Brave Browser Updates - silversurfer - 04 November 18
Brave Browser Feature List
Shields- Ad blocking
- Fingerprinting prevention*
- Cookie control*
- HTTPS upgrading*
- Block scripts*
- Per-site shield settings
- Configurable global shield defaults
Security- Clear browsing data
- Built-in password manager
- Form autofill
- Control content access to full-screen presentation*
- Control site access to autoplay media
- Send “Do not track” with browsing requests
Tabs & Windows- Private Windows
- Pinned Tabs*
- Auto-unload*
- Drag and drop*
- Duplicate*
- Close Options
- Find on page
- Print page
Address Bar- Add Bookmark
- Autosuggest URLs
- Search from address bar
- Autosuggest search terms
- Show/hide bookmarks toolbar*
- Show secure or insecure site
Homepage: https://brave.com/index/
Download: https://brave.com/download/
RE: Brave Browser - jasonX - 06 November 18
No offline installer?
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 10 November 18
(06 November 18, 20:34)jasonX Wrote: No offline installer?
Download 64-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.56.12/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup.exe
Download 32-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.56.12/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup32.exe
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 10 November 18
Brave Release Channel v0.56.12
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v0.56.12
Quote:- Updated the Brave shields panel with a new design. (#1339)
- Added support for direct YouTube donations using the Rewards panel. (#1282)
- Added global Brave shield settings into preferences. (#1288)
- Added exclude / include option to the Rewards panel. (#1283)
- Added "Creating Wallet" message when enabling Rewards for the first time using the Rewards panel.(#1502)
- Added search engine shortcut keys. (#731)
- Fixed Hulu not playing in Brave. (#1242)
- Fixed PDFs protected by cookie based login not loading. (#1287)
- Fixed scripts not being blocked when disabling / re-enabling Brave shields. (#1991)
- Fixed favicons not being displayed for media publisher in the Rewards panel. (#1887)
- Fixed contrast so text under Rewards settings is more visible. (#1824)
- Fixed several issues with the Dow Jones promotion (#287)
- Fixed exclude / include not working when the publisher is not listed in the auto-contribution table. (#1797)
- Fixed websites not being added into the auto-contribution table after contribution has been made. (#1796)
- Fixed verified icon not being displayed for verified YouTube channels.(#1795)
- Fixed grant notifications being displayed even though there's no grants available. (#1793)
- Fixed favicons not loading correctly when enabling Rewards using the Rewards panel. (#1792)
- Fixed publisher information not appearing under the Rewards panel after restarting Brave. (#1777)
- Fixed onboarding links not being opened in new tabs. (#1739)
- Fixed Flash not properly blocking after clearing browser data. (#1727)
- Fixed websites not being added to the auto-contribute table if Rewards is enabled using Rewards Panel. (#1719)
- Fixed "learn more" link for WebRTC under preferences. (#1690)
- Fixed explanatory text in private window not displaying the correct macOS keyboard shortcuts for Tor windows. (#1688)
- Fixed Qwant in private windows and Tor windows for certain regions. (#1666)
- Fixed incorrect publisher being displayed under the Rewards panel on YouTube. (#1660)
- Fixed incorrect attention values for websites visited after auto-contribution. (#1656)
- Fixed auto-contribute entries sometimes containing "on YouTube" text twice. (#1565)
- Fixed several alignment issues under the Rewards page when minimizing the window. (#1556)
- Fixed deleted publishers being re-added into the auto-contribution table when they are revisited. (#1440)
- Fixed auto-contribution values not recalculating after removing entries from the auto-contribution table. (#1410)
- Fixed WebTorrent sometimes going blank when switching tabs/windows. (#1400)
- Fixed torrent files being downloaded twice when clicking on "Save Torrent File". (#1399)
- Fixed Brave shields not working after re-enabling in private browsing mode. (#1198)
Download 64-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/r...eSetup.exe
Download 32-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/r...etup32.exe
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 23 November 18
Brave Release Channel v0.56.15
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v0.56.15
Quote:0.56.14- Upgraded to Chromium 70.0.3538.102. (#2099)
0.56.15- Upgraded to Chromium 70.0.3538.110. (#2200)
Download 32-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.56.15/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup32.exe
Download 64-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.56.15/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup.exe
RE: Brave Browser - akiratoriyama - 24 November 18
Can it sync data from Google Account?
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 13 December 18
Brave Release Channel v0.57.18
Release Notes:- Updated Brave (Muon) import: you can now import Brave Payments, Windows and Tabs, and data related to the referral program. (#2402)
- Added notifications when contributions or donations fail. (#1483)
- Fixed memory leak in Brave Rewards. (#2213)
- Fixed certain PDFs failing to open in Brave. (#1033)
- Fixed certain extensions breaking when using Brave's default shields settings. (#1380)
- Fixed stub installers failing to download Brave under Windows 7. (#2129)
- Fixed hard refresh not fetching new Tor identities. (#1137)
- Fixed third party cookies being blocked even if per site shield is set to allow all cookies. (#2095)
- Fixed not being able to access premium Dow Jones content until restarting after claiming promotion. (#2020)
- Fixed not being able to login into Pocket using Google accounts. (#2164)
- Fixed not being able to close Guest/Tor windows using Brave's action buttons on Linux. (#1643)
- Fixed several Brave Rewards notifications. (#2114)
- Fixed opening Tor windows causing Brave to become unresponsive on Linux. (#1791)
- Fixed size of profile icon next to hamburger menu. (#1856)
- Fixed media publisher name and favicon in site banner not appearing correctly in certain cases. (#1924)
- Fixed shield block count overlapping text when going beyond three digits. (#1951)
- Fixed shields being expandable only when there is blocked items. (#1957)
- Added shields deep link to brave://settings/shields. (#1959)
- Fixed localization for various strings and web-ui pages. (#2035)
- Fixed custom amounts for Brave Rewards not appearing in drop down. (#2152)
- Created and automatically publish silent installers for Windows on GitHub. (#2210)
- Updated translations for various strings. (#2254)
- Upgraded Chromium to 71.0.3578.80. (#2352)
Download 64-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.57.18/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup.exe
Download 32-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.57.18/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup32.exe
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 21 December 18
Brave Release Channel v0.58.16
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v0.58.16
Release Notes- Added support for custom publisher branded Reward banners. (#1923)
- Added the ability to import search settings from muon. (#2415)
- Added notification under Rewards panel that only appears once if user hasn't enabled Brave Rewards. (#1439)
- Added the ability to restore another wallet if the current wallet has been corrupted or is missing data. (#2183)
- Added Copy / Print / Save as File actions under the "Backup your wallet" modal window in Brave Rewards. (#929)
- Added a deep link for "Add Funds" under the Rewards panel. (#1480)
- Added a relaunch dialog for macOS when updating via the hamburger menu. (#2477)
- Added timeout to the "Thank You" banner so it's dismissed automatically after sending a tip. (#1742)
- Added more information in "Add Funds" under Brave Rewards to make the experience more intuitive. (#1935)
- Removed the reload button under the Rewards panel. (#1598)
- Fixed extensions not being able to override the new tab page. (#993)
- Fixed several crashes when updating to a new version on macOS. (#1745)
- Fixed Brave not relaunching on macOS after updating to a new version. (#977)
- Fixed crash when opening "Rewards Settings" in certain situations. (#2375)
- Fixed PDFs not loading on certain websites when they are behind basic authentication. (#1788)
- Fixed import failing when denying Brave keychain access. (#2513)
- Fixed import failing when bookmark from muon fails to import. (#2517)
- Fixed import failing when Brave Payments (muon) fails to import. (#2421)
- Fixed import failing / hanging when Brave is already opened. (#2503)
- Fixed tips not being shown in summary table under Brave Rewards when Brave Payments (muon) data imported. (#2368)
- Fixed auto-contribute table under Brave Rewards clearing at the beginning of the month. (#2333)
- Fixed Reward summary table not being cleared when restoring another wallet. (#1559)
- Fixed stats under the new tab page being cleared when navigating back to the new tab page using the back button. (#307)
- Fixed DuckDuckGo being reset when using the navigation back button when using private windows. (#1490)
- Fixed wrong search engine being used in private windows when searching using the context menu. (#1037)
- Fixed wrong search engine being used in Tor windows when searching using the context menu. (#1758)
- Fixed stats count incrementally increasing under new tab page on certain websites. (#1311)
- Fixed pasting magnet links into the URL initiating search instead of loading WebTorrent. (#1435)
- Fixed torrent URLs being handled by Brave only when the WebTorrent extension is enabled. (#2043)
- Fixed removed publishers not always being restored in Brave Rewards when using the "Restore All" feature. (#1441)
- Fixed tooltip overlapping and preventing access to the exclude button under Brave Rewards. (#1850)
- Fixed double clicking on "X" to exclude publisher in the auto-contribute table incrementing total by two instead of one. (#1873)
- Fixed not being able to restore excluded publishers into the auto-contribution table in certain situations. (#1883)
- Fixed tips panel under Brave Rewards not displaying "on YouTube" text next to YouTube publishers. (#1976)
- Fixed "Sadly, no tokens yet" message appearing under the Rewards Summary table when importing Payments from Brave (muon) with a non-zero balance. (#2379)
- Fixed the formatting of the clock under the new tab page so AM / PM are displayed correctly. (#2439)
- Fixed the "X" button under the Rewards banner to make it more visible. (#2614)
- Upgraded Chromium to 71.0.3578.98. (#2556)
Download 64-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.58.16/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup.exe
Download 32-bit: https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/download/v0.58.16/BraveBrowserStandaloneSetup32.exe
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 12 January 19
Brave Release Channel v0.58.21
Quote:Release Notes- Added new contribution flow for unverified publishers. (#2836)
- Removed icon fetching for unverified media publishers. (#2717)
- Fixed several CORS issues due to Brave Shields. (#2252)
- Fixed JavaScript being able to load Brave schemes. (#2861)
- Fixed not being able to exclude websites from the auto-contribute table under Rewards. (#1693)
- Fixed auto-contribution table not being updated correctly in certain situations. (#2882)
- Fixed auto-contribution still occurring when Rewards is disabled or the auto-contribution toggle is toggled off within Rewards. (#2804)
- Fixed recurring tipping still occurring when Rewards is disabled. (#2815)
- Fixed not being able to play media on Reddit. (#1999)
- Fixed images failing to upload on GitHub. (#2034)
- Fixed not being able to login into https://riot.im. (#2521)
- Fixed videos failing to load on https://d.tube. (#1581)
- Fixed not being able to login into https://www.skill-capped.com. (#2411)
- Fixed not being able to search on namecheap.com. (#2341)
- Fixed behance.net not loading in Brave. (#2864)
- Fixed "Save Link As..." being disabled under the right click context menu when selecting "brave://sync" in settings. (#2849)
RE: Brave Browser - silversurfer - 01 February 19
Brave Release Channel v0.59.34
Quote:Release Notes https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/releases/tag/v0.59.34
- Added Sync. (#3180)
- Added ability to claim BAT grants using the reward panel. (#1783)
- Added support for custom tip amounts for publishers. (#2645)
- Added ability to enable and disable WebTorrent via Brave settings. (#897)
- Added request confirmation before opening external applications. (#542)
- Added dark theme support for Developer Tools. (#784)
- Improved the Brave welcome experience. (#1847)
- Enabled viz service display compositor. (#3105)
- Reduced user fingerprint by always returning constant values for navigator.mimeTypes and navigator.plugins. (#1549)
- Replaced several icons under Brave Rewards with new icons. (#1825)
- Fixed auto-contribution table being corrupted when changing "Minimum page time before logging a visit" via Brave Rewards settings. (#3134)
- Fixed publishers being removed from the auto-contribution table when "Minimum page time before logging a visit" is changed and Brave is upgraded or restarted. (#3162)
- Fixed reward panel not always displaying Welcome screen on first click which caused issues creating wallets. (#2962)
- Fixed several instances of incorrect crypto addresses being displayed in Brave Rewards. (#2172)
- Fixed weight for each publisher within auto-contribution not being calculated correctly. (#3163)
- Fixed Widevine notifications not appearing under YouTube and Amazon Prime when viewing premium content and Widevine is not installed. (#1985)
- Fixed PDFs being opened in Brave even though "Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Brave" has been enabled in Brave settings. (#1531)
- Fixed disabling auto-contribution also disabled YouTube tipping. (#2084)
- Fixed notifications under Brave panel not being dismissible in certain instances. (#2883)
- Fixed several instances of rewards panel not displaying YouTube publishers due to different URLs. (#2820)
- Fixed pending contributions to unverified publishers not being dynamically updated under Brave Rewards. (#2890)
- Fixed Brave Rewards summary sometimes displaying incorrect tip amounts. (#2332)
- Fixed non-verified publishers not being displayed in Brave panel when unchecking "Allow contributions to non-verified sites" in Brave Rewards settings. (#2653)
- Fixed "Next Contribution Date" under Brave Rewards displaying incorrect dates in some instances. (#2206)
- Fixed non-verified sites being added into auto-contribution table when "Allow contributions to non-verified sites" has been disabled. (#2111)
- Fixed "Send My Tip" button under Brave panel not displaying cursor. (#2744)
- Fixed specific headers for promotional campaigns not being used when Brave first starts up. (#3143)
- Fixed not being able to make Brave the default browser under Linux. (#1274)
- Fixed favicon not appearing on several custom brave:// pages. (#1466)
- Fixed Brave Shields blocking images when device language is set to Japanese. (#2482)
- Fixed several strings under the hamburger menu not being translated. (#2831)
- Fixed several icons under the toolbar that appeared too thick when not using retina screens. (#2327)
- Upgraded Tor to 0.3.4.9. (#1974)
- Upgraded Chromium to 72.0.3626.81. (#3146)
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