Chrome Web Browser Dev Channel 3.0.183.1 Released

Chrome Web Browser Dev Channel 3.0.183.1 has been released.

Highlights for chrome web browser's dev channel 3.0.183.1 release:
  • Issue: 12777: Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player.
  • Issue: 9607: New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads.
  • Various fixes for right-to-left languages.
  • Multiple crash and usability fixes.
Known Issue With Chrome Web Browser's Dev Channel 3.0.183.1 Release:

Issue 13075: Chrome Web Browser crashes on Windows XP when you click the "Reset to default theme" button.

Version Changes Of Chrome Web Browser's Dev Channel 3.0.183.1 Release:

V8 - 1.2.6.1

Chrome Web Browser's Dev Channel 3.0.183.1 Release:
  • Issue: 11863: [r16934] [OS-ALL] Fixed issue with find-in-page that affected Korean users.
  • Issue: 9607: [r16949] [OS-ALL] New Downloads page shows the remaining time left for downloads.
  • Issue: 12675: [r16950] [OS-ALL] Fixed a regression where password autofill would not be triggered in some cases.
  • Issue: 11514: [r16960] [OS-ALL] Clearing the download history in a normal browser window should also clear out the download history in incognito mode windows window and vice-versa.
  • Issue: 4008: [r16973] [OS-ALL] "Copy link address" for an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) would copy Punycode instead of Unicode.
  • Issue: 4030: [r16987] [OS-ALL] ‘Ctrl+W’ now dismisses the Bookmark Manager.
  • Issue: 7697: [r16995] [OS-ALL] For certain RTL pages Chrome would display spaces or ellipsis on the new tab page for the page titles.
  • Issue: 9936: [r17000] [OS-ALL] It's now possible to view svgz files from local disk.
  • Issue: 10632: [r17012] [OS-ALL] Fixed a bug where Google Chrome would lose omnibox edits when tabs were dragged out.
  • Issue: 6901: [r17013] [OS-ALL] Google Chrome now opens a new tab page rather than the homepage if startup is set to "open the following" with a blank list.
  • Issue: 6590: [r17025] [OS-ALL] Fixed the problem of the status bubble obscuring the download shelf.
  • Issue: 12148: [r17026] [OS-ALL] Fixed an error where the status bubble would display in the wrong location (sometimes outside the browser window) for RTL languages.
  • Issue: 12729: [r17032] [OS-ALL] After dismissing the find bar, by pressing the escape key, further pressing of the escape key caused the find-in bar to momentarily flash on the screen.
  • Issue: 12413: [r17077] [OS-ALL] Ctrl-Shift-Delete shortcut now properly shows the Clear Browsing Data dialog.
  • Issue: 5372: [r17134] [OS-ALL] Treat alt-home as a shortcut even when using the numpad and typing in the Omnibox.
  • Issue: 6992: [r17144] [OS-ALL] Chrome now ignores the alt on certain keypresses such as alt+(arrows/pgup/pgdn).
  • Issue: 12245: [r17207] [OS-ALL] Fixed a bug where Firefox search engines were not imported correctly.
  • Issue: 12777: [r17225] [OS-ALL] Fixed issue where non-media types such as text would display a media player.
  • Issue: 6223: [r17263] [OS-ALL] Fixed an issue, for RTL users, where dragging and dropping a tab could cause the tab to display off the screen.
  • Issue: 11553: [r17265] [OS-ALL] Better cleanup during uninstalls for system level installs.
  • Issue: 6942: [r17283] [OS-WINDOWS] Added --print command line argument to print a webpage
  • [r17302] [OS-ALL] Themes are now enabled by default.
  • Issue: 12839: [r17321] [OS-ALL] Added ffmpeg to about:credits.
  • Issue: 10827: [r17353] [OS-ALL] In RTL locales, context menus are now positioned correctly to the left of the mouse-click in content area.

Chrome Web Browser Beta Update 2.0.172.5

Chrome Web Browser dev channel has been updated to 2.0.172.5. This release includes all the patches and fixes between 2.0.169.1 and 2.0.172.2.

Some highlights of chrome web browser for this release are following:
  • Lots of bug and stability fixes.
  • Added support to cache some form submissions so that when you press back, you don't get the annoying "Confirm Form Submission".
  • Auto complete popup now appears when you press up/down key in a text-field.
  • In incognito mode, visited links from normal browsing are no longer being displayed as visited. (i.e. purple)
  • Pressing the Del key while a item is selected in the form suggestion popup deletes that suggestion.