)
• [OS-MAC] Cookie manager crashes (Issue 32596, 32627)
• [OS-MAC] Bookmark manager crashes (Issue 32733, 32732)
• [OS-MAC] Sporadic flash plugin crashes (Issue 32748, 32732)

More details about additional changes are available in the svn log of all revision.

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
Google Chrome