NetSurf 2.7 released
John-Mark Bell
of NetSurf 2.7. This release contains many bug fixes and improvements.
It is available to download from http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
Here is a change log detailing the important changes in this release:
Core / All
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* Added WebP image support as build-time option.
* Made logging include timing information.
* Added treeview support.
* Added global history manager.
* Added hotlist manager.
* Added cookie manager.
* Added SSL certificate chain inspection display.
* Improved stability.
* Optimised plain text handling.
* Cleaned up build infrastructure.
* Fixed HTTP authentication issues.
* Improved cache cleanup.
* Improved detection of IP addresses in URLs.
* Fixed handling of IPv6 addresses.
* Updated rendering of local history.
* Made the cache more robust.
* Fixed building on OpenBSD.
* Optimised count of current fetches for given host.
* Added options for treeview rendering colours.
* Added partial support for CSS :after pseudo element.
* Fixed 'auto' top/bottom margins for tables.
* Improved font API documentation.
* Fixed float clearing bug.
* Fixed browser_window destruction issue.
* Added support for CSS system colours.
* Fixed colour treatment in rsvg binding.
* Improved portability.
* Fixed copying from plain text to clipboard.
* Improved core/front end interface for rendering into browser windows.
* Improved core/front end interface for rendering thumbnails.
* Optimised thumbnail rendering.
* Made rendering calls pass clipping rectangle around as pointer.
* Reduced floating point maths in the layout engine.
* Added support for about: URL scheme.
* Made cache more robust to strange server responses.
* Added about:config and about:Choices displays.
* Added about:licence and about:credits pages.
* Made knockout rendering optimisation independent of content types.
* Fixed clipping issue for HTML contents.
* Fixed overflow:auto and overflow:scroll behaviour.
* Set download filename according to Content-Disposition header.
* Added resource: URL scheme.
* Fixed poll loops for file: and data: URL scheme fetchers.
* Fixed cache control invalidation.
* Fixed text-indent layout issue.
* Fixed layout issue where clear wrongly interacted with margins.
* Improved cache performance.
* Fixed handling of objects which fail to load.
* Fixed various form submission issues.
* Parallelised fetch and conversion of imported stylesheets.
* Made content states more robust.
* Optimised layout code to reduce calls to measure strings.
* Improved layout code not to duplicate strings for text wrapping.
* Improved box structure for HTML contents.
* Optimised content message redraw requests.
* Made various cache enhancements.
* Text plot scaling handled in core.
* Handle API diversity of iconv() implementations.
* Optimise handling of child objects of an HTML content.
* Avoided stalling during early stages of fetch caused by cURL.
* Improved example of build configuration.
* Added generation of build testament for about:testament.
* Sanitised task scheduling.
* Improved debugging infrastructure.
* Fixed text/plain renderer to cope with scroll offsets.
* Added generated list of about: content at about:about.
* Allowed config. options to be set from the command line.
* Hubbub library (HTML parser):
+ Added scoping for use from C++ programs.
+ Fixed example program.
+ Removed need for library initialisation and finalisation.
+ Generate entities tree at build time, rather than run time.
+ Added clang build support.
* LibCSS library (CSS parser and selection engine):
+ Fixed destruction of bytecode for clip property.
+ Added scoping for use from C++ programs.
+ Removed need for library initialisation and finalisation.
+ Added support for CSS2 system colours.
+ Added support for CSS2 system fonts.
+ Altered external representation of colours to aarrggbb.
+ Added support for CSS3 rgba() colour specifier.
+ Added support for CSS3 'transparent' colour keyword.
+ Added support for CSS3 hsl() and hsla() colour specifiers.
+ Added support for CSS3 'currentColor' colour keyword.
+ Added support for CSS3 'opacity' property.
+ Added support for CSS3 selectors.
+ Added support for CSS3 namespaces.
+ Enabled clients to fetch imported stylesheets in parallel.
+ Made internal bytecode 64-bit safe.
+ Fixed leaking of strings.
+ Rewritten property parsers.
+ Certain property parsers auto-generated at build time.
+ Added clang build support.
+ Various portability enhancements.
+ Fixed selection for pseudo elements.
+ Added simultaneous selection for base and pseudo elements.
+ Namespaced all global symbols.
+ Updated test suite.
+ Future-proofed ABI.
+ Ensured fixed point maths saturates instead of overflowing.
+ Fixed clip property handling.
+ Fixed selection and cascade of "uncommon" CSS properties.
+ Added structure versioning for client input.
* LibNSBMP library (NetSurf BMP decoder):
+ Added missing include.
+ Made more robust when handling broken ICO files.
+ Added clang build support.
* LibNSGIF library (NetSurf GIF decoder):
+ Added missing include.
+ Added clang build support.
* LibParserUtils library (parser building utility functions):
+ Fixed input stream encoding issue.
+ Added scoping for use from C++ programs.
+ Removed need for library initialisation and finalisation.
+ Removed need for run time provision of external Aliases file.
+ Added clang build support.
+ Namespaced all global symbols.
+ Handle API diversity of iconv() implementations.
* LibROSprite library (RISC OS Sprite support for non-RO platforms):
+ C89 compatibility.
* LibSVGTiny library (SVG support):
+ Improved parsing of stroke-width.
+ Added clang build support.
+ Various portability enhancements.
* LibWapcaplet library (String internment):
+ Added scoping for use from C++ programs.
+ Removed need for library initialisation and finalisation.
+ Added clang build support.
RISC OS-specific
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* Replaced hotlist with core hotlist.
* Replaced global history with core global history.
* Replaced cookie manager with core cookie manager.
* Replaced SSL cert. inspection with core SSL cert. inspection.
* Apply weighted averaging to download rate display.
* Examine extension when fetching local file of type 'Data'.
* Iconv module version 0.11 required.
* Rewritten toolbar code.
* Created simplified, self-contained gui widgets.
* Obtain download filename from the core.
* Set CSS system colours from desktop palette.
* Added menu entries to load about:licence and about:credits pages.
GTK-specific
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* Replaced global history with core global history.
* Added bookmarks support, using core hotlist.
* Added cookie manager.
* Added SSL certificate inspection window.
* Support GTK >= 2.21.6.
* Improved full save implementation.
* Made drags less jerky.
* Made new tabs open to show homepage.
* Improved text wrap handling.
* Improved menu bar.
* Improved context sensitive popup menu.
* Made various thumbnailing fixes.
* Obtain download filename from the core.
* Updated to use resource: scheme for resources.
* Fixed makefie's installation target.
* Enabled tabbing between form inputs.
* Updated About NetSurf dialogue.
* Reduced overhead due to Pango when measuring text.
AmigaOS-specific
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* Improved bitmap caching.
* Fixed menus in kiosk mode.
* Improved filetype handling.
* Fixed menu shortcuts.
* Replaced hotlist with core hotlist.
* Replaced global history with core global history.
* Replaced cookie manager with core cookie manager.
* Replaced SSL cert. inspection with core SSL cert. inspection.
* Improved Cairo and non-Cairo plotters.
* Added auto-scroll on selection drags beyond window boundaries.
* Improved clipboard handling.
* Improved icon usage.
* Improved stability.
* Some incomplete work towards AmigaOS 3 support.
* Disabled iframes by default.
* Set CSS system colours from the pens in the screen DrawInfo table.
* Fixed kiosk mode to always fill screen.
* Improved scheduler.
* Made new tabs open to show homepage.
* Obtain download filename from the core.
* Added history content menus to back and forward buttons.
* Bitmap rendering optimisations.
* Improved download handling.
* Runtime selection of graphics plot implementations.
* Updated About requester.
* Enabled fast scrolling for all content types.
Mac OS X-specific
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* New front end.
BeOS/Haiku-specific
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* Fixed Replicant instantiation.
* Set CSS system colours according to current desktop settings.
Windows-specific
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* Improved sub-window creation.
* Fixed redraw bugs.
* Fixed bitmap plotting.
* Fixed thumbnailing.
* Fixed local history.
* Fixed URL bar.
* Cleaned up toolbar creation.
* Improved native build.
* Fixed CPU thrashing when idle.
* Use NetSurf icon on window decoration.
* Improved options dialogue.
* Made various 'look and feel' enhancements.
Atari-specific
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* New front end.
Framebuffer-specific
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* Improved toolbar.
* Improved font selection.
* Added glyph cache size configuration option.
* Made click action happen on mouse button release.
* Give browser widget input focus on startup.
* Fixed cursor leaving root widget.
* Dynamic detection of surface libraries.
* Updated to use resource: scheme for resources.
* Improved DPI handling.
* Fixed font size in text widgets.
* Added support for scaled rendering.
Also included are many smaller bug fixes, improvements and
documentation enhancements.
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