The Dev channel has been updated to 17.0.963.0 for all platforms.  This release has the following updates:

All Platforms

• Updated V8 - 3.7.12.6
• r113121 Omnibox suggestions will now be prerendered if our confidence of the user following the suggestion is high.
• Support for <meta name=”referrer”>
• Content Settings (in Options, Under the Hood) now has UI for “Mouse Cursor”, which controls the Mouse Lock API permissions.
• r110556 Fixed a renderer crash that could happen when opening a new tab with many tabs open.
• WebKit Issue 73056  - Small fix for BiDi selection.
• WebKit Issue 63903 - Fixed WebKit's implementation of bdo, bdi, and output elements to match HTML5 spec section 10.3.5.

Windows

• r111156 - Desktop shortcuts will be created for each user account, to launch Chrome with that account active.

Mac

• The PDF viewer now renders nicer looking text.
• r111426 - Plugins using the Core Animation rendering model are now rendered through Chrome’s compositor rather than directly to the screen. This should have no user visible side effects; please file bugs and cc: kbr@chromium.org if any unexpected issues are seen with plugin rendering on Mac.

Known Issues

• Extension/App/Themes installs on Linux/ChromeOS are currently not working.  This includes sync-driven installs. (Bug 106599)

Full details about what changes are in this release are available in the SVN revision log.  Interested in switching to a different release channel?  Find out how.  If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Jason Kersey
Google Chrome