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@angelbruni angelbruni released this 22 Nov 23:41
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Welcome to the eleventh hotfix build of Geckium Public Beta 1!

Updating Geckium?

To update Geckium, simply delete your Firefox Profile's chrome folder (use about:support to find your Firefox Profile per the instructions on Geckium's README), and then copy the below Public Beta 1.11.0 ZIP file's Profile Folder -> chrome folder in its place, before finally closing and opening Firefox. Geckium will handle the rest automatically.

Changes since Beta 1.10

  • Added setting to disable the Download Shelf @angelbruni
    • IF YOU WERE TOLD TO DISABLE THE GECKIUM DOWNLOAD MANAGER SCRIPT, RE-ENABLE IT AND DISABLE DOWNLOAD SHELF IN GECKIUM SETTINGS
  • Fixed lwTesting code not working if ntp_text is missing @angelbruni
  • Removed Mozilla products from the account menu @angelbruni
  • You can now use Windows 8's titlebar style, as its existence is required for the People Titlebar Button @dominichayesferen
    • "Windows (Gapless)" is now "Windows 8 (Gapless)", and users of Windows (gapless) will be automatically migrated to this renamed Win8 variant
  • Added Firefox themes Geckium theme mode, it's in the theme mode dropdown alongside FXChrome-like and Silverfox @angelbruni
    • Reverted certain changes made to FXChrome-like mode and made them a part of the new Geckium theme mode
    • Geckium can now make use of active tab background colours and active tab line
    • Inactive tab background colour now takes the window background into consideration
  • Added privacy setting for hiding the email and username from new tab page and account button @angelbruni
  • Fixed Chromium 21 about:preferences checkbox/radio options having bigger margin if Native Controls Patch is not present @angelbruni
  • Smol fixes batch 1 by @Kiki79250CoC in #328
  • Fixed issues with context menu item styling not working properly when they have the disabled attribute @angelbruni
  • Added more parameters for quickly debugging or simply adding more things to Firefox themes (lwTesting only) @angelbruni
  • Fixing and updating tagalog translation by @emeraldsucksss in #343
  • Fixed incognito icon not working in Firefox 133+ @angelbruni
  • Added incognito page theming and overrider (uses New Tab page overrider) @angelbruni
  • New Tab page improvements @angelbruni
    • Fixed Translate Product link in Products grid in Chromium 47+ not working
    • Improved footer theming and re-added accidentally removed dark mode footer
    • Fixed Chromium 3-11's page thumbnails using transluscent toolbar background colour
    • Chromium 1's theming will only theme links inside the "Recent bookmarks" section
    • Chromium 1's section titles are now themable
  • Updated zh-CN translations by @imgradeone in #311 and #330
  • Update pt-BR by @angelbruni in 9dafbd0 and @SoftwareType in #348
  • Tabs/Tabs Toolbar improvements @angelbruni
    • Added inactive tab text colour to Firefox themes
    • Made active tab text colour black if background and foreground are white
    • Fixed New Tab button in RTL
    • Terrible temporary fix for toolbarbuttons affecting titlebar height when maximised
    • Fixed Floorp tabs not getting modified in new windows
    • Added tab recording indicators for microphone usage and screen sharing
    • Default favicon now shows itself if audio is being played in Chromium 25 and older in a tab without a favicon
    • Tab mute icon now gets colour themed
  • Hopefully fixed Chromium 58 tab textures in high DPI @angelbruni
  • Infobar improvements @angelbruni
    • Added more conditions for the yellow infobar to appear (Firefox 121+ only)
    • Fixed infobar close button shrinking
  • Added Marble support
  • Multiple quality of life fixes to GeckiumMaterial @angelbruni
    • Added spacing between setting name/description and its options (switch, dropdown, etc...)
    • Unhardcoded Dropdown width
    • Dropdown menus will close themselves if the page is scrolled or the window is resized
    • Added GeckiumMaterial loading spinner
    • Dropdowns can now have multiline text
    • Dropdown arrow is now animated
    • Added optional click sound feedback
    • Fixed radio buttons shrinking
    • Fixed textboxes not using the text cursor
    • Page scrolling will be reset when changing pages
    • Technical improvements to the pages code
  • Geckium Wizard can now be vertically scrolled when needed @angelbruni
  • Geckium Settings improvements
    • Fixed Firefox Themes breaking the themes list @dominichayesferen
    • Added Chromium 17 new tab page override thumbnail @angelbruni
    • Removed Frequently Asked Questions from Geckium Settings' Help page and added a link to the GitHub version of it @angelbruni
    • Fixed theme description not displaying characters properly @angelbruni
    • Themes will only load when clicking on the themes tab in Geckium Settings @angelbruni
    • Hid certain settings from Geckium Settings if they don't do anything in the user's current conditions (Operating System, Firefox version...) @angelbruni
    • Apps list only loads when needed @angelbruni
    • Replaced "Add an app" list item with a Floating Action Button @angelbruni
    • Added settings to Geckium Settings -> Developer Options
      • Added the ability to enable Browser Toolbox from Geckium Settings -> Developer Options @dominichayesferen
      • Added the ability to disable logs pertaining to Chromium Themes and Firefox Themes @dominichayesferen
      • Added settings to prevent recently viewed and recently closed list from building (convenient for screenshots) @angelbruni
  • Added bookmark folder icons for its appropriate designs @angelbruni
  • Locale files improvements @angelbruni
    • Removed duplicate gsettings.browser
    • Fixed indenting
    • Removed periods at the end of strings in descriptions to follow Material Design
    • Moved gsettings.openInTabNext to gm.openInTabNext
    • Added ellipsis to gsettings.custom string to indicate that something will appear when that option is selected
    • Moved gsettings.properties' addAnApp to gsettings.dtd's gsettings.addAnApp
    • Fixed duplicate gsettings.about by renaming the second one to gsettings.aboutDialog
  • Update missing IT locale strings by @ImSwordQueen in #329, #334, #350 and #366
  • Added the new custom made Geckium People/Account button
    • Added People/Account button with styles for Chromium Avatars and Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8 mode (needs Chromium OS titlebar), Windows 10, Linux (Chromium 68 included), macOS buttons for both Compact and System Borders @angelbruni @dominichayesferen
    • The Google watermark will respect the new button @angelbruni
    • Added big Chromium profile pictures in the Account popup only for Chromium 47+ @angelbruni
    • Improved people button popup buttons styling a bit in all designs @angelbruni
  • URL bar improvements @angelbruni
    • Fixed "Search from your address bar" tip only displaying no text but the default search engine's name
    • Fixed Extended Validation Certificate protocol button not having a background, correct margins and size
    • Fixed URL bar being too short in popups in 133+
    • Fixed URL bar in Customize Toolbar in 133+
    • Added option to force URL bar theming in incompatible designs
      • Also added dark mode to URL bar
      • If URL bar background is transluscent, the yellow HTTPS background of Chromium 1-5 will also use its transluscency
  • New strings for RU translation by @KonaloboStudio in #332, #352 and #361
  • Update for French locale by @Kiki79250CoC in #325, #331, #347, #351 and #363
  • (hr-HR) new strings translated by @weeniemount in #327, #340 and #349
  • Adding lt-LT translations to Geckium by @TheRealLCL in #274 and #368
  • Romanian translation update by @pmagixc in #326, #339 and #364
  • Updated Korean translation by @Longhorn004 in #369
  • new strings for pl-PL by @xdektv in #336, #341, #345 and #370
  • Fixed tabs disappearing in fullscreen when in Windows Classic/Windows Basic theme @angelbruni
  • Improved toolbar background continuation in Chromium themes @angelbruni
  • Update UK translation by @d3li0n in #315 and @megamanyoutuber in #367
  • Updated tr-TR Localization by @EndlessLuck in #324 and #371
  • Titlebar improvements @angelbruni
    • Fixed titlebar height being affected by Windows window metrics border padding in Compact Borders
    • Fixed titlebar position when maximized in popup window in Windows
  • Added Native Controls Patch mask settings @angelbruni
    • Default mask width is changed in Windows 8 since Firefox has it set to the Windows 7 width by default

New Contributors

Full Changelog: b0.20.10.1...b0.20.11

Geckium is in an Early Beta stage

Non-English-speaking Geckium users may find parts of Geckium's user interface are written in [!!! ƥƨèúδôℓôçáℓè !!!] - this means there hasn't yet been a translation for that string in your language - if you see any, please fork the repository, translate the dtd/properties files in locale accordingly, then send a Pull Request to this repository containing the localised strings!

Aside from having incomplete localisation for non-English Geckium users, please remember that due to Geckium being in an Early Beta state, there are many things missing from Geckium currently, including:

  • Material Design 1 (or 58, is incomplete and seriously buggy)
  • Floating Bookmarks Bar has a buggy background that is either incorrect or is misaligned with the new tab background
  • Misc. Downloads Shelf behaviour such as dragging a download
  • Error Pages, such as phishing
  • Styling for the Downloads page
  • Geckium and Firefox Updates from the About dialog/page (Geckium's current update checker is a placeholder until a better, automated, update experience is implemented in the future)
  • Preventing the Downloads popup from appearing when downloading a file

These are all planned to be added in future Beta releases.

Please report bugs in the Issues tab of this repository.

Contributors

dominichayesferen, d3li0n, and 14 other contributors
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