WebKitGTK 2.24.4 is available for download at: https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.24.4.tar.xz (16.8MB) md5sum: c214963d8c0e7d83460da04a0d8dda87 sha1sum: f978b967422c6b423b11062375bab6506243388c sha256sum: 8668b129c026624ec226a4cccf4995f9d26f3e88fc28ab75b0e965f3c32b7dd8
This is a bug fix release in the stable 2.24 series. What's new in the WebKitGTK 2.24.4 release? =========================================== - Updated the user agent string to make happy certain websites which would claim that the browser being used was unsupported. - Improve loading of multimedia streams to avoid memory exhaustion due to excessive caching. - Fix display of documents with MIME type application/xml in the Web Inspector, when loaded using XmlHttpRequest. - Fix a hang while scrolling certain websites which include HLS video content (Twitter, for example). - Fix rounding artifacts in volume levels for media playback. - Fix several crashes and rendering issues. - Fix the build with video track support disabled. - Fix the build with OpenGL support disabled. - Fix build issue which would cause media controls to disappear when Python 3.x was used during the build process. What is WebKitGTK? ================== WebKitGTK is the GNOME platform port of the WebKit rendering engine. Offering WebKit's full functionality through a set of GObject-based APIs, it is suitable for projects requiring any kind of web integration, from hybrid HTML/CSS applications to full-fledged web browsers. More information ================ If you want to know more about the project or get in touch with us you may: - Visit our website at https://www.webkitgtk.org, or the upstream site at https://www.webkit.org. People interested in contributing should read: https://www.webkit.org/coding/contributing.html. - Browse the bug list at https://bugs.webkit.org, WebKitGTK bugs are typically prefixed by "[GTK]." A bug report with a minimal, reproducible test case is often just as valuable as a patch. - Join the #webkit and #webkitgtk IRC channels at irc.freenode.net. - Subscribe to the WebKitGTK mailing list, https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk, or the WebKit development mailing list, https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev Thanks ====== Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they are far too many to list! The WebKitGTK team, August 28, 2019 _______________________________________________ webkit-gtk mailing list webkit-gtk@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-gtk