Google Chrome 8.0.552.210 beta

[vasa1]

This was a 25 MB update for me. Not sure why. Reading the SVN revision log (http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/perf/dashboard/ui/changelog.html?url=/branches/552/src&range=66581:65749&mode=html) takes years and most of the stuff there seems to be about the OS and the Store!

This site (http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/) just refers you to the SVN log.

One thing I knew was coming was the demotion of click to play from available by default to about:flags.


In edit:Ignore the bit about the 25 MB update. I forgot that I had also updated my AV just before updating Chrome; 25 MB is the sum of the two updates and since it was a single session, I don't have a break-up.

[vtol]

-{ Quote: "One thing I knew was coming was the demotion of click to play from available by default to about:flags." }-any idea why this happened - too many users annoyed by a good security feature?

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "any idea why this happened - too many users annoyed by a good security feature?" }-

This issue mentions the various other issues behind hiding click to play in about:flags.

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=62084

The point about moving it to about:flags is to let the user know that the feature is not 100% ready for mass consumption and that its use could result in anything happening!

[funkydude]

Click to play has to be one of my favourite features in Chrome. I miss it every time I come home to IE9.

So great to have most of those flash ads just not load at work though.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Click to play has to be one of my favourite features in Chrome. I miss it every time I come home to IE9.

So great to have most of those flash ads just not load at work though." }-

Why do you say "most"?

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Why do you say "most"?" }-

I worded that wrong. I meant most ads, since a lot of ads today are flash. It basically becomes a simple ad blocker in a sense.

[funkydude]

vasa1, what do you mean by demotion?

I just updated my flash drive to the latest 9.0.576.0 from portableapps and the click to play feature still seems to be fully available. Unless this change is restricted to the 8.x line?

[vtol]

it probably is, trunk 9 being the dev/canary line. will be interesting to see whether it makes it into the final, but after this move would not be surprised to see it only in the v9 final

edit - just checked with the biuld 9.0.583 and the feature been moved there too

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "vasa1, what do you mean by demotion?

I just updated my flash drive to the latest 9.0.576.0 from portableapps and the click to play feature still seems to be fully available. Unless this change is restricted to the 8.x line?" }-

I'm on the Chrome beta track. The first Chrome 8 beta had it on by default. You could go to content settings and it was there. The latest beta doesn't have it there. You have to first go to about:flags, enable it, and then go to content settings to find it there. So the second beta has made it less accessible to the "public". That's what I meant by demotion.

The link to the issue I provided had a lot of other issues (listed on the left hand side) that were to be sorted out before it would be "promoted" again to default status.

If, as you say, the latest dev has got it on by default it would imply that all glitches have been sorted out and that this "default" status will reach 8 beta and eventually 8 stable.

The confusion is sorted out by referring to the release log (http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/):

Here, you'll see that dev 587 has it "demoted" whereas the portable apps dev is still 576 (not the latest :o ).

[vasa1]

Portable apps doesn't seem to be listing any recent dev right now!?!

[funkydude]

9.0.576.0 Dev (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable) is the latest on portableapps, but vtol appears to have a newer dev version where it's removed.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "9.0.576.0 Dev (http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/google_chrome_portable) is the latest on portableapps, but vtol appears to have a newer dev version where it's removed." }-

So the point is that dev 576 is older than beta 210 and that's why the demotion is showing in beta 210 and not dev 576.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 8.0.552.215 Stable and 9.0.597.10 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2010-12-07_-_google_chrome_portable_8.0.552.215), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[vasa1]

Over at the Chrome help forum there was a post by a Google Employee indicating that Click to play is going to be yanked!!!! It may be brought back later.

Can anyone using the very latest builds confirm that it is absent from about:flags?

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "FYI. Google Chrome Portable 8.0.552.215 Stable and 9.0.597.10 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2010-12-07_-_google_chrome_portable_8.0.552.215), courtesy of PortableApps.com." }-

Beat me to it! Thanks :)

-{ Quote: "Over at the Chrome help forum there was a post by a Google Employee indicating that Click to play is going to be yanked!!!! It may be brought back later.

Can anyone using the very latest builds confirm that it is absent from about:flags?" }-

Just about to try the new dev from PA, is that the "latest" dev build?

edit: click to play is in about:flags of 9.0.597.10 thankfully, I hope they don't remove it.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Beat me to it! Thanks :)



Just about to try the new dev from PA, is that the "latest" dev build?

edit: click to play is in about:flags of 9.0.597.10 thankfully, I hope they don't remove it." }-

Yes, it's the latest dev but maybe the feature has been removed from the Canary (nightly).

[vasa1]

I really had to know!

So I installed 10.0.605.0 (Official Build 68547) canary build and it's still there! In about:flags but it's there!

[vasa1]

Another update of ~24 MB. Mainly security fixes. So what's the big deal about their differential updating mechanism if most of the updates are so huge?

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 8.0.552.2245 Stable and 9.0.597.16 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2010-12-13_-_google_chrome_portable_8.0.552.224), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "FYI. Google Chrome Portable 8.0.552.2245 Stable and 9.0.597.16 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2010-12-13_-_google_chrome_portable_8.0.552.224), courtesy of PortableApps.com." }-

9.0.597.19 if it makes any difference to anyone :)

[vasa1]

The latest dev has the Crankshaft engine:
The Dev channel has been updated to 10.0.612.1 for Mac, Windows and Linux

This release fixes several crashes as well as:

All
Updated V8 - 3.0.2.1
Updated WebKit - 534.15

But read the comments here since there seems to be some problem with updating: http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/12/dev-channel-update_16.html

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.19 Beta and 10.0.612.1 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2010-12-19_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.19_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.47 Beta and 10.0.628.0 Dev Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-01-10_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.47_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.67 Beta Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-01-19_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.67_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[vasa1]

There's a new dev as well:

Google Chrome 10.0.642.2 (Official Build 71689) dev
WebKit 534.16
V8 3.0.7

There's a mention of "pdf files in frames" (http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/search/label/Dev%20updates). Their PDF Viewer got a lot of stick from users who were expecting something equal to, or better than, the Adobe Reader plug-in.

[vasa1]

Another 26 MB update from the previous to the latest dev. Crazy.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.84 (web browser) Stable Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-03_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.84_released), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[JRViejo]

-{ Quote: "Adds 'instant' search and WebGL support, plugs holes five weeks before Pwn2Own hacking contest

The nine flaws fixed in Chrome 9.0.597.84 range from several crash bugs to what Google called a "race condition in audio handling."

The latter was the only vulnerability rated as "critical," Google's most serious ranking. Two others were pegged as "high" and six were labeled as "low."

According to French security company Vupen, the audio handling race condition bug can be exploited to escape Chrome's sandbox (http://twitter.com/VUPEN/status/33531252288004099).

If accurate, it would be the second sandbox-escape vulnerability that Google's patched in the last two months. On Jan. 12, Google updated Chrome with fixes for 16 bugs, including one that Adobe yesterday said was also a sandbox-escape flaw." }-
Google fixes 9 bugs in Chrome, including sandbox-escape flaw (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9208279/Google_fixes_9_bugs_in_Chrome_including_sandbox_escape_flaw) by Gregg Keizer.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.94 (web browser) Stable Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-08_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.94_released), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 10 Beta and 11 Dev (web browser) Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-21_-_google_chrome_portable_10_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[funkydude]

Yey dev 11 finally, thanks.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 10.0.648.119 Beta (web browser) Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-25_-_google_chrome_portable_10.0.648.114_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 9.0.597.107 (web browser) Stable Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-02-28_-_google_chrome_portable_9.0.597.107_released), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[Daveski17]

Thanks for the info JRViejo. :thumb:

[JRViejo]

Daveski17, you're welcome! Take care.

[Trooper]

Has Chrome gotten any better?

[funkydude]

-{ Quote: "Has Chrome gotten any better?" }-

What kind of question is that? No, they just incremented the version number for the fun of it.

You kinda need to elaborate on that question Trooper.

[Trooper]

-{ Quote: "What kind of question is that? No, they just incremented the version number for the fun of it.

You kinda need to elaborate on that question Trooper." }-

I did not think I needed to elaborate. Its a general question, so looking for a general answer.

I was not talking about this specific update.

[JRViejo]

-{ Quote: "Google on Monday patched 19 vulnerabilities in Chrome, paying nine researchers $14,000 in bug bounties for reporting the flaws.

As it did last year, Google beefed up the security of its browser a week before the kickoff of Pwn2Own, the annual hacking contest held at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The update to Chrome 9.0.597.107 fixed 16 flaws rated "high," the second-most-severe ranking in Google's threat system, and quashed three "medium" bugs." }-
Google patches 19 Chrome bugs week before Pwn2Own hacking contest (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9212079/Google_patches_19_Chrome_bugs_week_before_Pwn2Own_hacking_contest) by Gregg Keizer.

[JRViejo]

FYI. Google Chrome Portable 10.0.648.126 Beta (web browser) Released (http://portableapps.com/news/2011-03-02_-_google_chrome_portable_10.0.648.126_beta), courtesy of PortableApps.com.

[LowWaterMark]

Posts containing the entire contents of an above linked article have been removed.

Please do not copy the entire text of articles into posts. JR provided a link so people can click thru it to see the article on its source website.

[JRViejo]

-{ Quote: "Google patched 25 vulnerabilities in Chrome today in one last update before the Pwn2Own hacking contest starts Wednesday in Canada.

The company has a lot on the line at Pwn2Own, which runs March 9-11 at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The first researcher to hack Chrome on Wednesday will be paid $20,000 by Google (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9207939/Google_bets_20K_that_Chrome_can_t_be_hacked). If no one breaks the browser that day, the rules change and Google will fork over $10,000 for a successful exploit on Thursday or Friday, with Pwn2Own sponsor HP TippingPoint ponying up another $10,000." }-
Google issues last-minute Chrome fixes before Pwn2Own (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9213809/Google_issues_last_minute_Chrome_fixes_before_Pwn2Own) by Gregg Keizer.