NW.js v0.42.4 Released with NW2 Mode

Roger Wang

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Nov 13, 2019, 9:00:15 AM11/13/19

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I'm excited to announce NW.js 0.42.4 with NW2 mode becoming the default. NW2 is another key step of the project with major refactoring completed for more features and better quality. See more information on NW2 announcement here.

Previously I released NW.js 0.42 major version with Chromium 78, which contains usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, and there are also some cool new features to explore. It supports Custom CSS Properties, SMS Receiver API, Faster Web Sockets and more. Please check Chromium blog and v8 blog for details. For a complete list of all features (including experimental features) in this release, see the Chrome 78 milestone hotlist.

I've made the 0.42 branch ready soon after Chromium beta bumps to 78. Thanks to the testers for their valuable feedback and bug reports. I've been working on 2 branches simultaneously: a released branch on current Chromium stable and a beta branch on Chromium beta.

Best regards,
Roger Wang

ChangeLog

NW2 becomes the default mode (#5875)
nw2: Fix window icon and dimension
Fix: cross domain access from Node frame (#7173)
Fix: crash on terminate web worker in iframe with enable node worker (#7196)

Full ChangeLog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw42/CHANGELOG.md

Download

SDK build:

Binary for other platforms: https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.42.4/

There are 2 builds for each platform - normal build, and SDK build. Normal build doesn't have devtools, only SDK build does. lt can be opened by pressing F12 (Cmd-Alt-I on OSX). SDK packages also have more development tools to be exposed in the following releases, as well as the NaCl support.

Our build infrastructure enables live binary build from git tip so you can access to the latest binary from https://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/

Known issues

http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Migration/From%200.12%20to%200.13/#known-issues

france...@gmail.com

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Nov 14, 2019, 4:17:50 AM11/14/19

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platform : win10/64/nwjs-v042.4

Toolbar icon missing.
With --disable-features=nw2 it works OK

Roger Wang

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Nov 14, 2019, 4:19:42 AM11/14/19

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Could you please provide a sample? Thanks.

Roger

alex....@gmail.com

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Nov 18, 2019, 5:52:50 PM11/18/19

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In the release notes on https://nwjs.io/blog/v0.42.4/ the link to nw2 mode announcement is broken (points to https://nwjs.io/blog/v0.42.4/nw2-mode instead of https://nwjs.io/blog/nw2-mode)

Roger Wang

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Nov 18, 2019, 10:16:53 PM11/18/19

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Thanks. It's just fixed.

Regards,

Roger

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