The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.245.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). In this release we are continuing our focus on feature polish, stability improvements, and extensions work.

All Platforms
  • [r31412] Kiosk Mode implementation. (Issue: 23145 – doesn't work on OS X yet)
Windows
  • Update covered by extensions and all platforms.
Mac
  • [r31428], [r31429], [r31432], [r31462] Download shelf polish.
  • [r31156] Download shelf animates out (Issue: 25602)
  • [r31200] Bookmark All Tabs... works (Issue: 25099)
  • [r31227] Engooden SSL code – saving on google docs should no longer hang forever (Issue: 21268)
  • [r31369, r31197] More keyboard handling fixes (Issue: 25856, 26115)
  • [r31287] Send keypress() events for more keys – ctrl-1 now works in docs (Issue: 25249)
  • [r31316] New Tab button has "pressed" and "hover" states (Issue: 26205)
  • [r31330] "Paste and Match Style" now has shortcut cmd-opt-shift-v instead of cmd-shift-v (Issue: 25205)
  • [r31297] Mouse tracking now works correctly on full-window plugins (Issue: 25288)
  • [r31561] Transparent plugins now draw correctly (Issue: 25820)
  • [r31585] PDFs downloaded again instead of being opened by the QuickTime plugin (Issue: 26075)
Linux
Extensions
  • [r31157] Don't reload extensions management page to refresh after install/uninstall/disable (Issue: 26163)
  • [r31179] User scripts not installed depending on download settings (Issue: 26801)
  • [r31204] Implement alert(), prompt(), and confirm() for extensions (Issue: 12126)
  • [r31285] Installed extensions should not have the 'reload' option (Issue: 26901)
  • [r31335] Make inspector for background page stay open across reloads (Issue: 25287)
  • [r31365] Add an info bubble after extension installation (Issue: 21412)
  • [r31540] Added a confirmation on extension uninstallation. (Issue: 27162)

Known Issues:
  • Crash when closing a browser window when page action extensions are installed on Linux. (Issue: 25558)
  • Crash when clicking on the "Reload" button on the extension crashed info bar (Issue: 27199).
  • WebDatabase has been temporarily disabled.

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 athttp://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/entry.


Anthony Laforge
Google Chrome Program Manager