Releases: beakerbrowser/beaker
Beaker 0.8.9
⚠️ Critical security fix (#1519)
Note Some users have reported that the settings page will not open, making it difficult to update. If this is the case for you, download the binary from this page and reinstall.
A very big thank you to @imagemlt for researching this issue and responsibly disclosing it.
A major new release of Beaker is now in closed beta and will be releasing soon this year! It has also had this security fix applied. Stay tuned for updates at https://twitter.com/beakerbrowser
Beaker 0.8.8
- 🐞 Fixed an issue with markdown and JSON rendering
- 🐞 Fixed a condition where loading tabs failed to close
Beaker 0.8.7
- 💥 Fixed a persistent freezing issue (close #1333). Sorry about that everyone!
- 🐞 Fix: Favicons should now render correctly
- 🐞 Fix: URL will no longer overflow the navbar
- 🐞 Fix: URL will no longer swap to items loading within the page
- 🐞 Fixed an issue where Beaker would fail to close in Windows and Linux (close #1359)
- 🐞 Fixed an issue where the url bar suggestions would not accept clicks (close #1360)
- 🐞 Fix: Devtools no longer opens a “chrome-devtools://“ tab when popping out
- 🐞 Fix: Windows and Linux now correctly show the new beaker logo image (close #1305)
- 🐞 Fix: A weird little window no longer shows up during startup on Windows
Beaker 0.8.6
⚠️ Important security fix, see this post for details.- ⚡️ Beaker's UI has been rewritten to improve performance and stability
- ⚙️ Devtools are now dockable to the window
- 🔢 Dat DNS-over-HTTPS lookups are now randomized between multiple providers to reduce the user's browsing fingerprint.
Beaker 0.8.5
Beaker 0.8.4
- 🛠 Fix a bug which caused Beaker to freeze due to bad responses from the dat:// protocol.
- 💂 Beaker now uses Chromium's process-level sandbox.
Beaker 0.8.3
A few fixes and minor updates:
- ⬆️ Upgrade to Electron 4.0.3 and Chromium 69
- 🔈 Add "sound playing" and "muted" indicator to tabs
- 🔨 Add
experimental.datPeers.getOwnPeerId()(Thanks @imsnif!) - 🛠 Fixes to the Dat stack
- 🛠 Various small fixes
Beaker 0.8.2
Quick bugfix:
- 🔨 Fix issue with dat forking ("Make an editable copy") where files would not be copied.
Beaker 0.8.1
- 🚀 Performance improvements! We used the latest in ✨computing✨sciences✨ to make Beaker run smoother than ever before. (We moved dat into its own child process.)
- 🆕 Favicon editor. You can now draw your own favicons for your sites! Thanks @Septimus for this awesome new tool.
- 🔨 A couple small bugfixes.
Beaker 0.8.0
- ✨ Full release! The changes to 0.8 have stabilized and we are no longer on pre-releases.
- 🆕 The Watchlist. Added the "Watchlist." (Thanks to @Septimus and @sgwilym.)
- 🆕 Default to Dat. HTTP/S sites with Dat alternatives will now automatically redirect. This can be disabled from the settings page, and you will be prompted to go back to the HTTP/S version if you want. (Thanks to @Septimus.)
- 🆕 Spellchecker Added a spell-checker. (Thanks to @Septimus.)
- 🔨 globalFetch. The experimental
globalFetchAPI can now be used on dat:// URLs. - 🔨 Preview-mode. The "+preview" version of dats now filter out files according to the .datignore.
- 🔨 Favicons. Favicon picker now supports uploading your own images. (Thanks to @Septimus.)
- 🔨 Forking. Forked dats now preserve the
experimentalandcontent_security_policyfields of the dat.json. - 🔨 Files editor Files editor will now stop you from navigating away from unsaved work.
- Many other final bugfixes and UI updates.
- Updated to Electron 3 which includes Chromium 66.
About the Watchlist
Because dat is a peer-to-peer network, sometimes you'll try to browse to a dat which nobody is hosting. When this happens, Beaker will prompt you to add the site to your "watchlist."
Beaker will continue to search for the site. When the site is found, Beaker will let you know.
