Wavebox Changelog

Version 10.111.15 8/3/2023

This version also includes a fix for a crash reported in version 10.111.14

🆕 New!

🧠 Brainbox is back, and it's bigger and better than ever, bringing the power of ChatGPT to every app and tab in Wavebox. In this first release of Brainbox V2, our powerful right-click writing skills are back—translate, summarize, draft a reply—plus there's a shiny-new sidebar UI. You can also manage, edit and create new skills via the new Admin Portal.
Add a shortcut to cycle between apps that have unread notifications
You can now easily add Wavebox apps directly from the omnibox

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 111.0.5563.64
Update dependencies
Add some helper info when sharing workspaces

🐛 Fixes

Fix more sidebar drag issues
Stability fixes
Fix an issue where opening a page as a desktop web app would close and fail
Fix the custom tab name not being searchable in search
Fix a styling issue with the active group indicator when the webdock was hidden

Version 10.111.14 8/3/2023

🆕 New!

🧠 Brainbox is back, and it's bigger and better than ever, bringing the power of ChatGPT to every app and tab in Wavebox. In this first release of Brainbox V2, our powerful right-click writing skills are back—translate, summarize, draft a reply—plus there's a shiny-new sidebar UI. You can also manage, edit and create new skills via the new Admin Portal.
Add a shortcut to cycle between apps that have unread notifications
You can now easily add Wavebox apps directly from the omnibox

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 111.0.5563.64
Update dependencies
Add some helper info when sharing workspaces

🐛 Fixes

Fix more sidebar drag issues
Stability fixes
Fix an issue where opening a page as a desktop web app would close and fail
Fix the custom tab name not being searchable in search
Fix a styling issue with the active group indicator when the webdock was hidden

Version 10.110.26 22/2/2023

🆕 New!

A new tab navigator experience that makes it easier to switch between all your tabs using the mouse or the keyboard. Try it by clicking the navigator button in the sidebar or through the main burger menu!
New color styling for the tab navigator with customizable backgrounds
New background gradients for workspaces
Add new keyboard shortcut to cycle the active tab around the open windows
Add "Move tab to new window" keyboard shortcut
When sharing tabs to a workspace, make it possible to change the tabs before sending
Add support for dragging links into empty collection widgets
Make the tab strip only drop into its own toolbar when you have more than 4 apps

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 110.0.5481.100
Improve YouTube url support for the embedded iframe widget
Be less strict when accepting links for collection widgets
Better compatibility for username/password proxy authentication
Update dependencies

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue where a site briefly opening a new tab to initiate a download would return to the incorrect tab
Speculative fix for modifier+click actions not working immediately after Wavebox starts
Fix an issue where settings would sometimes fail to scroll to the correct section
When hitting Alt+Enter in the omnibox, the cookie container would not be carried through. Fix this.
Fix the mute/unmute right-click menu item not reflecting current state on a group
Fix windows not reappearing after unlocking the privacy lock
Fix keyboard focus not being in the omnibox when a new tab page is set
A bunch of fixes for dragging & dropping stuff in the toolbars
Fixes for the context menus
Fix Connect and Smartnote extensions failing to load
Fix missing icons in Connect
UI tweaks
Stability fixes
First run fixes

Version 10.110.18 14/2/2023

🆕 New!

Add support for Ctrl/Shift/Alt+clicking "Move tab into a new window" to duplicate the tab rather than pop it out
Add "Wake all tabs in window" to the tab context menu in secondary windows
Add support for Alt+Clicking on tabs and apps to place them in split screen mode
Add a new link open modifier (Ctrl/Shift/Alt+click) that allows links to be opened in split screen
Add a button to Settings > Advanced to restart the Wavebox masterclass

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update Chromium to 110.0.5481.97
UI fixes and helpers
Update dependencies
Stability fixes

🐛 Fixes

Fix widget pop out urls not being clickable
Fix an issue where popping out a tab that's in deep sleep would fail
Fix opening external links across profiles not working
Fix some emojis on Windows being offset
Fix an issue where popped out apps could fall asleep too readily
Fix an issue on macOS where dragging images when filename extensions are sometimes hidden in finder would result in a sites detecting binary file/invalid file format instead of an image

Version 10.110.12 8/2/2023

🆕 New!

Add support for macOS Touch ID and Windows Hello as options when using the Wavebox privacy lock. If you already have the lock enabled, you'll need to change your lock settings to use biometrics
It's now possible to move apps into new windows and then bring them back again, this is really helpful if you have multiple monitors! To split the app into a new window, either use the right-click menu or Ctrl+click on the app
A brand new faster app store that makes it easier to find your apps and create your own custom ones
Tweaks to the controls at the bottom of the sidebar, including a new settings pop-out with a bunch of useful things!
New Admin Portal that makes it easier to manage your Wavebox subscription, profiles, templates, and teams
Add Masterclass tour to help new Wavebox users get started after downloading Wavebox (Pro tip, if you want to take a look, hover over the settings icon 👍)
Add 'Send to group' to the right-click menu, when right-clicking on a link
Generate a 'URL link' for each widget so you can open them from another app. You can find this under the settings cog
Add support for middle mouse clicking a group, this sleeps all apps and tabs within the group
Add support for Shift/Ctrl/Cmd+clicking links in Smart Notes
Add an option to disable sleep on a specific tab via the right-click menu
Add support for using the left/right arrow keys in the app switcher
Add a keyboard shortcut to open a tab in the active group rather than the default (which is active service). This shortcut is unmapped by default but can be set under Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts > Opening apps & tabs

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 110.0.5481.77
Update dependencies

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue where the sidebar could sometimes become hidden behind the tab
Stability fixes
In certain locales, focus mode wouldn't display AM/PM in the time until, fix this
Fix an issue with sync where it could become stuck
Fix clicking on app settings only taking you as far as the group
Fix an issue on macOS where CMD+W wouldn't always close the tab when search was open

Version 10.109.14 26/1/2023

🆕 New!

Add a dialog prompt when creating a cookie container
Add an embedded iframe widget to workspaces
Add support for Ctrl/Cmd+clicking links in workspaces and opening those links in background tabs
Add support for opening urls in identities and apps from the command line. You can find information about this by enabling Settings > Advanced > Command line hints and checking the settings of an app or cookie container.

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 109.0.5414.119
Update dependencies
Stability fixes
UI fixes
Improve icon refetching when Wavebox starts in an offline state, or is unable to load icons

🐛 Fixes

Fix the tooltip delay not being changeable
Fixes for Gmail icon fetching
Fix an issue where clicking a notification from a sleeping app, would launch the app in a new window
Fix the app color ring setting as it's state wasn't always respected
Fix apps being unable to set their sound back to the default
Under certain configurations the tabstrip would fall into its own toolbar unnecessarily, fix this

Version 10.109.8 11/1/2023

🆕 New!

Brand new settings UI
- Settings diagrams. These replace the sea of toggle switches and give in-situ feedback and visual cues as to what each setting does
- Overhauled search, making it faster, clearer and more reliable
- Faster loading
- Loads of other fixes and tweaks to make settings feel less daunting
- An option to bulk apply sleep settings to all apps
- Add a color picker to the appearance options so you can pick a Wavebox color quickly change the look and feel of Wavebox
Updates to focus mode
- Add an option to display which groups & apps are in the active focus mode
- Add an option to sleep groups when entering focus mode
New Google Calendar widget for workspaces
Add wake all apps to the group right-click menu
Add "last app" as an option to the "choose what to pick after closing a tab" flag
Add an option to show/hide the border on individual apps as well as groups

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 109.0.5414.87
Update dependencies

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue where discord could keep logging you out
Stability fixes

Version 10.108.19 20/12/2022

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 108.0.5359.124
Update dependencies
Make the collapsed titlebar a little taller on Windows when Wavebox is maximized. This gives enough drag area to drag Wavebox out of maximized state
Make the audio playing/muted icon on tabs clickable

🐛 Fixes

Fix a rouge blank toolbar on some Linux configurations where all titlebar buttons are hidden and the system titlebar is used
Fix the omnibox being mispositioned on macOS when the titlebar is collapsed
Stability fixes
Stability fixes for password sync
When editing a tab name, the edit field would sometimes fail to populate. Fix this
Fix an issue on macOS, when in fullscreen the titlebars could become hidden whilst existing the privacy lock
Desktop web apps that displayed unread activity and unread counts would favor showing the activity over the count. This was the wrong way around.

Version 10.108.14 5/12/2022

A more compact titlebar & address bar. You can try it out by disabling Settings > UI > Full-height titlebar
Upgrade to Chromium 108.0.5359.94
Stability fixes
Fix an issue with Discord signing out under certain configurations
Update dependencies

Version 10.107.18 28/11/2022

Update to Chromium 107.0.5304.122
UI updates
Stability fixes
Update dependencies