Introduces hard reload and fresh reload buttons to the UI, allowing users to reload pages while ignoring cache or with a cache-busting parameter. Refactors session and browser data clearing logic to handle multiple sessions and resets history JSON files. Adds per-section clear buttons for site and search history in settings, improving user control over stored data.
Introduces an About tab in the settings page displaying app, runtime, and system diagnostics. Adds IPC and preload bridge for about info, clipboard copy functionality, and external navigation for GitHub and Help links. Updates site-history.json with relevant links.
Moved site and search history management from the main process to the renderer for better performance and reliability. Updated settings UI to use a sidebar tab layout with improved accessibility and responsive design. Refactored tab rendering in the browser to use efficient scheduling and added a robust tab label function. Cleaned up context menu code and improved async file operations for bookmarks and history.
Updated Electron window and session configuration to enhance Google OAuth sign-in compatibility, including user agent spoofing, session partitioning, and webview security settings. Added debugging for cookie changes and improved request headers for OAuth flows. Updated renderer code and index.html to use the new session partition and user agent. Added oauth-debug.md to document changes and troubleshooting steps.
Updated the window icon path to use a .icns file on macOS and a .png file on other platforms. This ensures proper icon display across different operating systems.
Introduces a comprehensive GPU configuration and fallback system to resolve GPU process launch failures (Error 18), including new modules for GPU management and performance monitoring. Adds a GPU diagnostics HTML page, optimized CSS for rendering, and a diagnostic startup script. Updates main and preload scripts for improved stability, async file operations, and enhanced API exposure. Site history and bookmarks handling are optimized for performance and reliability.
Site history is now managed in localStorage for faster access and better cross-tab experience, with file sync for persistence. Added a dropdown for quick site history access in the address bar, updated settings page to display and manage site history from localStorage, and improved history recording logic in both main and renderer processes. Also added debug info and test data utilities for development.
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