LUND, Sweden, 22nd December 2006 - Stefan Burstrom and the IBrowse Team
are pleased to announce the immediate release of the much anticipated
update to IBrowse 2.3.
IBrowse 2.4 brings web browsing on AmigaOS to a new level - below is a
very brief summary of the changes since version 2.3:
- New integrated Search Bar, allowing you to easily perform searches of
your favourite sites. Search engines can be added manually or
automatically via the Mycroft project site
- The Status Bar has been overhauled to optionally provide the status of
IBrowse graphically. Due to requiring less space than text, this has
allowed us to show additional statuses such as when Javascript is
being processed
- Plugin API system for embedded objects based on the v4 NPAPI (Netscape
Plugin API) to allow for easier porting of NS compatible plugins, this
is used to allow IBrowse to display embedded objects (such as flash
animations) within the browser when a suitable plugin is available.
- Support for AmiSSLv3 has been added to IBrowse 2.4, allowing the use
of the most up to date SSL implementation available for AmigaOS
- Context sensitive mouse pointers have been added, providing different
mouse pointers in different areas of IBrowse
- Background tab loading has finally been added to the Browser Tabs.
Links can be opened in new browsers which remain inactive, allowing
you to continue browsing the original page uninterrupted
- The spoofing engine has been totally re-written for 2.4, and provides
a range of pre-defined spoofing options
- The JavaScript engine has been improved yet further providing support
for more event handlers, and improved DOM support, along with some
significant speed increases in certain areas. It now supports the
complete JavaScript 1.6 extension, as found in Firefox 2.0, along
with the majority of JavaScript 1.5 and the revision 3 of the
ECMAScript (ECMA-262) specification
- HTTP compressed content support has been added, which includes both
gzip and deflate algorithms
- On websites which ask for a username and password in a HTML based
form, IBrowse can now (optionally) save these details for future
visits
- Web Advert Control Language (WACL) is a feature of IBrowse based on
a proposal by Stefan Stuntz for a user configurable, flexible
scripting language to control the display of adverts on webpages
- Improved general stability and memory leaks plugged
- Hundreds of other minor and major bug fixes + improvements, and
increased tolerance of broken sites for better compatibility
All these improvements greatly improve the browsing experience, and
allow IBrowse to offer compatibility with many more websites than
before.
IBrowse 2.4 is available from IOSPIRIT - to purchase, please visit
http://amiga.iospirit.de/ (registered users of IBrowse 2.x can upgrade
for free, and there is a special upgrade price available to registered
IBrowse 1.x users).
For further information, news and product support, please visit
http://www.ibrowse-dev.net/
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