NW.js v0.27.2 Released with Chromium Security Update and Node.js 9.3.0
2017/12/15
This release updates Chromium and Node.js. Some regressions are fixed.
Previously we announced NW.js 0.27.0 with Chromium 63 upgrade. Chromium 63 contains usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore. It supports Dynamic module imports, async iterators and generators and Device Memory API. Please check upstream information for details.
In 0.27.0, we added support for loading compiled JS binary in Web Worker, options for injecting scripts into main world or isolated world of webview. A crash bug with some native modules is fixed. A bug with --in-process-gpu
is fixed to support Steam games better.
We've made the 0.27 branch ready soon after Chromium beta bumps to 63. Thanks to the testers for their valuable feedback and bug reports. We've been working on 3 branches simultaneously: a released branch on current Chromium stable, a beta branch on Chromium beta and a 0.14 branch for legacy OS support.
For more information on the new milestone 0.13 and later versions, please see our blog "What's New in 0.13" for a better introduction.
ChangeLog
- Update Chromium to 63.0.3239.108
- Update Node.js to v9.3.0
- Fix: extension with "all_frames": true option triggers false assertion (#6324)
- Fix: Webview with content scripts crashes on load non .swf object (#6323)
- Fix: user agent string handling for main resource of the page (#6321)
- Fix: Find in webview page freeze by enabling GuestViewCrossProcessFrames (#6326)
Full ChangeLog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw27/CHANGELOG.md
Download
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-v0.27.2-win-x64.zip
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-v0.27.2-osx-x64.zip
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-v0.27.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
SDK build:
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-sdk-v0.27.2-win-x64.zip
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-sdk-v0.27.2-osx-x64.zip
- https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/nwjs-sdk-v0.27.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
Binary for other platforms: https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.27.2/
There are 2 builds for each platform - normal build, and SDK 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 https://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/AJJUJFO_TPM/5gfQw7PzBAAJ