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                             NetSurf Change Log
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NetSurf 1.2
===========

	Core / All
	----------

	* Overhaul documentation in line with new website
	* Many improvements to cookie handling
	* Minimum font size option is now obeyed by form elements
	* Add support for periodic reflow during fetching
	* Fixes for positioning of floated elements -- NetSurf now passes Acid1
	* Bring support for <center> and align= in line with specification
	* Updated SSL root certificate bundle
	* Various fixes for form element default styling and interaction with
	  CSS
	* Rewritten, more tolerant, HTTP redirect handling
	* Fix crash when tabbing into hidden form fields
	* Fix background handling on <body> and <html>
	* Permit <style> in <body> 
	* Relax restriction on location of @import rules
	* Improve CSS colour handling
	* Fix positioning of horizontal scrollbars within page
	* Fixes for inline-block boxes
	* Minor fixes to CSS parsing
	* NetBSD support
	* Fix GIF decoding to work correctly on big-endian processors
	* New build system and many compiler warnings fixed

	RISC OS-specific
	----------------

	* Fix crashes on images.google.com
	* Fix intermittent crashing when clicking in URL-completion menu
	* Fix search when input is '*'
	* Fix Shift+Adjust clicks
	* Permit disabling of interactive help

	GTK-specific
	------------

	* Improve form widget support
	* Improve support for core configuration options (memory cache size,
	  proxy, etc)
	* Fix unsightly flickering to white
  	* Fix non-ASCII text input handling
	* Fix for caret positioning when clicking after the end of text in
	  form inputs
	
	Also included are many and various smaller bug fixes, documentation
	enhancements and updated translations.


NetSurf 1.1
===========

	Core / All
	----------

	* Fix charset detection bugs, fixes #1726341 (WightLink)
	* Add -v command line option to enable debugging output
	  (this is enabled by default in the RISC OS build via the !Run file)
	* Rationalise header file includes
	* Various portability fixes to BSD and Solaris
	* Abstraction of schemes for fetchers
	* More encoding detection fixes
	* Fix cookie domain matching in unverifiable transactions.
	* Fix cookie issues with launchpad.net
	* Fix deadlock when fetching stylesheets
	* Fix bug where the referer header was being sent regardless
	* Fix bug where strange Accept-Language and other headers could be
	  sent
	* Fix crash when building error page
	* Content scaling is now handled centrally, such that both GTK and
	  RISC OS versions act in the same way.
	* Licence for NetSurf changed to GPLv2 only with clause allowing
	  linking to OpenSSL.

	RISC OS-specific
	----------------

	* Tweak default hotlist entries to be more up-to-date
	* Fix interaction between failed drag saves and pointer
	  tracking (including page scrolling)
	* Scroll wheel support on hotlist and history windows
	* Use proper background colour for AW files using transparency
	* Fix AWRenderer clipping issue (#1756230) and improve rendering
	  performance.

	GTK-specific
	------------
	
	* Add local file browsing MIME type guessing.  Also fixes
	  directory browsing
	* Fix destruction of windows involving frames, fixes crashes
	  on sites such as news.bbc.co.uk
	* Reduce flicker when periodically reflowing during fetch
	* Fix bug that caused 100% CPU usage on some sites with frames
	* Fix scroll-position setting, allowing anchors and
	  back/forward positions to be set/remembered
	* Fix problems with closing windows with fetches still in progress
	* New Window menu entry now functions
	* Open File... menu entry now functions
	* Fix reentrancy issues with event scheduling
	* Support for setting the path to find CA certificates (fixes SSL
	  sites)
	* Stop referer header being sent with URLs entered in the URL bar
	* Use default homepage if homepage option is blank
	* Full screen mode now functions
	* Popup version of the main menu
	* Removal of menubar/toolbar/statusbar now functions
	* Fix corruption on some animated GIFs due to new images not being
	  created blank
	* Fix issues with scrolling from the keyboard.
	* Add simple SSL certificate verification window.

	Also included are many and various smaller bug fixes, documentation
	enhancements and updated translations.


NetSurf 1.0
===========

	First release.