What's new in Polarity Portable 10.0.4 Build 817
Mar 16, 2021
New in Polarity Portable 10.0.3 (Jan 4, 2021)
- Fixed thread safety issues in browser, improved stability, updated
- UAs
New in Polarity Portable 10.0.2 (Sep 25, 2020)
- Fixed issue where saving password window throws an error.
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.9 (May 20, 2019)
- Bug fixes and updated UAs
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.8 (Jan 23, 2019)
- Fixed issue where tab was not loading initially, fixed poor scaling
- for larger screens in Settings tab
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.7 (Dec 28, 2018)
- Updated code base, refactored tabs and main browser components.
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.6 Build 472 (Apr 9, 2018)
- Updated search engine settings and added search suggestions from Ecosia
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.5 Build 472 (Mar 8, 2018)
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.4 Build 472 (Jan 21, 2018)
- Fixed slow bookmark management and loading with having a few hundred bookmarks
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.3 Build 472 (Jan 7, 2018)
- Fixed tab stuttering when dragging, updated UAs
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.2 Build 472 (Jan 3, 2018)
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.1 Build 472 (Dec 22, 2017)
- Fixed issue where tabs shift back too slowly with pinned tabs, increased tab control efficiency and speed, increased browser startup speed, fixed crashing issue in ControlCenter
New in Polarity Portable 9.3.0 Build 472 (Dec 10, 2017)
- Fixed up some minor bugs and faster tab system
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.9 Build 472 (Oct 8, 2017)
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.8 Build 472 (Sep 17, 2017)
- Fixed bug where opening control center crashed the browser, fixed Document Explorer Crash
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.7 Build 472 (Sep 3, 2017)
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.6 Build 472 (Aug 27, 2017)
- Browser optimizations, updated autocomplete menu in Trident tabs and UI, added Baidu search suggestions as an option for omnibar
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.5 Build 472 (Aug 20, 2017)
- Some more bug ixes, fixed bug where disabling autohide omnibar would not unhide hidden omnibars across browser tabs
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.4 Build 472 (Aug 13, 2017)
- Some fixes to the browser in regards to updating, refactored code for efficiency and lighter file size
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.3 Build 472 (Aug 7, 2017)
- Fixed mobile mode with weblight infinitely looping, added Data Saver option in Performance in Settings.
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.2 Build 472 (Jul 31, 2017)
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.1 Build 472 (Jul 23, 2017)
- Fixed many breaking changes from last update, bookmarks structure and load fixed for bar and menu, importing bookmarks from Chrome will retain folder structure, fixed bug in importing all open tabs, fixed crash when deleting bookmark within nested folder, fixed issue when deleting bookmarks from bookmarks bar
New in Polarity Portable 9.2.0 Build 472 (Jul 16, 2017)
- Fixed bug where bookmarks were incorrectly imported from Firefox HTML files,
- Reduced browser overhead when containing many bookmarks
- Improved browser stability
- Increased browser responsiveness and speed
- Lowered startup CPU usage.
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.9 Build 472 (Jul 9, 2017)
- Added better bookmark handling, ability to nest folders within bookmark folders added.
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.8 Build 472 (Jul 2, 2017)
- Minor color scheme changes throughout the browser.
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.7 Build 472 (Jun 26, 2017)
- Fixed bug where downloading files would crash the browser, fixed contextmenu crashes.
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.5 Build 472 (Jun 19, 2017)
- Fixed a few bugs in addon downloader, users can now whitelist sites from dropdown notification above when blocked by pBlock (for HTTPS/SSL conflicts only)
- added button to reload tracking protection database from file
- updated Flash
- worked on asynchronous calls to make tabcontrol more responsiv
- updated UAs
- enabled high DPI support
- updated ad filters with EasyList and EasyPrivacy
- added indicator for opening a file when completed from the downloads bar
- added preset VPNs with 10 locations around the world
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.4 Build 472 (May 21, 2017)
- Fixed crashing issue when inserting new user into PolarPass.
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.3 Build 472 (May 15, 2017)
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.2 Build 472 (May 7, 2017)
- Automatically refresh all tabs when reconnect to the internet, fixed bug where deleting last bookmark item in folder in bookmarks bar did not delete the directory
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.1 Build 472 (May 1, 2017)
- Automatically refresh all tabs when reconnect to the internet, added opening downloaded file on right click for download instance in downloads bar
New in Polarity Portable 9.1.0 Build 472 (Apr 23, 2017)
- Fixed bug where changing locale in browser did not work, updated to Cef 57, issue fixed where localized menus did not load, fixed issue where browser did not connect through proxy, engine cleanup, updated UAs, better HTML5 standards compliance.
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.5 Build 472 (Apr 17, 2017)
- Bug fixes with encryption and decryption in PolarPass, updated UAs.
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.4 Build 472 (Apr 9, 2017)
- Fixed crashing issue where GDI+ crashes the browser when loading long urls in the autocomplete menu
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.3 Build 472 (Mar 25, 2017)
- Fixed bug where bookmark link breaks when the url contains '@' after clicking from favorites menu, fixed bug where removing a bookmark item from the favorites bar would not delete empty folders, updated UAs
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.2 Build 472 (Mar 15, 2017)
- Fixed GUI in Settings applet, fixed bug where apps would not download in Polarity Portable, menu now automatically shows scrollbar for when the browser window is too short, updated Spanish translation, added autohide omnibar option when scrolling down pages.
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.1 Build 777 (Mar 12, 2017)
- Fixed finder bug where it would continue to find text even after reloading, fixed bug where adding an article with a long title to reading list failed, updated error message for better explanation for GDI+ error on start.
New in Polarity Portable 9.0.0 Build 472 (Feb 26, 2017)
- Updated default theme
- Status label now hides when hovered, indicates if fields were autofilled by polarpass
- Updated error page UIs
- Fixed Dropbox uploading issue
- Updated find function to be much more accurate with better UI
- New experimental canvas features
- Enabled Nacl
- Fixed issues with context menu in iframes
- Fixed directory issues
- Improved theming system which allows users to automatically let Polarity correct low contrasting themes
- Fixed major bug with removing bookmarks
- Fixed bug where turning of proxies does not work
- Switched to Instapaper from Readability for Reading Mode
- More engine optimizations for speed and lower memory usage
- Much faster processing of History items
- Updated Print to PDF, updated security icons
- Updated drop down menu UI
- Fixed bookmark deleting bug
- Adjusted Settings tab to be better suited with larger displays
- Updated ad block filters
- Updated UAs
- Fixed Trident Mode bugs
- Fixed issue where PolarPass coud not detect fill form
- Option to hide bookmarks bar with right click menu in bookmarks bar
- Added option to only autofill username or only autofill password in polarpass
- Support with loading localhost pages
- Fixed Youtube popup player crash
- Fixed directory bug where program path changes after open file dialog is used
- Option to view archive version of website powered by Wayback Machine if the website is could not be loaded
- Redesigned menu sidebar with the apps bar moved to the right side
- Keyboard shortcuts now listed in context menus
- Updated button components
- Fixed DPI issues with downloader, notification bar, and other parts of the browser
- Sped up tabcontrol performance
- File explorer facelift with option to disable
- Adaptable browser icons and shadows for light and dark UIs
- Theme files now support pictures
- Fixed issue where invalid folder paths caused Polarity to crash in add bookmark dialog
- Fixed context menu scaling on higher DPI monitors
- Fixed tooltips not appearing when hovering over tabs
- Added PhishTank integration to keep track of phishing and malware infested sites
- Option to scroll tabs with mousewheel
- Fixed window border adjustment size issues
- Added compression options in Settings tab under Performance
- Fixed inconsistent theming with find box in popup windows
- Fixed strangely proportioned icons
- Back and forward mouse buttons are supported again.
New in Polarity Portable 8.4.4 Build 777 (Feb 5, 2017)
- Bug fixes in deleting bookmarks.
New in Polarity Portable 8.4.3 Build 777 (Jan 23, 2017)
- Fixed issues with creating folders in bookmarks manager.
New in Polarity Portable 8.4.2 Build 777 (Jan 23, 2017)
- Fixed bug where loading locked local image crashes the browser, fixed other issues.
New in Polarity Portable 8.4.1 Build 777 (Jan 6, 2017)
- Fixed bug where apps would not download, updated adblock list location
New in Polarity Portable 8.4.0 Build 777 (Dec 27, 2016)
- Fixed minor bugs, fixed glitches when download apps, fixed issue where alt keyboard commands do not fire
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.9 Build 777 (Dec 19, 2016)
- Fixed issues where popup window doesn't load userscripts.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.8 Build 777 (Dec 4, 2016)
- Minor patches to the browser.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.7 Build 777 (Nov 20, 2016)
- Disabled WOT for privacy concerns by default, fixed issues with directory listing and paths, alt + D now focuses address bar.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.6 Build 777 (Nov 6, 2016)
- Bug fixes with favorites and other parts of the browser.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.5 Build 777 (Nov 6, 2016)
- File system fixes, fixed dependency issues, fixed minor mistakes in welcome dialog.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.4 Build 777 (Oct 24, 2016)
- Bug fixes with type casting, minor memory optimizations.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.3 Build 777 (Oct 24, 2016)
- Smarter popup dialog management which will show the appropriate popup dialog per link request, bookmark folders will now appear in the bookmarks bar, added ability to install language packs, fixed bug where you can't uncheck the option that made the browser use the system locale, fixed bug where saving webpage as image produced white image.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.2 Build 777 (Oct 4, 2016)
- More code optimization, introduction of async function calls to make program more responsive, slight decrease in shadows around tab area, option to make new tabs open in the background, much more efficient GC collection, optimized background tasks to use less memory.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.1 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Many updates to internals, more I/O optimization, updated algorithms
- to make them much faster, fixed bug where history kept reversing when refreshing the history in the history applet.
New in Polarity Portable 8.3.0 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Small update to new tab page, added different display modes to bookmarks bar buttons, fixed bugs with radio buttons in settings applet, lots of code optimization.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.9 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Fixed DPI scaling of downloads panel, fixed alignment of download items, fixed bug where opening Google Drive files with third party apps would not load, fixes to webcheck notifications when entering a malicious website, fixed index out of bounds error in Advanced Settings panel, code optimization in bookmarks, updated AdBlock total hosts lists, fixed DPI scaling of the address bar, fixed DPI scaling of the find dialog, ability to have separate zoom levels for each tab, fixed issue where zooming with keyboard and mouse shortcuts froze the browser.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.8 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Fixed much of the scaling issues for screens with higher PPIs, updated Trident mode, added more parts to offline app API (powerSaver, executing programs, etc...), better implementation of bookmark dialog when adding all open tabs,, switched to Qualys for better plugin checking,, fixed Mobile View mode bug on Ecosia, updated PolarSync so it doesn't close Polarity before the user settings are saved, updated UAs, disable open in new tab for offline apps, fixed bug where bookmarks bar would cover parts of the website, fixed bug where leaving the username and password empty in proxy mode would generate random strings that filled the preferences file with bloat, more minor bug fixes, fixed where the wrench button in the find dialog in the popup window would not expand the find dialog.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.7 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Added animations to autocomplete menu, stronger power saver mode which now disables WebGL, increased raster thread count, enabled QUIC protocol for power saver mode, less jumpy autocomplete menu, fixed DPI scaling that caused mouse to be off on context menu selections, changed behavior for when Polarity warns users about malicious sites, added ctrl + mousewheel combo for scrolling, fixed bug where zoom levels did not update in the drop down panel.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.6 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Fixed translating errors which caused the browser to crash, integrated Cipher (password generator) into PolarPass, updated Settings applet UI slightly with slightly different shades of color, revamped alias system with the addition of keybinding for websites, addition of settings API, fixed issue where proxy credentials were modified by too many encryption calls, fixed issue with about:blank resulting in a search instead of a blank page.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.5 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Fixed casting errors in applets and tabs, fixed browser crash when translating to Spanish in nonportable version of browser, favicons of paused tabs will have lower opacity, added proxy authentication support, faster IO in bookmarks and history storage, updated design of Polarity notification manager, patched incorrect input formats for dialogs, added Battery Saving mode
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.4 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Ability to bookmark all open tabs into a specific folder, added ability to import bookmarks to a specific folder, updated text to speech UI, minor bug fixes.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.3 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Fixed bookmark out of bounds issues, fixed casting error when setting online image as theme with specific image opacity.
New in Polarity Portable 8.2.2 Build 777 (Sep 14, 2016)
- Dialog UI updates, fix bug where bookmark name does not correspond with bookmark url after searching, addition of folder support for bookmarks, new add bookmark dialog which allows users to modify bookmark details and folder destination, option to toggle between folders in bookmark applet.