14 DAY TRIAL // Google introduced on July 30, 2009, the third update through the dev channel to its open source browser this week. Google Chrome has been bumped up to version 3.0.196.0 for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. According to a member of the Google Chrome team, the release is designed to bring to the table fixes to a number of issues generating crashes. Chrome 3.0.196.0 follows Dev Channel Update: 3.0.195.3 and Dev Channel Update: 3.0.195.4, which were offered earlier this week.
For the Windows flavor of Chrome, the fixes introduced mean that the “cursor no longer flickers over the omnibox and other editable controls. [And that ] disconnecting a monitor and restarting Google Chrome no longer leaves windows off in space and impossible to access,” the Google Chrome team representative has revealed.
As far as Linux is concerned, “Google Chrome now respects the system font hinting/antialiasing setting. Added a password manager dialog (Options -> Personal -> Show Saved Passwords). Fixed an issue where scrolling a long page by dragging the scrollbar would lag significantly. Dragging a tab off and dropping it puts the dropped window where you dropped it,” an excerpt from the announcement produced by Google reads.
Changes have also affected Google Chrome for Mac. Users will discover that trackpad scrolling on maps is now functional again, but also a “first stab at history menu. Download shelf now has real download items. Lots of polish bugs,” the Google Chrome team representative adds.
Google notes that there are also modifications affecting the extensions of Chrome. 3.0.196.0 users will be able to notice moles, a new area introduced above toolstrips. In addition, “Themes now work with –load-extension. You can now reload extensions from a button on chrome://extensions. Fix bug where bookmarks.getTree() doesn't return any bookmarks. Minimum auto-update frequency from command line is now 30 seconds. (Re-)enable content scripts executing in isolated worlds.”
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