I have a specific requirement (probably silly!) for testing a browser of Chrome. I realize this requirement isn't the most logical, but politics being what they may I'd like to know the technical workaround.
Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and as a stable public release on December 11, 2008.
As of July 2014, StatCounter estimates that Google Chrome has a 45% worldwide usage share of web browsers, indicating that it is the most widely used web browser in the world. Google releases the majority of Chrome's source code as an open-source project Chromium. A notable component that is not open source is the built-in Adobe Flash Player.
Chrome was assembled from 25 different code libraries from Google and third parties such as Mozilla's Netscape Portable Runtime, Network Security Services, NPAPI, Skia Graphics Engine, SQLite, and a number of other open-source projects. The V8 JavaScript virtual machine was considered a sufficiently important project to be split off (as wasAdobe/Mozilla's Tamarin) and handled by a separate team in Denmark coordinated by Lars Bak at Aarhus. According to Google, existing implementations were designed 'for small programs, where the performance and interactivity of the system weren't that important', but web applications such as Gmail 'are using the web browser to the fullest when it comes to DOM manipulations and JavaScript', and therefore would significantly benefit from a JavaScript engine that could work faster.
Chrome uses the Blink rendering engine to display web pages. Based on WebKit, Blink only uses WebKit's 'WebCore' components while substituting all other components, such as its own multi-process architecture in place of WebKit's native implementation.
Chrome is internally tested with unit testing, 'automated user interface testing of scripted user actions', fuzz testing, as well as WebKit's layout tests (99% of which Chrome is claimed to have passed), and against commonly accessed websites inside the Google index within 20–30 minutes.Google created Gears for Chrome, which added features for web developers typically relating to the building of web applications, including offline support. However, Google phased out Gears in favor of HTML5.
On January 11, 2011 the Chrome product manager, Mike Jazayeri, announced that Chrome would remove H.264 video codec support for its HTML5 player, citing the desire to bring Google Chrome more in line with the currently available open codecs available in the Chromium project, which Chrome is based on. Despite this, on November 6, 2012, Google released a version of Chrome on Windows which added hardware-accelerated H.264 video decoding. In October 2013, Cisco announced that it was open-sourcing its H.264 codecs and will cover all fees required. On February 7, 2012, Google launched Google Chrome Beta for Android 4.0 devices. On many new devices with Android 4.1 and later preinstalled, Chrome is the default browser. On April 3, 2013, Google announced that it would fork the WebCore component of WebKit to form its own layout engine known as Blink. The aim of Blink will be to give Chrome's developers more freedom in implementing its own changes to the engine, and to allow its codebase to be trimmed of code that is unnecessary or unimplemented by Chrome.
Security
Google Chrome for Education uses security technologies like Safebrowsing, sandboxing, and auto-updates to protect your school from malicious sites, viruses, malware and phishing attacks. Our cross-site scripting protects against sites that try to steal teacher and student data.
Stability
Chrome’s multi-process architecturemeans that when one tab crashes, it does not bring down the entire browser. Prior to every Chrome update, we'll run thousands of continuous automation tests and collect data from our Development and Beta channels to improve stability.
Compatibility
Always up to date with modern web standards, Chrome lets you run the latest cloud apps. If your school needs a legacy browser to run older applications, try Chrome’s Legacy Browser Support, which helps IT deploy Chrome while supporting an older browser.
Speed
Chrome is built to be fast in every way – starting up from the desktop, loading websites, and running complex, business web apps. With every new release, Chrome continues to improve its Octane score, a benchmark for JavaScript speed.
Productivity
Users can sign-in to Chrome to access their apps, bookmarks, extensions, and other web settings. That means when your students leave school, they can still access everything they need to complete assignments.
Privacy
Chrome puts you in control of your private information while helping protect the information you share when you’re online. You can control privacy preferences from the Options dialog, under the Privacy section located at the top of the Under the Hood tab.
Updates in the new version:
System requirements :
To install Google Chrome in your PC successfully your computer must meet the following requirements :
Windows :
Developer : Google Inclusive.
Version : 39.0.2171.95 DOWNLOAD GOOGLE CHROME VERSION 39 OFFLINE INSTALLER
I need to test a site in version, let's say, 28 of Google Chrome. Obviously Google runs a silent updater which can be disabled, but at this point they don't (to my knowledge) release old archives of the MSI installers (which I can easily use to reinstall and force a no-update option for testing). If we can get this working on a single instance then there's a possibility that a virtual machine or some other workaround will give us an easy restore point to meet this test.
If anyone has a good idea of where to start here that would be amazing.
I've already floated the 'why are we doing this question?' and the answer is that it is part of the requirements so we need to make a best effort.
UPDATE:
UPDATE 2: - The accepted answer's server is the correct solution here at this point in time. Basically speaking you're looking for the full install (30 or so MB). If you have an 800K file it is the online installer which automatically updates.
Daniel Chapman
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The site http://www.go4it.ro/download/internet/google-chrome-28-11113372/ downloads a 33 MB file - can't check the version though without uninstalling and have not verified whether the site is trustworthy. Re-uploading to http://www.virustotal.com might be a good idea.
Found this by Googling another variation: chrome 28 download
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After the end ck2 mod. Taking denilson-sá's answer further..
You need revision numbers to grab downloads. So first lookup the full version string from the following URL, adjusting parameters as needed:
For Chrome version 28 the full version string is 28.0.1500.71. Now go to https://omahaproxy.appspot.com and enter the full version string ('28.0.1500.71') into the Position Lookup box. Copy the Base Position number ('209842' in this case).
You can use that base position number and platform as a filter at either of these URLs:
You probably won't have a perfect match on the base position number but you can at least use it to get close to the version you want.
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You can try browsing from Chromium continuous build archives:
It has build numbers instead of version numbers. Still, at least this one is an official website, and it can be trusted.
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If you don't mind using a portable version you can try
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You could just 'Google' the version you are looking for..
I just put 'v28 Google Chrome'
and got as a hit.http://www.afterdawn.com/software/network/browsers/google_chrome_dev.cfm/v28_0_1500_20
UPDATE:A Site for you:http://www.oldapps.com/google_chrome.php
found answer on this site (has been asked before):https://superuser.com/questions/217913/where-can-i-download-specific-versions-of-google-chrome
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In this point in time, there is a Google help article about this - Alternate (offline) Google Chrome installer (Windows).
If you're having problems downloading Chrome using the standard installer at http://www.google.com/chrome, try downloading the browser using an alternate installer, available through the links below.
These alternate installers don’t require network connection to install Chrome, so you can install Chrome while being offline. Once installed, Chrome will attempt to automatically update whenever it detects that a newer version of the browser is available. However, your network configuration may prevent the browser from updating properly. It's recommended that you bookmark this page and come back periodically to manually download newer versions of Chrome. That way, you can be sure to receive important security fixes and feature improvements. You can see if updates are available by visiting the Google Chrome releases blog.
Choose between two alternate installers for Chrome:
If you're downloading Chrome for your own user account only, use this installer: Alternate installer for one user account.
If you're downloading Chrome for all user accounts on your computer, use this installer: Alternate installer for all user accounts.
After you've download the installer file you need, open the file and follow the instructions on the screen to complete your installation. For additional help, please visit the Chrome Help Center.
I'm not sure exactly what's the difference between the two installers offered above, but the two links do point to two different URLs. However, I have downloaded both of them, and compared them with a diff tool and they appear to be binarely same. Here are some details about current online and offline installer.
If you must have an MSI file for installation in a corporate environment, or for your testing, try this URL:
You can find more information here:
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First, have the offline installer of Google Chrome v28. Next, disable your internet connection and open task manager, and in the processes tab, search and kill all GoogleUpdate.exe.
Second, open
Regedit and go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Wow6432Note , under this right click and create key and name it Google and within Google, create a new key and name it Update . Within Update in the right panel, right click and create and name it UpdateDefault , (New >> DWORD (32-bit) / QWORD (64-bit)), and finally give it value 0.
Do the same thing under policy
HKEY_CURRENT_USER >> Software >> Policies .
NOTE:
Don’t open both internet connection and “About Google Chrome” to check the version, as it will automatically update it to latest version.
To check it's version, you can use Cfinley
wireshark . Under the user-agent field, you will find the version of Google Chrome.
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PortableApps.com seems to be the most trustworthy:
So for v49: my link was:
I'm guessing that link will expire. But that link had v50.. before, I changed it to 49.. and it worked for me today.
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