v2.8.1.778 (Beta)

Features

• Feature-detection of chrome.sockets at runtime (#711)
  • This is mostly to unblock Brave integration, regular users won't see any difference yet
  • To play with chrome.sockets see Known Issues below
• Configurable logger levels (#712)

  Replaces console.log calls with 'debug'-based logging.

  Different parts of extension and JS IPFS stack log to own namespaces, and user can tweak which logs should be printed to Browser Console using input on Preferences screen:
  

Other

• We now require Firefox 65.0 (#713)
• Added permission for unlimited storage for embedded js-ipfs (#714)
  (enables us to add quota management to js-ipfs without worrying about browser vendor limits)
• chore: add find-badwords.js script f8d8f3b
• i18n: synchronized translations
  • How can I add/improve translation for my language?

Known Issues

• chrome.sockets and an opt-in prototype of Embedded Gateway (#664 (comment)) works only when built via yarn dev-build bundle:brave:beta and loaded manually to Brave Nightly
  • Prebuilt package for Brave Nightly is attached to this release: .._brave.zip
  • Seamless install from Chrome Web Store requires Manifest patch in Brave
• Embedded Gateway is an opt-in prototype and does not support /ipns/<fqdn> nor sharded websites (e.g. Wikipedia) yet
  • upstream issues: ipfs/js-ipfs#1918, ipfs/js-ipfs#1963
• Uploads of big files to External API may fail with Error: stream.push() after EOF
  • the fix is tracked in ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client#967

Installation

• Firefox: Beta Channel at Github
• Chrome, Brave and other Chromium-based: Beta Channel at Chrome Web Store
• Alternative: use generic .zip attached above or build and install it manually