Vieb 8.0.0

[Jelmerro]

Added

• Setting "useragent" to use any number of custom useragents (either one, or a list that is randomly used per page load)
• Settings "encodeurlcopy" and "encodeurlext" to control the percent encoding/decoding of the urls
• Script-based blocking of ads in the adblocker, for example to block Youtube and Twitch ads
• Support for "prompt" dialogs, and thus "show" and "notifyshow" are now valid values for "dialogprompt"
• Mouse option named "movepointer" which moves the pointer to the click location
• Actions "toggleSourceViewer" and "toggleSourceViewerNewTab" to toggle the new theme supported "sourceviewer"
• Actions "toggleReaderView" and "toggleReaderViewNewTab" to toggle the new theme supported "readerview"
• More default themes: numberedtabs and compact (thanks to @stevkazt)

Changed

• Setting "windowtitle" now accepts a custom string with variables instead of hard-coded formats (linking to password managers should be easier now)
• Dialog settings are now all blocked with notifications by default
• Duplicate download numbering now starts from (1) instead of (2)
• Duplicate download name for files that end in "tar.something" will now have the counter before the ".tar"
• Iframes are now isolated properly, making them faster and more secure (no more infinite loop to set listeners for them)
• Privacy overrides are now always done with a preload, making them faster and more secure (no more infinite loop to patch them)
• Increase default timeoutlen above Vim's level because it makes more sense for Vieb
• Rename "fontsize" to "guifontsize" to make it more clear where the font size applies
• Url detection logic to be more in line with the actual spec, resulting in simpler implementation
• Downloadpath is now empty by default and will read XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR/xdg-user-dirs (with the same fallback to ~/Downloads as before)
• Give "storenewvisits" new options for "sourceviewer" and "readerview", and rename "builtin" to "special" to make more sense

Removed

• Action "toLastUsedTab" in favor of using ":buffer #" in line with other buffer-like commands that support "#"
• Startup option to enable strict site isolation, it is now strictly isolated at all times
• CSS transitions from default theme (specifically on the mode selector)

Fixed

• Command "reloadconfig" did actually reset the settings instead of just reload them
• Urls prefixed with a protocol not being checked if they are navigable urls at all (possibly resulting in broken tabs if navigated to)
• Race condition on unsuspending tabs and opening tabs with a url directly that led to empty pages
• Composing keyboards typing out the keys in addition to the composed keys on macos
• Internal errors for looping over pages when some of them are suspended (in case of zooming, page capturing, or save page)
• Follow links (or their labels) not being visible if an element continues outside the visible section of the page

Versions

• Electron 19.0.3 (was 18.0.1)
• Chromium 102.0.5005.63 (was 100.0.4896.60)

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

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This discussion was created from the release Vieb 8.0.0.