[Draft] Haiku R1/beta2 Release Notes

This page is intended as a draft for the release notes. Eventually these should be formatted for and published on the main website.

Sources

Use this query to get all closed enhancement tickets with resolution type fixed between September 28 2018 and April 13 2020, to find a list of enhancements.

Possible items that may be expanded more

There are some items that may be featured at the top. Here's a selection.

• #15294 Meta key in Terminal - has a great description of what it does.
• #5126 Improvements to the Tracker API

Applications

Deskbar

• #4971 Resize Deskbar from the Deskbar settings, our by using the CTRL-ALT-right click drag
• #8537 In menus, the size of the icon will now always be the same size as your chosen font size
• #8691 The icons of replicants are running in the Deskbar, will scale according to the settings
• #13304 Auto-raised deskbar will now also auto-unraise

DriveSetup

• #10098 Encrypted disks will actually display that they are encrypted instead of empty

HaikuDepot

• #10358 When a package is queued for download and installation, it will now have the status 'queued' in the interface.
• #11652 When showing all packages, the installed packages are part of the list by default. Before they were hidden by default.
• #12198 HaikuDepot can now display multiple screenshots, when the package has multiple to show.
• #12428 It is possible to switch between a view with all tabs, and a view with featured packages, by using the tabs at the top of the window.
• #13806 The application will now clearly show when it is downloading screenshots for the packages you are looking at.
• #13808 Overall, it is more clear when HaikuDepot is contacting the web to retrieve information or updates.

Installer

• #14310 The installer now supports the user showing and selecting optional packages, when they are available on the installation medium

Launchbox

• #11237 Launchbox will now start automatically at boot, when that has been configured in its settings.
• #13835 Icons of 96x96 and 128x128 pixels are now supported.

MediaPlayer

• #6628 When MediaPlayer is opened by opening a media file from Tracker, there will be a mark at the timestamp at the point where the user last stopped listening/viewing that file.

People

• #9397 It is possible to quickly create a new Person file from Tracker, with the 'Create new...' feature

SoftwareUpdate

• #14002 When updating the system packages itself, SoftwareUpdater will now display a 'Restart' button to inform the user that a restart is necessary.

Terminal

• #15294 Support for an emulated Meta key

Tracker

• #1264 multi-range selection in Tracker and list views
• #3011 Directories with a large number of files are now loaded quicker
• #5126 Improvements to the Tracker API
• #10529 For files that are part of a package, show information about that package in the info window.

WebPositive

• #14845 Allow selecting any font size (was previously limited to 18pt).

Command Line Utilities

• #10288 uname now shows which specific Haiku nightly revision is built
• #12665 the built in ftp is now replaced with ​tnftp

Translator Improvements

• #10354 WebP images now support images with an alpha channel.