Download Google Chrome 1.0.154.39

On Chrome’s weblog, Google’s developers have a new dev version of the browser announced. This time it concerns version 1.0.154.39, which can be obtained by clicking this link for Windows Vista and Windows XP can be downloaded. Chrome is considered a lightweight internet browser by Google. Chrome is baked in such a way that each tab is run in its own process and can be used as a desktop application. Furthermore, the web browser is equipped with its own Javascript engine. More information about Chrome can be found in this news item. According to the developers, the main improvement in this release is the improved compatibility with the Hotmail site. In addition, a large number of bugs have been fixed, but no new features have been added.

Bug fixed:

• [r7050] Clearing the m_context member of the V8 proxy if any part of the initialization fails.
• [r7049] Fixed Functions’ toString following hotmail fix.
• [r7048] Hotmail fix to the release branch.
• [r7046] Release branch to get the gcapi.dll built.
• [r7045] Update the terms of service in about:terms.
• [r6993] Removed a DCHECK that occurred when typing in the omnibox (Issue: 5305)
• [r6988] Set the correct focus after the first run of the browser (eg tabbing to “Customize these settings” and hitting enter now loads the appropriate dialog) (Issue 4687)
• [r6985] Disable the content sniffing algorithm if the server instructs us to do so with the nosniff directive. For context, see
• [r6984] No file extensions were listed when saving images (Issue 4829)
• [r6983] Wrong file extension for saved files (eg when the user specifies a filename without an extension, such as “foo” instead of “foo.gif”, we would append “gif” to the filename instead of “.gif”. (Issue 4898)
• [r6932] Fixes bug where context menu for table/tree in rtl was showing up on the wrong side. (Issue 5067)
• [r6929] Fixed IE Importer crash. (Issue 3897)
• [r6928] Changes DefaultNonClientView to show the min/max buttons if the delegate says it can be minimized. (Issue 4083)
• [r6914] Bookmark Manager should now be able to search on URL. (Issue 4065)
• [r6892] Improve PDF FastWebView performance. (Issue 5196)
• [r6891] Fix a race condition in the SyncChannel code. (Internal Issue 1305036)
• [r6867] We now let binary/octet-stream have an EXE extension to fix compat with digsby.com and ohloh.net (Issue 1573)
• [r6866] Limit updates being only Google Chrome. (Issue 5109)
• [r6865] Make sure we end the update process if we get an errorfrom the servers. Previously, if we got a 400 (or other)error response, we’d leave the database and transactionopen. (Issue 5060)
• [r6863] Removed the IsHungAppWindow DCHECK (Issue 5066)
• [r6861] Corrects window positioning error that resulted in positioning incorrectly for monitors with an origin < 0 along either axis. (Issue 4065)
• [r6855] Fixes context menu behavior of table view. In particular when running in an RTL locale and right clicking on the icon some times the scrollbar context menu would appear. (Issue 4752)
• [r6853] Adding more space between dialog contents and the buttons. (Issue 4402)
• [r6852] Will not close tabs on middle-click when the release happens off the tab. (Issue 1062)
• [r6849] AutocompleteEdit now selects all the text when reverting to the permanent text. (Issue 4203)
• [r6846] Will no longer create a default download directory just because we ask for its location. (Issue 4575)
• [r6842] Add F1 as an accelerator for “Help”. (Issue 851)
• [r6840] Fixed seemingly random position selection movement after deleting cookies. (Issue 3692)
• [r6838] Changes filter used when importing in bookmark manager to include *.htm. (Issue 4388)
• [r6837] Fix black flash when doing fast animations – all platforms. (Issue 3676)
• [r6834] Pages from the same domain and scheme but from different ports, are now rendered in the same process (SiteInstance). (Issue 4792)

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