Version 2024.09.29

Release Notes

• Allow -style terminal argument.
• Attempt to discover terminal file URLs.
• Attempt to load translation files according to QTranslator::load(QLocale(), "dooble", "_", path, ".qm") and QTranslator::load(QLocale(), "qtbase", "_", path, ".qm").
• Automatics and constants. Please report errors.
• Everyone loves elapsed time! See Floating Digital Clock.
• New --disable-javascript option.
• New --normal-screen option.
• New --reload-periodically TIME option.
• Removed incorrect text from History label: Private Dooble History windows do not exist.
• Save the floating history window's geometry only if the window is visible. Otherwise, the recorded geometry will be invalid in a future session.
• Set QMAKE_MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET to 12.0.
• Set terminal URL schemes to HTTPS.
• Source release!
• Windows 11 release!

Version 2024.08.20

Release Notes

• Allow about:blank in address field.
• Corrected Search Engines -> Add Checked. An empty syntax was not allowed.
• Source release.

Version 2024.08.19

Release Notes

• About the 113th release since Dooble was born.
• Automatics and constants. Please report errors.
• Clone a page via Ctrl + Shift + C or Edit menu or a tab's context menu. GitHub ticket #229.
• Decompress JAR files.
• Do not set the current working directory to /Applications/Dooble.d on MacOS.
• First Apple Silicon release via Homebrew Qt. The software is not signed and is therefore considered tarnished.
• First LTS of 2024!
• First PiOS ARM64 release. Please do not request strange corrections and stranger support.
• Include qtwebengine_dictionaries in the native Debian release file. Not a single spirit noticed.
• JAR files may now be accessed via File -> Open File.
• MimeType in dooble.desktop. GitHub ticket #216.
• New dooble_accepted_or_blocked_domains.txt.
• New dooble_filter.txt.
• New text placed here and there, mostly there.
• Pre-Qt 6.7.0 and JavaScript window cause abnormal termination. Qt and site-specific. GitHub ticket #208.
• Optionally respect full-screen requests. Please read Settings -> Web -> Full-Screen Requests. GitHub ticket #224.
• Page brightness decreased by a transparent mask. New option, see View menu. GitHub ticket #228.
• Q_OS_WIN -> Q_OS_WINDOWS.
• Release includes accumulated source releases.
• Reload a page while ignoring its cache. Press and hold the Reload button until a menu appears. GitHub ticket #231.
• The action View -> Status Bar will now propagate itself through all pages if one action is toggled.
• Unroll loops.
• VIM scroll-down and scroll-up shortcuts: Ctrl+Shift+J, Ctrl+Shift+K. JavaScript is required. If JS is disabled, it will be enabled temporarily. GitHub ticket #219.
• Warn of all sigaction() failures.

Version 2024.01.25

Release Notes

• Display a history item's data in page's status bar during a hover event.
• New jar scheme. Decompressed files are recorded in the Desktop. The executables jar and unzip are required. GitHub ticket #153.
• QSqlDatabase issues a warning (connect() and nullptr) if QApplication is not present in Qt 6. A QApplication object must be created before accessing an SQLite database.
• QWebEngineSettings::ReadingFromCanvasEnabled and Qt 6.6.
• Smaller page buttons in Settings. GitHub ticket #211.
• This release is dedicated to the lovely Mr. D. Peace out!

Version 2023.12.25

Release Notes

• Decreased launch time for non-splash-screen: load splash screen's pixmap only if necessary.
• Include GitHub links in release notes. GitHub ticket #203.
• Initiate a floating-clock timer as needed. Preserve resources.
• Injected style sheets are now stored as UTF-8.
• JavaScript Console. GitHub ticket #202. Please see Tools.
• New --full-screen and --help.
• New splash image. Thanks louies0623. GitHub ticket #206.
• Source-only release?
• Speedier compilations via fewer includes.

Version 2023.11.30

Release Notes

• Added QSqlDatabase::exec() correction. Please see #199. This item will be included in future release notes.
• Final LTS release of 2023!
• Final Windows 7 release! Future requests will be accepted only with Patreon memberships.
• New Address Widget Completer Mode. Please see Settings -> Display.
• New Doxygen files.
• Page translation via Google. GitHub ticket #200.
• Qt 6.5.3 LTS everywhere, except for Windows 7.
• The Windows 11 release includes future release notes.
• This release includes items from previous source-only releases: 2023.07.15, 2023.08.30. This item will be included in future release notes.

Version 2023.08.30

Release Notes

• Create new page via double-click on a tab bar. GitHub ticket #196.
• OS/2 and QLocalServer::UserAccessOption corrections.
• Qt 6.5.2 LTS.

Version 2023.07.15

Release Notes

• Display discovered shorcuts in Settings -> Display. Read-only. GitHub ticket #103.
• Initialize s[i] elements in Threefish.
• Introduced --attach and --listen command-line options. If a Dooble instance is available, a new Dooble instance will attach its URLs to the existing Dooble instance. GitHub ticket #182.
• New executable-current-url command-line option. See Tools -> Current URL Executable(s). Multiple instances are allowed and Dooble does not verify content. GitHub discussion #193.
• Scoped C++ enumerators.

Version 2023.05.31

Release Notes

• Peek-a-boo, where available. Explore, build, discover.
• Qt 6.5.1.
• Release includes a bunch of accumulated bundles!
• Updated domain-filtering files.

Version 2023.04.20

Release Notes

• Avoid native file dialogs.
• FreeBSD and Qt 6.4. Dooble does not provide support for non-LTS. This is a brief exception.
• Set a page's address text as soon as possible.