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New issue 7296 by [email protected]: Google offline installation page is  
extremely misleading!
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=7296

The page for an offline installation of Google Chrome -  
http://www.google.com/support/installer/bin/answer.py?answer=126299
It says - The version of Google Chrome available from the link below may  
not auto-update to future browser releases, meaning you could
miss important security fixes and feature improvements. If you install  
Google Chrome using the link below, bookmark this page and check
back periodically to manually download newer releases.

Issue 1301 Comment from kuchall@ - If you read the original request, it was  
about an offline installer. The update
problem is because installer fails to download new updates due to proxy
configurations. User will have to periodically download and install Google  
Chrome.

The proxy limitation of regular installer is already on file in other bugs.  
There is
no ETA for when it will get fixed.

Issue 1301 Comment from dhhwai - So what you're saying is that the possible  
inability to update is due to the proxy
configurations and not the installer.  So that's great.

But that also makes answer=126299 extremely misleading:
"The version of Google Chrome available from the link below may not  
auto-update...."

The wording says that _this VERSION of Chrome (downloaded from here)_ may  
not auto-update,
making it seem like some special bug/quirk of this downloaded version, when  
in fact that's
not true.  BOTH the offline installer and regular installer may not be able  
to auto-update.
Have you noted that detail anywhere for the regular installer?  If not,  
that detail is also
not important for the offline installer either.

As you say, inability to download new updates due to proxy configurations  
is already a
noted bug for BOTH offline and regular installers.  You don't need to  
specially mention
that in answer=126299.  That answer text needs to be fixed and updated.

I also thought that the offline version could not auto-update like other  
versions. This needs to be fixed ASAP.

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