The dev channels for Windows and Linux have been updated to 4.0.203.2.

  • All Platforms
    • [r23666r23790r23988] Fix some hangs/crashes. (Issue: 165121687118217185211971019860)
    • [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)
    • [r23754r23937] 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: 1985619105)
    • [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
  • 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
    • WebInspector's Elements Panel is blank for some sites. (Issue: 19850)
    • Control key misbehaves in omnibox on Linux (Issue: 20166)
    • Chrome for Linux not fully themed with GTK+ theming.
    • Moving a tab in Chrome 64 bit for Linux always detaches the tab.  (Issue 20513


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