Epiphany 1.1.0



Hi,

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

Epiphany is a GNOME web browser based on the mozilla
rendering engine. It aims to be simple and easy to use.

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

==============
Epiphany 1.1.0
==============

Code changes

	* Remove most egg code and port to the gtk 2.3 api for toolbars and
	  menus (Marco, Christian)
	* Cleanup gobjects using the new add_private api (Christian)
	* Rewrote xbel bookmarks importer using xmlreader api (Christian)
	* Use new dynamic api to create dynamic menus (Marco, Christian)
	* Load default mozilla prefs from a javascript file,
          this is way is possible to override defaults in about:config (Marco)
	* Use gtk invisible event boxes (Christian)
	* Remove deprecated g_value_set_object_take_ownership() (Christian)
	* Use new gnome vfs show_url api (Christian)
	* Refactor node db loading functions into a common one in
          ephy-node-db. Switch to using xmlReader api. (Christian)
	* Use gconf_client_notify to initialize prefs (Christian)
	* Refactor initialization/automation code to ensure we dont
	  use dying shell (Marco)
	* Use GtkIconTheme (Marco)
	* Use ngettext where useful (Christian)
	* New implementation of location entry using GtkComboBox (Marco)
	* New downloads implementation (user interface being worked on) (Xan, Marco)
	* Remove our custom implementation and use gtk api for
	  empty bookmarks menu (Marco, credits to Matthias Clasen for gtk implementation)
	* Make the favourites menu self-updating (Christian)
	* Port history and bookmarks combos to new api (Marco)

New features
	
	* Added migration from galeon settings (Christopher James Lahey)
	* Add an --import-bookmarks command line option, and really implement
          the --add-bookmark one. (Christian)
	* Ability to choose visible columns in bookmarks and history (Marco)
	* History time filter (Marco)
	* Import bookmarks from Firebird (Christian)
	* Ability to import bookmarks from a custom file (Marco)
	* Allow dragging of tabs to a window even when the tabs bar is not
          shown. (Christian)

Interface improvements

	* Simplify font selection and make it use points instead
	  of pixels like everything in Gnome (Marco)
	* Use a line to make more clear Language/Fonts relation (Marco)
	* Sync spinner with the current active tab (Marco)
	* HIGgify new bookmark dialogue title (Christian)
	* Special, more compact, toolbar layout for fullscreen (Marco)
	* Gtk versions of the mozilla certificate prompts (from galeon)
	* Use Bookmarks instead of All as label in toolbars (Marco)
	* Use radio buttons for tabs menu (Marco)
	* Fix spacing in a few dialogs (Marco)
	* Better icons on mime dialog (Marco)
	* Case insensitive bookmarks matching in autocompletion
	  (Marco, credits to Kristian Rietveld for rocking new widget)
	* Show bookmarks at the top of autocompletion list (Marco)
	* Speedup history dialog (Marco)
	* Visual progress bar in downloader (Marco)
	* Better encoding menu interface. Show most common/most used
	  entry in the menu, split the others out to a dialog. Allow
	  to revert to Automatic. Show current selected encoding with
	  radio buttons (Christian, credits to Matthew Thomas for user
	  interface ideas)
	* Toolbar editor improvements. Show a different cursor when
	  hovering the items. Pickup and drop behavior. Make space
	  for the item instead of showing a line (Marco, credits to
	  Soeren Sandmann for gtk changes)
	* Make location a normal entry, removing the hard to click,
	  vastly unused arrow for typed urls. (Marco)
	* Focus bookmarks search entry by default (Ettore Perazzoli)

Bugfixes

	* Enable dragging the tab from a single-tab window too (Christian)
	* Do not fail if prefs.js is corrupted (Marco)
	* Fix location entry losing content when editing toolbar (Christian)
	* Fix directory selection persistence (Christian)
	* Fix a bug that could have caused bookmarks loss with low disk (Christian)
	* Save session also when closing windows (Marco)
	* Make mime dialogs interrupt download on Esc, simplify the code
	  using response signal (Marco)
	* Fix compilation on Solaris (Marco)
	* Set a MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH default. (Christopher James Lahey)
	* Fix a warning when printing to a file (Christian)
	* Fix intermittent nautilus view activation failure (Mark McLoughlin)
	* Fix downloads with authentication (Marco)
	* Fix history clear, sometimes sites was not removed
	  completely (Marco)
	* Fix some treeview model leaks (Christian, Marco)

Translations

	* cs (Miloslav Trmac)
	* en_GB (Christian Persch)
	* fr (Eric Seigne)
	* ga (Paul Duffy)
	* hi (Guntupalli Karunakar)
	* hu (Andras Timar)
	* lt (Zygimantas Berucka)
	* ml (Abel Cheung)
	* mn (Sanlig Badral)
	* nl (Vincent van Adrighem)
	* pt_BR (Evandro Fernandes Giovanini)
	* ro (Misu Moldovan)
	* sk (Marcel Telka)
	* sq (Laurent Dhima)
	* sr.po (Danilo Segan)
	* sr Latn po (Danilo Segan)
	* sv (Christian Rose)
	* ta (Dinesh Nadarajah)
	* vi (Pablo Saratxaga)

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

Source code:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/epiphany/1.1/epiphany-1.1.0.tar.gz

Epiphany 1.1.0 requires mozilla 1.4, 1.5.
The suggested version is Mozilla 1.5:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5/src/mozilla-source-1.5.tar.gz

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

Enjoy.

Marco




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