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Maybe. I'd like to complain a bit longer first.
post #102 of 222
post #103 of 222
Google (final) 5.0.375.70 is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS!

This version was introduced back in May 26 and has just being updated and marked as final V5 today!

First impression - simply fast

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post #104 of 222

Not sure about this

Google Eyes Mouse Movement as Possible Search Relevancy Signal

Google was granted an interesting patent ... The title is "System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring".

In a nutshell ...

"A method and system of modulating search result relevancy use various types of user browsing activities. In particular, a client assistant residing in a client computer monitors movements of a user controlled pointer in a web browser, e.g., when the pointer moves into a predefined region and when it moves out of the predefined region. A server then determines a relevancy value between an informational item associated with the predefined region and a search query according to the pointer hover period. When preparing a new search result responsive to a search query, the server re-orders identified informational items in accordance with their respective relevancy values such that more relevant items appear before less relevant ones. The server also uses the relevancy values to determine and/or adjust the content of an one-box result associated with a search query. "

Quote:
"The patent presents a couple of assumptions about how mouse pointer movements can be interpreted," explains Bill Slawski at SEO by the Sea, who presents a much more readable explanation of the patent. "For example, a longer hover over a result may indicate a positive opinion about how relevant a listing on the results page might be to a query. And, if someone moves their mouse pointer across a snippet line by line at a normal reading speed, it may indicate a higher level of attention to that result than if pointer was kept in a static position or moved randomly."

"So, the speed and movement of a mouse pointer as well as where it is placed on a search result page might be tracked to see how much attention a search pays to different search results," he adds. "If someone hovers over one sponsored listing, or ad, but not another, that might indicate more attention and interest in the ad hovered over. If a local map is shown, or a definition, or some other OneBox result, and the searcher viewing the page hovers over those OneBox results for a while, that could be an indication that the map or the definition or other OneBox listing was helpful."
In full.

It feels a bit spooky ...

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post #105 of 222

Google Chrome 7.0.503.0 Beta

Google Chrome 7.0.503.0 Beta

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# All

* [r56615] IP addresses typed into the omnibox now work when offline. (Issue: 39830)
Well, v6 ran out of space location for version number, thus become "official". Now comes v7!

Get it from Google or here.

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post #106 of 222

Google Chrome Dev 8.0.552.0

Google Chrome Dev 8.0.552.0 hits the pavement with latest hardware acceleration adaptation and TABS improved handling

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post #107 of 222

Google Chrome 9.0.570.0 Beta

Looking like that v8 is being thrown out ...

Google Chrome 9.0.570.0 Beta
... - fixes several crashes

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post #108 of 222
Following up on v9 Beta users of Chrome stable v7 are being recommended to update it to the latest stable 7.0.517.44

.. to take care of the following bug fixes:

- [51602] High Use-after-free in text editing.

- [55257] High Memory corruption with enormous text area.

- [58657] High Bad cast with the SVG use element.

- [58731] High Invalid memory read in XPath handling.

- [58741] High Use-after-free in text control selections.

- [Linux only] [59320] High Integer overflows in font handling.

- [60055] High Memory corruption in libvpx.

- [60238] High Bad use of destroyed frame object.

- [60327] [60769] [61255] High Type confusions with event objects.

- [60688] High Out-of-bounds array access in SVG handling.

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post #109 of 222
Chrome 9.0.576.0:

- bug fixes
- typing on a form with highlighted profile, keeps its highlighted value. (Issue 58774)
- handle selection changes due to AutoFill more carefully. (Issue 58774)
- auto-fill popup labels should reflect the contents of the HTML form. (Issue 58887)

For Linux Platform:

- Port SSLClientSocketNSS to use Windows CryptoAPI for SSL client authentication. (Issue 37560)

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post #110 of 222
Chrome 9.0.597.0 Beta

# All
- Ongoing work on IndexDB and GPU
- Tweaks/Fixes to Google Chrome Instant
- Extensions/Apps work
- Autofill related fixes

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post #111 of 222
Chrome 9.0.597.10 Beta

- # All
- Primarily stability fixes and minor UI tweaks.


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post #112 of 222
Google Chrome 9.0.597.16 Beta

- The scrolling regression has been fixed (Issue: 66079).

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post #113 of 222
Google Chrome 9.0.597.19 Beta and the stable Chrome 8.0.552.224

- security and stability fixes

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post #114 of 222

Google Chrome 10.0.612.1 Beta

# All
- Updated V8 - 3.0.2.1
- Updated WebKit - 534.15

# Windows
- Google Cloud Print sign-in interface is now out from behind a flag and can be found in Under the Hood


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post #115 of 222
Google Chrome 9.0.597.44 (Beta)

- Flash Player sandboxing has been temporarily moved behind a flag --enable-flash-sandbox.

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post #116 of 222
Google Chrome 10.0.628.0 Beta

# Fixes several crashes and small issues:

* All
- Updated V8 - 3.0.4.1
- Updated WebKit - 534.16
- Eliminated crash on shutdown after “Clear All Downloads” (Issue 66676)

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post #117 of 222
Google Chrome 9.0.597.47 (Beta)


- Flash Player is back,
- WebGL sandboxing on Vista and Windows 7 but not for Windows XP.


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post #118 of 222
Google Chrome 10.0.634.0 Beta

# Fixes several crashes and small issues:

* All
- Updated V8 - 3.0.6.1
- Chrome no longer says "restart required" when there's no update (Issue 67478)


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post #119 of 222
Chrome 10.0.642.2 Beta:

* All

- Many polish changes and fixes for the new tabbed preferences dialog

- Several tweaks to Instant
- Integrate about:sync with the new tabbed preference dialog (Issue: 69500)
- Add “Save” and “Print” to the context menu of PDFs in frames (Issue: 50285)

* Mac

- Make thumbnails closable in tab overview mode (Issue: 50307)
- Fix color of favicon and tab overview thumbnails (Issues: 24267, 50307)
- Fix crash in translation code (Issue: 67594)
- Fix unable to re-open extension popups that were closed by clicking the browser action button (Issue: 56340)

* Linux

- Fix crash on some distributions when accessing GNOME Keyring (Issue: 69295)


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post #120 of 222

Google Chrome 10.0.648.6 Beta

- Stability fixes!

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