Wavebox Changelog

Version 10.116.8 23/8/2023

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 116.0.5845.111
Update dependencies
Allow different desktop web apps for different site paths
Auto expand the webdock when opening a group

🐛 Fixes

Fix the "New workspace" button not appearing for some users
Fix the search button not appearing in the toolbar
Fix collection widget links incorrectly opening in-situ
Stability fixes from crash reports
UI fixes

Version 10.115.27 3/8/2023

🆕 New!

Add a feature to the collection widget, so changes you make when all links are opened in a window can be sent back to the workspace. To use this, click the cog icon in the collection widget and select 'Open & track shortcuts in a new window'.
Add menu item in Wavebox Mini to clear notifications older than

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 115.0.5790.171
Update dependencies
Improve sync for workspaces so workspace apps also sync the reference to the workspace that's open

🐛 Fixes

Fixes for notifications that originate from ServiceWorkers
Fixes for clicking on notifications in Wavebox Mini
Fix an issue sending a single tab to a workspace
Fixes to the extension tabs API
Fix an issue with sync when importing bookmarks
Fix editing collections in workspaces
UI tweaks to the tab navigator
UI fixes
Sync fixes
Fix for opening tabs from a collection widget
Fixes for the collection widgets
Fix the sticky notes widgets not being draggable
Fixes for new users
Fix a data integrity issue with sync
Fix some apps failing to remember the url that's configured during the add wizard

Version 10.115.15 19/7/2023

The previous release broke creating new profiles, this release fixes that. Here's everything that's new...

🆕 New!

Add more options to the custom web app settings to allow for more control over generating unread counts and activity. You can now create inline functions to generate these values that run inside the apps tab.
Add sorting for Smart Notes

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 115.0.5790.98
Update dependencies
Tab styling was different between the primary and secondary windows. Fix this.
Updates to the network code so it's more resilient and makes sync more responsive
Compatibility improvements for the embedded iframe widget in workspaces
Add the bookmarks manager back into the app menu
Ensure notification sounds are not played when macOS is in focus mode

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue on Windows where dragging the sticky notes widget could make the window resize unexpectedly
Fix cookie container proxy settings not being configurable
Fix clearing the default cookie container on exit not being configurable
Fix text overflowing in workspaces
Fixes for the cookie container popup
Fix the Brainbox toggle shortcut not closing side panels
Stability fixes
UI fixes

Version 10.115.14 19/7/2023

🆕 New!

Add more options to the custom web app settings to allow for more control over generating unread counts and activity. You can now create inline functions to generate these values that run inside the apps tab.
Add sorting for Smart Notes

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 115.0.5790.98
Update dependencies
Tab styling was different between the primary and secondary windows. Fix this.
Updates to the network code so it's more resilient and makes sync more responsive
Compatibility improvements for the embedded iframe widget in workspaces
Add the bookmarks manager back into the app menu
Ensure notification sounds are not played when macOS is in focus mode

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue on Windows where dragging the sticky notes widget could make the window resize unexpectedly
Fix cookie container proxy settings not being configurable
Fix clearing the default cookie container on exit not being configurable
Fix text overflowing in workspaces
Fixes for the cookie container popup
Fix the Brainbox toggle shortcut not closing side panels
Stability fixes
UI fixes

Version 10.114.32 27/6/2023

🆕 New!

Add experimental support for running multiple copies of the same extension, a different one for each cookie container. You can enable this by opening wavebox://extensions in a new tab and opening the extensions settings.
Add support for Firefox contextual identity extension APIs, allowing extensions to interact with cookie containers.
UI updates to the extensions screens.
New cookie container popover when clicking the cookie container button in the toolbar.

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 114.0.5735.199.
Expose more Chromium settings to the main Wavebox settings.
UI tweaks.
Stability fixes.
Update dependencies.

🐛 Fixes

Fix Smart Notes not being scrollable with the on-screen scroll handle.
Fix the tab close button incorrectly showing on unfocused tabs when the tab strip is compressed.
Fix the connect button doing nothing when the side panel is disabled.

Version 10.114.26 15/6/2023

Update to Chromium 114.0.5735.134
Add Smart notes to the side panel
Add Wavebox Mini to the side panel
Add an option to cookie containers to clear cookies on exit
Add a menu item to clear all cookies in a single cookie container
Add an advanced flag to turn off what's new badges
Add "Wake all in group" to the tab right-click menu
Update dependencies
Fix tab thumbnails not generating
Fixes for new users
Fixes for settings
Fix bookmarks opened from the toolbar creating a new tab
Stability fixes

Version 10.114.17 7/6/2023

🆕 New!

UI Enhancements!
- Update to address bar icons top-right. New extension and side panel icons.
- Update to address bar icons top-left. Irrelevant icons are now hidden e.g. no forward button when there is nowhere to go.
- Split-screen icon moved to the address bar (within the omnibox, on the right) to sit alongside the existing sleep, share, and bookmark icons.
- Clearer tab strip, even when tabs are squished together, ensuring you never lose sight of your open tabs.
- Dark mode support for Linux, to match the look and feel of your operating system.
Introducing Side Panel Support
- Thanks to the all-new side panel APIs, extensions now have the power to create immersive experiences within the side of any window. Enjoy seamless compatibility with Chromium extension APIs, ensuring your installed extensions work flawlessly.
- Brainbox, now available in the new side panel, giving access to AI functionality across any window without any popups.
- Discover what's new in Wavebox from within the new side panel.
Brainbox Powerup
- Unlock the full potential of Brainbox with side panel and popout support for any window.
- Add an action chip to Brainbox that offers to open links in a new window when there are multiple links in a reply.
- Add an option to delete Brainbox chats.
- Ensure the Brainbox text field is focused when opening the panel.
Customize the homepage of any app (not just custom ones) directly from the settings.

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 114.0.5735.110. Chromium 114 includes many new web features, and Wavebox allows sites to leverage these as in other browsers. This version of Chromium also includes a new JavaScript compiler, Maglev, which reduces memory and CPU usage while improving performance simultaneously.
Update dependencies.
Ensure new profiles are set up correctly with the default settings.

🐛 Fixes

Another speculative fix for parts of the UI going blank after exiting fullscreen.
Resolved an issue where opening multiple tabs from a collection widget could sometimes result in a different order, bringing consistency to your workflow.
Fix a rendering glitch in settings where the UI would constantly flash.
Fix a crash in settings.
Fixes for Smart Notes.
Stability fixes.

Version 10.113.19 11/5/2023

🆕 New!

Make the Brainbox panel resizable in the main window
Add support for customizing and showing unread counts and activity badges in custom apps
Add right-click > open link in group > new group menu option
Add an option to collection widgets to customize grid icon alignment

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 113.0.5672.92
UI updates
Update dependencies
Support passing the Brainbox engine to custom skills
Updates for new users

🐛 Fixes

Fix for the HubSpot extension failing to sign in
Fix macOS TouchID not working
Stability fixes with extension APIs
Fix the proxy settings not taking effect in the default cookie container
Fix an unexpected behavior when adding apps that was dependent on the network speed
Fix a store sync error
Fix cases where Wavebox tries to update a tab, but that tab has already been destroyed
Stability fixes for password sync
Fixes for the Linux update popup being unresponsive
Fix an issue with Brainbox chat, where a missing chat name would cause the panel to crash
Fix an issue with the Brainbox popup sometimes failing to load depending on machine speed
Fix an issue that made split-screen un-draggable in some instances
Speculative fix for parts of the Wavebox UI failing to render
Speculative fix for rendering problems with some Mesa drivers

Version 10.113.11 3/5/2023

🆕 New!

Brainbox improvements
- Brainbox now remembers your conversations so you can drop back in to one at anytime
- Conversation flow is now better preserved so you can ask more follow-up questions and get better contextual replies
- More actions to help when chatting with Brainbox such as, stopping the reply, retrying the question, switching to a suggested app & more!
- Brainbox is now more date & time aware so you can, for example what the time in a different timezone is.
- You can now switch Brainbox engines from within the chat. By default Brainbox uses GPT-3.5, but if you have your own OpenAI API key, you can switch to GPT-4.
- Styling fixes
Add new configuration options for sleep. It's now possible to configure tabs to sleep after a set amount of time and also when a certain amount of memory has been used. Wavebox can now be placed into a lower resource usage mode, either manually or when the machine is on battery

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 113.0.5672.63
Update dependencies
Auto-retry some network requests that have been failing
Try to restore tabs after the machine is hard powered off
UI updates

🐛 Fixes

Fix some silent crashes
Apps in deep-sleep were not displayed in search. Fix this
Stability fixes
Fix a crash in settings

Version 10.112.11 17/4/2023

🆕 New!

Save yourself a click or two with Wavebox site search. Type "Reddit" in the omnibox then tab to start searching reddit 👍
- Search Reddit, Wikipedia, Twitter, Figma, Github, Amazon, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Calendar & Gmail
- Add new site search rules under Settings > Search > Manage
Add an option to the link engine to allow opening links with the "New tab" or "New window" behavior to also set their cookie container.
Add a flag to change what happens to unlinked tabs (usually opened by extensions). By default they're moved into a new window, but they can now be moved into the active group.

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 112.0.5615.121
Update dependencies

🐛 Fixes

Fix an issue where a detached app could get confused about it's split screen status
Themes were failing to sync for some users. Fix this
Fix a silent crash in the network stack that would occur on launch
Fix an issue where in some configurations a shared workspace would fail to connect to the stores, making it appear readonly
Stability fixes