Things to do

This page lists all suggested enhancements at the time of release.

Future releases

AWeb is still being developed. Future releases of AWeb will support:

Cascaded style sheets (CSS1)
Select and follow links with the keyboard
...and more

Other enhancements

These enhancements were suggested to me. I don't know when I'll include these things in AWeb, if at all, but probably many of them will be in the next major release.

Enhancements in functionality

Network

Retry connection past a proxy if connection to proxy fails.
Option: cancel all pending inline image loads for a document when following a link.
"Pause network activity" button.
External program or script for HTTP retrieves.
Optional statistics in network status window.

Browsing

Implement global history.
Also: possibility to choose an URL from the global history.
Global window history, editing, rearrange, copy to hotlist.
Direct support for .z and .gz files: uncompress before processing or starting external viewer.
Let dragging with the mouse scroll the page.
Option: render images vertically compressed on 1:2 pixel screens (like 640x200).
Get information about a link or image.

Program

Iconify option (transfers continue while iconified).
Check if saved/downloaded file fits on disk
Screen preferences: wildcards in screen name like DOPUS.*
Support for HAM Workbench
Let every window remember its own save directory.
Cachebrowser: protect certain entries from automatic deletion.
Cachebrowser: collapse option to show only servers and optionally files.
More sophisticated keyboard control of various listbrowsers.
Additional popup menu section that is shown everywhere (not depending on link/image).
Option to define keyboard shortcuts for entries in the hotlist.

Miscellaneous

Use ENCTYPE for forms sent to x-aweb:command, allowing running cgi applications.

Cosmetic enhancements

GUI

Configurable main window GUI.
Block 2nd 'open local' requester from same window if one is still open. Same for 'save as' (any more?)
Text in navigation buttons with single hotkey

Browsing

No redisplay if loaded image is completely above the visible window.
Flag: proxy status on/off in window titlebar.
Special colour for non-browse links like mailto: and telnet:.

Program

Revert to previous screen mode if selected screen mode doesn't open, instead of falling back to Workbench.
Save positions for 2nd and later windows.
Take display clip into account when opening full-sized window.
If settings changed but not saved, show warning requester before quit.
If named screen does not exist, show error requester (and open on default public screen).

Miscellaneous

Do proper URL encoding; decode on file://localhost
Proxy prefs: separate string gadget for port number.

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