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What's new in this version:

BriskBard 1.8.3
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 78.0.3904.87
- Now the videos that use the HTML5 VIDEO element have a "Picture in picture" in the options menu.
- The cookie deletion has been improved and now there's an option to keep the cookies from user-specified domains.
- There's a new cookie blocker that allows you to block the most common tracking cookies.
- Added a new configuration option called "Reading from HTML5 canvas" to avoid browser tracking with "canvas fingerprinting".
- Now it's possible to use a customized image in the Speed Dial.
- Added menu option "Contribute to this project".
- The blocked domain list used by the Ad blocker has been updated.
- The Indy, SQLite and Tor components have been updated to the latest version.

Bug fixes:
- Now BriskBard closes automatically orphan processes that could have been left running in previous sessions
- Fixed an issue that assigned a customized color to the button used to add a tab


BriskBard 1.8.2
New:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 77.0.3865.90
- Added a print preview
- The tab drawing functions were optimized and improved
- Added a new window with multiple message download options on IMAP email accounts
- Added new configuration options for IMAP accounts to select the initial sync period and how the messages are downloaded
- There's a new button to archive the selected messages automatically
- Added support for several IMAP protocol extensions to move messages, search messages in Gmail, etc
- The Indy and OpenSSL components have been updated to the latest version
- The list of blocked domains for the ad blocker has been updated

Bug fixes:
- The application no longer closes when a web browser tab with the DevTools is closed
- Closing the bookmarks context menu no longer opens the last selected bookmark
- The star in the address box is now correctly updated when the user adds a new address to the bookmarks
- The performance in the configuration windows has been improved
- Fixed the connection issue in the DarkOrbit browser game


BriskBard 1.8.1
- Boost your Internet experience with the new speed dial improvements in BriskBard and enjoy a browser start page that meet your needs


BriskBard 1.8.0
- Navigate freely across the Internet with the new version of the BriskBard browser. Bypass firewalls or filters with 2 clicks and enjoy your privacy online


BriskBard 1.7.1

New:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 74.0.3729.108
- Added new option to use an external download manager
- Added a context menu option to mute a web browser tab
- New options to import, export and edit image sets in the Change appearance section
- Now BriskBard can use visual stiles with high DPI monitors
- Added 3 new visual styles from delphistyles.com
- Improved image quality in menus and treeviews
- Added new option to drag and drop browser links form the browser window to the bookmarks and address box
- Added Qwant to the available search engine options
- The Indy and SQLite components have been updated to the latest version

Bug fixes:
- Fixed a font issue in some dialogs with treeviews
- Fixed text color in web browser tabs using the Trident engine
- Fixed the flickering in the email configuration window
- The buttons in the message and article editors now work correctly


BriskBard 1.7.0

- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 73.0.3683.75
- Now it's possible to customize all the user interface in BriskBard
- Added the "FatCow" image set used in buttons, menus, etc.
- Added tens of visual styles for the user interface controls
- Added the CONTROL + J keyboard shortcut to show the downloads window in the web browser tabs using the Blink engine
- The newsgroups servers list has been updated
- The ad blocker servers list has been updated
- The OpenSSL, Indy and SQLite components have been updated to the latest version

Bug fixes:
- The issue with scrolled tabs when you restore the main window has been fixed
- All the texts in the FTP connection window are now translated
- The email message editor now read the email configuration correctly
- Now the email and article viewer shows all the attached images
- The news aggregator now enables the buttons to add new subscriptions correctly
- The procedure to hide the mouse and user interface in the media player has been improved


BriskBard 1.6.9
- Change log not available for this version


BriskBard 1.6.8

New features:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 70.0.3538.102
- Now BriskBard can save usernames and passwords from web pages that require authentication
- A new "Host configuration" manager has been added to the security section in the web browser settings
- Added several new options to clear the cache, cookies, navigation history and login information inside the "Clear private data" menu option
- The procedure to detect RSS feeds and favicon links has been improved
- The Indy and SQLite components have been updated to the latest version

Bug fixes:
- The delay opening MS Excel when BriskBard was running has been fixed


BriskBard 1.6.7
- Change log not available for this version


BriskBard 1.6.6

New features:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 68.0.3440.84
- The strict site isolation option is now enabled by default in web browser tabs that use the Blink rendering engine
- Now it's possible to select the tabs by moving the mouse wheel when the pointer is over the tabs
- Added a configuration option to select the languages used by the spell checker in web browser tabs that use the Blink rendering engine
- Removed the configuration option to use an online service for the spell checker
- The Indy components have been updated to the latest version
- Opening and editing emails and Usenet articles have been improved
- Added a warning about large files when they are attached to emails or Usenet articles

Bug fixes:
- The message to import web bookmarks is no longer shown multiple times
- The mouse wheel can now be used to scroll bookmarks
- Users in Windows 10 can now use the mouse wheel to scroll the web browsing history panel
- Fixed the video playback flickering with the media player
- Now the attached JPG images in emails or Usenet articles have no white dots
- Fixed a rare bug in the application startup due to an incorrect CEF initialization
- Fixed the bug where the message editor was shown when the user right-clicked over an email or Usenet article
- Fixed a bug in the message editor that introduced line breaks incorrectly
- The image or contact photo in the message editor has the right size at all times
- The email editor now saves the destination address when you click on the save or send buttons while editing said address
- The email and Usenet article editor have been modified to add soft line breaks automatically when you reach the editor border


BriskBard 1.6.5

- BriskBard 1.6.5 includes the latest web rendering engine version that will make web developers happy thanks to the new APIs and tons of JavaScript and CSS support improvements, but regular Internet users will also be glad to know that this engine has more than 30 security fixes. As always, this BriskBard version includes some interface improvements and bug fixes reported by the users, in addition to the latest Indy and SQLite versions

These are the new features:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 67.0.3396.62
- The Indy and SQLite components have been updated to the latest version
- Now favicons are used even when there none with the normal size
- Fixed a bug with some downloads that used encoded URLs
- Now the "Go to..." option in the context menu opens a new background tab


BriskBard 1.6.4
- Simplify your Internet navigation with the latest BriskBard version. Enjoy the new bookmark options and the new user interface features that will make your Internet experience even more comfortable


BriskBard 1.6.3
- Improve you Internet browsing experience with BriskBard 1.6.3 and enjoy the new configuration options, enhanced audio support and an even safer navigation


BriskBard 1.6.2
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 64.0.3282.119
- New "Site per process" security option in web browser tabs using the Blink engine
- Now you can use HTTP, SOCKS v4 and SOCKS v5 proxy servers in web browser tabs using the Blink engine
- New context menu options to duplicate tabs and reopen closed tabs
- New section in the web browser configuration window for all tab related settings
- New web browser settings option to open the same tabs the user was using when BriskBard was closed
- New web browser settings option to open a set of web pages on startup
- Added the enhanced video renderer (EVR) to the media player tabs
- SQLite has been updated to the latest version
- Fixed a bug downloading files with BLOB addresses used by Mega.nz


BriskBard 1.6.1

New features:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 63.0.3239.109
- The Indy and OpenSSL components have been updated to the latest version
- The French language is now available in the user interface thanks to Christian
- There's a new option to show a Speed Dial when you open a new web browser tab
- Now it's possible to save a web page as a PNG image

Bug fixes:
- Improved responsiveness when you resize popup windows
- Now the settings are saved correctly


BriskBard 1.6.0

New features:
- The Blink rendering engine has been upgraded to 62.0.3202.75
- SQLite has been updated to the latest version
- Added a portable mode to run BriskBard from an external device without OS installation
- Now the web browser has a new private mode
- The keyboard shortcut Control+Shift+N has been activated to open new web browser tabs in private mode
- Added a context menu option to open web links in private mode
- The IRC-Hispano bookmarks have been updated

Bug fixes:
- The application initialization has been improved
- Fixed a bug reading the server information in popup windows
- Now the phishing threat updates will be disabled when the user disables the phishing protection in the configuration
- Fickering removed from the downloads window