Changelog

• Pointer effects appear on buttons when using a mouse or trackpad.
• Command-Comma (,) keyboard shortcut opens Settings. (Thanks James!)
• Text selection color in the search bar reverted to blue.

Fixed:
Tab overview layout was broken on iPad in Split View.

• Keyboard shortcuts. (Thanks Aerolith!)
• “Copy” and “Share” are now available as long press gestures on the address bar. (Thanks Stuart!)
• New “Scroll to Top” button available in toolbar and menu.

• Private tabs now appear blurred in App Switcher. This can be turned off in Settings → Privacy.
• Support for HTTP authentication. (Thanks inket!)
• Did you find the Easter eggs?

Fixed:
The text selection color was clashing with the background color of some websites. (Thanks Wilfried!)

Quiche Browser is now available in German.

Manually typed URLs are now prioritized in autocomplete suggestions. (Thanks longely!)

Fixed:
RevenueCat-related crash.

Fixed:
• Tab screenshots in the tab overview were missing after opening a new tab or an external link.
• New tabs were not preserved when another tab was opened less than 200 milliseconds later.
• The search query persisted in the address bar instead of showing the current page’s URL in some cases.
• The close keyboard button was unresponsive in some cases.

Fixed:
Opening a favorite in a background tab from a new tab caused the new tab to be deleted unexpectedly.

Search suggestions now include opened tabs.

Fixed:
The blocker did not work with some very rare combinations of system region and time settings. (Thanks inket!)

• Refinements to automatic opening and deletion of new tabs.

• Prevent duplicate tabs when opening links from external apps or share extension.
• Automatically open a new tab after closing the last one.
• New "Customize" menu button for quick access to Tabs settings.
• Dark and tinted app icons for iOS 18.

Fixed:
• URLs were sometimes truncated when editing a favorite. (Thanks Linus!)

• New Series 5 app icons.

Fixed:
• Compatibility issues.

• Shortcut Widget for the Lock Screen.*
• Search Widget for the Home Screen.*

* Requires iOS 17 or later

• Access address bar and menu settings directly from Settings → Tabs.

Fixed:
• "Paste to Search" was not available when the address bar contained text.
• Single taps on the address bar failed to display the edit menu in some cases. (Thanks Souma!)
• Tapping the URL in the address bar didn't position the cursor correctly in some cases. (Thanks Souma!!)
• The parent directory button didn’t work reliably in some cases. (Thanks Souma!!!)

• Simplified and reorganized settings with clearer titles and options.
• New revert button in toolbar buttons, menu, and link actions settings.
• Minor design enhancements.

• The Blocker now automatically updates its blocking lists.
• A new “Paste and Search” button available in toolbar and menu.

• A new “Google Translate” button available in toolbar and menu for all your translation needs. (Thanks bartleby!)
• Pinch to zoom gestures now work on all websites. (Thanks Souma and Joe!)

• Selecting a word and choosing “Search Web” from the edit menu now always opens the search results in Quiche Browser, regardless of the default browser settings. (Thanks, Souma!)

Fixed:
• A minor animation glitch when opening an in-app event on the App Store.

• Redesigned, simpler layout selector in the tab overview.
• Open private tabs with a long press on the “+” button in the tab overview.
• A new “Parent directory” button available in toolbar and menu, allowing you to go up one level in the current web page. (Thanks Souma!)

Fixed:
• The tab count in the Tabs button could be temporarily off by one under certain conditions. (Thanks bartleby!)
• Selecting an emoji suggested by a Japanese keyboard in the address bar could crash the app.

• The menu and tabs toolbar buttons are now available in multiple styles, including a tabs button that displays the number of open tabs. This is a special thank you to all dear Quiche+ members for their awesome support.

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• “Paste and Search” and “Paste and Go” are now accessible in the address bar’s context menu. (Thanks bartleby!)

Fixed:
• The app icon could erroneously revert to the default one under certain rare conditions. (Thanks Erlend!)

• App icons can be unlocked permanently for the kind souls generous enough to leave a tip. Tap “Support Quiche Browser” on the start page or in Settings to see all the ways you can support my work. To hide the Support banner on the start page, long-press and select “Hide.” (Sorry, Quiche+ members and tippers only.)
• Search engine suggestions can be disabled in Settings → Search (Thanks Daniel and varjolintu!)
• JavaScript and user agent settings have moved to Settings → Advanced.

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• Open your Downloads directory directly from download notifications.
• Save PDFs to the Files app from the share sheet. (Thanks Wilfried!)
• Downloading iCalendar files (*.ics) displays them in a calendar event sheet.
• Downloading vCard files (*.vcf) displays them in a contact sheet. (Thanks Eduard!)

• File downloads are now supported. Monitor or cancel downloads from the menu, add the “Downloads” button to your menu or toolbar for quick access to your Downloads folder, add the “Download Linked File” button to your context menu to download links, and optionally save downloads on iCloud Drive in Settings → Downloads.
• Applet Wallet passes can now be downloaded and added to your Wallet.

Fixed:
• Issues with Japanese input.

Fixed:
• A rare crash related to history updates between navigations.

• The address bar suggests completions as you type, based on your browsing history.

Fixed:
• Crash on launch after updating Quiche Browser on iOS 16 under certain conditions.
• Excessively long URLs were not truncated in menus, alerts, and error pages.
• URLs containing diacritics or Asian characters were not displayed correctly.

FIXED
• Crash on launch after updating Quiche Browser on iOS 16.

NEW
• Highlighted queries in search suggestions.

FIXED
• Tab loading could get stuck in certain conditions.
• Cryptic error codes displayed in browsing errors.

NEW
• Revamped browsing errors: cleaner look, easier to dismiss, no more toolbar blocking, and nice haptics.
• Visual notification when copying a link from toolbar or menu.
• “Move to Private” button now available in toolbar.

FIXED
• “Move to Private” didn’t switch the tab overview to private tabs.

NEW
• Add websites to Home Screen from the share sheet.

CHANGED
• Scripts and Desktop Website modes remembered per website.
• Clearer on/off indicators on Scripts, Desktop Website, and Blocker toolbar and menu buttons.
• Search suggestions update faster.

FIXED
• Crashes in menu and layout settings screens.
• Links could be accidentally opened when dragged & dropped on iPhone.

NEW
• Browsing history can be disabled in Settings → Privacy. (Thanks romskii!)
• Low Power Mode battery savings can be disabled in Settings → Battery. (Thanks Longely!)
• Startpage can be set as the default search engine, but search suggestions are not available. (Thanks FS!)
• Wikipedia Current Events and Noema Magazine have been added to the default favorites. (Thanks Abdullah for the great recos!)

FIXED
• Some missing or inaccurate Japanese translations.

NEW
• Adjust text size on individual websites with the new Text Zoom toolbar and menu buttons.

FIXED
• Missing translation in search bar placeholder. (Thanks Francesco!)
• Copy link toolbar button was enabled on start page. (Thanks Bartleby!)

NEW
• Quiche Browser now automatically blocks ads, trackers, cookie banners, and various other types of insufferable nuisances by default. You can turn it off globally in Settings → Blocker, or selectively for individual websites using the Blocker toolbar and menu buttons.

CHANGED
• Gestures and haptics settings have been merged into a single screen.
• Privacy settings have been moved to a separate settings screen.

FIXED
• Audio and video recording were not supported. (Thanks Roman!)

NEW
• Printing is now also available from the share sheet. (Thanks flowinho from Audiodump!)

FIXED
• Searching for x.com redirected to search results instead of the website formerly known as Twitter. (Thanks Souma!)

NEW
• Printing functionality is now available through the Print toolbar and menu buttons. (Thanks flowinho from Audiodump!)

NEW
• The Home button, available for the toolbar and menu, navigates back to the page configured in Settings → New Tab. (Thanks Gary!)

CHANGED
• Background tabs will be suspended after 10 minutes, except when there is a media playing.
• “Custom page” has been renamed to “Homepage.”

FIXED
• A rare crash related to the start page.

CHANGED
• More Japanese localization improvements. (Thanks Souma!)

CHANGED
• Minor text and localization improvements.

NEW
• New tabs can be opened with a custom page instead of the start page, in Settings → New Tab. (Thanks Fletcher and applewolf!)
• First-time users will see a new onboarding experience.

CHANGED
• Opening menus from the toolbar plays haptic feedback. (Thanks Eric!)
• Undo close tab now restores the scroll position and the back/forward history.
• The “show keyboard automatically” setting has moved to Settings → New Tab.

FIXED
• Closing a tab from a long-press menu in the tab overview was not undoable.

NEW
• Closed tabs can be reopened using the new undo command, available as toolbar and menu buttons, and in the tab overview menu.
• Copy link, site home, and start page commands are now available as toolbar buttons.

FIXED
• Under certain conditions, the tab state was not properly restored after force-quitting the app, or a crash. (Thanks Longely!)
• The address bar was overlapping with the phone’s notch in landscape orientation on some devices (Thanks Dmytro!)
• The visual separators between start page favorites were missing in list mode.

NEW
• Private mode is now visually more prominent on start pages.
• A new toolbar and menu button for accessing the desktop version of a website.

CHANGED
• The grid layout in the tab overview has been slightly improved.

FIXED
• Searching with Kagi didn’t work when the “q=%s” parameter was missing. (Thanks Aerolith!)

NEW
Long-press menus were added to certain toolbar buttons.

• The back-forward long-press menu lets you navigate back or forward through multiple pages.
• The tabs long-press menu allows to switch to the currently active private or non-private tab.
• The close tab long-press menu allows to clear all tabs and all data.
• The new tab long-press menu allows to open a new private tab from a non-private tab.

CHANGED
• The icon for private mode has been changed to the hand symbol used in Safari.

FIXED
• Swipe gestures and Find on Page were not working after moving a tab to private mode.
• The “reduce transparency” accessibility setting was not properly applied to the search bar. (Thanks Kylan!)

NEW
• You can now subscribe to Quiche+ to support my work and unlock new, exclusive app icons. It is totally optional, and rest assured all essential features will remain available for free. But the app icons are quite cool if you ask me.

FIXED
• Blob URLs were not working. (Thanks Christoph!)

1.6
NEW
• The tab overview has a new, more convenient look when in grid mode and “group by domain” is enabled.
• When opening the tab overview, the list scrolls automatically so that the last active tab is visible.
• You can now share the app from Settings → Share Quiche Browser.

FIXED
• Search queries with operators like “site:quiche.org” were not working.
• Changing the tab opening animation in Settings only applied after closing the current tab. (Thanks Longely!)

NEW
• The tab overview scrolls automatically to the last active tab on app launch, when switching between private and non-private modes, and when changing the display and grouping settings.
• When opening the tab overview in list mode, the current tab’s row stays highlighted for a short moment.
• You can open a new tab or start a new search with a long press on Quiche Browser app icon.
• You can open a new tab or start a new search from the new URL schemes. Open Settings → Help for more details. (Thanks Benjamin!)

CHANGED
• The tab overview layout has been slightly improved.

FIXED
• Favicon display was sometimes delayed when scrolling the tab overview.
• The tinting color was missing or inaccurate on some sites. (Thanks Longely!)

CHANGED
• The automatically generated menus now include Find on Page, and position the Reload button in a nicer way.

FIXED
• The address bar was sometimes not visible when opening the keyboard.
• Picture in Picture was not working.

FIXED
• The British English localization was incomplete.

NEW
• Tapping on the start page background now closes the keyboard. (Thanks Longely for the suggestion.)
• Tapping on the tabs list background now goes back to the last active tab. (Thanks Longely for that one too!)
• Quiche Browser is now available in British English.
• Quiche Browser est enfin disponible en Français !
• Quicheブラウザがついに日本語に対応しました！

CHANGED
• The “Find” button has been renamed to “Find on Page.”

FIXED
• In some rare cases, the app could crash after closing a tab.

NEW
• You can now search for content inside a page, with the new “Find” menu and toolbar items.
• Qwant Search and its search suggestions are now natively supported. (Thanks Christoph!)

CHANGED
• The “JavaScript” menu item has a new name and icon, is now available in all sizes as a menu item, and also as a toolbar item.
• The “Private” menu item is now “Move to Private,” and allows to switch private tabs back to non-private tabs. (Thanks kccqzy!)

FIXED
• Tabs opened from external apps were opening as non-private tabs. They now open in the current tab group. (Thanks pasmic!)

NEW
• Kagi Search can be set as the default search engine.
• Any search engine can be set as the default search engine, but search suggestions are not supported.

NEW
• Quiche Browser can now be set as the default browser! In Settings → Set as Default Browser → Default Browser App, select “Quiche Browser.”
• Release notes are available in Settings → What’s New.