WebKitGTK+ 2.16.2 Updates User Agent Quirks for New Google Login Page, YouTube | Linux Today

WebKitGTK+ 2.16.2 Updates User Agent Quirks for New Google Login Page, YouTube

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Marius Nestor
May 9, 2017

WebKitGTK+ 2.16.2 is just a small bugfix release that only resolves some of the issues users reported since the first maintenance update of the WebKitGTK+ 2.16 stable series. The most prominent change being improved user agent quirks to add compatibility for Google’s new login page and YouTube. This release also attempts to update multiple web inspector icons, adds build improvements when OpenGL is disabled and when X11 is disabled but NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) plugins are enabled, and improves the rendering of animated PNGs.

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Marius Nestor

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