Vieb 9.7.1

This is the final release of the 9.x.x series, and merely deprecates a few more settings.
Version 10 should be ready very soon, please look forward to it.

Deprecated

• Setting "tabnexttocurrent" boolean in favor of "tabnewposition" enum
• Setting "tabclosefocusright" boolean in favor of "tabclosefocus" enum

Versions

• Electron 23.2.0 (unchanged)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.192 (unchanged)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.7.0

Added

• Command "clear" to wipe browsing data based on intervals or partial urls (currently only history)
• Setting "clearhistoryinterval" to more finely control the deletion of history on quit by interval
• Option "url" to the list of mouse features to control interaction with the input box while already typing (default on)
• Option "leaveinsert" to the list of mouse features to control if clicking outside the page should leave insert mode (default on)
• Option "notification" to the list of mouse features to control if clicking the download notification should open the file (default on)
• Setting "mousedisabledbehavior" to control if elements with no enabled mouse interaction should optionally drag the window (nothing by default)
• Setting "guiscrollbar" to control if and when the scrollbar should appear on pages (default remains always on)
• Documentation for all modes by mode name instead of just the action name (also means better sorted actions)
• More values to "dialogconfirm" to automatically allow the confirm dialog without needing to show it
• More default mappings that are similar to Firefox/Chromium
• Favicon icons to the buffer command suggestions for better recognition
• Actions "startRecording", "stopRecording" and "runRecording" to record key presses and later execute them (macros/records in Vim)

Changed

• Resetting focus now happens on every user interaction instead of on a timer
• Url can now be selected from outside explore mode directly (and keep the selection if switching to explore mode)
• History storage is now slightly faster by only wiping empty entries on write
• Settings now have links to documentation about the type of value they can contain
• Naming scheme of setting types is now more streamlined and better documented
• Searchword urls are now filled in with the resolved url in the suggestions while you type
• Seachwords will now also activate if prefixed with spaces
• Filetype suggestions coming from history are now correctly colored in history color instead of file suggest color
• Default theme now shows the default cursor instead of the text cursor on the url box if interaction is disabled
• Locales are now included in regular releases but still excluded from lite builds (see build.js)
• All mouse features now have a "mouse-something" className added to the body if enabled to allow more customization in colorschemes
• Action "menuOpen" will now keep working even if the settings are set to never, this does not affect regular right clicks
• Userstyles are now also applied when the DOM is ready, not just when the page is fully loaded
• Commands "screencopy" and "screenshot" will show the screen highlight even without entering all 4 dimension values
• Single key mapping commands now also combine different modes into one map command if all modes have the same mapping
• Buffer commands now search for matches the same way as explore mode, as do the suggestions

Deprecated

• Setting clearhistoryonquit in favor of clearhistoryinterval=session
• Default value for "replacespecial" being "newtab" (will change to "special" in 10.x.x)
• Setting search in favor of the functionality identical searchengine setting
• Ctrl-c default mapping for the stopLoadingPage action instead of the new Esc
• Boolean toggling restoretabs in favor providing a value (toggle commands will stop working in 10.x.x)
• Boolean toggling notificationforpermisions in favor providing a value (toggle commands will stop working in 10.x.x)
• Action "openNewTab" in favor of running the ":tabnew" command

Fixed

• Vieb right click menu not working due to removed .path in events
• Follow filtering being cancelled when interacting with the navbar using the mouse
• Explore mode history not storing the first change in the Ctrl-z/Ctrl-y history
• Middle mouse paste not updating explore mode's Ctrl-z/Ctrl-y history
• Self closing tabs not being cleaned up correctly due to Electron devtools close call being unsafe
• Text selection still briefly being visible outside explore mode when toexplore mouse feature is disabled
• Websocket connections being blocked when setting custom resourcetypes due to casing error
• Mousefeature history always being on even if not in the list of enabled features
• Mode selector not being as big as it should be and therefor closing the dropdown occasionally
• Sites without a div and without proper background not getting the default white background
• Pointer mode help commands going to the action if they have the same name
• Ctrl-F4 to close tab default mapping not working
• Default text value for prompt dialogs not being used
• Iframe position not being shifted correctly for iframes inside a same origin iframe

Versions

• Electron 23.2.0 (was 23.1.1)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.192 (was 110.0.5481.104)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.6.0

Changed

• Mouse setting "copyselect" is no longer available/needed for copying text by selecting, as it wasn't blocked correctly anyway
• Mouse selections will now copy to the selection clipboard, instead of the default one, and at all times

Fixed

• Userscript domain name not working at all by using an internal url instead of the page url
• Explore, command and search mode not being exited when dragging the mouse

Versions

• Electron 23.1.1 (was 22.0.3)
• Chromium 110.0.5481.104 (was 108.0.5359.179)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.5.1

Changed

• COOP is now enabled again as the old workaround for Twitter navigations is no longer needed
• SharedArrayBuffer is now enabled to make web workers more useful and faster
• Attempting to navigate a page that isn't ready for navigation will now wait until it's ready

Fixed

• CORS issues when using darkreader
• Exception in devtools when using newtaburl
• Middle-mouse pasting not working in command and search mode as it would switch to explore mode incorrectly

Versions

• Electron 22.0.3 (was 22.0.0)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.179 (was 108.0.5359.62)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.5.0

Added

• Startup argument "--unsafe-multiwin" to have multiple windows in the same datafolder and skip the single instance safety check
• Command "translatepage" to translate the page using Deepl API or LibreTranslate
• Settings "translateapi", "translatekey", "translatelang" and "translateurl" to customize translation settings for ":translatepage"
• Setting "permissionclipboardwrite", as clipboard writing was recently moved to a permission by Electron (default remains allowed)
• Settings "replacespecial" and "replacestartup" to control when new pages should re-use/replace the current tab

Changed

• Rpm and deb releases are now symlinked in /usr/bin correctly on updates after this one
• Confirm char "!" for special page commands now opens them in a new tab regardless of the new "replacespecial" setting

Fixed

• Recursive key mappings not working correctly when the timeout is reached and there are also multi-key mappings
• Cache errors/corruption on Windows upon restart after clearing/disabling cache
• Setting externalcommand is now actually used for opening new tabs externally (fallback remains the default browser)
• Exception popup on Linux when quitting if using window frame borders
• Valid urls without protocol not always being recognized as a startup argument

Versions

• Electron 22.0.0 (was 22.0.0-beta.5)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.62 (was 108.0.5359.40)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.4.0

Added

• Percentage based scrolling when using "gg" or "G" with a count, similar to Vim
• Action "startFollowCopyLink" for copying links of selected elements in follow mode
• Setting "darkreadermode" to switch between light and dark schemes/modes for darkreader
• Settings "resourcetypes", "resourcesallowed" and "resourcesblocked" to control allowed/blocked resource types
• Setting "shell" to control the shell to use for system commands
• Live indicator of current theme preference to the nativetheme help documentation

Changed

• Maximum values of darkreader brightness and contrast settings from 100 to 200 percent
• Buffer-like command suggestions to be in sync with actual behavior
• Buffer-like command suggestions to include the page url
• Check if the entire body is scrollable instead of the window for global scroll actions and scrollpos
• Prevent navigation to invalid urls to make sure a page can always be interacted with
• Shell now reads "$SHELL" instead of defaulting to "/bin/sh" for system commands

Fixed

• Action "openNewTabWithCurrentUrl" not working at all in last release due to unsafe check
• Duplicate downloads due to page restart workaround (which is now fixed by Electron)

Versions

• Electron 22.0.0-beta.5 (was 21.1.0)
• Chromium 108.0.5359.40 (was 106.0.5249.91)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.3.0

Added

• Setting "reloadtaboncrash" to automatically recreate a crash tab with the last known url
• Indicator for unresponsive tabs in the form of a small red border on the left of the unresponsive tab
• Setting "userscript" to run custom JavaScript on pages, optionally using the GreaseMonkey API

Changed

• Modifiers/shifted keys for searching, marks and follow mode now work more reliable
• Tabs will no longer refuse to navigate when there is a beforeunload listener that calls preventDefault
• When the current tab is crashed, you can no longer enter irrelevant modes in it

Fixed

• Initial tab load issues on some devices for specific pages
• Split state not being kept when switching container name based on containernames setting
• Multiple useragents being set sometimes causing duplicate page loads
• BatteryManager errors for insecure pages, since it's an HTTPS-only API
• Follow mode and other main process calls not succeeding when there are crashed tabs present

Versions

• Electron 21.1.0 (was 21.0.1)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.91 (was 106.0.5249.61)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.2.1

Changed

• Enter key will now also send keypress events when executed by a mapping
• Pick first matching rule from permission allow, block or ask lists
• Permission allow list can now include labels for mediadevices using "mediadevicesfull"

Fixed

• Media device requests being mislabeled as display capture permission requests in some cases

Versions

• Electron 21.0.1 (was 21.0.0)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.61 (was 106.0.5249.51)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.2.0

Added

• New themes: light-compact, paper-compact and paper
• Backwards searching if search is started with a shifted key (by default ?)

Changed

• Pinned and mute state are now remembered for tabs affected by "containernames" container switching
• Pinned tabs will now be correctly reopened by "containernames" container switching
• Mouse scrolling on Vieb elements will now scroll the underlying page if the "pageoutsideinsert" mouse feature is on (default)
• Search will now find the next match if searching for the same string again
• Default blocklist urls to use adblockplus instead of easylist due to fetch issues

Fixed

• Follow mode borders showing over labels
• Follow mode mouse hover appearing when not needed
• Backwards searching not working in previous release due to typo
• Special characters not working in custom viewers (markdown, reader and source)

Versions

• Electron 21.0.0 (was 20.1.1)
• Chromium 106.0.5249.51 (was 104.0.5112.10)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.

Vieb 9.1.0

Added

• Settings "searchscope" and "searchemptyscope" to make local tab-specific searches
• Default mapping for emptySearch using Backspace

Changed

• Adblocker can now update custom blocklists by adding a "list.json" file to the blocklists folder
• Failed load error page to include certificate permission setting if related to cert errors

Fixed

• Preload path of adblocker not being correct for all builds
• All remaining runtime error popups related to subframe access issues (they are now shown in the console)
• Erwic datafolder not resolving "~" correctly
• Fixed atob issues by updating to an Electron release with a correct implementation

Versions

• Electron 20.1.1 (was 20.0.2)
• Chromium 104.0.5112.102 (was 104.0.5112.81)

For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.