Innovations node-webkit version 0.3.0

Zhao Cheng yesterday announced the release of a new version of the node-webkit engine - a powerful combination of WebKit and Node.js, created in the depths of the Intel Open Source Technology Center, which allows creating cross-platform graphical applications in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

The new version will have the number 0.3.0 and look like this:


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_{(The screenshot shows a demo from AppJS , which I ported to the node-webkit engine . It was launched in Windows XP.)}

As you can see, the new version of node-webkit is now much more like Google Chrome in the design of the window.

And here is a list of other innovations of this version:

• A library of functions has emerged that can be used to access the native GUI on all three supported operating systems (Linux, Mac, Windows): to manage windows, context menus, system tray, clipboard, file and folder selection dialog, and so on .
  
• There was support for windows without frames .
  
• Appeared (both in the application description and in the API ) support for full-screen and hidden windows.
  
• Fixed a bug that sometimes led, in particular, to hangs in Linux and Windows until the moment when the user moves the mouse.
  
• Added support for icons in ICO and PNG formats (including with transparency) and JPEG. Files of arbitrary size can be used (I checked for JPEG in size of 1524 × 938 pixels), which are automatically reduced to the required size.
  
• New toolbar for Mac and Windows. In the command line, the –developer key now results in a new button appearing on this panel for calling the developer console.
  
• The Node.js engine has been updated to version 0.8.11 (however, I showed this already in the screenshot).

For the rest - all the same advantages that I mentioned last time .