[Vimprobable-users] Vimprobable 1.0.0 released!

[Hannes S. <ha...@yl...>]

Hello everyone,

so this is finally it - the big 1.0 releases! Both branches have now
reached the magical number indicating infinite and unbreakable maturity
(right). Here are the latest changes in detail:

New features:

- Basic SSL support (Hannes Schueller): As discussed various times here
  on the mailing list and on IRC, Vimprobable will now check SSL
  certificates instead of simply accepting each one at face value. By
  default, connections to sites using unverified certificates will not
  be made. This can be overridden if the user specifically requests it.
  Then, the unverified status of the connection will be indicated in
  the URL bar (red background colour).

Bug fixes:

- Don't crash if jsapi_evaluate_script returns NULL (Hans-Peter Deifel)
- Tweak of the automatic focus escaping introduced in the last release
  (Hannes Schueller)

Since this is "1.0", I'd also like to use the opportunity to once again
thank the many people who have contributed code, fixes and advice to
the project over the years. Without you, Vimprobable would be much
smaller and much less usable now!

A quick word on version numbering: As you can see, we've lost one digit
with this release. In the future, this is what the digits x.y.z should
be interpreted as:
x: Major rewrite of significant overall proportions
y: New features
z: Bug fixes only

As announced, for the Vimprobable1 branch, this is also the end of the
line as far as major development is concerned. Vimprobable2 has
eclipsed it in basically any imaginable way and the number of users, as
far as it is discernable, speaks for itself. Vimprobable1 will still
receive bugfixes, but new features will be developed for Vimprobable2
only. That is, as far as I'm concerned. If a Vimprobable1 user would
like to take over maintainership of that branch to extend it even
further, drop me a line!

Hannes