Wavebox Changelog

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

Version 10.112.6 3/4/2023

🆕 New!

Add a shortcut to expand/collapse all dividers by shift+clicking the webdock mode button in the titlebar

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 112.0.5615.49
Update dependencies
Remove flow extensions from Wavebox when deleting them
Improve Brainbox text extraction to better support iframes

🐛 Fixes

Fix being unable to set tab titles when the tabs are in deep sleep
Fix a focus issue with some keyboard shortcuts
Fix the "tabs from other devices" menu not being clickable when used with the explorer webdock
Fix an issue where external link open rules were not synced correctly
Fix an issue where apps could fail to load when switching to them
Fixes for extension sync
Stability fixes

Version 10.111.36 22/3/2023

🆕 New!

Introducing Wavebox flow, a builder that helps you create extensions for Wavebox. You can get started via the plus button or by launching flow.wavebox.io in a new tab.
Add a new chrome.waveboxApps extension API
Add a new chrome.brainbox extension API
Add more info to Brainbox settings
Add a keyboard shortcut to open/toggle Brainbox

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update to Chromium 111.0.5563.110
Stability fixes
Update dependencies

🐛 Fixes

Fix non-pinned tabs sometimes appearing within the pinned tabs
Fix an issue where broken widgets could not be removed from a workspace

Version 10.111.32 16/3/2023

🆕 New!

Give Brainbox more context about the current page that's open and the selected text
Add table support for Brainbox
Add Brainbox as a workspace widget
Add a button to send a Brainbox conversation to a Smart note
Add a text size setting to Brainbox
Add a button to complete/restart the new user masterclass under Settings, Advanced
Add more icons that can be used to customize your Wavebox profile avatar

🔧 Updates & improvements

Update dependencies
Stability fixes
UI fixes

🐛 Fixes

Fix a crash shortly after startup
Fix a crash when trying to use Brainbox
Fix some notifications (i.e. Telegram) not appearing in the notification widgets & Mini
Fix some reliability issues with the Wavebox socket connection
Fix an issue where right-clicking & removing a notification in Mini/Workspaces would remove the wrong one
Fix a crash in the socket which could leave you unable to communicate with Brainbox
Other fixes

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