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1.7.0: Back button, progress bars, redesigned PDF viewer, new languages, and more
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@PalmerAL PalmerAL released this 16 Jan 21:52
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v1.7.0
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This is one of our largest releases ever, with a bunch of new features and tons of bug fixes. Thank you to all the people who contributed to this release! The notes below give an outline of what's changed; you can see the complete changelog here.

Important note: Once you upgrade to 1.7.0, you will not be able to downgrade back to an earlier version without losing data. If you think you might want to downgrade, you should make a backup copy of your profile folder before upgrading.

What's new in this release

Redesigned PDF Viewer

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The PDF viewer (based on PDF.js) has gotten a redesign. It's now faster, has a design that fits better with the rest of the browser, and supports printing, saving, and find-in-page.

Back button (by @SpecialBomb)

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Starting in this release, there's finally a back button! If you're used to the swipe gestures and want to turn it off, we've also added an option for that to the settings page.

Progress bars (by @danfragoso)

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When a page is taking too long to load, a progress bar will now show up at the top of the tab so that you know the page is still loading.

[beta] Windows UI

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With the help of @ProPuke, we've added a new UI for Windows that looks better, takes up less space, and fits in better with other applications. Please try it out, and file issues if you notice any problems!

New languages

Thank you to all of the people who have provided translations! If you're interested in translating Min, take a look at these instructions.

Several people have also made fixes to the existing translations, thank you as well! If you see an issue with a translation, please open an issue or make a PR to fix it.

Other changes

  • Added support for single-letter keyboard shortcuts, allowing you to replicate some of the features of extensions like Vimium.
  • Added support for mailto: links (by @matheus208).
  • Added the ability to search through saved articles in the reading list.
  • Added the ability to reorder tasks in the tasks overlay using drag-and-drop.
  • Pressing ctrl+return now follows the highlighted link when find-in-page mode is being used. (by @klorenz).
  • Pressing shift+enter in find-in-page mode now selects the previous match (by @code-hunger)
  • Pressing esc now exits HTML fullscreen mode.
  • Reduced the minimum height of the window.
  • Middle-clicking on tabs to close them now works again (by @ProPuke).

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue where saved tabs would sometimes be lost when rearranging tabs in the task overlay.
  • Fixed an issue where the browser would sometimes hang on startup if you had a large hosts file.
  • Fixed an issue where clicking on a tab sometimes wouldn't work (by @ianfare).
  • Added a workaround for an issue where the Google Drive document viewer wouldn't load.
  • Fixed an issue where the restart notice on the settings page would cover the last few settings when it was visible.
  • Fixed an issue where the article text in reader mode would sometimes be unreadable.
  • Fixed an issue where some instant answers would display incorrectly when DuckDuckGo is set as the default search engine.
  • Fixed an issue where bookmarks wouldn't immediately show up in search results.
  • Fixed an issue where the window would be positioned incorrectly on Windows when you set the taskbar to be positioned on the side of the screen.
  • Fixed an issue where an error message would sometimes appear on startup if you had content blocking enabled.
  • Fixed an issue where the "try again" button on an error page sometimes wouldn't work.
  • Fixed an issue where the selected tab wouldn't be visible in the task overlay when dark mode is enabled.
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