NW.js v0.28.1 Released with Chromium 64 Update and Node.js 9.5.0

2018/02/05

0.28.1 is here with Chromium 64 update, Node.js 9.5.0 and bug fixes. If you are new to 0.28 release, please read the previous announcement as well.

Chromium 64 contains usual under-the-hood performance and stability tweaks, but there are also some cool new features to explore. It supports Resize Observer, import meta and many more. Please check upstream information for details, as well as the Chrome status page.

We've made the 0.28 branch ready soon after Chromium beta bumps to 64. 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.

ChangeLog

Update Chromium to 64.0.3282.140
Update Node.js to v9.5.0
Add: process.versions['nw-flavor'] and documentation (#5062)
Fix: Node URL module broken on Windows (#6448)
Fix: Spawned child process crashes (#6390)
Fix: Transparent frameless window with id gets smaller each time it is closed while minimized (#6280)
[docs] add link to a list of v8 flags for 'js-flags' in manifest (#6364)

Full ChangeLog: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/blob/nw28/CHANGELOG.md

Download

SDK build:

Binary for other platforms: https://dl.nwjs.io/v0.28.1/

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/nI4JdTsWJEc/zsRHHv2CAwAJ