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Oblada 0.1.2

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@callb4ck callb4ck released this 20 Oct 22:25
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Oblada 0.1.2 updates itself: from now on, new versions download in the background and install when you quit Oblada, or right away from About Oblada.

Oblada is a Chromium web browser with Zen's sidebar, Firefox's containers and add-ons from both the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons. Its design follows Zen's: if you like it, consider supporting Zen. For Macs with Apple Silicon, macOS 13 or later.

What's new

Added

  • Oblada updates itself: once a day it looks for a new version, downloads it in the background and installs it when you quit, or right away from About Oblada's Relaunch button. Your tabs come back after the relaunch.
  • Before importing passwords from another browser, Oblada tells you macOS will ask for your Mac's password.

Fixed

  • On a Mac with another Chromium-based browser, Oblada no longer asks for your password when it first opens: it keeps its own key in the Keychain.

Notes

  • Updates are signed: Oblada installs only versions signed by its developers, and checks them before unpacking them.
  • If you used an earlier version, you'll have to sign in to websites again, and passwords saved in Oblada can't be read anymore: Oblada's key for them changed.

Installing

This version still has to be installed by hand, as before; the next ones arrive on their own.

  1. Open Oblada-silicon.dmg and drag Oblada to Applications. If you have an earlier Oblada, replace it: your tabs, workspaces, containers and extensions stay.
  2. Oblada isn't signed by a registered Apple developer or notarized yet, so macOS stops it the first time you open it. Go to System Settings › Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway". If macOS says the app is damaged, run this in Terminal instead: 
    xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Oblada.app

Known limitations

  • After each update, macOS asks once for your Mac's password before Oblada can read its saved passwords and cookies: choose "Always Allow".
  • Passkeys work from a phone (QR code) or a security key. Passkeys kept in iCloud Keychain, or on the Mac with Touch ID, need a build signed by a registered Apple developer.
  • No Google sign-in or sync.

Source

Oblada's edits to Chromium are in chromium/patches/, one patch per file: PATCHES.md says what each one does and what it depends on. What changed in this version, in detail, is in its devlog. The README and CONTRIBUTING.md explain how to build Oblada. Updates are made with Sparkle.

Built on Chromium 155.0.8059.85.

SHA-256 of Oblada-silicon.dmg: 53dd3ec22690692d78d8da00901ee6e664b93505f80ab42d6ab5db358096bdc3

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