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Orca Browser Changelog

What's new in Orca Browser 1.2 Build 6

Dec 21, 2009
  • Fixed a page opening glitch from the clipboard
  • Some minor fixes in language packs
  • Fixed the crashing problem happening during composing a Yahoo E-mail
  • Fixed the glitch keeping opening a link in the background while using the middle mouse key regardless of whether the related option was checked or not
  • Fixed the problem that the Address Bar drop down list was truncated by the Roboform Toolbar

New in Orca Browser 1.2 Build 5 (Aug 14, 2009)

  • Fixed a bug that forced both the address and search bars to go unfocused if closing all open tabs at once

New in Orca Browser 1.2 Build 3 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • Upgraded browser core to Gecko 1.9.1.2
  • Fixed Orca Browser browser:home Persistent XSS vulnerabilities
  • Fixed a bug which mischecked a bookmark url availability
  • Fixed a bug where the address bar drop down list kept showing when switching to other applications
  • Fixed a bug where disabling "auto refresh all tabs" didn't work
  • Fixed a bug which caused the "Search the current site" button to use Avantfind instead of your default search engine
  • Fixed a bug which kept songs from playing on "http://songtaste.com/"
  • Fixed a bug which kept the video player on a site(http://hyundai-tucson.infocar.ua/video1674_tucson_id236.html) from maximizing

New in Orca Browser 1.2 Build 2 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • Upgraded browser core to Gecko 1.9.1.1
  • Changed the instances of Shiretoko to say Orca in the Mozilla Addon's dialog boxes
  • Fixed the broken Add Exception button
  • Fixed the problems plaguing the Adblock Plus extension
  • Fixed the bug that kept the browser's scroll position from being remembered while refreshing pages with F5

New in Orca Browser 1.2 Build 1 (Jul 15, 2009)

  • Upgrade browser core to FireFox 3.5
  • Fixed the non-working shortcut F3
  • Fixed a bug that a firefox option changed back after exiting Orca
  • Fixed a bug that may cause Organize My Information Dialog frozen
  • Fixed a bug that Orca cannot exit when Downloads Dialog is open

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 7 (Jun 10, 2009)

  • Fixed the issue that sometime there is a gray bar show up at the bottom of the browser
  • Fixed the dead pages issue

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 6 (Jun 2, 2009)

  • Force using CTRL + N to open new created pages in foreground
  • Removed the CTRL + DEL shortcut

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 5 (May 26, 2009)

  • New U-Disk version
  • Added Browser:Home
  • Add another shortcut of hiding browser with CTRL+DEL
  • Updated to the Core of Firefox 3.0.10
  • Fixed the unzooming issue with arrow keys
  • Fixed the problem which keeps opening pages in background while using CTRL+ENTER
  • Made Orca Browser application shortcuts available to all Windows users
  • Some minor fixes

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 3 (Apr 22, 2009)

  • Fixed miscoded RSS titles
  • Fixed the bug of reopening double last closed page
  • Try to fix non-working shortcuts/buttons problem during page loading
  • Fixed a shortcut bug which tends to bring up context menu
  • Fixed the search words hightlighting issue
  • Fixed the bug that the percentage displayed kept unchanged after zooming
  • Fixed the bug that saved html page was compressed
  • Fixed non-working zoom function caused by decimal separator - comma
  • Added description to Orca Browser application in Vista's task manager
  • Updated Firefox Render Engine to 3.0.8
  • Some minor fixes

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 2 (Mar 9, 2009)

  • Speed up Floating toolbar response time
  • Fixed the bug with F7 key
  • Improved Application Icon Resolution
  • Fixed sometime Thumbnail Preivew turns gray under vista
  • Fixed a few translation related issues.
  • Updated Firefox Render Engine to 3.0.7
  • Added “Create New Bookmark in this folder” to bookmark sidebar

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Build 1 (Feb 25, 2009)

  • Fixed the problem that Right Click Menus on title bar can't be opened through ALT+Space
  • Fixed the problem that the username and password Input Box can't be selected by cursor when logging in Online Storage
  • Fixed the browser troubles caused by minimizing it to System Tray
  • Fixed the flashing problem caused by opening a link with middle mouse button

New in Orca Browser 1.1 RC 4 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Fixed the thumbnails preview issue with vista
  • Fixed the bug that Orca would exit with fatal memory error
  • Fixed the focus problem when creating new tabs with double click
  • Added more languages for webpage translation
  • Added option to use firefox's password manager

New in Orca Browser 1.1 RC 3 (Jan 21, 2009)

  • Fixed the AutoFill sometimes not working bug
  • Fixed the web page not displaying bug under Polish and Japanese interface
  • Fixed the bug unabling to save configurations
  • Fixed the tab switching bug

New in Orca Browser 1.1 RC 2 (Jan 6, 2009)

  • Fixed the DDE bug that kept opening htm/html files in Avant Browser
  • Fixed the unresponsive tab switching bug
  • Fixed the bug stopping Orca Browser from tiling properly along with other application windows
  • Removed the feature to start up another application through pressing commands to start->run box
  • Fixed unworking navigation buttons bug in Flash
  • Fixed the bug where downloading files stopped if Orca Browser was closed
  • Fixed the bug stopping Orca Browser from reloading saved pages when restarting it after installing new firefox addons
  • Fixed some translation issues
  • Fixed the bug where the URL drop down list screened up the address bar when the tab bar was set to the bottom
  • Fixed the bug that kept Orca Browser from signing in some websites
  • Fixed the bug that kept the side bar blank when history panel was set default
  • Fixed the miscoded keyword bug if searching a selected text through dragging and dropping
  • Fixed the miscoded hint bug if hovering the mouse over a bookmark item in Side Bar
  • Fixed the unabling to organize bookmarks bug when setting Orca Browser to use IE favorites
  • Fixed the F6 & (ALT + D) not working bug when the focus was already at Address Bar
  • Fixed the bug stopping Orca Browser from callling the default search engine through searching keywords from Address Bar
  • Fixed the bug stopping the Address Bar drop down list from matching the inputting keywords
  • Fixed the unsupporting Chinese username issue in AutoFill

New in Orca Browser 1.1 RC 1 (Nov 15, 2008)

  • Fixed the bug keeping you from Opening a Link in the foreground with middle mouse button
  • Fixed the bug keeping the address bar favicon from displaying for Google search
  • Fixed the bug which kept the tab title and window title from updating after you navigated to the home page
  • Fixed the bug keeping the Enter key from responding to Open a Link window
  • Fixed the bug keeping some buttons from displaying in Floating Text Toolbar
  • Fixed the bug where the color of the Nexos skin became darker after you restarted the browser
  • Fixed the bug where the address bar dropdown list screened the interface of some programs
  • Fxied the bug which kept Orca window from closing with Alt+F4
  • Added language packs

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 3 (Sep 30, 2008)

  • Changed the install folder name from Orca to Orca Browser
  • Removed View>Text Size option
  • Removed the Url showed above the Autofill item while the cursor was hovering over it
  • Fixed the bug where the browser window wouldn't restore if Download Manager was restored first
  • Fixed the bug where My Information sometimes kept you from filling in data to the text field in the page
  • Fixed the bug which caused Orca sometimes to interfere with the default browser under some conditions
  • Fixed the bug caused the RSS feeds to show wrong urls
  • Fixed the bug that kept you from opening up the menus through shortcuts
  • Fixed the bug where the drop down menu next to the Address Bar was disabled

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 2 (Sep 23, 2008)

  • Removed the yellow background in the Address Bar drop download list while you're inputting urls
  • Added the search function to the Address Bar drop down list
  • Added the feature rearranging the items in Tab Context Menu according to the Tabs Bar position
  • Fixed the blank Bookmarks Bar issue under IE8
  • Fixed the bug that sometimes caused the system to beep while you're pressing Enter in Address Bar

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 1 (Sep 12, 2008)

  • Fix poor quality taskbar icon
  • Fix language string containing "Avant Browser" instead of "Orca Browser"
  • Fix not being able to set a default zoom level
  • Various other bug fixes

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 4 (Aug 29, 2008)

  • Fixed the Autofill password security issue
  • Perfected both browsers' icon resolution in the switching programs interface
  • Fixed the bug where the Zoom In function didn't act accurately
  • Added support for firefox extensions
  • Added the ability to save a downloaded file to the desired folder
  • Fixed the bug that caused the Auto-Complete function not to work
  • Fixed the bug that caused Javascript Addons not to work correctly
  • Fixed the bug that made the Download Manager open a new window for each download
  • Fixed the bug where Proxy settings didn't get saved if a modification was made under Tools>Proxy
  • Fixed the bug that made creating a new current page opened the last loaded URL
  • Fixed the bug that made the Orca installer close a working instance of Avant

New in Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 3 (Jul 17, 2008)

  • Fixed the previously reported bugs in both browsers.