Chrome Stable Channel Update

Thank you, WBD! 69 now running on two 7x64 machines and looking great. Really happy with the 40 security fixes. Appreciate all of the useful info you guys post pertaining to Chrome updates. Keep it coming.

 

Chrome 69.0.3497.81

https://chromereleases.googleblog.c...GoogleChromeReleases (Google Chrome Releases)

 

Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81 Stable Offline Installers
Consumer version

Code:

x64 (49.1 MB)
https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome/AOF3LVhIDhUr_69.0.3497.81/69.0.3497.81_chrome_installer.exe
x86 (48.6 MB)
https://redirector.gvt1.com/edgedl/release2/chrome/AJiOP5neemba_69.0.3497.81/69.0.3497.81_chrome_installer.exe

Spoiler: Enterprise version, Linux, Mac & Chrome Cleanup Tool

Enterprise version (msi installers)

Code:

x64 (51.0 MB)
https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise64.msi
x86 (50.5 MB)
https://dl.google.com/dl/chrome/install/googlechromestandaloneenterprise.msi

Linux

Code:

x64 (52.2 MB)
https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
x86 (52.4 MB)
https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

Mac

Code:

(68.5 MB)
https://dl.google.com/chrome/mac/stable/GGRO/googlechrome.dmg

Chrome Cleanup Tool

Code:

(12.2 MB)
https://dl.google.com/dl/softwareremovaltool/win/chrome_cleanup_tool.exe

 

Dinosaur Game (Birthday Edition): chrome://dino
* hit spacebar to start

 

How do I disable or at least remove the stupid "People" icon from the top right?

 

There was a flag to remove it but the flag is not available anymore.

 

Google Wants to Kill the URL
September 4, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/google-wants-to-kill-the-url/

 

Thanks.

 

With Chrome 60 the colors and the text look darker now. I don't like the look of the new tabs. The bookmarks have a space between them again like what happened two updates ago.

 

And I don't like the shape/color of the address bar.

 

When it was at the top of the UI it didn't bother me as much but where they've placed is right in your face. Opening Settings and it is the first section shown. Me thinks not enough people have been using "People" so Goggle are pushing harder.

 

and if you want

not

try

 

Yes! That works. It put the icon back above where my extensions are next to the Minimise button.

Nice!

 

Google Chrome Portable 69.0.3497.81 Stable (web browser) Released (September 6, 2018) (PortableApps.com)

 

Google investigating issue with blurry fonts on new Chrome 69
September 5, 2018
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-investigating-issue-with-blurry-fonts-on-new-chrome-69/

 

Not seeing this issue.

Anyone else here at Wilders having a problem with fonts?

 

I have that problem too, very annoying.
I have Windows 10 with 125% scaling (1920x1080) and the text in Chrome 69 is blurry and weird.
Like the bug report mentions it's a zooming, DPI issue:

EDIT: Thanks @mood for mentioning this bug

 

I think it's 'gone a bit Safari' ...

 

I changed the UI to "hybrid" a while back to get the new tab button back to the right side of the last tab. I'm happy to say that with Chrome 69 the new tab button is on the right side in the "default" UI as well

 

There is also a new flag available to control the placement of the new tab button:

 

@mood Nice find, thank you!

Believe it or not, I had actually gotten used to having the new tab button on the far left side during the first couple of months of testing that new Refresh top UI theme recently. Now I am having trouble getting used to it again.

 

Chrome's stripping of trivial domain parts is broken
Google Chrome 69 landed recently and with it came a change that hides information in the browser's address bar on the desktop.
September 07, 2018
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/09/07/chromes-stripping-of-trivial-domain-parts-is-broken/

 

From article:

This might also be a reason for pushing those changes. With largest browser market share they can actually do whatever they want. And the rest will follow...

 

FWIW ~ un-hide URL .... double click Omnibox ..... or, disable "feature"

 

LOL, this has always been a problem with Chromium based browsers, and only now they want to investigate this? I've checked out the newest Chrome and it's still crap, almost no customization options.