Epiphany 0.7.2



Hi,

* What is it ?
==============

Epiphany is a GNOME web browser based on the mozilla
rendering engine.
The name meaning:
"An intuitive grasp of reality through
something (as an event) usually simple and striking"

You can find more info about the project goals at:
http://epiphany.mozdev.org


* What's changed ?
==================

==============
Epiphany 0.7.2
==============

Code changes

	* Rewrite window updating code to use properties (Christian Persch)
	* Rewrite tabs menu and gtknotebook signals (Christian Persch)
	* Rewrite fullscreen to use the new gtk api (Marco)
	* Rewrite the url typed by user overwrite logic (Marco
	* For langauges use functions instead of declaring static
	  vars in the header (Christian Persch)
	* Remove unused gconf prefs, cleanup paths and use strings instead
	  of numeric enumerations (Marco)
	* Use new AM_INIT macro (Marco)
	* Add a context menu signal on the embed to handle both keys and
	  mouse (Marco)
	* Do not override the UA but set vendor prefs so
          that mozilla can build it correctly (Marco)
	* Remove BonoboWindow/Control popup separation, as the first
	  is no more needed (Marco)
	* Translatable string for the locale-dependent http-accept-language
	  list (Christian Persch)
	* Get rid of the gobject macros (Marco)

Interface improvements

	* Better security state icons (suggested by Luca Ferretti, designed by Jimmac)
	* Rename Appeareance preferences tab to be less generic (Marco)
	* Remove memory cache prefs, now mozilla can deal with it automagically. (Marco)
	* Delays bookmarks/history searches a bit after the user pressed key,
	  so that it feel more responsive (Marco)
	* Fixup embed context menu accesskeys (Piers Cornwell)
	* Get rid of starthere: and default homepage to google (Marco)
	* Add a way to import bookmarks from the editor (Marco)
	* Allow to edit smart bookmarks in the user interface (Marco)
	* Provide toolbar overflow menu items for bookmarks (Christian Persch)
	* Better description for cookies preferences (Marco)
	* HIGified Import Bookmarks dialog (Christian Neumair)
	* Persist the language selected for the fonts preferences (Christian Persch)
	* Convert dialog to metric units (Christian Persch)
	* Suggest the address as bookmark title when web page has no title (Marco)
	* Shift+F10 show context menus on the embed (Marco)
	* Implement help button for personal data manager dialog (Christian Persch)
	* Unify the "Copy Email Address" and "Copy Link Address"
	  context menu items (Christian Persch)
	* Higgify history clear dialog (Marco)
	* Add ellipse to Find menu item (Piers Cornwell)
	* Give up on page cloning until we find a good way to do it (Marco)
	* If there's no background image, disable the Save Background As
          menu entry. (Christian Persch)
	* Do not allow to open properties of multiple cookies (Marco)
	* Ever put cursor at the end of the text when selecting autocompletion
        items. (Marco)
	* Use page url as title when there is no page title. (Marco)

Bugfixes

	* Fix several memleaks (Christian Persch)
	* Do not convert spaces to _ on bookmarks importing (Marco)
	* Explicitly create pointer to avoid strict aliasing
	  warnings with gcc 3.3. (Jeremy Katz)
	* size_t fixes for 64 bit platforms (Jeremy Katz)
	* Use va_copy for the valist instead of
          directly accessing it (Jeremy Katz)
	* Dont crash when adding a bookmark without topics. (Marco)
	* Dont crash when closing add bookmark menu quickly (Marco)
	* Fix crashes when adding bookmarks with more than one
	  browser window (Marco)
	* Correctly select the topic to rename when adding one (Xan Lopez)
	* Use our own parser to import mozilla bookmarks so that it actually
	  works. (Marco)
	* Respect the bookmarks bar visibility user choice also
          for popups. (Marco)
	* Update find dialog when user select another tab or load a new url
	  (Christian Persch)
	* Use g_snprintf to not break gcc 2.95
	* Sanitize location entry. Completion will work with pasted text and
	  not ascii characters. (Marco)
	* Fix downloader progress overflow (Marco)
	* Fix add bookmark from link (Marco)
	* Make sure tabs are hidden when going in print preview mode. (Marco)
        * Make print dialog transient. (Marco)
	* Select the old find text when opening find dialog (Marco)

Updated translations

	* cs (Miloslav Trmac)
	* de (Christian Neumair)
	* en_GB (Christian Persch)
	* es (Francisco Javier F. Serrador)
	* mk (Ivan Stojmirov)
	* nl (Vincent van Adrighem)
	* no (Kjartan Maraas)
	* sv (Christian Rose)
	* zh_TW (Abel Cheung)


* Where can I get it ?
======================

Source code:
http://downloads.mozdev.org/epiphany/epiphany-0.7.2.tar.gz

Epiphany 0.7.2 requires Mozilla 1.3, 1.4a or cvs (tested until build 20030625).

More about dependecies and installation tips:
http://epiphany.mozdev.org/installation.html

Enjoy.

Marco




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