WebKitGTK+ 2.8.0 released!

This is the first stable release in the 2.8 series.

Highlights of the WebKitGTK+ 2.8.0 release

  • Initial gestures support.
  • HTML5 notifications.
  • User script messages.
  • HTML5 color input.
  • APNG support.
  • Performance improvements.
  • Playing audio notification signal.
  • Web view background colors.

For more details about all the changes included in WebKitGTK+ 2.8 see the NEWS file that is included in the tarball, or see:

http://blogs.igalia.com/carlosgc/2015/03/23/webkitgtk-2-8-0/

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.