The Home Button on the Dev Channel has had an inconsistent color / mouse over state for a while now. However, the darkened, or to be more accurate, the "beveled" look you described is actually the default look of ALL the buttons in the latest Chromium trunk builds. Somehow, in the 193 release, only the home button got updated, but by the next Dev Release they will all carry the same beveled effect.
As for the version number, Google doesn't put too much stock in version numbers. It's just a way to keep track of the product. Notice that they haven't been marketing Chrome as Chrome 2.0, just Chrome. I admit it's natural to expect sweeping changes with each new version, but that's what got Firefox in the position it;s in now. If you keep the "Each version must have sweeping changes" mentality, the browser will inevitably get bloated by version 3. Having said that, Chrome 3.0 will be a more significant stable update than Chrome 2.0, because it will feature the following........ 1. Totally Redesigned New Tab Page 2. Themes which effect not only the browser frame, but Internal pages as well 3. Support for extension (even if it's not too complex yet) 4. Support for the HTML 5 Video tag 5. Redesigned Omnibar 6. Dockable Web Inspector 7. Increase browsing speed 8. Improved UI responsiveness (the new New Tab Page is actually faster in the latest build) The only notable feature missing is RSS support, but the devs are pushing the extension system partially to be able to try new features. It's easier for users to write new features for Chrome using extensions, and Google has said that they view extensions are a way fo previewing new features that could possibly make it into the browser. In other words, someone may build an RSS extension and save Google the trouble of writing it into the browser. And lastly, on the note of extensions, I believe Google Chrome will truly become what Firefox was supposed to be. I wouldn't be surprised if certain features NEVER get built into the official browser. I thing Google will have a section of the Extension gallery for "Official" or "Recommended" extensions, which will be VERY easy for users to enable (Sort of like Gmail Labs) but will not officially be integrated into the Browser code. That way Chrome can remain lean. On Jul 26, 3:10 pm, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > There's something wrong with the home button in the latest release > 3.0.193.2. Whenever I place my cursor over it it doesn't glow like the > others, rather it has this darkened look. > > By the way, I kinda like the new look, it feels more rich. But it's > not consistent throughout, like in the bookmarks manager. > > Also, I'm wondering why Google release this with a new version number > (3)? There doesn't seem to be anything major with it. I think every > major release should have at least one thing that's new and exciting > that makes people go way, and get's them talking everywhere. I don't > know, just my opinion. > > Anyway, why is the home button darker when moused over? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
