NetSurf 1.2 released
John-Mark Bell
The NetSurf developers are happy to announce the immediate availability of
NetSurf 1.2. This is a bug fix and security release to NetSurf 1.1. It is
available for 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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* Overhaul documentation in line with new website
* Many improvements to cookie handling
* Minimum font size option is now obeyed by form elements
* Add support for periodic reflow during fetching
* Fixes for positioning of floated elements -- NetSurf now passes
Acid1
* Bring support for <center> and align= in line with specification
* Updated SSL root certificate bundle
* Various fixes for form element default styling and interaction
with
CSS
* Rewritten, more tolerant, HTTP redirect handling
* Fix crash when tabbing into hidden form fields
* Fix background handling on <body> and <html>
* Permit <style> in <body>
* Relax restriction on location of @import rules
* Improve CSS colour handling
* Fix positioning of horizontal scrollbars within page
* Fixes for inline-block boxes
* Minor fixes to CSS parsing
* NetBSD support
* Fix GIF decoding to work correctly on big-endian processors
* New build system and many compiler warnings fixed
RISC OS-specific
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* Fix crashes on images.google.com
* Fix intermittent crashing when clicking in URL-completion menu
* Fix search when input is '*'
* Fix Shift+Adjust clicks
* Permit disabling of interactive help
GTK-specific
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* Improve form widget support
* Improve support for core configuration options (memory cache
size,
proxy, etc)
* Fix unsightly flickering to white
* Fix non-ASCII text input handling
* Fix for caret positioning when clicking after the end of text in
form inputs
Also included are many and various smaller bug fixes, documentation
enhancements and updated translations.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed to this release!
About NetSurf
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NetSurf is an Open Source web browser for RISC OS and Unix-like platforms
including Linux. For further information, please see the website at
http://www.netsurf-browser.org/
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