Difference between revisions of "Releases:Release Notes 1.5"

From Camino Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 2: Line 2:
 
There are several pages that track "major" changes on the FF2.0 and FF3.0 branches. These could be very handy for when we want to create our release notes. [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/2.0a3.html What's new in Bon Echo Alpha 3 (for Firefox 2)] [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/trunk-for-firefox-3.html What's new on the trunk for Firefox 3.]
 
There are several pages that track "major" changes on the FF2.0 and FF3.0 branches. These could be very handy for when we want to create our release notes. [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/2.0a3.html What's new in Bon Echo Alpha 3 (for Firefox 2)] [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/releases/trunk-for-firefox-3.html What's new on the trunk for Firefox 3.]
  
 
+
* Tab jumpback: where creating a new tab via cmd-click or single-window-mode Camino will remember the launching tab such that when the new tab is closed, we'll jump back to the launching tab.
 
* View-source is now disabled when you are viewing a window/tab that contains binary content such as a Quicktime movie.
 
* View-source is now disabled when you are viewing a window/tab that contains binary content such as a Quicktime movie.
 
* You can now set Camino to always use your font and color settings for all websites.
 
* You can now set Camino to always use your font and color settings for all websites.

Revision as of 02:22, 23 June 2006

General

There are several pages that track "major" changes on the FF2.0 and FF3.0 branches. 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) What's new on the trunk for Firefox 3.

  • Tab jumpback: where creating a new tab via cmd-click or single-window-mode Camino will remember the launching tab such that when the new tab is closed, we'll jump back to the launching tab.
  • View-source is now disabled when you are viewing a window/tab that contains binary content such as a Quicktime movie.
  • You can now set Camino to always use your font and color settings for all websites.
  • We now display error dialogue at launch on 10.2.x, since Camino 1.1 no longer supports Mac OS X 10.2.
  • Reset Camino now properly resets minimized windows.
  • Camino now has basic spelchecking.


  • The Command-period key combination now cancels downloads.
  • Added new options for removing finished downloads automatically (when the download has completed, when quitting Camino, or manually) from the download history list.
  • Dragging of bookmarks into the Address Book collection of the Bookmarks Manager is now disabled.
  • The favicon of the about:blank page is no longer draggable.


  • Keywords on bookmark folders can now be edited in the outline view.
  • Writing Spotlight metadata files for Bonjour bookmarks could generate thousands of files on networks with many Bonjour hosts. Camino now disables metadata writing for Bonjour bookmarks.
  • It is now possible to exclude Camino‘s Bookmarks from Spotlight indexing by adding ~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Camino to the list in the Privacy tab of the Spotlight preference pane in the System Preferences
  • “Copy Locations to Clipboard” in the Bookmarks view now works when folders are selected.
  • The “Download Completed” message now reports the actual file size even if the size was unknown while downloading.
  • Bookmark keyword searches now properly encode ampersand and other characters.


  • Cmd-1 through Cmd-9 are now shortcuts for the first 9 items in the Bookmark Bar.
  • Added a preference to force links that would open new windows to open in new tabs instead (“Single Window Mode”).
  • Improved the tabbing cycle in bookmarks/history.
  • The search field now gets initial focus when opening the Bookmarks Manager, for quick searching.
  • Renamed the the left pane in the Bookmarks Manager from 'Groups' to 'Collections'.
  • Camino now handles .ftploc files.
  • Menu separators in the Bookmark Bar are no longer focusable.
  • Close buttons on tabs now give mouse hover feedback.
  • The "View Image" context menu item now uses the tabbed browsing preference semantics.


  • Cookie exceptions list and sheet now have options for session cookies.
  • Local SVG files can now be selected in the Open File dialog.
  • Double-clicking on a tab group in Bookmarks Manager now opens the bookmarks.
  • Command-click on a bookmark in the Bookmark Bar now respects the shift key toggle.
  • The blocked pop-up notification now appears underneath the toolbars.
  • Ad-blocking has been further improved.
  • "Copy Address" on mailto: links with multiple addresses now captures all addresses.
  • The "Send Link" menu item now sends URLs in angle brackets.
  • The Esc key can now be used to cancel operations in the content area when the page is not loading (e.g., FAYT, certain advanced bookmarklets).


  • Single-click in search fields now only enters a caret instead of selecting any existing text.
  • The toobar search field is now resizable and can be collapsed (hidden).
  • Added a "Search" item to the context menu, which searches for the selected text using the default search engine.
  • Option-return or Option-enter in the location bar now downloads the entered url.
  • The empty space on the tab bar now has a context menu.


  • Camino can now be used with a custom profile location specified at runtime, enabling "portable Camino" or running Camino from a memory stick.
  • The downloads window is now always brought to the front when a download starts.
    • browser.download.progressDnldDialog.bringToFront (true/false) to alter behaviour.
  • View Source now opens in a new window regardless of tab preferences.
    • camino.viewsource_in_tab (true/false) to alter behaviour.
  • Camino now respects the Mozilla preference for setting the backspace key behaviour.