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Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google (named after the user interface frame of web browsers). Its software architecture was engineered from scratch (using components from other open source software including WebKit and Mozilla) to cater to the changing needs of users and acknowledging that today most web sites aren`t web pages but web applications. Design goals include stability, speed, security and a clean, simple and efficient user interface.

Features include:
*Tabbed browsing where each tab gets its own process, leading to faster and more stable browsing. If one tab crashes, the whole browser doesn’t go down with it
*A distinct user interface that places tabs on top of the browser window instead of right below the address bar
*An “incognito” mode that lets you browse the web in complete privacy because it doesn’t record any of your activity
*A new JavaScript engine built from the ground up for speed
*Malware and phishing lists that automatically update themselves and warn you of bad websites
*A default homepage that displays your most commonly used sites and other personalized information
Type : Open source » EULA
OS Support : Windows 2000/NT,Windows XP/2003,Windows 2008/Vista
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v4.0.249.0 (November, 19. 2009)

The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.249.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux).
All Platforms
  • [r31779] Introduced Timeline and Storage panels in Chrome's Developer Tools
Windows
  • Covered by All Platforms and Extensions.
Mac
  • [r31785] Support undo in the omnibox (Issue: 18084).
Linux
  • [r31793] Visual fixes to the popup blocker in chrome theme mode (Issue: 26155).
  • [r31984] Status bubble should move out of the way of the mouse (Issue: 18311)
Extensions
  • [r32008] Mostly fixes black flashing that happens during popup resize. (Issue: 25459)
  • [r31996] Re-enable database storage for extensions. (Issue: 27216)
  • [r31844] Fix a crash in ExtensionMessageService when a source renderer closed. (Issue: 27554)
  • [r31840] Fix a crash in BrowserActionButton::OnImageLoaded. (Issue: 27167)
  • [r31826] Fix a crash in ExtensionsService::ReloadExtension (Issue: 27199)

Known Issues:
  • Issue 27897: [Extension] Some extensions crash after installing 4.0.249.0
  • Issue 27900: [Extension] Reload on crash infobar causes more crashes
  • Issue 27902: [Extension] Extension link on new tab page doesn't work properly



    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.

    Anthony LaforgeGoogle Chrome Program Manager
    v4.0.237.0 (November, 12. 2009)
    The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.237.0 for all platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). The focus on this release has been feature polish, stability improvement, and extensions work.
    Mac
    • Significant bookmark bar improvements.
    Linux
    • [r29163, r29299] Audio playing improvements in video/audio tags. (Issues: 23974, 20945, 17703)
    • [r29261] Fix international keyboard handling (alt-gr, ctrl+f). (Issues: 10846, 2215, 21471)
    • [r29657] ~ now works in the Omnibox to expand to home directories. (Issue: 18200)
    • [r29857] Fix conflicts between accelerator keys and HTML DOM accesskeys. (Issue: 21624)
    • [r29903] Inactive pinned tabs on linux throb when the title changes. (Issue: 25308)
    • Text drawn over rounded corners (including buttons) is no longer blurry. This affected a variety of sites, including Google Calendar and Google Reader.
    • As an experiment, we've changed the way clicking in the omnibox works. Leave a comment on the bug if it bothers you.

    Extensions
    • Lots of work to polish and stabilize the browser and page action APIs:
      • [r29556] Add badge text color API. Also change color APIs from ARGB to RGBA (breaking change, sorry!) (Issues: 24635, 24644, 25215)
      • [r29152, r29785] Browser actions (buttons, popups) are now implemented. (Issue: 23882, 23897)
      • [r29997] Add support for tab-specific state to browser actions. Also, fix the bug where only the first call to setIcon() works. (Issues: 24669,24472)
      • [r30346] Constrain browser action popups to a min/max size. Also fix some glitches in popup sizing. (Issue 25214)
      • [r30499] Use a better signature for the new page actions API (chrome.pageAction.* instead of chrome.pageActions.*). This is technically a breaking change, but hopefully not too many people had gotten around to using the new API yet. (Issue 25833)
    • [r29665] Remove toolstrips on linux. They were causing lots of crashes and are going away soon anyway. (Issue 25106)
    • [r29911] Add chrome.extension.sendRequest() -- a simpler way to do content script messaging. (Issue 23865)
    • [r30341] Add new event chrome.tabs.onStatusChange. This makes the common case of wanting to know when tabs load much easier. (Issue 21729)
    • Other miscellaneous cleanup:
      • [r29498] Correctly handle reloading in the task manager (Issue 18693)
      • [r29555] Fix bug where content scripts did not always apply to first page load (Issue 11547)
      • [r29714, r29922, r29935, r30219] Various cleanup for the extension management page (Issues 12119, 25509, 25471)
      • [r30091] Improve install UI on mac (Issue 19654)
      • [r30312] Filter out hidden files when loading and packing extensions (Issue 23004)
      • [r30326] Copy chrome.extension.getTabContentses() to chrome.extension.getExtensionTabs(). Nobody liked the old name. (Issue 21433)
      • [r30384] Use the puzzle piece as the default extension icon. (Issue 25906)
      • [r30481] Hide the theme install bubble a little earlier. It was overlapping with the install dialog on linux. (Issue 26130)

    Known Issues:
    • [r26861] - Autocomplete/ select box values are not being correctly populated in Linux. As a work around you can use the up/down arrow keys to view the current selection.
    • [r26600] - Task bar icon in Windows does not update/ display correctly.

    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.

    Anthony LaforgeGoogle Chrome Program Manager
    v4.0.229.1 (November, 5. 2009)
    This release is Mac OS X only and includes a number of UI improvements.
    Version: 4.0.229.1

    All,
    • [r30050] Use new renderer process for cross-site links with rel=noreferrer and target=_blank (Issue: 24447).
    • [r29848] Video/audio tags now support data:// protocol (Issue: 24357).

    Mac
    • [r29121] Show "Loading" bubble while loading a theme. (Issue: 22219).
    • [r29229, r29270, r29396, r29458, r29660, r29877, r30045, r30209] Various keyboard handling fixes (Issues: 24817, 25000, 24921, 25396, 25330, 25254).
    • [r30032] Do not send some keyboard shortcuts to the renderers; e.g. cmd-w, cmd-t, ctrl-tab (Issues: 24877, 5496, 15090).
    • [r29812] "Copy image" now works (Issue: 13099).
    • [r30016] Cmd-clicking back button now opens history page in new background tab (Issue: 25319).
    • [r30100] If auto-update happens, About box now says "update is available" and "restart needed for latest version" (Issue: 13165).
    • [r30547] Form resubmission warning dialog implemented (Issue: 23526).
    • [r30189, r30190] Use Helvetica rather than Arial for several things (Issue: 21458).

    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.

    Orit MazorGoogle Chrome Technical Program Manager
    v4.0.223.1 (October, 29. 2009)

    Version: 4.0.223.11
    This release fixes a crash when running extensions like the Subscribe in Feed Reader sample.  It also fixes a problem in Google Calendar where overlapping calendar items were invisible because they were being displayed with 0 width.  This update is being released for Windows, Mac and Linux.
    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 ConradtEngineering Program Manager
    v4.0.221.6 (October, 8. 2009)
    The Dev channel has been updated to 4.0.221.6 for Windows and 4.0.221.8 for Mac and Linux.


    • All
      • Theme change should automatically update New Tab Page background again. [r27841] (Issue: 20392)
    • Mac
      • No longer crash when selecting closed window from Dock menu. [r27769] (Issue: 14003)
      • Fix several issues with dragging tabs and quickly letting go. [r27861] (Issues: 22266, 13594, 22538)
      • Fixes for full screen plugins: keystrokes are now sent to full screen plugins and the Menu Bar is properly hidden. [r27755] (Issues: 19534, 21020)
    • Linux
      • Work around the sudden creation of a tree of directories in your homedir after an update.  [r27997] (Issue: 23327)
      • Tab titles in Thai locales are no longer chopped.  [r27725] (Issue: 22791)
    • Extensions
      • More features for browser actions (still in progress, still Windows-only)
        • badges [r27951] (Issue: 23268)
        • popups [r27889] (Issue: 23596)
      • Fix bug on Linux where directory cruft was accidentally created. (Issue: 23327)
    • Known Issues
      • Linux: Google Chrome fails to collect zombie processes from closed tabs. (Issue: 23778)
      • Mac: Bookmark bar looks weird, and hurts you when you resize the window (hit cmd-shift-b twice after window resizing as workaround).

    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.

    Anthony Laforge
    Google Chrome Program Manager
    v4.0.211.7 (September, 24. 2009)
    UPDATE: 2009-09-22 - 4.0.211.7 is being pushed to Windows.  It contains 2 fixes, the first resolves the issue which prevented large downloads and the second is a stability fix which should resolve a number of crashes (bug 22135). Thank you for you again for your patience.


    UPDATE: 2009-09-19 - 4.0.211.4 is being pushed to Windows and resolves this issues with bookmark synchronization. Thank you for your patience.

    UPDATE: THIS RELEASE HAS BEEN HALTED DUE TO A CRASHING ERROR WITH --enable-sync.


    This week's changes for the dev channel, 4.0.211.2, is being released to all platforms.

    • All
      • Fixed a bug that prevented some Dailymotion videos from playing. [r25220]
      • Bug fixes in NewFTP. [r25624][r25729][r25750][r25771]
      • Improved New Tab page load performance. [r25232]
    • Win
      • Ensure that tips change when the Chrome language changes. [r25834]
    • Mac
      • Import from Firefox no longer hangs. [r25174]
      • Added SSL icons. [r26307]
      • Implement the search engine manager. [r26078]
      • Allow windows with a single tab to be merged into other windows with drag and drop.
      • Allow Snow Leopard systems to connect to certain IPv6-enabled web sites when only IPv4 is available. [r26051]
      • Prevent a sad tab when loading certain images on Snow Leopard. [r26089]
      • Don't show "Google Chrome did not shut down properly" when quit from the Dock, logout, restart, or shut down. [r26269]

    • Linux:
      • Make the bookmark toolbar folders act like a menu bar. [r25677]
      • Bookmark bar shows a menu on too many bookmarks. [r25200]
      • Implement external protocol handler dialog (e.g. for aim: URLs).[r25373]
      • Extensions can register page actions. [r25934]
      • Fix a crash when closing tabs that have open login prompts. [r26066]
      • Work around a Flash crash that mostly affects Gentoo users. [r26265]

    • Extensions
      • Enable/disable extension button on chrome://extensions
      • Update extensions now button to force autoupdate check on chrome://extensions
      • chrome.window and chrome.tab APIs can now reference relative URLs inside an extension

    Known issues:

    • All
      • Large files do not download completely - bug 406
    • Linux:
      • Cannot be set as the default browser in GNOME (Already fixed by [r26314, r26316]).


    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.


    Anthony Laforge

    Google Chrome Program Manage

    v4.0.203.2. (September, 3. 2009)

    The dev channel has been updated with a new release for Mac OS X.  This release includes bug fixes and some improved compatibility with Snow Leopard.  This release is only slightly different than the 4.0.203.2 release so please refer to that release for more information. 
    Version: 4.0.203.4
    Changes specific to Mac OS X:
    • [r23636, r23693] Add modifier key support (e.g. cmd-clicking, shift-clicking) throughout the Mac UI. (Issues: 17301, 17912)
    • [r23667] Sometimes cmd-w wouldn't close the last tab in a window. (Issue: 19447)
    • [r23702] Korean IME didn't work in the Omnibox. (Issue: 19421)
    • [r23715, r23733, r23740, r23821, r24213] Improve appearance of various UI components. (Issue: 14898, 18902, 19115, 19943)
    • [r23741, r24006] Favicon lost in various circumstances. (Issue: 18352, 18359)
    • [r23886] Add bubble when user clicks the star button. (Issue: 14929)
    • [r23964] Implement tab-to-search. (Issues: 10943, 10944, 12285)
    • [r23975, r24209, r24234] Crash fixes. (Issue: 19837, 19958, 19728)
    • [r24030] Text could appear garbled on 10.6. (Issue: 11269)

    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 ConradtEngineering Program Manager
    v3.0.194.3 (July, 30. 2009)
    This week's update includes changes for Windows, Mac and Linux. Significant changes include:
    Form suggestions now shrink properly as the list of suggestions gets shorter. (Issue: 15334)Extensions can now auto-update. (Issue: 12117)Set the default minimum font size to 12 for Chinese and 10 for Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Thai. (Issues: 16868, 16875)Mac now supports drag and drop of URLs, plain text, and HTML intoand out of the content area, as well as within text fields and the
    thumbnails on the new tab page. URLs can be dragged to and from other
    apps, the Finder/Desktop, and the Dock.(Mac) Fix for download shelf crash when clearing all downloads. (Issues: 15855, 15893)(Mac) First cut at infobars. Not pretty, just functional. (Issues: 15839, 14937, 14462, 16487)(Mac) Add JavaScript Console menu item to View > Developer submenu. (Issue: 16135)(Linux) Allow dragging a link from the web contents to the bookmark bar to get a named bookmark. (Issue: 16791)(Linux) Add additional hotkeys (Ctrl-Enter, Shift-F5, Shift+Scroll Wheel). (Issue: 16792)(Linux) Dockable developer tools.More details about additional changes are available in the release notes and the 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 ConradtEngineering Program Manager
    v3.0.191.3 (July, 9. 2009)

    Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
    Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
    Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
    The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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.
    Anthony LaforgeTechnical Program Manager
    v3.0.190 (June, 25. 2009)

    Highlights for this release:Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player. (Issue: 12777)New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads. (Issue: 9607)Various fixes for right-to-left langugagesMultiple crash and usability fixes.
    Known Issue:Google Chrome crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button (Issue 13075).
    Version Changes:V8 - 1.2.6.1
    The release notes are available as well as a detailed list 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.
    Anthony LaforgeTechnical Program Manager
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