Exactly 10 days ago we announced Rekonq Beta1 , well Rekonq Beta3 has just appeared … yes, it's not a mistake… Beta2 never appeared hehe.
As the author mentions on his blog , Beta2 was released just 2 days ago, however it was not available or promoted because apparently, it had some licensing problems in some files (??… he does not clarify which ones…).
Furthermore, it tells us that it has already started to "freeze" Rekonq 0.8 , which means that we should soon have an RC (Candidate for Stable).
An important new feature is that they are now providing support for QtWebKit 2.2 , which is expected to significantly improve both performance and stability.
And that's all, here are the changes shown in Rekonq 0.8 Beta1 ( and also in this current Beta3 ):
- AdBlock: Rules to avoid advertising and other annoying things
- Modifications in the address bar (added "paste and go", etc).
- Tab history now included in Restore Tabs.
- Changes in the interface, specifically in the menu.
- Now you can close the entire window, closing the last tab.
- Use KParts to see the source code, this way the source code is not downloaded twice, that is, the code loaded will be displayed and the browser will not request that the code be downloaded again.
- A simple "click" mechanism to manipulate and manage our "favorites".
- Added option "Not to follow", Something like anonymous browsing.
- In the history we will now have the option of "first time visited", which will obviously tell us when was the first time we visited that site.
- Tab messages will now use KMessageWidget.
- Implemented "drag and drop", which means that we can drag the files to and from the browser, and depending on whether the website supports it, we can upload or download these files.
- [Ctrl] + [Number] it will be enough for us to use our favorite shortcuts (keyboard shortcuts).
However, I recommend reading our previous article about this browser: Rekonq 0.8 beta1 is out [Details] and a preview of the next version
Greetings.