Eddy 0.3.0 beta

A feature release: dictation in the address bar, a start page you can compose yourself, on-page developer tools, and faster page loads.

Dictation

• The address bar has a microphone. Tap it to start dictating, tap again to stop, or simply stop talking and it ends by itself. Words appear as you speak them, over a live trace of what the microphone is hearing.

Start page

• A new settings screen at Appearance → Start page. Switch off the title, search box, shortcuts, frequently visited, recently visited or the drifting background shapes, and set the shortcut grid to a fixed number of columns.
• Hidden sections no longer query your history at all.

Developer tools

• A console, network log, element inspector and storage browser, available from the menu on any page.

Speed

• Back and forward now restore the live page instead of reloading it.
• Typing an address opens the connection, and renders the page in the background, before you commit to it.
• The WebView starts up in the background at launch rather than during your first navigation.
• Blocked requests answer with empty content of the type the page asked for. A blocked image used to leave a broken-image placeholder where the ad had been.
• Password autofill no longer runs its listeners in every frame of a page, and blocked-request counting no longer redraws the toolbar on every blocked request.

Fixes

• Notifications at the bottom of the screen can be swiped away instead of waiting out their timer.

The attached APK is signed with the same key as previous releases.