A (rather major) typo or not, the 2.0.156.1 version of the Chrome browser has been made available to developers and it features a heap of updates including:
- New version of WebKit (528.8) which comes with lots of fixes and new features like CSS gradients and reflections.
- Form Autocomplete.
- Full-page zoom.
- Spell-checking improvements.
- Autoscroll.
- Docking dragged tabs. When you drag a tab to certain positions on the monitor, a docking icon will appear. Release the mouse over the docking icon to have the tab snap to the docking position instead of being dropped at the same size as the original window.
- Import bookmarks from Google Bookmarks.
- New SafeBrowsing implementation. SafeBrowsing is now faster, more reliable, and uses the disk less often.
- Use different browser profiles. You can start a new browser window that uses a different profile (different bookmarks, history, cookies, etc.).
- Update the V8 Javascript engine to version 0.4.6.0 (from 0.3.9.3).
- New network code. Google Chrome now has its own implementation of the HTTP network protocol (we were using the WinHTTP library on Windows, but need common code for Mac and Linux).
- New window frames on Windows XP and Vista, supporting windows cascading and tiling, and other window-management add-in programs.
- Experimental user script support (similar to Greasemonkey).
- A new HTTPS-only browsing mode. Add –force-https to your Google Chrome shortcut, and it will only load HTTPS sites.
To test out Chrome 2.0.156.1 check out this page and downloads its installer.
