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Chrome For Android Gets Its Own Canary Channel (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the cutting-edge dept.

Google is bringing bleeding-edge Canary channel for Chrome to Android. Through Canary channel, the company introduces early versions of Chrome upgrades to the early adopter and developers, and seeks feedback. Prior to this, Canary channel was available for the desktop version of Chrome. Alex Mineer, APK Administrator & Bug Basher said, "Just like the Canary channel for other platforms, new versions are built from the most recent code available and often contain a variety of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. These builds are shipped automatically with no manual testing, which means that the build can be unstable and may even stop working entirely for days at a time. However, the goal is for Canary to remain usable at all times, and the Chrome team prioritizes fixing major issues as quickly as possible."

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  1. Warrant canary by quenda · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was expecting a Warrant canary.
    e.g. something to say they have not yet been been given secret orders by the NSA/CIA to install a backdoor for spying on users.

    Like Apple used to have. Is there some reason Google cannot do that?

    1. Re:Warrant canary by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Is there some reason Google cannot do that?

      That bird died with the dinosaurs.

    2. Re:Warrant canary by Insightfill · · Score: 1

      I was expecting a Warrant canary.
      e.g. something to say they have not yet been been given secret orders by the NSA/CIA to install a backdoor for spying on users.

      Like Apple used to have. Is there some reason Google cannot do that?

      I think their absence of an existing Warrant Canary speaks volumes. (That is - they've already been issued such an order or warrant.)

    3. Re:Warrant canary by swillden · · Score: 1

      I was expecting a Warrant canary. e.g. something to say they have not yet been been given secret orders by the NSA/CIA to install a backdoor for spying on users.

      Like Apple used to have. Is there some reason Google cannot do that?

      I think their absence of an existing Warrant Canary speaks volumes. (That is - they've already been issued such an order or warrant.)

      Google's head lawyer, David Drummond, has explicitly said that Google has done no such thing. Of course, if the government could order him to lie, then that doesn't mean anything. But if the government could order corporations to lie, then it could order them to publish a false warrant canary statement.

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    4. Re:Warrant canary by Thelasko · · Score: 1

      I was expecting a Warrant canary.

      Yes, this is a poor choice of words. Canaries are used to detect outside influences. That is not what this is. Google is testing on these volunteers. Everyone knows a test subject is a guinea pig. Therefore, this is actually a "guinea pig channel".

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  2. Re:Yes! by arth1 · · Score: 1

    I've always wanted to administer my HOSTS file from within Chrome so I can get rid of my Adblock extensions!

    I don't think that was what was meant by "APK Administrator"...

  3. Some massive existing probs w/ Chrome for Android by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 1

    Here are some massive problems with Chrome for Android:

    1. Big Brother live feeds do not work. They work fine on Chrome for Windows, or Puffin browser for Android. Make it work exactly like Chrome for Windows, with time machine and other functionality. Do not wait for CBA clowns, who just try to dump you into the even worse CBS app, which makes you view disclaimers with each cam switch. They are incompetent.

    2. Chrome keeps forcing me to download mobile versions of web pages, and I have to manually select desktop reload. I cannot even change this as default behavior.

    Why is this a problem? Because many "mobile" web sites think, for some godforsaken reason, that the excruciatingly limited phone real estate means put up an immovable, unclosable banner and menu line taking 1/3 the already insufficient screen space. On Washington Post, this can be upwards of 3/4 the screen with this useless space. Yes, you read that right.

    3. The tiny button/touch rectangle size of many widgets means the wrong things are often clicked, leading you to a new page. Click back (as here) and boom, a big data entry is wiped as clean and spotless as Ivanka's ass.

    Remember the contents outside the obviously flawed form fw/bw crap. You do this, quit waiting for standards or incompetent sites like Slashdot.

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