BriskBard 1.6.6
BriskBard is the new free web browser for windows that integrates everything you need to succeed in all your daily Internet tasks. It's web browser with three rendering engines. By default BriskBard uses Blink but it can also use Trident and its own engine. Briskbard has phishing and malware protection against malicious websites thanks to PhishTank, Google Safe Browsing and Yandex Safe Browsing. Tabbed interface that can be arranged horizontally or vertically to take advantage of the free lateral space in panoramic monitors. The tabs can be moved freely by the user.
To help mitigate Spectre and Meltdown attacks BriskBard now has the strict site isolation configuration option enabled by default for new installations.
Homepage: https://www.briskbard.com/index.php?lang=en
Download:
https://www.briskbard.com/BriskBard_Installer.exe
https://www.briskbard.com/BriskBard_Portable.zip
Guide for portable version: https://www.briskbard.com/index.php?lang=en&faqitem=105
Features:
- IRC chat client
- Usenet newsreader
- Email client
- News aggregator
- Contact manager
- Media player
- FTP client
- Translation manager
https://www.briskbard.com/index.php?lang=en&pageid=features
Changes for 1.6.6:
- 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 for 1.6.6:
- 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.
