Google Chrome 9.0 on the Horizon

[swarfega]

Forget Google Chrome 7.0 and 8.0, soon enough you will be able to test the ninth release of the open source browser.

Google is gearing up to deliver yet another major version of its open source browser this year, namely Chrome 9.0, or at least to get early adopters a taste.

After all, the Mountain View-based search giant aims to keep its promise of launching a new Stable version of Chrome every six weeks, per the new accelerated release model, designed to bring fresh features to users as fast and as frequently as possible.

In this regard, Google Chrome 9.0 is already on the horizon, with testers getting the first bits next month.

“We're 41 days away from the branch point for mstone:9 and we have 1236 open bugs, at the time of this note,” revealed Anthony Laforge, Chrome Technical Program Manager.

“Given our open and close rates we will need to punt approximately 956 bugs in order to be ready for 9.0 which as a rule of thumb means 4 out of every 5 bugs we have needs to be moved out.

“Once we hit branch point only ReleaseBlock-* bugs will be accepted (i.e. crash, security, and bugs to disable features).”

Google might not be able to wrap up Chrome 9.0 by the end of 2010, but early adopters are sure to get a Chromium 9.0 build in the near future, followed by a Dev and perhaps even a Beta release of Chrome 8.0’s successor.

The Moutain View-based search giant launched the Stable version of Chrome 7.0 On October 19th, hot in the heels of Chrome 8.0 graduating to the Dev channel.

“Part of this new release cycle is a better focus on scope management, and tightly managing what goes into our releases will help to make us more predictable.

“I appreciate your help and patience as we transition to this new system. I realize that it's not without some discomfort, but you guys have done a great job thus far, and I trust that when we are past these initial bumps the road will be smoother,” LaForge added in a note to developers working on Chrome.

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[Fayla]

Does Google still embed that hidden update service with Chrome? You know, the one that doesn't list as installed, runs as a service/startup item and stays even after Google Chrome is removed?

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Does Google still embed that hidden update service with Chrome? You know, the one that doesn't list as installed, runs as a service/startup item and stays even after Google Chrome is removed?

It is still there I believe. I personally have no issues with my browser constantly being up-to-date.

Also when I remove Google Chrome it also goes with it so I'm not to certain about that last part.

 

[Bootz]

I was just wondering when i read this.

How do you know the service is there if its hidden? And how do you know it gets removed when you uninstall chrome if its hidden in the first place?

I am curious as to why they would hide it if its only there to update?

 

[Fayla]

I've installed Chrome into XP several times and once into Windows 7. After removal of Chrome, the update service was left intact in each case. Those could have been rare occurrences, I don't know. But I did have to manually remove it from the registry, since it didn't list as an installed program in add/remove programs area.

I suppose the idea of an always on update check service, that also installs a scheduled task is a bit too much for my liking. Firefox does it all internally and is less intrusive/resource hungry about it.

Does Google still embed that hidden update service with Chrome? You know, the one that doesn't list as installed, runs as a service/startup item and stays even after Google Chrome is removed?

It is still there I believe. I personally have no issues with my browser constantly being up-to-date.

Also when I remove Google Chrome it also goes with it so I'm not to certain about that last part.

 

[Fayla]

Well, it doesn't ask you if you want to install the update service during the process of installing Chrome (at least it didn't the last time I used Chrome.) After install, the service appears in the task manager and seemed to be set to automatic. That and there is the scheduled task it creates.

The reason you know it is still there is that after removal of Google Chrome is that it still lists as an active running service in both the task manager and services area (services.msc.) All of its registry entries, plus install folder is still intact (Program files / Google / Update) If none of those are present, then it is gone

How to remove invisible googleupdate.exe or google updater from windows

I was just wondering when i read this.

How do you know the service is there if its hidden? And how do you know it gets removed when you uninstall chrome if its hidden in the first place?

I am curious as to why they would hide it if its only there to update?

 

[Win7User512]

You can disable the background update through msconfig.exe

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I've installed Chrome into XP several times and once into Windows 7. After removal of Chrome, the update service was left intact in each case. Those could have been rare occurrences, I don't know. But I did have to manually remove it from the registry, since it didn't list as an installed program in add/remove programs area.

I suppose the idea of an always on update check service, that also installs a scheduled task is a bit too much for my liking. Firefox does it all internally and is less intrusive/resource hungry about it.

Does Google still embed that hidden update service with Chrome? You know, the one that doesn't list as installed, runs as a service/startup item and stays even after Google Chrome is removed?

It is still there I believe. I personally have no issues with my browser constantly being up-to-date.

Also when I remove Google Chrome it also goes with it so I'm not to certain about that last part.

Since when is 3mb of ram resource hungry? Is that 3mb desperately needed for something else?

 

[johnwillyums]

I'm running the chrome dev build and that updates extremely frequently. That's the idea and there's a bug reporting thingy.
I've been using it as default for months now and there has only been one short period when I had to go back to Firefox.
Chrome dev is now at version 8.0.552.11.
There is also a nightly build called Canary, not sure where that's up to.
At the moment I'm also trying FF Minefieldx64 with the x64 flash. that's pretty good but most of the addons are not yet compatible.
Minefield is a third faster than regular FF 3.6.11 but half as fast as chrome dev.

Guess I'm a browsy kind of guy

PS I think they'll end up like opera

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

I'm running the chrome dev build and that updates extremely frequently. That's the idea and there's a bug reporting thingy.
I've been using it as default for months now and there has only been one short period when I had to go back to Firefox.
Chrome dev is now at version 8.0.552.11.
There is also a nightly build called Canary, not sure where that's up to.
At the moment I'm also trying FF Minefieldx64 with the x64 flash. that's pretty good but most of the addons are not yet compatible.
Minefield is a third faster than regular FF 3.6.11 but half as fast as chrome dev.

Guess I'm a browsy kind of guy

PS I think they'll end up like opera

Canary isn't a nightly build, its a branch between the Developers and the nightly build.

 

[Mercurial]

just waiting for ie9 rtm /ho~

 

[Trucidation]

Will Chrome finally come out with an option to disable re-displaying the download bar in every single freakin' tab the moment you download something else, even if you'd previously closed it?

:x

 

[brianzion]

wowwwwwwww thats alot of bugs nasty little things

 

[brianzion]

Will Chrome finally come out with an option to disable re-displaying the download bar in every single freakin' tab the moment you download something else, even if you'd previously closed it?

:x

go and tell them at this link Google Chrome Help

and here http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/label?lid=4b62763ab25c3274&hl=en

 

[MilesAhead]

I'm running the Oct. 25 nightly build. The zip file seems to work great. I tried Chromium 8.x mini installer and it wasn't smooth. But so far I've tried the win32 zip file with 4 or 5 nightly builds and had no problems. I just save my local\Chromium folder in case I need to back off to a previous build.

I like this much better than silent updates. Too much chance of favicons being hosed or extensions being messed up using that. With this zipped up folder it's very easy to back off to an older working version.

9.0.564.0 running smooth!!

 

[Trucidation]

Will Chrome finally come out with an option to disable re-displaying the download bar in every single freakin' tab the moment you download something else, even if you'd previously closed it?

:x

go and tell them at this link Google Chrome Help

and here Suggestions - Google Chrome Help

Thanks, but the question has been posted there already. And going from searches, has been asked about for just about since Chrome came out.

It's not like it's a difficult feature to implement. Seriously. If they can re-display the bar with every download, they can surely check a flag to see whether the user has toggled "please don't do that".

 

[MilesAhead]

...
It's not like it's a difficult feature to implement. Seriously. If they can re-display the bar with every download, they can surely check a flag to see whether the user has toggled "please don't do that".

I don't get the way some of these software producers respond to user input. I mean, you can't get them to bookmark the current page using Control-D.

With Splash Lite video player, you can't get them to allow the user to change the background color. The background is black and the controls are black with navy blue highlights. It's almost like they are saying if you still run a CRT monitor then we're out to get you!!(The only way you can find a control is mouse over until you chance upon it.) I mean, whatever the programming language changing the brush for the background color, at least on Windows, has to be one or two lines of code. I don't know how much it would take to implement Control-D bookmark, but it's like a standard for browsers. Leaving it out is bizarre.