Dev Channel Update: Linux true 64 bit, Crash and Bug Fixes
Friday, August 28, 2009
The dev channels for Windows and Linux have been updated to 4.0.203.2.
- All Platforms
- [r23666, r23790, r23988] Fix some hangs/crashes. (Issue: 16512, 16871, 18217, 1
8521 , 19710, 19860) - [r23668] Fix hang with video and audio tags. (Issue: 19276)
- [r23670] When SafeBrowsing alerts for a page, don't allow that page to redirect until after the user has dealt with the alert. (Issue: 6442)
- [r23754, r23937] Prevent time/slider from jumping around during and after seeking in video and audio tag content. (Issue: 19396)
- [r23859] Reduce Omnibox flicker. (Issue: 18369)
- [r23965] Unicode text could sometimes produce garbled Omnibox dropdown entries. (Issue: 5490)
- [r23967] Fix problems with plugin z-order. (Issue: 15840)
- [r24033] Fix a crash on Windows and Linux. (Issue: 17569)
- [r24151] Fix regression (since Chrome 2.0.172.1) where some gzipped files (e.g. script) were not unzipped before evaluation, making them unusable. (Issue: 16430)
- [r24170] Faster startup with custom themes. (Issue: 18768)
- [r24179] Graphical errors with some themes. (Issue: 20139)
- [r24189] Problems with video/audio tag playback and looping at rates other than 1.0. (Issues: 19856, 19105)
- [r24192] Properly align cursors used for middle-mouse-autoscroll with the original click location. (Issue: 6173)
- Windows
- [r23915] During uninstall, if Chrome was the default browser, prompt user to choose a new default. (Issue: 14023)
- [r23849] Fix clicking/noise when playing video/audio tag content with 48 or 96 kHz audio. (Issue: 17940)
- [r24198] Remove "Clear browsing data" and "Import bookmarks & settings" from Tools menu since they are now available in the Options. (Issue: 20137)
- Linux
- Chrome for Linux is now truly 64 bit.
- [r23696, r23737, r23768, r2381
5 , r23846, r23930, r23944, r24034 , r24040, r24191, r24207] Crash fixes. (Issues: 10911, 17549, 18686,18866 , 18907, 18957, 19552, 19670 , 19788, 19915, 19971, 19994 ) - [r23828] Make inactive titlebar legible. (Issue: 18856)
- [r23834] Ctrl-C does nothing in Omnibox. (Issue: 19648)
- [r23760] Default to not using custom frame under Fluxbox. (Issue: 19130)
- [r23757, r23827, r23998, r2401
0 ] Add some missing pieces of UI. (Issue: 11507, 13524, 17251, 19290 ) - [r23879, r24001] Fix small graphical issues with the find bar. (Issue: 19726, 19811)
- [r23899, r24149] Fix issues with tab titles and their tooltips. (Issue: 19741, 19754)
- [r24210] Cookie manager polish. (Issue: 17919)
- [r24000] Allow users to delete entries from autocomplete suggestion lists. (Issue: 19664)
- Extensions
- [r23675] Fix some issues around re-enabling disabled extensions. (Issue: 12140)
- [r23676] Async extension callbacks now always fire and set chrome.extension.lastError on error. (Issue: 17381)
- [r23739] Beginnings of localization support. (Issue: 12131)
- [r24223] Unconditionally enable HTML5 Database and Local Storage support for chrome-extension:// pages. (Issue: 19511)
- [r24231] Crash fix. (Issue: 15888)
- Known Issues
More details about additional changes are available in the svn log 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 .
Jonathan Conradt
Engineering Program Manager