Vieb
- Unreachable pages now show an error page with instructions
- Blocked HTTP redirects now show an error page with instructions
- New tab page with top visited sites listed (newtab.showTopSites)
- Setting to disable the added new tab page
- Setting to automatically enter nav mode in new tabs (or not)
- Container tabs, which don't share any data with other tabs (such as cookies or cache)
- Tab titles are now yellow when they are container tabs
- Tabs are now bright red when they have crashed
- Keys can now be mapped to any supported command, such as "F1": ":help" (previously "F1": "COMMAND.help")
- Hardcopy (or print) command to print the current page with a printer
- Configure custom redirects in the settings with regex patterns
- History of previously executed commands during the current session
- Minimal width setting for tabs which by default is set to 22 (just the icon)
- Write command to save the current page as HTML, optionally including resources (full) or to a custom location
- Mkviebrc command to save the current settings to the viebrc.json, optionally including the defaults
- Local file browser for directories with improved file navigation
- Favicon setting to disable favicons or configure the cache duration for favicons (cache per session by default)
- Favicons are now present on the new tab and history pages
- Open pages in a new tab without directly switching to them (while holding Shift in newtab follow mode)
- Buffer command to easily switch between all the open tabs (with autocompletion)
- Roboto Mono font for all UI elements (with fallback to system monospace)
- Horizontal scroll actions for cursor and visual mode (with added default bindings for it)
- Shortcut to stop the page from loading (by default mapped to Ctrl-C from normal mode)
- Number increment keys to modify page or port numbers using Ctrl-X and Ctrl-A
- Vim form edit mode to edit form fields using vim or any other editor (gvim by default for cross-system compatibility)
- Portable run option to startup arguments (--portable) to store all Vieb data inside a local ViebData folder
- Overflow setting for the tabs, which can be used to wrap, scroll or hide them when they overflow
- Moved the setting for new tab position to the newtab collection (newtab.nextToCurrentOne)
- Commands can now be entered partially to execute them (if only 1 command matches)
- The setting "clearCacheOnQuit" is now "cache": "clearonquit" (default)
- Cache setting is now simply named cache and has an additional "none" setting to disable cache completely
- Permissions now show the page url in the ask dialog (and the external url if available)
- Follow mode is now always allowed (no more setting), and will update the visible links by listening to mutations
- Show plain text pages with a dark background and white text
- Also respect font sizes for special pages such as help, version or history
- Rewrite of settings chapter in the help page, including real-time preview of your settings
- Follow mode can now be combined with cursor and visual mode, to move the cursor to the element location
- Cursor now changes color gradually over time so it's more visible on conflicting background colors
- A lot of miscellaneous bug fixes and other improvements
Security
- Permission for openExternal is now set to "ask" by default instead of the setting "block"
Other
- Electron 6.1.5 (was 6.0.10)
- Chromium 76.0.3809.146 (unchanged)
For more details see the CHANGELOG.
For startup help see the frequently asked questions.