Version history for K-Meleon

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Changes for v75.0 - v75.1

• Update to Gecko 31.8
• Chg: moved bmpmenu into core, plugin bmpmenu now is only used for compatibility with older skins using menuicons.cfg
• Chg: using gecko favicon cache
• Chg: improved autocomplete result display
• Add: allow function declaration in macros
• Add: macro function date(format[, time]).
• Add: macro function download(url, path[, function]).
• Add: kmeleon.display.urlbar_fontsize (multiplier, default is 1)
• Add: "copy link text" in context menu.
• Add: "URLBar" menu to customize the context menu of the url bar.
• Fix: various minor memory leaks
• Fix: losing sessions when disk full
• Fix: last session could stop being saved after a while
• Fix: video/animation staying still when switching tab

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Changes for v74 - v75.0

• New
• Mozilla 31 backend.
• New skin and toolbar implementation
• Spellcheck
• Improved
• Improved sessions storage
• New JsBridge/macros functions
• Fixed
• See the changelog for details.

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Changes for v74.0 Beta 4 - v74 RC

• Fixed freeze when resizing browser.
• Fixed shutdown (sometimes it could silently crash)
• Added restore_on_demand for sessions
• Fixed search engines and gestures action in preferences
• Fixed icon cache when the icon is not on the same domain.
• Fixed crash that could be caused by plugin
• Fixed skin.js not used
• Fixed grayed selection, impossible to copy/scroll
• Fixed tab order with session
• Fixed random crash at startup
• Fixed crash with flash
• Fixed various locale bugs
• Fixed copy image and some other minor issues
• Fixed default language set by installer

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Changes for v1.6.0 Beta 2.4 - v74.0 Beta 3

• French and german included
• A lot of small fixes
• Bookmarks should work better
• Flash uses less cpu
• Made a quick implementation of the type ahead finder, if it causes you trouble you can deactivate it with accessibility.typeaheadfind

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Changes for v1.6.0 Beta - v1.6.0 Beta 2

• engine: Mozilla Gecko 1.9.1.17pre. (from Seamonkey)
• kmprefs: some fixes and new option added; Browsing -> Finding Websites -> Search Button (tab)
• macros: Some macro little fixing; Some changes in main.kmm to Search Button functionality. Modified accel.kmm macro to delete browser versions. Added troubleshooting.kmm macro only for Beta versions; Help -> Troubleshooting -> Check Priviledge.
• misc: Others fixes, updates and includes; Firefox 3.5 and Seamonkey 2.0 User Agent strings updated. Secure icon modified (the padlock in the status bar), less bright colors. Modified menus.cfg and fixed mtypes.kmm. Changed accel.cfg: Backspace -> Nav_Back, to Shift+Backspace -> Nav_Back Added spellcheker support (partially because kplugin need updated). Fixed about:about. Changes in SetDefault.exe and Installer to add registry entries needed to Vista/Seven registred browser and set default browser.

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Changes for v1.5.4 - v1.6.0 Beta

• What's new
• Support full zoom and default zoom (zoom.defaultPercent).
• @SHistory, @SHistoryBack, @SHistoryForward menus. (You can use basic History without kplugin)
• Transparency support for menu icons.
• InjectJS now return the result of the script (when applicable).
• Support for flashblock.whitelist.
• kmeleon.tabs.bottom replaced by kmeleon.tabs.position which can take the following value: band (default), vtop, top, bottom.
• Detailed changelog for K-Meleon 1.6 Beta:
• engine: Mozilla Gecko 1.9.1.16pre.
• chrome: Adapted for new Gecko 1.9.x work. Included last Flashblock and Console2 versions.
• kmprefs: Adapted for new Gecko 1.9.x and new options added;
• GUI Appearence -> Toolbars -> General: Hide toolbars line
• GUI Appearence -> Toolbars -> Tab Bar: Display tab bar
• Page Display -> General: Default Zoom
• Page Display -> Languages
• Page Display -> Content Filters: Flashblock options, CSS Ad-blocking (Edit... button)
• Browsing -> Window Diversion: Page Properties Diversion
• Browsing -> Window Diversion: Help menu
• File Handling -> General: Save As option
• macros: Some macro little fixing;
• 'Copy Link' context menu option now copy mail links without "mailto:" at begin if you have macros enabled.
• misc: Updates and includes;
• Search engines updated.
• CSS Ad-Block updated.
• K-Meleon Quick Reference included in Edit -> Configuration -> Commands List and default Bookmarks.
• K-Meleon Extensions web pages included in default Bookmarks.
• Edit -> Page Search -> Find As You Type, is now disabled by default.
• Firefox 3.5 and Seamonkey 2.0 User Agent strings updated.
• Show broken images; usercontent.css
• 7z packet include xpcom_core.dll modified for portable.
• Secure icon changed (the padlock in the status bar) and updated file asociated icons.
• TODO
• Fix viewsource for console2, pending ...
• Locales, waiting to build a Beta for start translations.
• Installer, update pending for setdefault Vista & Seven.
• Fix about:about not load, but load chrome://global/content/aboutAbout.html
• BUGS
• Crash when using the scrollbar with the gestures plugin enabled.
• Bookmarks plugins doesn't yet support alpha transparency, and I don't think it will in this release.
• Typeaheadfind not working with gecko 1.9.2.

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Changes for v1.5.3 - v1.5.4

• It improves security and Windows Vista/Seven compatibility.
• Currently available in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Polish.
• Update to latest Mozilla code 1.8.1.24 with some bug fixes.

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Changes for v1.5.2 - v1.5.3

• some bug fixes.

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Changes for v1.5.1 - v1.5.2

• K-Meleon
• 1029 K-meleon fails to exit when np-mswmp.dll is invoked
• 1049 Show page URL instead of "Loading..." when loading title disabled RFE
• 1051 K-Meleon 1.5.X lost some functionality respected to 1.1.X
• 1052 In textarea, Delete menu doesn't work on selected text
• 1057 Middle click acceleration steps too near
• 1058 When select View Source in about:blank page, source window load www.about.com source.
• 1061 K-Meleon does not exit properly
• 1074 Icons do not show when using the 'confirm' macro statement
• Plugin - Bookmark
• 1062 Button "»" at the right in Bookmarks toolbar isn't showed without restart K-Meleon.
• Plugin - Fullscreen
• 1046 Bottom tab bar not hidden in fullscreen mode
• Plugin - Macros
• 1050 plugin() function doesn't work (was "Clear All" privacy option not work.)

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Changes for v1.5.0 - v1.5.1

• Update to Gecko 1.8.1.17
• Updated NewsFox to 1.0.4.1
• Fixed bugs

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Changes for v1.5.0 RC - v1.5.0

• Add: #719 Session Resume For Windows w/Navigation History
• Add: #920 Tabs support
• Add: #946 Toggle flashblock and 'css adblock' when running
• Add: #999 32 bits bitmap support for toolbars.
• Add: #1001 Add support for middle click in toolbar and menu
• Add: #735 Rearrange/reorder tabs via drag and drop
• Add: #258 RFE: Drag & Drop links to other tab
• Fix: #6 Non-latin1 characters in menu.
• Fix: #226 Non-latin1 characters don't show in title, menu or toolbar
• Fix: #300 No frame-popup with iframe
• Fix: #585 "wyciwyg" in urlbar and title bar
• Fix: #631 National characters in URL not supported
• Fix: #701 ID_EDIT_CLEAR and ID_EDIT_UNDO
• Fix: #749 Bug in file paths containing non-ascii chars
• Fix: #846 Some changes from about:config aren't kept by K-Meleon
• Fix: #862 Middle-clicks trigger context menu
• Fix: #881 wrong URL displayed after undo close tab
• Fix: #900 "Open" command in download dialog ignores setting in mimeTypes
• Fix: #902 URL Bar text color incorrect
• Fix: #911 Error in settings window of Russian UI
• Fix: #917 Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Error [Icon cache corruption]
• Fix: #918 Ctrl + A in url bar
• Fix: #919 -profilesDir $appdata creates folder "KMeleon" instead of "K-Meleon"
• Fix: #925 Keyboard support in Open/Save-Prompt
• Fix: #954 URL bar word break on space characters
• Fix: #1008 JavaScript method window.home() broken
• Fix: #1016 Wrong http_referer sent in frameset page
• Fix: #924 Use link text for title when adding a link to bookmarks
• Fix: #541 Toggling Fullscreen Within Layers
• Fix: #395 multiple monitors: selecting bg layers makes app move
• Fix: #617 Layer toolbar blocked - can't select a layer button anymore
• Fix: #828 Continuous Reload macro makes another window's layer inaccessible
• Fix: #848 Layer toolbar popup is only for current layer
• Fix: #932 Window disappears after switching layers quickly
• Fix: #972 Opening a new layer creates a new entry in the task bar that quickly disappears
• Fix: #809 Macros: Comparison ops - numbers compared as strings
• Fix: #1003 Crash when clearing address bar history on shutdown
• Fix: #1000 Keyboard navigation in menu doesn't work
• Fix: #826 Skipping a pressed button's popup menu unpresses the button
• KmPrefs: Replace native preferences panel.
• KmPrefs: Detailed font settings.
• KmPrefs: More detailed network/performance settings.
• KmPrefs: Add/edit user-defined proxy configurations.
• KmPrefs: Cosmetic correction for WinXP/Luna.
• Overall updates to macros and configuration files.
• Improved translation macro.

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Changes for v1.5.0 Beta 2 - v1.5.0 RC

• Updated to Gecko 1.8.1.16!
• The 1.5RC fix the backspace accelerator, and some other things related to the tab bar.

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Changes for v1.1.5 - v1.1.6

• Updated to Gecko 1.8.1.16!

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Changes for v1.1.4 - v1.1.5

• Update to latest Gecko engine 1.8.1.14.

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Changes for v1.1.2 (update) - v1.1.3

• K-Meleon 1.1.3, an update to the gecko engine 1.8.1.10 was released. It includes a new automatic release checker (if you don't like this you can disable it in the plugin preferences).

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Changes for v1.1 - v1.1.2 (update)

• Update to latest mozilla code 1.8.1.6
• Bug fixes

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Changes for v1.1 RC2 - v1.1

• Mozilla 1.8.1.4 backend.
• Default accels/menus/macros upgradable.
• Modular macros, easy to install.
• Full localization support.
• Session Saver plugin (not with layers).
• Possibility to open a new instance.
• See the changelog for details.
• Customization of search engines/mouse gestures/proxies.
• Overall improvements for macros and menus.
• Dialog UI.
• Cookie permissions and password support.
• See the changelog for details.
• Lot of bugs

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