Version History

• Change
• Bug Fixed
• Feature Added
• Feature Removed

Orca Browser 1.2 build 6, Released 21 December 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
• Upgraded Gecko core to 1.9.1.6

Orca Browser 1.2 build 5, Released 14 August 2009

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

Orca Browser 1.2 build 3, Released 13 August 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

Orca Browser 1.2 build 2, Released 23 July 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

Orca Browser 1.2 build 1, Released 15 July 2009

• Upgrade browser core to FireFox 3.5
• Fixed the non-working F3 shortcut
• Fixed a bug causing a firefox option to change back after exiting Orca
• Fixed a bug that may cause Organize My Information Dialog frozen
• Fixed a bug that kept Orca from exiting when Downloads Dialog is open

Orca Browser 1.1 build 7, Released 10 Jun 2009

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

Orca Browser 1.1 build 6, Released 2 Jun 2009

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

Orca Browser 1.1 build 5, Released 26 May 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

Orca Browser 1.1 build 3, Released 22 April 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

Orca Browser 1.1 build 2, Released 9 March 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

Orca Browser 1.1 build 1, Released 25 February 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

Orca Browser 1.1 RC 4, Released 20 February 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

Orca Browser 1.1 RC 3, Released 21 January 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

Orca Browser 1.1 RC 2, Released 05 January 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

Orca Browser 1.1 RC 1, Released 07 November 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

Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 3, Released 26 September 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

Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 2, Released 19 September 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

Orca Browser 1.1 Beta 1, Released 03 September 2008

• Fix poor quality taskbar icon.(#103)
• Fix language string containing "Avant Browser" instead of "Orca Browser". (#104)
• Fix not being able to set a default zoom level. (#99)
• Various other bug fixes.

Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 4, Released 28 August 2008

• Added support for Firefox extensions
• Added the ability to save a downloaded file to the desired folder
• Fixed the Autofill password security issue
• Perfected icon resolution in the switching programs interface (#79)
• Fixed the bug where the Zoom In function didn't act accurately (#73)
• Fixed the bug that caused the Auto-Complete function not to work (#78)
• Fixed the bug that caused JavaScript Add-ons not to work correctly (#75)
• Fixed the bug that made the Download Manager open a new window for each download (#67)
• Fixed the bug where Proxy settings didn't get saved if a modification was made under Tools>Proxy (#65)
• Fixed the bug that made creating a new current page opened the last loaded URL; (#42)
• Fixed the bug that made the Orca installer close a working instance of Avant (#32)

Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 3, Released 15 July 2008

• Various bug fixes.

Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 2a, Released 7 July 2008

• Incorrect browser name in the Default Programs list of Vista (Partially fixed).
• Autofill feature sometimes leads to entering URLs very slowly.
• The Popup Blocker exception list couldn't be edited.
• The progress bar can't complete itself after the page has been completely loaded.

Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 2, Released 4 July 2008

• Picture weren't displayed in the RSS Reader.
• Sometimes a page couldn't be opened the first time starting the browser.
• Various other minor bugs.

Orca Browser 1.1 Alpha 1, Released 2 July 2008

• Complete rewrite of Orca Browser.
• Popup Blocker Modified.
• Added some Google search strings in Standard Search box.

Orca Browser 1.0 Release Candidate 3, Released 15 December 2005

• Various bug fixes.

Orca Browser 1.0 Release Candidate 2, Released 6 December 2005

• Improved RSS Reader.
• Improved Download Manager.
• Improved View Source.
• Fixed some bugs reported before.

Orca Browser 1.0 Release Candidate 1, Released 28 November 2005

• Improved focus handling.
• Improved Mouse Gesture handling.
• Fixed a bug of address box.
• Improved Windows Position Handler.
• Improved Mouse Cursor.
• Fixed a bug of Slovak Language pack.

Orca Browser 1.0 Beta 3, Released 22 November 2005

• Built on Firefox 1.5 RC3.
• New Web Prompt Windows.
• Improved Flash Bar.
• Open All Links In a page.
• Improved Auto Scroll.
• Improved Memory Usage.
• Improved Web Editor Box.
• Improved bridge for Firefox and orca.
• Lots of internal tweaks.

Orca Browser 1.0 Beta 2, Released 25 October 2005

• Updated to Firefox 1.5 Beta 2
• Cookie Manager: Tools->View Cookies
• Improved Stabilities, fixed a few bugs may cause crash.
• Improved Speed, lower CPU usage.
• Improved Memory Usage, Fixed a few bugs may cause memory leak.
• Fixed some bugs reported in Beta 1.

Orca Browser 1.0 Beta 1, Released 7 October 2005

• Built on Firefox 1.5 (Alpha versions are built on Firefox 1.0).
• Added Web Form Auto-Filler.
• Plug-ins Installer (for Flash/Quick Time/Java, etc).
• Improved Right-Click Menu
• Fixed focus bugs.
• Lots of internal fix/improvement to improve performance.

Orca Browser 1.0 Alpha 2, Released 12 September 2005

• Fixed some various bugs.

Orca Browser 1.0 Alpha 1, Released 12 September 2005

• First version.