What's new in Stainless 0.8
Aug 1, 2011
- new: Lion compatibility
- new: 64-bit build
- added: ability to stop downloads in progress
- added: tab from autocomplete row selects URL for editing
- added: 3 finger swipe gesture left/right for back/forward (use with option key under Lion)
- optimized: faster multi-process manager
- fixed: backward and forward menus may fail for dynamic pages
- fixed: failed partial downloads aren't cleaned up
New in Stainless 0.7.5 (Nov 5, 2009)
- Added: url and search autocompletion.
- Added: new theme-capable UI (API available in future version).
- Added: new tab and security preferences.
- Fixed: nested group contextual menus don't work.
- Fixed: create groups from open tabs fails when no tabs are open.
- Fixed: switching to empty tab group doesn't update bookmarks.
New in Stainless 0.7 (Sep 23, 2009)
- added: save session and quit
- added: session restore startup preference
- added: download location preference
- added: create group from open tabs
- added: open group urls in tabs
- fixed: center/cmd/opt clicking links in frames does not work as expected
- fixed: utility windows float over all apps
- fixed: bring to front layering is not consistent
- fixed: cross-shelf bookmark drag-and-drop moves wrong bookmark
- fixed: cross-shelf bookmark drag-and-drop inserts into shifted position
New in Stainless 0.6.5 (Jul 8, 2009)
- Added: cross-process download manager.
- Added: hold and click in back/forward buttons reveal tab history.
- Added: bookmark groups (right-click in shelf to create).
- Added: bookmark shelf preferences.
- Fixed: cannot download files that require login credentials.
- Fixed: new windows spawned from menu items or other apps open behind other windows.
- Fixed: URLs with embedded white space result in search.
- Fixed: using back/forward causes tab favicons to be lost (0.6).
- Fixed: ampersands not properly escaped in smartbar searches.
- Fixed: double-click is allowed for new tab, tab close, and bookmark buttons.
- Fixed: opening history window after midnight doesn't update the day filters.
New in Stainless 0.6 (May 8, 2009)
- added: global history manager with day/search filtering, copy and delete
- added: bookmark title, url, tags (for future use) and icon can be changed via the Configure contextual menu item
- added: user preference for shutting down unresponsive tabs
- added: new client process launcher
- fixed: Stainless can get into a state where tabs will no longer open, even on relaunch/reinstall
- fixed: after long sessions, it is possible for saved bookmarks to completely disappear
- fixed: bookmarklets execute only if Safari 4 beta is installed
- fixed: single window mode does not focus on new tabs
- fixed: user agent doesn't match some sites that check for Safari (e.g. surveymonkey.com)
- fixed: cookie domain security is overly strict (e.g MySpace captcha)
- fixed: session-aware bookmarks maintain a live reference to cookies in the session, which can be overridden by continued use of the session
New in Stainless 0.5.5 (Apr 7, 2009)
- Optimized: stainless manager process now uses minimal CPU and memory.
- Fixed: stainless manager process leaks, slows down ui after very long sessions.
- Fixed: crash on new tab creation after extremely long sessions.
- Fixed: Search in Google contextual menu launches Safari.
- Fixed: cannot drag tabs into separate Spaces.
- Fixed: Stainless doesn't conform to Spaces System Preferences.
- Fixed: switching to Stainless from Spaces does not update the menubar.
- Fixed: although keyboard shortcuts work, Edit menu items are disabled.
- Fixed: non-Roman languages don't display correctly in bookmark titles.
- Fixed: too easy to drag bookmark icon during click.
New in Stainless 0.5.4 (Mar 23, 2009)
- Added: labels display bookmark titles and mouseover URL.
- Added: middle-click support for bookmark opening and tab closing.
- Fixed: after continuous use server process may slow down and use excessive CPU.
- Fixed: dragging bookmark to + does not open a new session group.
- Fixed: window switching via window menu doesn't switch spaces when needed.
- Fixed: bring to front fails when windows are in different spaces.
- Fixed: bookmarklets that use cookies or HTTP POST don't work.
- Various other minor bug fixes and enhancements.
New in Stainless 0.5.3 (Mar 9, 2009)
- fixed: javascript protocol not supported in smartbar
- fixed: bookmarklets don't execute in bookmark shelf
- fixed: fatal errors in server process cause UI hang
New in Stainless 0.5.2 (Mar 5, 2009)
- Fixed login issues at some sites (e.g. Yahoo Mail).
New in Stainless 0.5.1 (Mar 5, 2009)
- added support for parallel sessions
- added bookmark shelf with session-aware bookmarks
- added private cookie storage outside of WebKit/Safari
- added support for HTML5 offline database storage
- added single window mode
- added page source view
- added drag URL to + icon
- added cmd 0-9 for tab switching
- added status bar toggle
- enabled continuous spellchecking
- fixed window layering issues
- fixed window issues in Spaces
- fixed download issue with attachments (e.g. GMail)
- fixed launching out to custom protocols (e.g. iTunes)
- fixed local file launching (0.5.1)
New in Stainless 0.4.5 (Dec 10, 2008)
- Added dynamic loading of WebKit nightly frameworks.
- Added cmd-shift-arrow shortcuts.
- Added proper escpaing to smartbar searches.
- Fixed full-screen flash playback.
- Fixed javascript window.close notification across processes.
- Fixed client hang issues during some javascript uploads.
- Fixed browser launch from Adobe AIR apps.
New in Stainless 0.4 (Nov 13, 2008)
- added web inspector support
- added deferred plugin loading in hidden tabs
- fixed server certificate error handling
- fixed javascript window sizing across processes
- fixed server memory leaks
- fixed server runaway threads
- fixed client messaging collision deadlocks
New in Stainless 0.3.5 (Oct 31, 2008)
- added live find-in-page
- added javascript window spanning across processes
- added web page print
- fixed last window location calculation
- fixed preferences syncing
- new application icon
New in Stainless 0.3 (Oct 22, 2008)
- added standard window menu
- added command-tilde window switching
- added new tab opening with middle mouse button
- changed User Agent to reflect Stainless version
- reduced tab switching interval
- reduced window flicker during new tab and close tab
- removed window flicker during tab switch
- fixed tab-drag-to-window offset
New in Stainless 0.2.5 (Oct 15, 2008)
- added page title display to main window
- added default web icon display for sites lacking a favicon
- added URL handlers for external calling apps
- added hot spare process spawning for faster tab opening
- added multi-threaded message dispatching in client processes
- fixed bring-to-front on command-tab switching
- fixed download issue with XHTML and other HTML rendering MIME types
New in Stainless 0.2 (Oct 11, 2008)
- added new window open on dock switch
- added support for webloc drop-opening
- added temp download support via VerifiedDownloadAgent
- added support for Google Gears
- added prioritized process scheduling
- optimized tab switching code
- fixed freeze-up due to process deadlock
New in Stainless 0.1.5 (Oct 2, 2008)
- added Safari-like shortcut keys
- added support for mailto: scheme
- added support for
- added support for javascript alerts
- various bug fixes
New in Stainless 0.1 (Sep 26, 2008)
- multi-processing architecture (one process per tab)
- drag-and-drop tabs between windows
- unified address and search bar
- private browsing mode