[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Peter Kasting
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Anthony LaForge lafo...@google.comwrote: I'm in the process of building the release notes/ blog post for the 196.0 release. I figured I'd try something a little different this week and turn over the process of picking high to the shiny folks on chromium-dev.

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Evan Martin
User-visible notes from skimming the Linux commits: - We now respect the system font hinting/antialiasing setting. - We now have a password manager dialog (Options - Personal - Show Saved Passwords). - Fixed an issue where scrolling a long page by dragging the scrollbar would lag significantly.

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Nico Weber
Mac changes: * Trackpad scrolling on maps works again * First stab at history menu * Download shelf now has real download items * Lots of polish bugs (gradient between tabs and toolbar looks smooth again, double-clicking tabstrip to minimize works, app icon is slightly smaller, completion popups

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Aaron Boodman
Extension changes: * Introduce moles! These are a new extra area that can pop up above toolstrips. 21621 * Theme install experience is now complete: 21626 * Themes now work with --load-extension (good for development): 21619 * You can now reload extensions from a button on chrome://extensions.

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Peter Kasting
Windows/All changes: * Crash fixes * Tweaks to New New Tab Page * Fixed problems displaying tooltips * Viewing images no longer shows strange characters in the tab title * [WINDOWS] Cursor no longer flickers over the omnibox and other editable controls * Bug fixes and context menus for video and

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Evan Martin
One more for Linux, then, since it was especially annoying me and I fixed it myself: - dragging a tab off and dropping it puts the dropped window where you dropped it On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Evan Martine...@chromium.org wrote: User-visible notes from skimming the Linux commits: - We

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Nico Weber
And another one for linux, by estade and me: Linux now has carpet bombing protection. Not too interesting, but since this counts as a security issue these days, you might want to mention it. On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Evan Martine...@chromium.org wrote: One more for Linux, then, since

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Evan Stade
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Nico Webertha...@chromium.org wrote: And another one for linux, by estade and me: Linux now has carpet bombing protection. Not too interesting, but since this counts as a security issue these days, you might want to mention it. actually we already had the

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Nico Weber
No, before it was treated as if the user always allowed it. Some file had a check that the download was denied if the dialog was NULL, but there's a stub dialog in temp_scaffoling_stubs that always pretends that the user clicks yes, so that check was never triggered. On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:35

[chromium-dev] Re: Call for highlights to the 196.0 release notes

2009-07-30 Thread Anthony LaForge
I like this new approach! The content looks excellent, many thanks to everyone who contributed. Kind Regards, Anthony Laforge Technical Program Manager Mountain View, CA On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Nico Weber tha...@chromium.org wrote: No, before it was treated as if the user always