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@pfrazee pfrazee released this 22 Feb 18:03
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0.6.1
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Hey folks! Got a few fresh updates for you today. First, a few handy links:

» Dathttpd web server - Host sites over dat and https
» bkr - Beaker's commandline tool
» New Docs Site

Dat DNS

You can now give Dat sites a DNS shortname. You can use the new dathttpd web server to host your sites from the cloud, and take advantage of this new feature. (Read the spec here.)

Some sites to try out:

  • dat://hostless.website
  • dat://paulfrazee.com
  • dat://taravancil.com
  • dat://www.datprotocol.com

DatHTTPD

The dathttpd web server lets people visit your site over dat with a DNS shortname in Beaker, and over HTTPS in other browsers. Automatic TLS provision with LetsEncrypt, support for multiple Dat sites and for reverse proxying, and easy-to-setup analytics. Check it out!

https://github.com/beakerbrowser/dathttpd/raw/master/grafana-screenshot.png

Improved bkr command-line

There were too many improvements to list for bkr, so I'll just show my favorite new command:

$ bkr clone dat://paulfrazee.com ./paulfrazee

You'll find bkr is now much more usable and intuitive.

New start page

We split out the builtin views (history, sites library, downloads, and etc) into individual pages, so that your new-tab interface would load faster. Then we put in a new new tab page:

screen shot 2017-02-22 at 10 40 10 am

New docs site

We took a couple minutes to bedazzle our docs site, so check it out. You can find a lot more information about Beaker as a whole, plus we've improved our guides for creating sites and hosting.

beakerbrowser.com/docs

screen shot 2017-02-22 at 12 09 30 pm

Fixes and smaller updates

  • Icon now looks good in Windows (#297) Thanks @pmario !
  • UTF8 now renders correctly in Dat file listings (#295)
  • Bumped internal Chromium to 54. Web Components v1!
  • Added help menu for non-OSX operating systems (545c2c5) Thanks @pmario !
  • Fixed some tab-rendering issues (330609f)
  • Tab dragging now works better (a643300)
  • Autofocused elements now get focus on page load (e8110c1)
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