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Release 3.2.1 / 3.2.2-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-04
  • UPDATE: Rename JQuery mode to Restricted mode
  • FIX: Bug in Restricted mode which made all images load as manual display areas in some non-Wikimedia ZIMs
  • FIX: Go straight to article view on launch if persistent permissions are granted
  • DEPENDENCIES: Bump Vite to v4.5.3

Release 3.1.3 / 3.1.4-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-03
  • FIX: Reduce flash of incorrect style with Zimit-style ZIMs displayed with darkReader
  • FIX: Issue with Create-DraftRelease script
  • FIX: Issue preventing app from detecting new updates on GitHub in some circumstances
  • FIX: Display of open/close marker with h5 and h6 headings in Wikimedia ZIMs
  • INFO: Mention ARM architecture in in-app user info
  • REGRESSION: Incompatibility with IE11 and Edge Mobile that prevented running on WM10
  • DEV: Remove jQuery from app.js
  • DEPENDENCIES: Bump Electron Builder to v24.13.3
  • DEPENDENCIES: Bump Electron Updater to v6.2.1

Release 3.0.5 / 3.0.6-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-02
  • ENHANCEMENT: Dark mode tri-state switch now turns on before turning to auto (should be less confusing)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added ability to set the localhost server port in the UI of the Electron app
  • BUILD: Support Windows on ARM and Linux on ARM for the Electron app
  • FIX: Broken "unclicking" of config and about buttons and return-to-article link
  • FIX: Ensure legacy archive warning and other content warnings remain displayed until dismissed
  • KNOWN ISSUE: Turning DarkReader on or off may not take effect until the NEXT article is loaded
  • FIX: Use of standard dark and invert styles with any archive (but usually DarkReader is best for Zimit)
  • FIX: Add preview link for all archives that can be displayed in library.kiwix.org
  • FIX: (partial) Switching themes no longer attempt to jump back to the article immediately
  • REGRESSION: Failure to open new windows in UWP app (desktop)
  • DEV: Updates to buid script
  • DEV: Deprecate 32bit deb packages for packaged apps
  • DEV: Warn instead of throwing if the ZIM minorVersion is greater than 2
  • DEV: Laumch wingetcreate correctly from PowerShell
  • DEPENDENCIES: ViteJS updated to v4.5.2

Release 2.9.5 / 2.9.6-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2024-01
  • BUILD: Support Windows on ARM and Linux on ARM for the Electron app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added ability to set the localhost server port in the UI of the Electron app
  • FIX: Pinch-to-zoom now works in the Electron app
  • FIX: Blank landing page after opening article in new window or tab
  • FIX: Finding path of packaged archive with new Electron app architecture
  • FIX: Opening article in new window or tab for non-Zimit archives
  • FIX: Detection of apps installed from the Microsoft Store
  • FIX: Accidental disabling of assetsCache with non-Zimit ZIMS
  • FIX: PDFs from the ZIM now have a workaround for Android
  • FIX: Resolved issue with PDFs in Nautilus ZIMs failing to download
  • DEV: Fix incrementation of Microsoft Store apps at build time
  • DEPENDENCIES: Electron-builder updated to v24.9.1

Release 2.8.7 / 2.8.8-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-12
  • FEATURE: Support multiple instances of the PWA or browser tabs/windows with different ZIMs loaded in each
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to download viewed assets when searching by URL (e.g. C/.*interesting_asset.js)
  • ENHANCEMENT: On non-scrollable pages, remove navbars with Ctrl/Cmd + UpArrow/DownArrow, long swipe or mousewheel
  • ENHANCEMENT: Auto-dismiss (fade out) Zimit and active content warnings on scroll
  • INFO: Provide info to user about how to change behaviour of opening external links in tab or window
  • FIX: Critical bug that prevented scrolling of search results
  • FIX: Critical bug causing a boot loop when the app is in JQuery mode and SW cannot be registered
  • FIX: Incorrect sizing of article area in UWP app
  • FIX: Failure to resize Configuration in rare circumstances
  • FIX: Accidental disabling of assetsCache when user loads a non-Zimit-based archive
  • DEV: Various updates to demos and readme
  • DEV: Fix quote detection in rollup build chain
  • DEV: Changed favicon from white to black with white border
  • DEV: New, more robust, way to wake up and initialize the Service Worker when needed
  • DEV: Developer options now provided to use libzim for reading archive contents
  • DEV: Updated, standard method for bundling JQuery
  • DEPENDENCIES: RollupJS updated to v3.5.0
  • DEPENDENCIES: Updated WebpHero to v0.0.2
  • DEPENDENCIES: Updated DarkReader to v4.9.73
  • DEPENDENCIES: Javascript-libzim updated to v0.6

Release 2.7.5 / 2.7.6-Wikivoyage

  • FEATURE: Rework file system access and support Origin Private File System (OPFS)
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-10
  • UPDATE: Electron version bumped to 22.3.25
  • ENHANCEMENT: Autoload and display of all archives in OPFS on app launch, no permission prompts!
  • ENHANCEMENT: Last selected archive (and optionally article) auto-loaded on app launch if in OPFS
  • ENHANCEMENT: Import existing archives from anywhere on device into the OPFS easily with file picker
  • ENHANCEMENT: New file management facility for deleting, and (in some contexts) exporting OPFS archives
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to download archives directly into the OPFS, without downloading first to user-visible FS
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to download archives direclty into any folder pickable with the File System Access API
  • ENHANCEMENT: Full-text search enabled by default on Android for archives in OPFS
  • ENHANCEMENT: Pick multiple archives at once and switch easily between them, even on legacy systems
  • ENHANCEMENT: New Operations Panel to show download progress in PWA and Electron apps
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add indicative colourization to archive list when using OPFS
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add a spinner for adding and direct download of files to OPFS
  • ENHANCEMENT: After failure to import or download to OPFS, delete file stub(s)
  • INFO: Inform user that OPFS files are preserved on app reset
  • INFO: More informative message about import/download error in Safari
  • FIX: When using locally cached CSS, the details/summary tags are restored where missing from ZIM
  • FIX: Display of open-close markers for headers is now as expected in mobile css (suppressed in desktop css)
  • FIX: Dropdowns for languages and subjects in some download library directories
  • FIX: Ensure archive list is displayed on open in browsers supporting the webkitdirectory property
  • FIX: Empty archive list when OPFS is deactivated
  • FIX: Make sure spinner doesn't block the UI
  • FIX: Ensure some HTML and entities do not appear in constructed article titles
  • FIX: Don't show spinner on click in cases of anchor or javascript links
  • FIX: Cancel OPFS delete if export selected and vice versa
  • FIX: Exception preventing display of legacy archive content in jQuery mode
  • FIX: Failure to display ZIM Archive Index when typing space in some circumstances
  • FIX: Partially fixed broken "unclick" of Configure button on touchscreen devices
  • REGRESSION: Fixed failure to refresh full-screen state when clicking in-app in SW mode
  • REGRESSION: Fixed rogue error message when using File Handling API
  • DEV: Name of repository changed to kiwix-js-pwa
  • DEV: Add facility for adding ZIM metadata to the ZIMArchive object

Release 2.6.7 / 2.6.8-Wikivoyage

  • FEATURE: Full-text search enabled by default on iOS 15+
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-09
  • UPDATE: Electron version bumped to 22.3.21
  • ENHANCEMENT: Avoid double loading of WebP Polyfill when present in ZIM
  • REGRESSION: Fixed loss of ability to pick ZIM archives in latest Chromium on Android
  • FIX: Avoid duplication of title in wider range of ZIMs
  • FIX: Avoid hyperlinking math fallback images to high-res Wikimedia versions
  • FIX: More broken Linux icons
  • DEV: Added clear documentation to the Create-DraftRelease.ps1 script
  • DEV: Remove more unnecessary JQuery from the app
  • DEV: Disable appCache by default if developing with the Vite server

Release 2.6.1 / 2.6.2-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-07
  • FEATURE: Ability to pick a folder of ZIM archives in nearly all apps and frameworks supporting the Webkitdirectory API
  • ENHANCEMENT: Dragged and dropped files, including split files, can now be re-opened automatically in Electron and NWJS apps
  • ENHANCEMENT: Microsoft Store app now supports full-text search for users with 64bit Windows
  • ENHANCEMENT: Restored the ability not to display images in ServiceWorker Mode in non-Zimit ZIMs
  • ENHANCEMENT: Restored lazy-loading of images on most landing pages (improves Android experience with image-heavy landing pages)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Top toolbar now resized correctly with Window Controls Overlay in installed PWA on macOS and Windows
  • ENHANCEMENT: When using Window Controls Overlay, app now has a draggable area (left of Kiwix icon)
  • REGRESSION: Fixed loss of ability to access custom ZIMs from download library
  • REGRESSION: Work around missing titles in English-language Wikivoyage scrapes since 2023-07
  • FIX: Conflict between manual image display and hyperlinking images to high-res Wikimedia versions
  • FIX: Broken Kiwix icon for Linux app packages
  • FIX: Miscellaneous small bugfixes and typos
  • DEV: A lot of normalization of coding style using ESLint

Release 2.5.1 / 2.5.2-Wikivoyage

Note: v2.5.1-Wikivoyage is the legacy UWP app; v2.5.2-Wikivoyage is for the Electron apps

  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide more gradual screen width transition with max page width auto setting
  • ENHANCEMENT: The Kiwix PWA can now be added as a Side Panel app in Edge (NB folder picking does not work in this configuration)
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-06
  • UPDATE: Troubleshooting instructions for installing on Debian on the Releases page
  • DEV: Re-enable use of wingetcreate with v2.6.0 when publishing to winget repository
  • FIX: Missing commit ID in Windows nightly builds
  • FIX: Add BOM to production bundle when building UWP app (store requirement)
  • FIX: Bug that loaded a blank screen when asking user whether to open external links
  • BUILD: New appx version of Kiwix JS Wikivoyage, based on Electron, now available from Store and GitHub Releases
  • BUILD: Allow producing signed or unsigned versions of appx, and compile to appxbundle
  • BUILD: Option to build artefacts only for testing

Release 2.4.9-Wikivoyage

  • FEATURE: PWA app is now smaller and loads faster due to minification with modern build process
  • ENHANCEMENT: New modular system and bundler ensures smaller and more stable memory management
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add a Promise queue to prevent overlapping alert dialogue boxes
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-05
  • UPDATE: Renamed breakout link feature to "Download or open current article"
  • UPDATE: Reduce image fade-in transition time
  • UPDATE: Add a limit to the number of dialogue boxes that can be queued up
  • UPDATE: Make one-time hidden content warning less intrusive
  • DEV: Removed RequireJS and migrated app to ES6 native modules
  • DEV: Provide clearer colouring when appCache is disabled for development
  • DEV: Use rollup.js and Babel to build compatible versions of the app for all supported browsers
  • DEV: Provide minified and unminified versions of the bundled app
  • DEV: Added ability to publish a distribution of the app to GitHub Pages for development
  • DEV: Add a basic Vite.js server configuration
  • FIX: Make upgrade notification persistent in Electron app
  • FIX: Several UI issues with toolbars and downloads
  • FIX: Bug which prevented UWP / Edge Legacy app from reading articles with certain options deselected
  • FIX: Add a better algorithm for Kiwix asset detection
  • FIX: Add workarounds for sandboxed iframe: load all https: and pdf content in a new window or tab
  • DEPENDENCY: Update jQuery to 3.7.0, while removing its use in a number of places
  • REGRESSION: Fix regression with (former) breakout link feature
  • REGRESSION: Restore dialogue box animations that were removed with removal of jQuery
  • REGRESSION: Restore Table of Contents functionality disabled with removal of jQuery
  • REGRESSION: Restore ability to close several in-page alerts after removal of jQuery
  • REGRESSION: Restore automatic updating of appCache

Release 2.4.6-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-04
  • FEATURE: Support Full Screen (all browsers) and rotation lock (primarily intended for mobile)
  • FEATURE: Significant speed-up of access to Wikimedia archives with option to ignore unneeded JS files
  • ENHANCEMENT: Include broader pseudo-case-insensitive search in title search
  • ENHANCEMENT: Use screen width more efficiently in SW mode (with Remove max page width option)
  • SECURITY: Added sandbox attribute to iframe to block top-level navigation and attempts by scripts to "phone home"
  • SECURITY: Add iframe referrer policy 'no-referrer'
  • SECURITY: Strengthen Content Security Policy via response headers and meta http-equiv
  • FIX: Return to article links were missing in ServiceWorker mode
  • FIX: Make upgrade notification persistent in Electron app
  • FIX: Several UI issues with toolbars and downloads
  • UPDATE: Streamline the splashscreen display and make it dynamic
  • UPDATE: Add more complete language support to the Download Library languages dropdown
  • UPDATE: JavaWScript Libzim reader updated to v0.2
  • FIX: Missing full-text search cancellation which caused race condition in search

Release 2.3.7-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-02
  • UPDATE: Longstanding upstream bug preventing update of Wikivoyage articles now resolved
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide indication of archive download progress in Electron app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Avoid opening blank window when downloading archive in Electron/NWJS
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide troubleshooting option to disable drag-and-drop
  • ENHANCEMENT: Tidier Configuration layout with collapsible options
  • ENHANCEMENT: Streamline access to legacy file picker when File System Access API unavailable
  • ENHANCEMENT: The PWA now works on iOS devices (iPhone/iPad) in Safari and can be added to home screen
  • ENHANCEMENT: App now intelligently sets the initial window opening mode (tab or window)
  • UPDATE: Neater display of file picking instructions, hiding them when no longer needed
  • FIX: Removed orientation key that prevented proper setting of orientation in some contexts
  • FIX: Improved detection of Wikimedia ZIMs for seleciton of printing stylesheet
  • FIX: Several issues affecting printing (Zimit archives in Chromium, failure to detect selected options in Safari, etc.)
  • FIX: Logic for checking GitHub update server
  • FIX: Legacy file picker is now able to pick ZIM archives on iOS devices
  • FIX: Block a wider range of analytics in Zimit archives
  • FIX: Processing of data-srcset blocks in Zimit archives

Release 2.3.2-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2023-01
  • ENHANCEMENT: Check for update to PWA and notify user shortly after startup of the app
  • ENHANCEMENT: New "auto" setting for display of hidden navboxes and tables in Wikimedia ZIMs
  • ENHANCEMENT: Detect historical ZIM types and add advice on using jQuery mode to read them
  • ENHANCEMENT: Refresh and Reset buttons provided near the top of Configuration in case of app freeze
  • DEV: Added developer option to force use of libzim W/ASM decoding of full-text index
  • FIX: Libzim loading error in Electron app with large ZIM archives due to race condition
  • FIX: Prevent race condition between reactivation of Service Worker and loading of NODEFS
  • FIX: Failure to load last-visited article in Electron app
  • FIX: Electron file and folder picking methods
  • FIX: In UWP app, request to launch PWA is now shown after upgrade splash screen
  • FIX: Allow URL-based search to complete before launching full-text search
  • FIX: Critical bug preventing display of legacy file picker
  • FIX: Display of some images on Wikivoyage landing page
  • BUILD: Build 64bit and 32bit packages separately to avoid race condition in electron-builder
  • BUILD: All Electron apps other than 32bit Linux are now built with latest Electron

Release 2.2.90-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-12
  • ENHANCEMENT: Run full-text and title search in parallel for faster return of results
  • BUGFIX: Fix libzim loading error in Electron app with large ZIM archives due to race condition
  • FIX: Prevent Electron app from rebooting on every load to reactivate the Service Worker
  • FIX: Add BOM to new JS files to conform to Microsoft Store requirements
  • FIX: Exception caused by site.js script included in Wikimedia archives
  • DEV: Added developer option to force use of libzim W/ASM decoding of full-text index
  • FIX: Critical startup bug which prevented opening of some packaged archives
  • FIX: When dark mode is set to auto, do not use darkReader for Wikimedia ZIMs

Release 2.2.7-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-11
  • ENHANCEMENT: Experimental use of libzim WASM port to read Full Text index (PWA only for now)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Information added to API panel to show status of Full Text index
  • ENHANCEMENT: Experimental option to use DarkReader plugin (SW mode only)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Enable ServiceWorker mode as the default (and deprecate JQuery mode)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Display media download alert only when the medium is fetched from the ZIM
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better suggestions for mirrors when Library server does not provide mirror info
  • ENHANCEMENT: Building Electron app on GitHub actions now downloads the latest packaged archive before cloud-building
  • CLEANUP: Removal of several JQuery functions, replaced with native DOM methods
  • CLEANUP: Remove some unused functions
  • FIX: A number of glitches with standard and inverted dark themes
  • FIX: Crash in UWP app when switching between modes if there are too many archives in a loaded directory
  • FIX: Deal with Zimit links correctly when link handling is disabled
  • FIX: Test both the encoded and decoded path for Zimit hyperlinks, due to inconsistencies in format
  • FIX: Infinite loop when hyperlinks are not being captured by window opener
  • FIX: Failure to display active content warning in some instances
  • FIX: Regression preventing UWP app from remaining in ServiceWorker mode
  • FIX: Failure to confirm with user before launching SW mode in UWP app
  • FIX: Bug which prevented reload of last visited page on re-launch of app

Release 2.1.9-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Streamline polling of spinner and messaging
  • ENHANCEMENT: Clearer signposting of Archive Index vs URL Index
  • ENHANCEMENT: Show an alert to user if main page is not an article
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better suggestions for mirrors when Library server does not provide mirror info
  • WORKAROUND: Assets with erroneous MIME types were misrecognized as articles (blocking reload of some articles)
  • FIX: Downloading of non-mirrored content in the Library
  • FIX: Wikivoyage package and install icons
  • FIX: Detect more ZIMs for active content warning
  • FIX: Provide instructions for showing URL Index in active content warning
  • FIX: Download of files with very long filenames
  • FIX: Bug causing incomplete loading of images on image-heavy landing pages
  • FIX: Display of blue placeholders for manual image extraction in SW mode
  • FIX: Selection of languages in Library
  • FIX: Display of some irregularly formatted filenames in Library
  • FIX: Ensure spinner never shows for more than 3 seconds
  • FIX: Regression preventing UWP app from remaining in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Failure to confirm with user before launching SW mode in UWP app

Release 2.1.5-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-08
  • UPDATE: Packages are now signed with new Kiwix coding certificate
  • UPDATE: BitTorrent files are now displayed before magnet links in the download library
  • UPDATE: Provide more complete documentation on GitHub
  • ENHANCEMENT: Basic Zimit file reading in IE11
  • FIX: Downloading of non-mirrored content in the Library
  • FIX: Recognize XHTML documents and applications in Zimit ZIMs and treat as HTML
  • FIX: Correct location of relative links on Zimit landing pages
  • FIX: Add more asset types to Type 1 C-namespace Zimit support
  • FIX: Support reading of Zimit archives using new Type 1 C-namespace ZIM format
  • FIX: Searching for namespaces with Type 1 Zimit ZIMs
  • FIX: Hyperlink transformations for Type 1 Zimit ZIMs
  • FIX: Package and install icons for WikiMed and Wikivoyage
  • FIX: Bug which caused app to hang when encountering URLs larger than 2KB in length

Release 2.0.9-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-07
  • ENHANCEMENT: System back button in UWP app no longer exits the app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Hyperlink the currently loaded archive so that user can re-open it easily with a click
  • ENHANCEMENT: Make archive links combo box scrollable
  • ENHANCEMENT: Make buttons more visible in dark mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide magnet torrent links in Archive Library
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide link to preview of live ZIM archive on library.kiwix.org
  • FIX: Do not redirect to landing page if requested article is not found
  • FIX: Prevent app entering an anomalous state if launch of Service Worker mode fails
  • FIX: File handling API (works with latest Chrome, and with Edge Beta)
  • FIX: Distinguish between Electron and NWJS when reporting app type to UI

Release 2.0.2-Wikivoyage

  • FEATURE: Optionally check for app updates and inform user of availability
  • FEATURE: Search for any asset in any ZIM by prefixing namespace
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to warn before opening external links
  • ENHANCEMENT: Reduce delay between image loads when lazy-loading images (Wikimedia ZIMs)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Intelligently auto-switch image manipulation setting if supported by ZIM type
  • ENHANCEMENT: Intelligently turn off dark theme if ZIM does not support it
  • ENHANCEMENT: Ensure user clears the cache when switching to SW mode while a Zimit ZIM is loaded
  • ENHANCEMENT: Prevent expensive RegExp processing for irrelevant ZIM types
  • ENHANCEMENT: Made PWA manifest compatible with Chromium installability criteria
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-06
  • UPDATE: Refresh Kiwix icons
  • UPDATE: Hyperlinking of images to high-res versions is now off by default
  • FIX: Searching for assets in url index now properly shows the url instead of title
  • FIX: System alert dialogue box now handles keyboard events
  • FIX: Add some failsafe code to hide spinner if it runs too long (does not handle app crashes)
  • FIX: Bug that caused repeating images when hyperlinking images to online high-res versions
  • FIX: Remove lazy image loading system if detected
  • FIX: Errors with parsing and display of archive links in download library
  • FIX: Adjustment to max page width restrictions is now applied on resize

Release 1.9.9-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-05
  • FEATURE: Experimental support for reading Zimit ZIM archives (relevant for base app)
  • FIX: Style of thumbinner Wikimedia images adjusted so that images are back in their original position
  • FIX: Links to PDF data are now recognized by MIME type and downloaded as if they were files
  • FIX: Transition away from testing file extensions for caching strategy
  • FIX: Add any missing file extension to downloadable files
  • FIX: Exception when reloading the last selected archive on certain platforms

Release 1.9.7-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-04
  • BUILD: Nightly builds of main app are now uploaded to a new server (with sftp instead of ssh)
  • BUILD: Deploy PWA image on a k8s cluster
  • BUILD: PWA images are now uploaded to ghcr.io instead of Docker Hub

Release 1.9.4-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-03
  • FEATURE: Option to hyperlink images in Wikimedia ZIMs to the online File for the image
  • ENHANCEMENT: Electron app now uses File System Access API except for initial loading of packaged archive
  • DEV: Provided instructions on how to split a ZIM archive using WSL
  • FIX: App now (optionally) remembers the last viewed article for split ZIM archives
  • FIX: Electron and UWP apps now auto-load split ZIM archives
  • FIX: Failure to recognize landing page when retrieved from history or cache
  • DEV: Automatic building of Electron app now enabled via GitHub Actions
  • FIX: Improvement to independent browsing of windows in UWP app in SW mode
  • FIX: Stabilize page loading when assets are missing (in SW mode)
  • FIX: Styling of image-based landing pages

Release 1.9.1-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-02
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better feedback to user during slow ZIM archive loading
  • ENHANCEMENT: Included favicons at various resolutions
  • ENHANCEMENT: App now uses Bootstrap asynchronous dialogue boxes for modal alert and confirm
  • DEV: Developer option to bypass appCache
  • DEV: Window location information now shown in API panel
  • FIX: Bug that would sometimes cause a blank screen in Service Worker mode on slow devices
  • FIX: Loading of articles that have question marks or hashes in the title
  • FIX: Incorrect attempt to register Service Worker in XP version of NWJS app causing fatal crash on startup
  • FIX: Random button now warns user if archive is not loaded
  • FIX: Race condition loading deocmpressors which caused failure in some rare contexts with the file:// protocol

Release 1.8.7-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2022-01
  • ENHANCEMENT: Service Worker mode is now the default in contexts or frameworks that natively support it
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to reset app to defaults in Expert settings
  • ENHANCEMENT: Assets cache and app cache are now separated, so assets persist after update
  • ENHANCEMENT: New persistent caching of ZIM assets that are not provided in file system singinficantly improves performance
  • ENHANCEMENT: Automatically choose best available caching technology: Cache API, IndexedDB, Local Storage or memory
  • ENHANCEMENT: New Cache API info panel in Configuration, and option to stop using and empty the cache
  • FIX: Set headers properly when caching Fetch responses in JQuery mode
  • FIX: Regression whereby blue image placeholders were not shown in jQuery mode when user turns off image display
  • FIX: Bug whereby upgrade alert was triggered by caches from other apps on the same domain
  • FIX: Regression with Electron file handling causing previously picked archive to be forgotten
  • FIX: Fatal Electron error on startup if packaged archive cannot be found
  • FIX: NWJS file handling with legacy file picker (for XP and Vista builds)

Release 1.8.3-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-12
  • UPDATE: App can now use the latest Electron release and APIs
  • ENHANCEMENT: Scrollbars are now styled (with darker colours) in dark mode (in Chromium frameworks)
  • ENHANCEMENT: More app files are precached in the PWA for better offline experience
  • ENHANCEMENT: Hardware back and forward buttons on mouse now work with UWP app (natively supported in other contexts)
  • FIX: Prevent most app crashes when switching to SW mode in UWP app
  • FIX: More intelligent relocation of hatnote and noexcerpt blocks
  • FIX: UI bug when using the UWP app with a secondary display (via Config option)
  • FIX: Stylesheet errors with sistersite boxes

Release 1.7.9-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-11
  • EXPERIMENTAL: Added option to display hidden block elements, prinicipally for Wikimedia ZIMs
  • ENHANCEMENT: Electron version of app can now read contents of directories
  • ENHANCEMENT: With display hidden elements opetion, force display of zero-width images also
  • ENHANCEMENT: Allow more time between clicks to register a double-right-click
  • FIX REGRESSION: Prevent incorrect parsing of map markers when image manipulation is on in SW mode
  • FIX REGRESSION: Closing all sections (by deselecting "Open all sections") now works again in jQuery mode
  • BACKEND: Use a safer way of determining the ZIM name and type

Release 1.7.6-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-10
  • ENHANCEMENT: The app should now show dynamic content on landing pages in YouTube-based ZIMs (SW mode)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option for map pins to open OpenStreetMap instead of Windows Maps App (mostly for Wikivoyage)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Select map type automatically: Maps App for Windows, OSM for Linux or other
  • ENHANCEMENT: Use smaller pins for Wikipedia pages vs Wikivoyage pages
  • DEPRECATED: Disabled indpenedent resizing of content in iframe with touch: too slow, and worked only in Chromium
  • FIX: Video playback controls are now shown in Khan Acadeny ZIMs (and others based on YouTube)
  • FIX: Bug relocating hatnotes which moved extraneous text blocks
  • FIX: Image rendering bug with substitute landing pages
  • FIX: Fatal error loading the PWA in some circumstances
  • FIX: Data URIs with WebP images can now be rendered in old browsers
  • FIX: Style issues and rendering of map pins in German Wikimedia ZIMs
  • FIX: Error with offline Cache that prevented PWA from working fully offline
  • FIX: Prevented the NWJS app for Windows XP from attempting to switch to SW mode (which doesn't work)

Release 1.7.3-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-09
  • UPDATE: New option to change right click to double right click for opening new window or tab
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide option to allow image manipulation (saving to disk or opening in new tab), with workaround for UWP
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide contextual warnings for features that do not work well with dynamic content
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added help section in About concerning link handling, dynamic content, new windows, etc.
  • ENHANCEMENT: Verbose tooltips provided for several options in Configuration
  • ENHANCEMENT: Usage instructions more clearly highlighted on first run
  • FIX: Issue preventing correct parsing of ZIM archive path in some contexts in SW mode
  • FIX: Some app crashes when switching the UWP app to SW mode
  • FIX: Printing in SW mode (load all images correctly before printing)
  • FIX: Restoring DOM after printing in SW mode

Release 1.6.2-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-08
  • FEATURE: New dropdown in Download Library allows filtering the list of archives by subject (for some ZIM types)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Sorting the Download Library list by clicking on the Size / Last modified / Name headers
  • ENHANCEMENT: Significant speed-up by using native Promise API, or modern polyfill where needed
  • ENHANCEMENT: Decompressors now loaded as fast binary WASM modules if the brower supports WebAssembly
  • ENNHNCEMENT: Added more diagnostic APIs to the API panel in Configuration
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added refresh button for picked folder in Configuration (UWP or File System Access API)
  • FIX: Issues with toolbars getting stuck on after searching for text in article
  • FIX: Better replication of infobox mobile and desktop styles
  • FIX: More displaced hatnotes corrected
  • FIX: Style injection code that would (rarely) cause an exception on some ZIM types

Release 1.5.0-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-07
  • FEATURE: (Experimental) PWA is paritcipating in File Handling API origin trial
  • FEATURE: Search with wildcards .*, .+ or regex syntax (?:my_regular_expression)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Improve zooming and re-flowing the article contents in browsers that support the zoom style property
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added full usage/syntax notes for title search and Alphabetical Title Index
  • ENHANCEMENT: Include h4 headings in Table of Contents
  • ENHANCEMENT: Report number of titles scanned for long title searches
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add a Content Security Policy preventing contents of a page from connecting to online resources
  • FIX: Critical bug where article is not unhidden in time on slow systems in jQuery mode
  • FIX: Crash in UWP app after updating a ZIM archive
  • FIX: Improve handover from local code to PWA code to prevent rogue error message
  • FIX: Improve page composition timing for non-MS browsers
  • FIX: Bug which failed to detect images correctly in a new tab
  • FIX: Touch-zoom of contents of iframe no longer blanks part of the display
  • FIX: Broken zoom of contents of iframe (with UI buttons) in Internet Explorer
  • FIX: Bug setting up backlinks which caused some pages not to load
  • FIX: Unhandled exception when cite ref was not found

Release 1.4.0-Wikivoyage

  • ENHANCEMENT: Pre-calculate position and size of article namespace in legacy ZIMs (speeds up binary search)
  • ENHANCEMENT: New option to move navigation buttons to the top toolbar
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-06
  • UPDATE: System dark/light mode now used for "auto" setting in modern browsers (as well as UWP)
  • UPDATE: KaTeX to v0.13.11
  • FIX: Double-clicking on archive failed to launch it in UWP app running in SW mode
  • FIX: Hide jump in page position during article load in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Adjusted timing of hiding and showing the article during page composition
  • FIX: Hover and active colours on buttons
  • FIX: Intermittent failure to compose page in UWP app on mobile
  • FIX: Reposition multiple displaced hatnotes
  • FIX: Click on document reloads article when open new window feature is off
  • FIX: Bug which prevented auto launch of packaged file on first install
  • FIX: Failure to apply dark theme to articles with no CSS
  • FIX: Bug affecting middle-click when opening a new window or tab
  • FIX: Bug which hid the file selectors when the app could not get a handle on a file or directory
  • FIX: Bug preventing touch navigation
  • FIX: Issue preventing the article window from receiving focus for keyboard input

Release 1.3.0-Wikivoyage

  • FEATURE: Open a new browsable tab or window with right-click, long-press, ctrl-click, middle-click
  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-05
  • UPDATE: Location of cached styles tweaked to reflect latest location in ZIM archives
  • UPDATE: Cached main pages for WikiMed and Wikivoyage updated and used by vanilla app
  • ENHANCEMENT: PWA now adapts if it was launched from a basic packaged app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Alt-left or Ctrl-left (and same for right key) can now be used for navigation
  • FIX: Prevent flash between page loads by adapting empty screen to the selected theme color
  • FIX: Crash on upgrade of ZIM archive in some contexts
  • FIX: Subtitle dislplay on videos
  • FIX: Download of media and subtitles
  • FIX: Display of list-based home pages
  • FIX: Properly define width of infoboxes in Wikimedia Destop style

Release 1.2.4-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Packaged archive updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-04
  • ENHANCEMENT: Support v1 article index in no-namespace ZIM archives
  • ENHANECMENT: Detect and correct erroneous hard-coded sytling of navboxes in recent ZIMs
  • FIX: Correct width of infoboxes in Wikipedia Desktop style
  • FIX: Failure to recognize mouse click on title index entry
  • FIX: Issue preventing proper relocation of infobox when transforming to desktop style

Release 1.2.3-Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Included ZIM updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-01.zim
  • ENHANCEMENT: Enable Service Worker mode in UWP app
  • ENHANCEMENT: New domain pwa.kiwix.org for the PWA/UWP app
  • ENHANCEMENT: If app is running as a PWA, its identity is changed to Kiwix JS PWA
  • ENHANCEMENT: Use a list of customized start pages even if the app is generic
  • UPDATE: Preliminary support for ZIM archives with no namespace
  • UPDATE: Revised Privacy Policy to reflect PWA usage
  • UPDATE: Minor update to improve handover between local and PWA code
  • UPDATE: Better messaging around 'failure' to load SW mode (not a real failure)
  • FIX: Calculation of appRoot directory
  • FIX: Display of masonry tiles in JQuery mode with latest ZIMs
  • FIX: Map markers not showing in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Implement internal app:// links for app-based assets
  • FIX: Race condition in handover to PWA code
  • FIX: Faulty permalinks

Release 1.1.4 Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Included ZIM updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2021-01.zim
  • UPDATE: More consistent install prompt display in Configuration (for PWA)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide more robust upgrade process for PWAs, including notification banner
  • FIX: Inconsistent use of Settings Store during app initialization
  • FIX: Disable HTTP cache when pre-caching upgraded app files
  • FIX: Switching to jQuery mode in the PWA app no longer prevents the app working offline
  • FIX: Display of masonry-style landing pages in SW mode
  • FIX: Delete accidentally created Indexed Databases with wrong filename on startup (where possible)
  • FIX: Provide explicit Content Security Policy headers to reduce or eliminate CORS errors in SW mode
  • FIX: Broken manual display of images in SW mode
  • FIX: Broken "Open all headings" option in SW mode
  • FIX: Printing in SW mode
  • META: Create-DraftRelease PowerShell script supports automatic creation of GitHub releases for more versions of the app

Release 1.1.3 Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: Included ZIM updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2020-12.zim
  • UPDATE: Support new location of mobile and desktop styles in Wikimedia ZIMs
  • UPDATE: Upgrade Settings store to use localStorage over cookies where available
  • ENHANCEMENT: Enable use of Native File System with NWJS
  • REGRESSION: Manual extraction of images reverted to one-by-one to prevent errors with WebP batch decoding
  • FIX: Styling of index-based landing pages
  • FIX: Bugs with file picking in Native FS
  • FIX: Critical error on some new Wikipedia articles containing equations

Release 1.1.0 Wikivoyage

  • UPDATE: App is no longer in beta!
  • UPDATE: Packaged ZIM updated to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2020-11.zim
  • UPDATE: App now supports newest archives encoded with ZSTD compression
  • UPDATE: WebP support (via polyfill) for older browsers including Windows Mobile
  • ENHANCEMENT: Decompression speed gains with ZSTD
  • ENHANCEMENT: Allow use of keyboard to select archive from archive list
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to display articles with all sections open or closed
  • ENHANCEMENT: Use Native File System API in PWA version
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better error reporting in console log
  • ENHANCEMENT: Improved block cache and faster conversion of file slice to blob
  • FIX: Prevent erroneous display of Active Content Warning with ZSTD archives
  • FIX: Reduce some cross-origin errors
  • FIX: Prevent archive list from jumping to wrong archive on click
  • FIX: Critical error on load if packaged archive name has changed
  • FIX: Download links are no longer erroneously cached by the Service Worker
  • DEPRECATED: Scrolling information for new users

Release 0.9.9.992 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: August 2020 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2020-08.zim
  • FIX: Critical error on load if packaged archive name has changeds
  • FIX: Prevent extraneous titles appearing in search
  • FIX: Broken drag-and-drop
  • FIX: Bug with construction of backlinks preventing load of some Wikipedia articles
  • FIX: Calculate path of breakout icon correctly in SW mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Use Native File System API in PWA version
  • ENHANCEMENT: Various fixes to the Electron app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better error reporting in console log

Release 0.9.9.991 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: June 2020 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2020-06.zim
  • UPDATE: Update Q Promise support to v1.5.1
  • ENHANCEMENT: Major upgrade to the title-search algorithm: search is now near-case-insensitive
  • ENHANCEMENT: Make app compatible with Electron / NWJS as a packaged app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Attempt to make app a little more usable on Android browsers
  • FIX: Bug preventing all Kiwix apps accessing latest ZIMs (incorrect method of reading MIME type list)
  • FIX: Failure to load landing page when backing into it from history.back
  • FIX: Incorrect hiding of toolbars after using in-page search

Release 0.9.9.97 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: February 2020 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2020-02.zim
  • UPDATE: Added missing stylesheets for cache
  • ENHANCEMENT: Intuitive toolbar hiding/showing on scroll down/up
  • ENHANCEMENT: Added block cache to speed up search considerably
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide option to set number of results to find when searching
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide app install experience for PWA
  • FIX: Search results can now be scrolled by touch on Windows 10 tablets
  • FIX: Corrected height of search results window so content is not hidden under footer
  • FIX: Prevent ugly jumping of iframe on new article load
  • FIX: Allow use of special characters in article search
  • FIX: Remove broken links to deprecated portable versions of archives

Release 0.9.9.96 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • FIX: Broken display of Kiwix download library
  • FIX: Broken display of MathML when there are no images in the document
  • FIX: Search bar always remains on-screen if selected (in non-mobile contexts)
  • FIX: All images above the fold are now loaded (async timing of image scanning was premature)
  • FIX: Math typeset by KaTeX is rendered better when there are mbox statements (fbox is used instead)
  • FIX: Display-style maths SVGs are now correctly inverted in dark mode
  • FIX: Standard dark-mode SVGs in infoboxes and elsewhere are now displayed correctly without inversion
  • FIX: Truncated display of search box
  • UPDATE: Updated KaTeX library to v0.11.1
  • ENHANCEMENT: Include more files in PWA payload to allow better offline functionality in PWA scenarios
  • ENHANCEMENT: Appxbundle is now signed with Kiwix certificate for a better sideloading experience
  • KNOWN ISSUE: In mobile contexts, top bar always gets hidden by Bootstrap on scroll

Release 0.9.9.95 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: October 2019 update of Wikvoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_maxi_2019-10.zim
  • UPDATE: Improved support for stylesheets in latest Wikimedia ZIMs
  • UPDATE: Updated the Privacy Policy
  • ENHANCEMENT: The base app (not UWP) can now be installed as a PWA (visit https://kiwix.github.io/kiwix-js-windows/www/index.html to try)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Assets are now cached in Service Worker mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Support MathML in latest Wikimedia ZIMs
  • ENHANCEMENT: Provide an alert if a packaged or picked file cannot be found
  • ENHANCEMENT: App can now be compiled with Electron or NWJS to support Win XP/7/8.1 (see releases)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Fallback to localStorage if cookies are not supported (e.g. running Chromium from file:///)
  • FIX: Bug causing localStorage to fill up has been fixed
  • FIX: Fixed broken drag-and-drop
  • FIX: Enable page extraction in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Rare condition where a missing ZIM causes the app to crash on load
  • FIX: Better algorithm for adding missing notes backlinks
  • FIX: Better process for hiding navbar (though Bootstrap still ignores on mobile)
  • FIX: All blocks are now opened for details-summary tags
  • FIX: Bugs with the timing of display blanking between page loads
  • FIX: Missing target attribute for hyperlinks to some external files
  • FIX: Race condition preventing jQuery alert.hide() statements from running
  • FIX: Enable dark theme and style transformations in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Enable printing in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Critical page reload loop when switching styles in print dialogue
  • FIX: Update printing filters to support deatils-summary ZIMs
  • FIX: Rare condition where a missing ZIM causes the app to crash on load
  • FIX: Article is now re-loaded on change of content injection mode

Release 0.9.9.92 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: July 2019 update of Wikvoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2019-07.zim* FIX: Bug causing localStorage to fill up has been fixed
  • FIX: Various tweaks to cached and transformed styles
  • FIX: Many more equations now rendered correctly due to change of engine
  • FIX: Service Worker mode now works in browser context (not app context)
  • FIX: MathTex now rendered in Service Worker mode
  • FIX: Bug with equations containing apostrophes
  • FIX: Scripts no longer run in Quirks mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better lazy image loading, and enable lazy loading for Service Worker mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Subtle fade-in effect for lazy-loaded images
  • ENHANCEMENT: Allow breakout link to work in Service Worker mode
  • ENHANCEMENT: Change MathTex rendering engine from MathJax to KaTeX (much faster)
  • ENHANCEMENT: CORS errors are now detected and a message provided to the user to help resolve

Release 0.9.9.91 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • ENHANCEMENT: Links in clickable image maps (e.g. in Wikivoyage) are now supported
  • ENHANCEMENT: App code supports developer setting a custom start page for a packaged ZIM
  • ENHANCEMENT: A ZIM archive can be loaded through drag-and-drop of the file into the app
  • ENHANCEMENT: Article search results can now be selected with physical keyboard (down, up, enter keys)
  • UPDATE: Removed dependency on base tag, simplifying handling of hyperlinks
  • FIX: New MediaWiki ZIMs with details-summary tags are now supported
  • FIX: Low-level ZIM reader now conforms to libzim logic in deriving title from url
  • FIX: Low-level ZIM reader now reads the MIME type list from the ZIM
  • FIX: A system alert utility is now provided, to avoid using synchronous alert()
  • FIX: A workaround has been added for improperly coded hyperlinks in subdirectories in WikiMedia ZIM files

Release 0.9.9.90 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • CRITICAL FIX: Remembered last page is now properly blanked on new archive load
  • CRITICAL FIX: Fixed regression preventing use of download library
  • UPDATE: April 2019 update of Wikvoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2019-04.zim
  • ENHANCEMENT: Article can now be sent to device's browser for reading, side-by-side viewing, printing
  • ENHANCEMENT: A breakout icon can optionally be shown on each page to enable sending page to browser (see Settings)
  • ENHANCEMENT: A new "auto" setting for dark mode and dark theme follows the system default for UWP apps
  • ENHANCEMENT: Checkbox and radio buttons are now styled and coloured for better visibility (also larger)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Packaged apps now default to showing the most appropriate ZIM archive types from Library
  • ENHANCEMENT: Streamlined the process for adding other languages of packaged app ZIM files
  • ENHANCEMENT: Language and date selectors in Library are now responsive to each other
  • ENHANCEMENT: Download link more clearly signalled
  • ENHANCEMENT: Improved styling of checkboxes in light and dark modes
  • ENHANCEMENT: Deal with re-organized stylesheets in mwoffliner ZIMs
  • FIX: Fixed regression caused by removal of timeout for find in article function
  • FIX: Fixed problems searching for dirEntries with empty titles in new ZIMs
  • FIX: Correctly handle anchor links with a single #
  • FIX: App detects a language that is predominantly ASCII and uses left-side word searching in that case (Chinese open-type search should be unaffected)
  • FIX: Prevent crash if changing language selector on "wrong" screen
  • FIX: Prevent timeout-related crashes on slower devices
  • FIX: Prevent unusable app state after clicking non-Roman alphabet button in Archive Index
  • FIX: Number of stylesheets retrieved from ZIM was not being counted properly, causing some pages to load twice
  • FIX: The article content div is now hidden until the HTML for the requested article is injected

Release 0.9.9.87 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • ENHANCEMENT: Support for playing media (video/audio) in the ZIM if the device has the required codec
  • ENHANCEMENT: Support for "downloading" media (e.g. videos+subtitles) from the ZIM
  • ENHANCEMENT: Media are launched via appropriate app selection menu after download (mobile)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Typing a space in search box now displays an Archive Index
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to support non-Roman alphabets for Archive Index
  • ENHANCEMENT: If active content is detected in the ZIM, information is given about accessing the Index instead
  • FIX: Add startup bootloop crash prevention
  • FIX: Exceptions produced by unsupported JS in ZIM articles are now caught
  • FIX: Prevent app crash with malformed anchor references
  • FIX: Correct logic in binary search so it doesn't stall if assets in A namespace have no title
  • FIX: Missing footnote reference numbers in desktop ZIMs transformed to mobile style
  • FIX: Assets with unescaped characters in URL should now be retrieved correctly
  • FIX: Individual extraction of images when images are disabled in Configuration
  • FIX: Removed timeout preventing fast typing for find in article function (Ctrl-F / Alt-F)
  • FIX: Allow searching in article for languages that do not use spaces (such as Chinese)

Release 0.9.9.81 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: October 2018 update of Wikvoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_2018-10.zim
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add a modern CSS spinner and rework status messages
  • ENHANCEMENT: Neater presentation of article search results
  • ENHANCEMENT: Test for CORS violation if server cannot be accessed
  • ENHANCEMENT: Add API for reading ZIM metadata
  • FIX: Crash when previously picked archive has been moved or deleted
  • FIX: Added startup boot loop crash protection
  • FIX: Prevent app crash with malformed anchor hrefs
  • FIX: Support changed format of anchor references in latest English Wikipedia
  • FIX: Correctly apply mobile styles when one of the defaults is missing
  • FIX: Incorrect utf8 characters in mobile styles

Release 0.9.9.7 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: July 2018 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2018-07.zim
  • ENHANCEMENT: Optimization of decompression process

Release 0.9.9.6 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: June 2018 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2018-06.zim
  • UPDATE: Mobile styles and cached home page
  • ENHANCEMENT: New compile of decoding engine provides significant performance improvement
  • ENHANCEMENT: Headings in article can be toggled open or closed on narrow screens
  • ENHANCEMENT: Current page is cached in localStorage for very fast restart and reloading
  • ENHANCEMENT: Automatically switch to desktop style for better printing result
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better memory management to prevent app crashes
  • ENHANCEMENT: Reduced dependency on jQuery for further performance gains
  • ENHANCEMENT: Tweaks to dark theme
  • ENHANCEMENT: Print zoom capability
  • ENHANCEMENT: Prevent printing of location pins
  • ENHANCEMENT: Set maximum page width to 100% before printing
  • FIX: Descriptive text for UI controls is now non-selectable for cleaner app experience
  • FIX: Whitespace at the end of the page is now preserved when hiding reference section
  • FIX: Bug which prevented switching the printing device (caused app crash)
  • FIX: Bug in download links preventing display of language codes that are substrings of other language codes
  • WORKAROUND: MW-Offliner bug which places extraneous tags in some HTML id attributes

Release 0.9.9.5 Wikivoyage (beta)

There was no 0.9.9.5 release due to unusable Wikivoyage ZIM files in May

Release 0.9.9.4 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: March 2018 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2018-03.zim
  • ENHANCEMENT: Experimental support for printing articles
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better presentation of About and Changelog information

Release 0.9.9.3 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • FIX: Unhandled exception after using in-article word search
  • FIX: Article now reloads correctly when switching styles
  • FIX: Browser history now remembered for first page load
  • FIX: Added more padding for content hidden under the bottom bar
  • FIX: New mode of injecting HTML into iframe fixes baseUrl issues
  • FIX: Reduced memory usage for decompressing multiple SVG images/equations to prevent crash on devices with 1GB RAM
  • FIX: Display bug causing Settings tab to remain selected after article load
  • FIX: Loads landing page when an article is not found (instead of throwing a silent error)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Filter ZIM archives by date in download links
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to remove maximum page width restriction for Wikipedia articles
  • ENHANCEMENT: Setting or clearing dark themes no longer require page reload
  • ENHANCEMENT: Wider range of infoboxes, and "homonymie" hatnotes supported
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better algorithm for moving first paragraph when there are stacked infoboxes
  • ENHANCEMENT: Applying or removing dark themes no longer requires a page reload
  • ENHANCEMENT: Option to remove max page width restriction
  • ENHANCEMENT: Some code redundancy removed
  • ENHANCEMENT: 'Unclicking' a tab (Settings or About) now returns the user to the article
  • ENHANCEMENT: Cache start page in the filesystem for quick start or return to home
  • ENHANCEMENT: Activating dark theme for UI now activates article dark theme by default
  • ENHANCEMENT: Improved handling and display of file selectors
  • ENHANCEMENT: Clearer navigation signposting from About tab
  • WORKAROUND for misplaced hatnotes in mobile-style ZIMs

Release 0.9.7 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • UPDATE: January 2018 update of Wikivoyage ZIM archive to wikivoyage_en_all_novid_2018-01.zim
  • FIX: Added icon indicating that a link is to an external web site
  • FIX: Bugs in mobile to desktop style transformation
  • FIX: Issue with infoboxes and images not stacking correctly on mobile displays
  • FIX: Support new-style infoboxes in German Wikivoyage
  • FIX: Last-visited page was not being remembered when user picked the file as a single archive
  • FIX: Bug which prevented the dark mode by simple inversion from functioning
  • FIX: Issue with toolbar icons being misaligned on small screens
  • ENHANCEMENT: The Wikivoyage app now hides the file selectors by default in the Config menu to avoid confusion and to encourage use of Kiwix JS for anything not related to Wikivoyage
  • ENHANCEMENT: Inject footnote backlinks if the ZIM doesn't have any

Release 0.9.6 Wikivoyage (beta)

  • FIX: Prevent bottom toolbar from wrapping across two lines on small screens
  • ENHANCEMENT: Enabled autoloading of last-read page on app start (and privacy option to turn this off)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Geo-location co-ordinates in English and German Wikivoyage are represented with a location marker that links to the Maps app (opens map to show the precise location)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Telephone numbers marked with tel: links will attempt to open a relevant app for dialling (e.g., Skype or the People app) when selected
  • FIX: Links in Stackexchange ZIMs are now recognized and can be used to open the content
  • WORKAROUND: Some Wikivoyage entries have HTML showing in the header, and this is now (temporarily) suppressed (the HTML is interpreted) until the ZIMs are fixed
  • ENHANCEMENT: The toolbar icon now switches to a Wikivoyage logo if a Wikivoyage ZIM is loaded

Release 0.9.3 (beta)

  • WORKAROUND: Mis-aligned toolbar icons on smaller screens
  • FIX: Rogue HTML showing in some pages from recent ZIM archives
  • ENHANCEMENT: Better experience when scanning local storage for archives

Release 0.9.0 (beta)

  • ENHANCEMENT: Auto-loading of ZIM archives on device storage
  • ENHANCEMENT: In-page search / highlighting with Ctrl-F / Alt-F or tap on search button
  • ENHANCEMENT: Uses UWP APIs for sotrage: Future Access List so that users do not need to pick their ZIM file every time
  • ENHANCEMENT: Dark-themed User Interface
  • ENHANCEMENT: Experimental Wikipedia Dark Theme
  • ENHANCEMENT: Font scaling for articles and for the UI
  • ENHANCEMENT: Cleaner, minimalistic UI (eliminated hamburger menu due to poor navigability)
  • FIX: Display of SVG files is handled by careful queuing of images to send to the decompressor (fixes hang in articles with many equations)
  • ENHANCEMENT: If the TeX string of an equation is available, it will be typeset using MathJax (huge speed improvement)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Transform the layout of Wikipedia articles from desktop to mobile style and vice versa (experimental)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Disable the display of images, and extract them one-by-one as needed (for slow devices)
  • ENHANCEMENT: Only send images in current viewport to the decompressor, and prefetch configurable (by developer) number of images from above and below the viewport