Release v3.0.0

[Jaifroid]

I think there is now enough to release v3.0.0, which is a major milestone.

I'll try to list here the major achievements since v2.0.0.

Need to fix some issues first:

• [REGRESSION] In legacy UWP app, auto-reopening a folder of archives is broken #517
• After printing a page with DarkReader turned on, DarkReader is switched off when the DOM is reloaded #528 (not critical if difficult to fix)
• Ideally When a Zimit-based article is opened in a separate tab, external links and PDFs are blocked #540, but unlikely to be easy, and it's a marginal case
• When opening a zimit2 article in a new window, the original window gets blanked after navigation #548
• [Zimit 2] Root-relative links are not correctly intercepted in legacy UWP app #549
• Opening articles in new tabs broken in UWP app #554
• Code that immediately shows the article with new theme applied has become annoying and buggy #555

[Jaifroid]

Features added since v2.0.0 (there may be a few others, but list needs condensing/selecting as it is). Some of these are not really features, so will probably be cut from feature list:

• Support for all known ZIM types, from legacy Wikipedia 0.5 through to Zimit
• Full-text search using the javascript-libzim project
• High-fidelity reading of Replay-based Zimit archives
• Support for next-generation Zimit v2 archives
• Support the Origin Private File System API: say goodbye to permission prompts!
• Built-in industry-standard DarkReader support for all ZIM types
• Launch multiple ZIM files with the PWA and browse them independently
• Service Worker uses a much more robust re-initialization method
• Reworked file and folder selection options for all supported browser versions
• ZIMs run in a secure sandbox to avoid "phoning home"
• Folder picking for Firefox and legacy browsers with webkitdirectory support
• Full-screen and rotation-lock support
• Separate 32bit and 64bit Electron packages for Linux and Windows
• Support Windows and Linux on ARM64 with Electron for ARM packages
• Display ZIM archive download progress in Electron
• Display ZIM archive download progress in PWA with Origin Private File System
• Introduce a modern build system with ES modules
• Launch ZIM archives from the file system (Linux and Windows) with Electron app or PWA
• Electron app can serve the PWA to any local browser, for fully offline use of PWA
• Experimental support for reading some ZIM files with libzim

[Jaifroid]

Draft list of main features (new or updated) in v3.x

• Support for all known ZIM types from Wikipedia 0.5 to Zimit v2
• Huge range of supported browsers and frameworks
• Full-text searching of ZIM contents using javascript-libzim
• Cutting-edge Origin Private File System support with best-available fallbacks
• Built-in DarkReader support for nearly all ZIM types (SW mode)
• Use multiple ZIM archives simultaneously with File Handling API
• ZIM content is loaded in a secure sandbox for safety
• Download ZIM archives in-app and display download progress
• Read all Zimit archives (see youzim.it to make your own)
• Open a new browsable tab or window
• In-page searching and highlighting
• Title and URL search with wildcards .* or regexes
• Alphabetical index of all articles in archive (type space in search field)
• Find assets by prefixing namespace (or type space + / in search)
• Printing articles (with optional filtering for Wikipedia articles)
• Transform Wikipedia layout from mobile to desktop style and vice versa
• Download and save content and assets from ZIM
• Support full-screen and orientation lock in most browsers and frameworks

[Jaifroid]

#540 appears to be fixed by other code, but needs monitoring.

[Jaifroid]

Main blocker issues now fixed (mostly regressions with UWP app).