NW.js v0.13.0-rc4 Release Notes

2016/03/21

NW.js 0.13.0-rc4 updates Node.js to the latest stable 5.9.0 and fixes some reported issues. This is the last RC before the final release, which will be available before the end of this month.

If you're new to version 0.13, please read http://nwjs.io/blog/v0.13.0-beta1/

ChangeLog

Update Node.js to 5.9.0
Fix: [WIN] unable to launch on XP 64bit system (#4600)
Fix: Crash when using additional_trust_anchors
Fix: Screen capture does not work in remote domain (#4579)
Fix: webview events not firing in remote page (#4590)
Fix: Crash when adding folder to workspace in devtools (#4602)
Fix: [OSX] Crash when using nw.Menu with chrome.identity.launchWebAuthFlow (#4591)
Fix: Crash when trying to open tabbed browser window (#4587, #4540)
Fix: Only top left corner of window icon is shown (#4581)
Fix: [OSX] Crash dumps doesn't match hashes of symbol files (#4450)
Fix: Crash on promise rejection handler (#4577)
Fix: Menu.popup blocks program (#4593)
Fix: [OSX] Cmd-Q does not pass true as the first argument to the event (#4580)
Fix: capturePage always return PNG (#4609)
[WIN] dump node.dll symbols
Remove context menu of notification (#4598)
Remove settings button of notification (#4582)
[docs] update crash dump location
[docs] add link for enable logging in FAQ
[docs] Reorder the navigation pane (#4576)
[docs] Multiple language resources in SDK build

Full changelog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw13/CHANGELOG.md

Download

SDK build:

NaCl build and other platforms: http://dl.nwjs.io/v0.13.0-rc4/

There are 3 builds for each platform - normal build, sdk build and Nacl build. Normal build doesn't have devtools, only SDK build does. lt can be opened by pressing F12 (Cmd-Alt-I on OSX). SDK packages also have more development tools to be exposed in the following releases, as well as the NaCl support.

Our build infrastructure enables live binary build from git tip so you can access to the latest binary from http://dl.nwjs.io/live-build/

Known issues

http://docs.nwjs.io/en/latest/For%20Users/Migration/From%200.12%20to%200.13/#known-issues

Discussion

See our mailing list to discuss on this release: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/nwjs-general/uL5FsrZFikA/CIJm1jM2AgAJ