W3Browse Changes
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/index.html
W3Browse is a text-based web-browser and e-mail-client. The
most important changes that have been made to the application
are summarized for each version of the software.2005-11-20en-usAlexander KrebsCopyright (C) 2004-2005 Alexander Krebs <aleks_at_aksware_dot_de>"Save Document" dialog allows to override server-supplied values
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20051120
2005-11-20: The "Save Document" dialog now allows to override
certain server-supplied field values and to use such a set of
new values as a basis for determing an (alternate) content
handler for displaying a document.2005-11-20RDF-based configuration introduced, slimmed version of w3browse
called "w3bview" available
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20050603
2005-06-03: The format of the configuration file is now based
on RDF/XML. The default name of the file has been changed to
"w3browse.rdf". Now, it is also possible to modify the list of
(external) applications that should be used to convert or
display different kinds of documents. Finally, a slimmed
version of w3browse called "w3bview" is now available.2005-06-03Web page editor extended for RDF documents
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20050428
2005-04-28: The web page editor has been extended and now also
allows to edit RDF documents by the help of a text-based syntax
that is very similar to "Turtle", an extension of N-Triples.2005-04-28Handling of WML documents including formulars improved,
transition to RDF-based configuration started
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20050302
2005-03-02: The handling of form elements in WML documents has
been improved and now also allows the form data values of many
simple and stateless WML formulars to be submitted. Other new
features include the ability to display all cards of a WML deck
at once and to display HTML and WML documents within the same
viewer window. Finally, the transition to an RDF-based
configuration of w3browse and its components has been started
with the "e-Mail Application".2005-03-02Recognition of (empty) HTML fragment anchors improved
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20041207
2004-12-07: The hypertext rendering engine is now able to
recognize many empty fragment anchors in HTML documents and
transform them to more useful values. Furthermore, the id
attribute of heading elements and definition terms is used to
create fragment anchors if such elements do not already contain
an anchor. A similar treatment has been implemented in the
handling of HTML documents by the web page editor.2004-12-07Native parsing of HTML tables implemented
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20041114
2004-11-14: The parsing of HTML tables does no longer depend on
a preprocessor that transforms table elements to other kinds of
elements. The major benefits are an improved error handling by
the parser and the ability to mark and color the header cells
of tables. For further information and other changes see the
dialog "Browser Settings".2004-11-14Rendering of linearized tables made more compact
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20041102
2004-11-02: The hypertext rendering engine has been improved in
order to display linearized tables in a more compact way (no
empty lines between adjacent rows enforced) when the "compact"
vertical spacing mode is in effect. Also, a section about some
formatting rules has been added to the documentation of the
dialog "Browser Settings".2004-11-02"Goto Menu" extended to display different title lists
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20041023
2004-10-23: The "Goto Menu" has been extended and is now able
to display several kinds of title lists, i.e. "Section Titles",
"Anchor Titles", "Hyperlink Titles" and "Image Titles".2004-10-23Filesystem browser to dialog "Save Document" added, navigation
within documentation improved
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20041015
2004-10-15: The dialog "Save Document" has been reorganized and
now also provides a filesystem browser for selecting a target
directory. The navigation within the documentation of w3browse
has been improved and other parts have been reviewed and
updated.2004-10-15Description of transparency of color components clarified
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040930
2004-09-30: The description of the transparency of color
components has been clarified in the documentation of the
dialog "Color Settings".2004-09-30Handling of color attributes extended, viewer menues reorganized
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040918
2004-09-18: The handling of color attributes for hypertext
elements has been extended in order to allow particular color
components to be transparent, see the dialog "Color Settings".
The menu structure of viewer windows has also been reorganized
and is now distributed over three separate menues which can
also be invoked by the help of a menubar that is located
directly above the main subwindow.2004-09-18Progress display to dialog "Save Document" added, some menues
reorganized
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040818
2004-08-18: The progress in saving a document to a file is now
shown within another dialog that is created by the "Save
Document" dialog. Some menues such as the "Main Menu" and the
"Setup Menu" (previously named "Tools Menu") have also been
reorganized.2004-08-18Minor improvements of web page editor
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040718
2004-07-18: Some minor improvements of the web page editor have
been made, including the recognition of e-mail addresses in the
textual representation of HTML documents and a better handling
of utf-16 in general.2004-07-18Processing of requests extended, "internal URLs" and various
"Administration Tools" including a web page editor introduced
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040630
2004-06-30: The processing of requests has been extended in
order to allow "internal" and "external" resources to be
accessed with the same request context. "Internal URLs" have
been introduced and are now used to access the so-called
"Internal Applications", which by themselves have been extended
by various new "Administration Tools". These tools include a
simple Wiki-like text-based editor for HTML and RSS pages.2004-06-30Automatic startup of "e-Mail Application" enabled, new sections to
documentation added
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040521
2004-05-21: It is now possible to invoke the "e-Mail
Application" automatically on startup of the application.
Additionally, several new sections have been added to the
documentation: The subsections "Document Cacheing" and
"Keyboard Shortcuts" have been added to the section "Viewer
Windows", and a section about "Form Submission" has been
introduced. Some other sections have also been updated.2004-05-21Extended handling of fonts allows use of Unicode encoded system
fonts
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040511
2004-05-11: The handling of fonts has been extended in order to
allow the use of Unicode encoded system fonts instead of the
supplied ones, which is especially useful for X Window System
based GUI systems. See the dialog "Screen Settings".2004-05-11Hypertext rendering engine improved and extended
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040425
2004-04-25: The hypertext rendering engine has been improved in
order to be able to handle "compact" definition lists.
Furthermore, the possibilities in selecting a vertical spacing
mode have been extended and now include a so-called "packed"
mode, in which almost all empty lines between text blocks are
avoided. See the dialog "Browser Settings".2004-04-25Navigation between documents in "same" window improved
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040314
2004-03-14: The navigation between the different documents that
are contained in the local history of a viewer window has been
simplified by the introduction of two additional buttons named
<Back> and <Forward>, and a keyboard shortcut for <Back>. Also,
the keyboard shortcut for the "History Menu" has been changed
to ^W, which is more accessible than ^QM.2004-03-14Bugfix: Fetching of documents not possible
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040214
2004-02-14: It was not possible to fetch any documents at all
due to a stupid bug in the dialog "Fetch Documents" which has
been fixed. The bug was introduced in version 20040201.2004-02-14Numbered items of RSS feeds, extended syntax for e-mail addresses
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040208
2004-02-08: Some minor details such as numbered items of RSS
feeds as well as certain updates of the documentation have been
made. An extended syntax for e-mail addresses has been
introduced, which is now also recognized by w3browse.2004-02-08XML support improved, now also used for RSS feeds and
configuration files
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040201
2004-02-01: The major improvements concern the handling of XML,
which is now also used for the configuration files and which
makes it possible to recognize and process RSS feeds.2004-02-01DNS lookup for WinCE (Pocket PC) version implemented
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040111
2004-01-11: The MS-Windows CE (Pocket PC) version is now also
able to resolve DNS hostnames into IP addresses and vice versa,
but only one DNS lookup can be active at the same time.2004-01-11"e-Mail Application" makes use of message-ids
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20040107
2004-01-07: The "e-Mail Application" now maintains an index of
the message-ids of all received and sent messages. The index is
used to resolve the message-ids found in the "In-Reply-To:" and
"References:" header fields and refer to the corresponding
message files.2004-01-07Sending and receiving of e-mails moved to "e-Mail Application"
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031230
2003-12-30: The ability to send and receive e-mail messages has
been moved from the dialog "Open Mail Window" to the "e-Mail
Application" itself. All tasks including the definition of mail
accounts can now be performed there. The sole purpose of the
dialog is to specify the base e-mail directory.2003-12-30Transmission of HTTP referrer headers implemented
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031214
2003-12-14: The possiblity to send HTTP "Referer:" header
fields has been added. This feature can be enabled within the
reorganized dialog "Request Settings".2003-12-14Import of e-mail messages from "mbox" formatted files supported
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031205
2003-12-05: The possiblity to import e-mail messages from
"mbox" formatted files has been implemented. Instead of
specifing a pop3 server, the filename of an mbox file whose
contents should be imported can be given.2003-12-05Bugfix: Sending of e-mails not possible
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031126
2003-11-26: It was not possible to send any e-mail messages at
all due to a stupid bug which has been fixed. Only the versions
20031109 and 20031102 are affected.2003-11-26Menu for local history of viewer windows added, searching in
built-in help introduced
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031109
2003-11-09: A pop-up menu for the local history of viewer
windows has been added that allows to switch between the
corresponding documents. Additionally, the possibility to
search within the built-in help system of w3browse has been
introduced.2003-11-09Fragment identifiers for HTML documents working now
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031102
2003-11-02: Fragment identifiers of URLs for HTML documents are
now evaluated, finally after a long struggle with this matter.
Also, the handling of "new" versus "same" viewer windows and
their interaction with informational content has been reworked.2003-11-02Different color for visited links enabled, display of documents
in "same" window introduced
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031021
2003-10-21: Visited hyperlinks can now have a different color
than non-visited links, see the dialog "Color Settings".
Another main topic was the introduction of the possibility to
display documents within the "same" rather than a "new" viewer
window, which is assisted by a local history.2003-10-21Display of meta information about documents and elements extended
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20031009
2003-10-09: The display of meta information about a document
has been extended to show also the contents of <meta> and
<link> elements. The documentation of these features and for
the display about form elements have also been updated.2003-10-09First public release of w3browse
http://www.aksware.de/w3browse/changes.html#20030812
2003-08-12: First public release of the software including a
comprehensive built-in documentation, but without initial
support for SSL/TLS.2003-08-12