3.0.196.0 has been released to the dev channel with the following changes:

All:
  • Crash fixes

Windows:
  • Cursor no longer flickers over the omnibox and other editable controls.
  • Disconnecting a monitor and restarting Google Chrome no longer leaves windows off in space and impossible to access.

Linux:
  • Google Chrome now respects the system font hinting/antialiasing setting.
  • Added a password manager dialog (Options -> Personal -> Show Saved Passwords).
  • Fixed an issue where scrolling a long page by dragging the scrollbar would lag significantly.
  • Dragging a tab off and dropping it puts the dropped window where you dropped it.

Mac:
  • Trackpad scrolling on maps works again.
  • First stab at history menu.
  • Download shelf now has real download items.
  • Lots of polish bugs.

Extensions:

  • Introduce moles! These are a new extra area that can pop up above toolstrips.
  • Themes now work with --load-extension.
  • You can now reload extensions from a button on chrome://extensions.
  • Fix bug where bookmarks.getTree() doesn't return any bookmarks.
  • Minimum auto-update frequency from command line is now 30 seconds.
  • (Re-)enable content scripts executing in isolated worlds.

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.

The Google Chrome Team


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

This update contains some additional fixes to themes support, in addition to some crash fixes.

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.

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Google Chrome Program Manager
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  • Our brand new tab page
  • Themes
  • The video tag
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.

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  • Updated V8 to 1.2.13.2 to improve stability and performance.
  • Printing fixes and print selection for Windows.
  • Initial support for the video tag.
  • Updated look and feel of the url bar (aka the Omnibox).
  • Improved our Developer Tools by adding the scripts and profiles tabs, plus support for docking the inspector into the main window.
In addition to some minor UI changes:
  • Minor Tweaks renamed as "Personal Stuff" in the Options menu
  • Browsing data options added to the Options menu, under Personal Stuff.
  • Default download location and font/language settings moved from Minor Tweaks to the Under the hood tab
  • Exceptions is a tab in the "Passwords and Exceptions" dialog, rather than a separate button in the Passwords section of the Options menu.
  • Removed the "show mixed content" option.
You can install the current Beta channel release from http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta/.

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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.

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Highlights in this release:
More details 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.
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In addition, this release fixes the following security issues:

CVE-2009-2555 Heap overflow with Javascript regular expressions

Evaluating a specially-crafted regular expression in Javascript on a web page can lead to memory corruption and possibly a heap overflow. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may lead to a renderer (tab) crash or arbitrary code execution in the Google Chrome sandbox.

More info: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=14719 (This issue will be made public once a majority of users are up to date with the fix.)

Severity: High. An attacker might be able to run arbitrary code within the Google Chrome sandbox.

Credit: This issue was found by the Google Chrome security team.

Mitigations:
  • A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
  • Any code that an attacker might be able to run inside the renderer process would be inside the sandbox. Click here for more details about sandboxing.


CVE-2009-2556 Memory corruption in the browser process

A compromised renderer (tab) process could cause the browser process to allocate very large memory buffers. This error could cause the browser process (and all tabs) to crash or possibly allow arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the logged on user. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to be able to run arbitrary code inside the renderer process.

Severity: Critical. In conjunction with a vulnerability allowing arbitrary code to run in the renderer, an attacker might be able to run code with the privileges of the logged on user.

Credit: This issue was found by the Google Chrome security team.

Mitigations:
  • A victim would need to visit a page under an attacker's control.
  • The attacker must exploit a second vulnerability to control the renderer process.
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Google Chrome 3.0.193.1 has been released to the Dev channel to fix a small set crashes related to: V8, autocomplete, tab dragging, and context menus (bugs 16276, 13500, 16280, 14594).

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Google Chrome 3.0.193.0 has been released to the Dev channel for Windows.

Highlights in this release:
  • Fixed issue 15199 where new windows are opened off screen, in certain conditions, for dual monitor users.
  • Fixed issue 16052 where a tab would close if a new url was navigated to too quickly during a page load.
  • Alerts/authentication windows are no longer wrapped by an OS window.
  • Windowed plugins like Flash no longer hang after a print dialog is displayed.
  • Updated V8 to 1.2.13.2 to fix some crashes

More details 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.

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Highlights in this release:
  • (Mac) Enabled support for the Mac OS X spellchecking service.
  • (Mac) First cut at popup blocking for Mac.
  • (Linux) Accelerator keys like ctl-C for copy should work again.
  • (Linux) Initial support of complex text (e.g. Arabic). Bug reports welcome.
  • (Linux) Initial GTK theme support.
  • (Linux) IME support.
  • (Extensions) Breaking API Change: page_actions.icon renamed to
  • page_action.icons and changed from a single string to an array of
  • strings.
  • (All) Added support for exporting/ importing bookmarklet bookmarks, thanks to Thiago.
  • (All) Fixed Acid3 Test 48: LINKTEST

Known issues:
  • Issue 15199: New windows open off screen, in certain conditions, for dual montior users.
  • Issue 16052: Tab closes if a new url is navigated to quickly during a page load.

More details 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.

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Highlights in this release:
  • Animated GIFs fixed.
  • Extensions changes, see Dev Channel Visible Changes post to the Chromium-Extensions mailing list.
  • Printing fixes for Windows.
  • Try out the New New Tab Page by using the command line switch --new-new-tab-page.  Don't wait for the new new new tab page, get yours today!
  • Linux now supports IME for non-roman script languages.
  • Fixes for misbehaving proxy servers.
  • "Save As" now available on Mac.
  • More details are available in the release notes and the log of all revisions.
Known issues:
  • Issue 15846: (Mac) Google docs : shortcut to save a document (Command+S) is not implemented
  • Issue 15844: (Linux) Bookmarks bar context menus disabled on first open of bookmark manager
  • Issue 15845: (Linux) Bookmarks that do not fit in the bookmarks bar cannot be accessed
  • Issue 15848: Thumbnails on New Tab Page don't have spacing in between

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
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