Releases:Release Notes 1.5

There are several pages that track "major" changes on the FF2.0 branch. These could be very handy for when we want to create our release notes. What's new in Bon Echo Alpha 3 (for Firefox 2).

Release Notes for Camino 1.1a1 are at Releases:1.1a1:Notes. These notes are for checkins after the release of Camino 1.1a1

General

• Camino no longer displays wyciwyg:// strings for generated URLs.
• Improved performance when deleting a large number of bookmarks.
• Status bar text generated by mousing over links now takes precedence over status bar messages generated by network traffic.
• Fixed a crash related to using "Find" immediately after switching to Camino.
• Camino now uses the active user interface localization for its user agent locale.
• When the accept-language string contains only “generic” English, Camino now adds US English to the string in order to work around broken web servers.
• When viewing a file on a local disk, Camino now uses the file's actual icon as the site icon.

Bookmarks

• Disabled the '+' and sort menu-buttons in bookmark collections where they are not relevant.
• When viewing a context menu on the folder that is set as your Dock menu, the “Use as Dock Menu” item will now be checked.
• When the "Use as Dock Menu" item is checked, choosing it will now reset your Dock Menu to the default folder.
• Camino now prevents entry of spaces in bookmark keywords.
• Items in the bookmarks bar now darken momentarily when opened by clicking or by using the keyboard shortcuts.
• Camino now supports the import of iCab 3 bookmarks.
• Camino now makes a backup copy of the bookmarks file on startup if the file is not corrupted.
• Camino now tries to use a backup copy of the bookmarks file if the original bookmarks file appears to be corrupt on startup.
• Context and action menu items are no longer disabled when the first item in History search results is selected.
• When dragging bookmarks from an external source (e.g. Safari) into the Bookmark Manager, Camino now copies the bookmarks instead of moving them.
• Added a "Reveal in Bookmark Manager" contextual menu item for bookmarks in the Bookmark Bar, inline search results and the Top Ten List.
• The last-used location for the Add Bookmarks sheet is now remembered across launches.
• Command-F now focuses the bookmarks search field in the Bookmarks Manager.
• Fixed an issued introduced in Camino 1.1a1 which sometimes prevented bookmarking single pages.
• Bookmark keywords are now recognized case-insensitively.

Preferences

• Polished the layout and terminology in each preference pane.
• The font for the proportional font hint text in the in the Appearance preference pane is now sans-serif when the proportional font is sans-serif, and serif when the proportional font is serif.

Privacy & Security

• The buttons in the dialog for connecting to a site whose identity can't be verified are now labeled "Always Accept," "Don't Connect" and "Accept Once."
• If a web page contains multiple login forms, Camino will now auto-fill your username and password in all of them.
• Camino can now read passwords stored in the Keychain by Safari and will use Safari passwords if no passwords have been saved for the site by Camino.
  • Camino versions older than 1.1a2 will not be able to read passwords modified or created in Camino 1.1a2 or later versions.
  • Passwords saved in Camino 1.1a2 and later are readable by Safari, and will be deleted if “Reset Safari” is used.
• Camino now distinguishes between HTTPAuth passwords and web form passwords.

Tabs

• Camino now has a preference to save a list of all active tabs and windows on quit and will periodically save the list during browsing.

User Interface

• Audited the validation of toolbar buttons and menu items. The changes include:
  • The "Add" button in the "Edit Exceptions List..." sheet in the Web Features preference pane is now properly validated at all times.
  • Text-only back and forward toolbar buttons are now enabled and disabled correctly.
  • The "View Source", "Fill Form", and "Email Page Location" menu items and toolbar buttons are now disabled for all about: locations.
  • Various menu items and toolbar buttons are now disabled when viewing binary content, like images.
  • The "Print" toolbar button is now validated correctly.
  • Relevant menu items are now disabled when sheets or dialogs are frontmost.
• The "Zoom" widget in the title bar and the “Zoom” menu item now zoom the window to fit the current page's content instead of making the window full-screen. Holding down the shift key toggles the old behavior of maximizing to fill the screen.
• Camino now uses a native search field in the Bookmarks Manager.
• Added alternate menu items to the "Reload" and "Reload All" menu items which perform a "Force Reload" when the shift key is pressed.
• Dragging a bookmark, a folder or a tab group from the bookmarks bar to the tab bar now respects the shift key toggle for loading in the background.
• The search field on the toolbar and the search item in the context menu now respect the command key toggle for opening in a new tab/window and the shift key toggle for loading in the background.
• Menu items for recently visited pages in the History menu now respect the command key toggle for opening in a new tab/window and the shift key toggle for loading in the background.
• Tab groups in the Bookmarks menu now respect the command key toggle for opening in a new tab/window and the shift key toggle for loading in the background.
• Closing the bookmark info panel with the escape key now cancels any incomplete edits.
• The text of certain security dialogs now contains “Camino” instead of “(null)”.
• The first item in each preference pane is no longer focused unless it is a text field or the user has Full Keyboard Access activated.

Web Page Interaction

• Enabled spell-checking for single-line text fields.
• Fixed an issue in Camino 1.1a1 where pop-ups were sometimes blocked without showing the pop-up blocker.