What's new in Wikibot 1.74
Nov 21, 2013
- Fixes for scrolling on OSX Mavericks
- Fixes for new Wikipedia article format
- Fixes for table of contents
New in Wikibot 1.72 (Jun 18, 2013)
New in Wikibot 1.71 (Jun 12, 2013)
- Restore ability to drag and drop bookmarks
- Can now drag a bookmark into the trash to delete
New in Wikibot 1.70 (Jun 5, 2013)
- Fixes for Wikipedia's formatting changes
New in Wikibot 1.63 (Jan 17, 2013)
- Fixes for search bar not returning results.
New in Wikibot 1.62 (Jan 5, 2013)
- Completely redone implementation of iCloud to fix sync issues and prevent crashes and deadlocks from previous versions
New in Wikibot 1.61 (Dec 13, 2012)
- Now works with proxy internet connections
- "Favorites" is now "Bookmarks", and "Settings" is now "Preferences" consistently throughout the interface
- Can now drag the icons on bookmarks as well as the text
- Context menu for sidebar items now works properly
New in Wikibot 1.60 (Nov 9, 2012)
- Fixes for Mountain Lion
- Fixes for MBP Retina
New in Wikibot 1.57 (May 1, 2012)
- Bug fixes
- Layout tweaks in rendering of tables and code blocks
- Fixes when using command+click and shift+command+click to open pages in new tabs
New in Wikibot 1.56 (Apr 11, 2012)
- Fixes iCloud sync problem where iOS -> Mac syncing didn't work
- Fixes bugs in bookmarks sidebar
- Bookmarks sidebar takes advantage of new Lion animation enhancements
- Larger font options
New in Wikibot 1.55 (Mar 28, 2012)
- Now works with proxy internet connections
- "Favorites" is now "Bookmarks", and "Settings" is now "Preferences" consistently throughout the interface
- Can now drag the icons on bookmarks as well as the text
- Context menu for sidebar items now works properly
New in Wikibot 1.54 (Mar 7, 2012)
- Full iCloud Support:
- Now your Read Later queue, bookmarks, folders, and history are synced across Wikibot for iOS (sold separately on the iTunes App Store) and Wikibot for OSX! Note that iCloud requires iOS 5+ and OSX Lion 10.7.2+
- Background Tabs:
- Right-clicking on a link now gives you the option to open the article in a background tab!
- Command-Click a link to open it in a new tab
- Shift-Command-Click a link to open it in a background tab
- Improvements:
- Prevent problems with image viewer
- Added option to always expand sidebar groups
- Added Greek Language
- Style improvements
- More font options
- New Menu Items:
- Create a new folder
- Close Tab
- Close Window
- New User Guide:
- The user guide has been completely rewritten to take into account the latest interface updates.
New in Wikibot 1.53 (Feb 15, 2012)
- Bugfixes:
- Preferences panel no longer crashes
- Fixes problem with missing italic characters
- Fixes problem with closed windows re-appearing
- App now exits when all windows are closed
New in Wikibot 1.52 (Jan 31, 2012)
- iCLOUD ENABLED:
- Bookmarks, folders, and history are now shared across Wikibot for iOS (sold separately on the iTunes App Store) and Wikibot for OSX!
- BETTER LION COMPATIBILITY:
- Swiping with two fingers navigates backward/forward in the same direction as the Lion conventions
- LANGUAGE SUPPORT:
- Now supports all six Chinese language variants!
- Fixes issue where Russian characters are not expanded properly
- AND MORE:
- Major performance enhancements, stability improvements, layout and bug fixes
- TELL THREE FRIENDS:
- Please tell three friends about Wikibot to help support continued development
New in Wikibot 1.5 (Oct 15, 2011)
- SUPPORTS CHANGES TO WIKIPEDIA BACKEND:
- No more crashes, or empty articles
- COMPLETELY REDESIGNED SIDEBAR:
- All bookmarks, table of contents, queues, etc have been moved into the side bar for easier access.
- BOOKMARK FOLDERS:
- You can now store your favorite articles in custom folders.
- NO MORE CRASHES:
- This update includes various bug fixes and stability improvements, most notably for the change to the Wikipedia article format around 9/24/2011 that caused crashes in online mode.
- BETTER LION COMPATIBILITY:
- Swiping with two fingers now works as in Lion.
- UI/UX IMPROVEMENTS:
- Fixes various UI bugs and includes many UX fixes, especially including further keyboard shortcuts.
New in Wikibot 1.21 (Aug 19, 2011)
- OUT OF DATE ARTICLES - Fixes "Amy Winehouse" problem where that particular article was out-of-date.
- CUSTOMIZABLE TOOLBAR - The toolbar can now be customized, and the settings are saved.
- LION SUPPORT - Fixes using search bar in full-screen mode.
New in Wikibot 1.2 (Aug 10, 2011)
- LARGER IMAGES:
- Wikibot will now download larger images (as opposed to thumbnails) before entering Gallery mode for the first time.
- USE BOOKMARKLETS TO ENHANCE WITH WIKIBOT:
- Two amazing new bookmark give you even tighter integration into your OSX workflow. Using these bookmarklets you can a) Read any Wikipedia article in Wikibot (after using the bookmarklet from a normal web browser); or b) Highlight a word or phrase on any web page and open the equivalent article in Wikibot!
- TRADITIONAL CHINESE SUPPORT:
- You can now view articles in Traditional Chinese! This new user preference is available from the preferences tab.
- NEW MENU OPTIONS:
- New keyboard shortcut for closing tabs
- Can now copy any link to the clipboard by right-clicking on a link. Can also copy the current page URL by right clicking on the page.
- LION SUPPORT:
- Full-screen mode
- ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS:
- Performance enhancements
- Fixed encoding issues
New in Wikibot 1.1 (Jun 29, 2011)
- New keyboard shortcuts allow you to switch between tabs, and go back and forward within a tab
- Fixed issue loading items from history
- Toolbar is no longer customizable (will be again in future version)
- Current articles can now be added to the Read-Later queue by right-clicking on whitespace in an article
- Articles about people now display their age in the main table
- Performance enhancements