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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am index dc4ab453..52acc2af 100644 --- a/Makefile.am +++ b/Makefile.am @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ SUBDIRS = lout dw dlib dpip src doc dpid dpi test -EXTRA_DIST = ChangeLog.old Doxyfile dillorc install-dpi-local README-port +EXTRA_DIST = Doxyfile dillorc install-dpi-local sysconf_DATA = dillorc @@ -2,40 +2,21 @@ Dillo ======= - This is an alpha release of the next generation of the Dillo -web browser. The code underwent a major rewrite: significant -parts of the codebase were ported to C++, and the rendering -engine now uses the FLTK2 library instead of GTK1. + This is a beta release of the next generation of the Dillo web +browser. The code underwent a major rewrite: significant parts of +the codebase were ported to C++, and the rendering engine now +uses the FLTK2 library instead of GTK1. - With regard to Dillo 0.8.6, dillo-f15f has some advantages (as -antialiasing and utf-8), and some disadvantages. The problems are -simple to solve and only need some man months to complete. When -we're there, dillo-f15f will be easily regarded as better than -the former series. - - This is release should be regarded as alpha. +Our users will surely enjoy this new release as it will give them +the same things they're accustomed plus tabbed browsing, +antialiasing, different character sets, accepting compressed +pages, control over image loading, smaller footprint, fewer +dependencies, better table rendering, bugfixes, improved GUI, ... +In brief, a better dillo. Here's a list of some well known problems: -Fixed * no iteration inside simple lists -Fixed * image links haven't been hooked yet -Fixed * the scrolling position is not yet updated (when following a - link, the former scroll position is kept). -Fixed * viewport scrolling is not yet optimized (takes lots of CPU) -Fixed * you may experience crashes from "assert" statements from - unfinished code. -Fixed * context menus are not yet completely hooked or activated -Fixed * Selecting text with the mouse is half hooked. This is, you - can see the selected text in the terminal but can't paste. -Fixed * Searching for text is not yet hooked. Look in test/ directory - of dw2 for an example of find text. -Fixed * Form elements are not yet hooked/implemented. You can look - in dw2' test/dw_ui_test.cc to see what's already done. -Fixed * Sometimes pages don't load giving a warning on an already - closed IO. I'll try to look at this one soon. -Fixed * No image maps. -Fixed * The SELECT element inside FORMS is not implemented. * no FRAMES rendering * no https (there's a barebones prototype). @@ -81,4 +62,4 @@ Solaris Jorge.- (jcid@dillo.org) -Dec 03, 2007 +Oct, 2008 |