Google Chrome 2.0.177.1 Beta Date added: May, 1st 2009 - (Open Source)

What's new in this version:

Updates:

* [r14056] Update WebKit 530.8 (r42805)
* [r14185] Update V8 to version 1.2.0. (Issue: 10726)
* [r13641] Update to version 26 of open-vcdiff (underpinnings for SDCH decoder)

Visible Changes:

* [r14377] Allow Flash (and other plugins) to be installed without restarting the browser. This works by monitoring the MozillaPlugins registry key and reloading the plugin list afterwards. (Issue: 10574)
* [r13934] On some sites text disappears or is never drawn. For example, on Google Calendar, the titles for all day events do not display. (Issue: 9904)
* [r13662] Added "Restore closed tab" item to Tab menu.
* [r13685] Fixes a bug where scrolling up would draw over the horizontal scrollbar on Mac.
* [r13805] Fix issue: If SpellChecker is disabled through UI, then right-click context menu's spell checker language option should be unchecked. (Issue: 7239)
* [r13807] Allow users to hit ctrl-shift-delete ("clear browsing data") even in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 9318)
* [r13822] Fix a painting problem observed with windowless flash plugins, when they are initially created with a zero clip. (Issue: 10536)
* [r13926] On uninstall ask whether to delete profile. (Issue: 8431)
* [r13954] Disable the move/size/maximize entries on the system menu in fullscreen mode. (Issue: 8024)
* [r14116] Add open/close animations to infobar, download shelf.
* [r14167] Make sure radio buttons can't be toggled like checkboxes. (Issue: 10834)
* [r14179] Disable RCtrl + RShift shortcut for changing directionality when no RTL language installed. (Issue: 9718)
* [r14158] Fixes for selecting RTL text. (Issues: 6125, 8686)
* [r13773] Fixes a problem where for some Indian locales, the automatic font fallback by Windows UI components leads to too tiny glyphs for UI strings. (Issue: 7319)

Crashes:

* [r13644] Fix a crash where the ResourceMessageFilter is deleted before a SafeBrowsing check has completed. (Issue: 8544)
* [r14137] Fix hang seen in plugin process. (Issue: 10711)
* [r13785] Fix crash in setup.exe. (Issue: 10507)