Brian and Brad are happy to announce Really Simple History 0.6. This release represents many enhancements over 0.4 and many bug-fixes over 0.6 beta. The final, stable version of 0.6 was released on 12.03.2007. For people who downloaded 0.6RC1, the only changes were the inclusion of a minified version of rsh.js and more complete release notes. All other users should upgrade ASAP.

Where to get it

For latest stable, packaged-up ZIP files, go to the downloads tab

For up-to-the-minute revisions, visit the SVN repo. However, do not use the SVN repo for production code. SVN code is by its nature unstable; the only versions recommended for application development are the packaged-up releases on the downloads tab.

How to use it

For basic installation notes, visit the Usage Instructions page.

For step-by-step instructions, visit the Usage Examples page.

Changelog

0.6 Final

• Added more complete release notes to the README file.
• Added a minified version of rsh.js using Dojo ShrinkSafe.

0.6 RC 1

• Added rock-solid support of Opera up to 9.5 beta for Mac and PC.
• Added rock-solid support of Safari/Mac from 2.03 through 3.03.
• Changed window.onunload event to a modern listener using addEventListener/attachEvent.
• Performed tons of internal refactoring.
• Moved to two-line initialization of dhtmlHistory and historyStorage (as opposed to the previous two init calls in the library and two more in your code).
• Added support for an optional options bundle in the initialization call to trigger debug mode or override default JSON methods.
• Provided better ompatibility with Prototype.js thanks to the aforementioned JSON override capability.
• Added additional choice in JSON parsers; we now ship with a default 2007 JSON parser that alters core object prototypes and an older 2005 version that doesn't.
• Provided better user-agent sniffing that's more resistant to UA spoofing.
• Removed a bug introduced in 0.6 beta that threw an error when you hit a virgin (hashless) page state.
• Added graceful swallowing of errors in non-debug mode.
• Replaced equality operators with JSLint-friendly identity operators where appropriate.
• Cleaned up a little cruft from the 0.4 and 0.6 beta versions.

0.6 Beta

• Added support for IE7
• Added support for Opera/Mac and Opera/Win (though some bugs remain)
• Added support for Safari 2/Mac (though some bugs remain)
• Modernized the JSON parser and moved it to a separate file
• Provided bridge methods for JSON calls to make it easier to swap out JSON parsers
• Rebuilt original test pages into a single test page that allows you to peek behind the scenes at hidden, hacked-in DOM elements
• Refactored many private and public methods for better support of more browsers
• Changed name of private historyStorage.init method to historyStorage.setup to avoid confucion with dhtmlHistory.initialize
• Removed unused isInternational() method
• Removed blocks of deprecated, commented-out code

Known issues

SEE THE ISSUES TAB and the release notes.

Supported and unsupported browsers

Supported

• IE6 (Windows)
• IE7 (Windows)
• Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape/Gecko-based browsers (Mac, Windows, Linux - all versions since 2005)
• Opera 9.22-9.5 (Mac and Windows)
• Safari 2.03, 2.04 and 3.03 (Mac)

Unsupported

• Safari 3.x (Windows): Falls prey to fundamental bugs in Apple's current beta release.
• Non-Mozilla-based Linux browsers.
• Any browser not listed above; test before you deploy.

Browsers without recent test coverage

• All browsers on Vista
• All browsers on Leopard
• Non-standalone IE7/XP
• Konquerer
• Older versions of Opera
• IE 5.5