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WebKitGTK 2.28.0 has been released.



WebKitGTK 2.28.0 is available for download at:

https://webkitgtk.org/releases/webkitgtk-2.28.0.tar.xz (20.4MB)
md5sum: 0bf11df8117ea64f6b8de59d278a2c78
sha1sum: 927d0922b986fd06567015ce4425ed05d9fca209
sha256sum: 361f3d178f62a9c112cbadfedd46106c34455c26d57a12a28fb3b09178d20e8b

This is the first stable release in the 2.28 series.

Highlights of the WebKitGTK 2.28.0 release
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- Add API to enable Process Swap on (Cross-site) Navigation.
- Add user messages API for the communication with the web extension.
- Add support for same-site cookies.
- Service workers are enabled by default.
- Add support for Pointer Lock API.
- Add flatpak sandbox support.
- Make ondemand hardware acceleration policy never leave accelerated compositing mode.
- Always use a light theme for rendering form controls.
- Add about:gpu to show information about the graphics stack.

What is WebKitGTK?
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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
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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
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Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release, they
are far too many to list!

The WebKitGTK team,
March 10, 2020