v2.8.1.780 (Beta)

Features

• Embedded Gateway Improvements (ipfs/js-ipfs#1989)
  • Support for Conditional and Range requests in Brave
  • This is mostly to unblock Brave integration, regular users won't see any difference yet
  • Work on Embedded JS-IPFS in Brave is tracked in #716

Other

• i18n: synchronized translations
  • How can I add/improve translation for my language?

Known Issues

• chrome.sockets and an opt-in prototype of Embedded Gateway (#664 (comment)) works only when built via yarn dev-build bundle:brave:beta and loaded manually to Brave Nightly
  • Prebuilt package for Brave Nightly is attached to this release: .._brave.zip
  • Seamless install from Chrome Web Store requires Manifest patch in Brave
• Embedded Gateway is an opt-in prototype and does not support /ipns/<fqdn> nor sharded websites (e.g. Wikipedia) yet
  • upstream issues: ipfs/js-ipfs#1918, ipfs/js-ipfs#1963

Installation

• Firefox: Beta Channel at Github
• Chrome, Brave and other Chromium-based: Beta Channel at Chrome Web Store
• Alternative: use generic .zip attached above or build and install it manually