Google Chrome Scroll Fix/Patch

Chrome Patcher

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A project to fix a scrolling bug in early releases of Google Chrome - Google's new browser.

"The issue is caused by Google Chrome setting incorrect information about it's scroll bars. Scroll bars' positions appear to be at the top (or left if the scroll bar is horizontal). Some mouse software (i.e. the programs that run in the background/in your tray) use this information and do not send scroll up messages to Chrome (since the scroll bars already appear to be at the top). Mouse software which does not use this information or mouses that do not need software to help them scroll will therefore not be affected.

This patcher fixes the "cannot scroll up with certain mouse pads" issue. Although the browser is open source, the source code was not used in the development of the fix. In the future, I could write an article explaining how to find the source of this bug, and how to fix it.

I could also change the scroll amount to be slightly less.

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You could even consider making a very small donation. Even $1 will help greatly. Thank you.

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Chrome Patcher
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by Paulus

paulusdev@gmail.com
Paulus Dev on facebook

This file should have been downloaded from:
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pjt2v07/chrome/

If you did not get the file from this location then the patcher 
may have been modified (e.g. may be malicious).


To Use:
1. Run chrome_patch.exe.
2. Follow instructions.


A project to fix a scrolling bug in early releases of Google Chrome
- Google's new browser. Although the browser is open source, the
source code was not used in the development of the fix. In the
future, I could write an article explaining how to find the source
of this bug, and how to fix it.

I could also change the scroll amount to be slightly less.

Feedbacks and comments welcome to the email address above.


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Other notes:

Warning: Chrome Patch will attempt to patch your installed version of Chrome.
If you wish to patch a different version, make sure the patcher is in the
same directory as "chrome.dll".

"Chrome Patcher by Paulus. Run from the same directory as "chrome.dll"
for higher success rate. For support, comments, feedback - paulusdev@gmail.com
Paulus Dev is also on facebook. The patcher should have been downloaded from
http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/chrome/
Any other location and the patcher could have been modified."

Update: It seems as though the issue has been fixed in development builds. The patcher can still be used until it is updated officially.

Google Chrome

is Google's New Open Source Browser, developed using several different already available technologies, while also adding many new features to increase security, stability and privacy.

Its release was big news for the computing industry; Google already owns several successful Web services and applications (such as Maps, Documents, YouTube and GMail), but the desktop browser is a very competitive market. In fact, Google already provides finacial support for the development of Mozilla's popular alternate browser: Firefox.

However, many people assume that this is Google's attempt to move people away from relying on the Operating System; Google can use their new browser to push their Web applications (along with Google Gears - the technology to use Web applications offline) and perhaps finally start to compete with Microsoft's closed source applications and Operating Systems.

Ironically though, the first release of Google Chrome can only run on Windows XP and Vista.