Today, on aweb.sunsite.dk appeard long awaited news:
new version of AWeb is finally here.
AWeb 3.5 Lite Beta can be reached
here.
AWeb APL Lite 3.5 beta
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Welcome to the beta release of AWeb APL Lite 3.5.
LICENCE
This software is released under the AWeb Public Licence, please read
the file apl.txt included in this archive for more information.
INSTALLATION
AWeb 3.5 beta may be installed by using the Installer script
provided. As this is a beta archive it is recommended that you back
up any previous installations of AWeb or install in a separate
directory.
NOTE as this a beta release it contains only a minimal installation with
regards to user files (documentation, alternate images, buttons, animations etc.)
If you require these files please download a previous (3.4APL) distribution.
WHAT'S NEW
Here is an overview of the new features and major bugs fixed in this
release. For a complete list in "fine detail" see the Changelog
Included at the end of this document.
HTML
Support for
and tags
RENDERING
Double Buffered Rendering - Optional double buffering dramatically
reduces the flickering during rendering of long table based pages.
Background Images - no longer force a complete redraw off the
document, resulting in a dramatic speed up of some pages.
LAYOUT
Fixes and standardisation to the way tables are laid out, and to the
way background images in tables are align mean that many more pages
render "correctly".
INTERNAL IMAGEDECODER
Fix to the transparency bug in the internal gif decoder.
GOPHER SUPPORT
Improved gopher support.
CHARACTER SETS
Support for translating character sets enables pages using a
different character set to be displayed.
SPLASH SCREEN
New more attractive startup screen and about requester.
AWEBPLUGINS
Fixes to a major bug in the image decoder plugins where AWeb would
crash with bad memory trashing on repeated iconificataion.
AWEBLIBS
The aweblib version numbering has been changed, all version start
from 35 as of this release. This avoids some clashes that would other
wise occur with previous version of AWeb.
awebjs.aweblib has been renamed javascript.aweblib for the same
reason.
JAVASCRIPT
Fundamental support for Regular Expression objects has been
introduced in this version. However, the string methods using regular
expressions have not yet been implemented and as most real world
sites uses these methods few new sites will work, rather this is the
first step on the journey.
DEVELOPER COMPILE
A compile of the developer version of AWeb (AWeb.developer) is included in
the archive. It is not installed by the Install script. It allows developers
and beta testers to generate extended debug info and should only be used for
this purpose. It contains no extra browsing functionality.
Have Fun!
AWeb APL Development Team
Changelog is here.
