Releases: horizon-developers/browser
Version 18.0 (Build #1000)
Version 18.0.1000.0 Release Notes
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✨ New Features
Enhanced Favorites Database (using SQLite)
The favorites database has been migrated from JSON to SQLite. This improves the stability and long-term usage of the database. A migration assistant is included in the favorites flyout.
Favorites manager
A new central management hub for your Favorites has been added in this release, allowing you to manage your favorites more efficiently compared to the flyout
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- Logical Tab Behavior: New tabs now open adjacent to your active tab. This prevents lost tabs and keeps your related tabs grouped together
- Modern window context flyout
⚡ Developer Information
- bump various dependencies
- Full Changelog: 16.0.709...18.0.1000
Version 16.0 (Build #709)
Version 16.0.709.0 Release Notes
Happy New Year! Enjoy the holidays, and enjoy this release:
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✨ New Features
UI refresh, to give you more space for your web content
The top bar of any website is now your browser titlebar!
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🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- None
⚡ Developer Information
- Address all build warnings
- Enable dependabot
- Logger for Debug builds
All commits: https://github.com/horizon-developers/browser/compare/15.2.704..16.0.709
Version 15.2 (Build #704)
Version 15.2.704.0 Release Notes
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✨ New Features
Browser Info Servce
Windows Share Integration
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- Address a crash that occured when reorganizing tabs
- Address a scenario where a gray border appeared when watching videos in full screen
- Address critical performance issue around suggestions and settings window
⚡ Developer Information
- Bump dependencies
- Reduce bundle size
All commits: 15.1.611...15.2.704
Version 15.1 (Build #611)
Version 15.1.611.0 Release Notes
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✨ New Features
- None
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- None
Developer Information
- Cleanup
- Update core dependencies
- Update runtime to .NET 10.0.1
All commits: 15.0.600...15.1.611
Version 15.0 (Build #600)
Version 15.0.600.0 Release Notes
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✨ New Features
Addressbar suggestions
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- Add the ability to close the settings window using ESC button
- Fix suggestion when using internal urls
- Improve settingswindow size on various screen sizes and scalings
Developer Information
- Updated core dependencies
- Migrate to .NET 10
All commits: 14.0.535...15.0.600
Version 14.0 (Build #535)
Version 14.0.535.0 Release Notes
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Important
Starting with this release, the Windows App SDK Runtime 1.8 is required to be installed.
If you install Horizon from the Microsoft Store, no action is required.
Otherwise, you have install it manually from here
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
- Addresses a critical issue related to tab management
Version 14.0 (Build #534)
Version 14.0.534.0 Release Notes
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Important
Starting with this release, the Windows App SDK Runtime 1.8 is required to be installed.
If you install Horizon from the Microsoft Store, no action is required.
Otherwise, you have install it manually from here
✨ New Features
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Added support for InPrivate tabs, which do not save browsing history, cookies, or site data.
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Users can now duplicate an existing tab via the context menu.
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A new section for developer options has been added to the settings.
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Moved the UrlBox toggle button to a dedicated address bar in the Tabbar
🚀 Improvements & Fixes
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Improved the user experience for extension management within the new settings page.
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The robustness of the error handler has been improved for better application stability.
Developer Information
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Updated core dependencies, including Microsoft.Web.WebView2, Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK, and CsWin32
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Updated .NET Compiler/Runtime
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Modernized the codebase by migrating to newer APIs such as LibraryImport and the latest WinAppSdk Storage Pickers.
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Performed significant code reorganization and refactoring to improve maintainability and future development.
Version 12.1 (Build #151)
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This release contains various bug fixes and general improvements
Full Changelog: 12.0.140...12.1.151
Version 12.0 (Build #140)
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What's new?
New
Improved
- Dependency bumps
- Code refactoring
- X86 builds are back!
Note: The bundle size has been drastically increased due to the Windows App SDK Runtime being included in this release. This change is temporary and is going to be reverted once we switch to the production version of Windows App SDK 1.8. It does not affect performance and has no other side effects.
Version 11.4 (Build #100)
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What's new?
New
- Update dependencies(WinAppSdk, CommunityToolkit)
Fixed
- Addresses an issue related to visiblity when loading websites
- Code quality improvements