AWeb release history

AWeb 1.2a

• Fixed bugs:
  • Enforcer hit when executing ARexx GET command
  • <HR> within list was rendered indented
  • Last MIME setting was saved twice in the settings file
  • <OL START=n> started with n+1
  • <OL START=32766> bullets became negative
  • Hit form text area 'E' button and let editor open overlapping window on same screen, then window wasn't refreshed if editor window was closed.
  • Didn't follow the "garbage in, garbage out" rule correctly on <P> tags within <PRE>. Fixed to treat <P> in preformatted text as two newlines.
  • Didn't send Pragma: no-cache when requesting a reload.
  • Displayed extra blank line between bullet and text for <LI><P>text</P>
  • If title in hotlist contains < or & then HTML hotlist didn't display correctly
  • Images weren't refreshed correctly when scrolled from underneath an overlapping window
  • HTTP response wasn't recognized when first block received was 1 byte
• Now sets the file comment to the URL when saving or downloading.
• Added SCREENTOFRONT and SCREENTOBACK ARexx commands.
• Added CACHE ARexx command.
• Added GET ACTIVEPORT ARexx command.

AWeb 1.2

• Fixed many bugs:
  • used to hang on "processing" with some gif images
  • moving or closing a window sometimes caused a system lockup
  • going back and forward through history simetimes showed wrong versions of a page, most notably with (search) form responses
  • when the temporary directory was PROGDIR:something, external programs didn't work
  • with long rows of images, images were displayed on top of each other
  • the output console window of spawned external programs couldn't be used for input
• Added localization
• Added backgrounds, text colours, centering
• Made all unloaded image icons external, and replaceable
• Added hierarchical hotlist
• Improved the window history
• Added user-configurable ARexx macro menu
• Added ALLOWCMD and GET SCREEN ARexx commands
• Added "tolerant" HTML mode, and made HTML mode a proper setting that is saved
• Added telnet: and news: support through external programs
• Added automatic TCP connection start/stop
• ... and many other very small changes

AWeb 1.1

• Fixed several bugs:
  • crashed on 68000 machines at some URLs like www.yahoo.com
  • sending forms with empty fields didn't work
  • loading MPEGs skipped 1 byte
  • crashed when typing beyond the border of a textarea form field
  • image memory cache limit didn't work
  • downloading image didn't save but started external viewer instead
  • shift-click on ftp link stopped AWeb
  • didn't adapt to different frame size for navigation buttons
  • GIFs didn't show up as transparent, or were messed up totally
  • some settings weren't saved correctly when changed
• Transparent GIF now works even if the GIF datatype used doesn't support transparency
• Now falls back to topaz if font not found instead of exiting
• Improved scrolling speed on simple refresh windows
• Added keyboard support for the settings window
• Added HOTLIST tooltype and argument
• Improved speed when navigating back and forward to large documents
• Now remembers form field values when going back
• Improved pre-loaded palette
• Now uses KEYPATH variable to locate key file
• ... and many other very small changes

AWeb 1.0

First release for general public.

AWeb 0.6alpha

This release was only for members of the Dutch Amiga Magazine BBS.

• keymap.library is now opened with version 37 (version 39 does not exist)

AWeb 0.5alpha

This release was only for members of the Dutch Amiga Magazine BBS.

• Added FORM and ISINDEX support
• Added ISINDEX support
• Fixed many bugs

AWeb 0.2alpha

This release was only for members of the Dutch Amiga Magazine BBS.

• Fixed redirection, which was broken in the initial release

AWeb 0.1alpha

This release was only for members of the Dutch Amiga Magazine BBS.

Limited initial alpha release