0.3.4 Release

Version 0.3.4 | @OldValencia

What's Changed

• Each site now remembers its own zoom level.
• Zoom no longer flickers back to 100% when a page loads, and now also scales embedded frames and pages opened by a site.
• Turning zoom off in Settings now resets every open site, not just the current one.
• The window outline now takes a subtle hint of the open site's color and fades smoothly when you switch sites.
• Switch sites from the keyboard: Ctrl + 1…8 by position, Ctrl + 9 for the last site, Ctrl + Tab / Ctrl + Shift + Tab for the next and previous one. Site tooltips show the shortcut.
• After switching sites or reopening Spark, the page gets keyboard focus again, so you can type right away.
• A thin line in the site's color under the Spark bar shows when a page takes a moment to load.
• The highlight of the selected site tab now slides to the new tab and blends into its color.
• The mascot has moods: it turns its gears while a page loads, looks sad when a page can't load, dozes off when Spark sits untouched for a while, and wakes up when you come back.
• With the mascot turned off, the site tabs move into its place instead of leaving an empty gap.
• A small dot on a site's tab tells you that site changed its page title while you were on another one - for example, a chat got its name or a new message arrived. Opening the site clears it.
• The tray menu has Open site with all your sites in tab order, so you can jump straight to one.
• Spark now runs on Java 25 and starts faster: classes are loaded and linked ahead of time from a cache built with the installer.
• An open but idle Spark window no longer keeps the CPU busy redrawing nothing, and a hidden Spark no longer wakes up every second.
• About 1 MB smaller: tht the FlatLaf UI library.
• The Extensions window is created the first time you open it, so Spark starts a little lighter.
• Reduce background memory is now off by default. When it is on, Spark gives
  memory back only afterutes, so quickly hidingand showing it no longer shows a black window.
• Settings → Backup → Ex icons and preferences toa ZIP file, with instructions for using it on another PC.
• The installer now showcome, finish and innerpages.
• A short first-run tourflies to three bubbles - your sites, the window menu and the shortcut - and looks at what it explains. Skip it anytime, or re→ Show tutorial.