Things to do

Future releases

• Frames
• Cookies
• Client pull
• Server push
• Full ARexx command set

Far future

• Save page and images as PostScript
• Java
• Secure HTML
• Style sheets
• User configureable keyboard
• Select text and copy to clipboard

Other enhancements

Enhancements in functionality

Network

• Support FTP internally.
• Add exclusion list for proxy's with domains not to use the proxy for.
• Retry connection past a proxy if connection to proxy fails.
• Option: cancel all pending inline image loads for a document when following a link.
• "Pause network activity" button.
• Network status window: option to give selected queued transfer higher priority.

Browsing

• Implement global history.
  Also: possibility to choose an URL from the global history.
• Global window history, editing, rearrange, copy to hotlist.
• Configurable 'direct buttons'.
• Document headers feature. Either: 1) append <hr> and <dl> with headers to every document; 2) open window on user request with headers in it; 3) create button that links to x-aweb doc that has them, and maybe other interesting things as well.
• Use external viewer with pipe
• Direct support for .z and .gz files: uncompress before processing or starting external viewer.
• Let dragging with the mouse scroll the page.
• Option: render images vertically compressed on 1:2 pixel screens (like 640x200).
• Get information about a link or image.

Program

• Do 'Save as formatted text'
• View HTML using textview.gadget (editable?)
• Iconify option (transfers continue while iconified).
• Check if saved/downloaded file fits on disk
• Screen preferences: alternative screen name if first one doesn't exist.
• Screen preferences: wildcards in screen name like DOPUS.*
• Support for HAM Workbench
• Support environment variables EDITOR and HTTP_PROXY etc.
• In the hotlist maintenance window, allow multiple selection, copy, better way (drag & drop?) of moving items.
• Let every window remember its own save directory.

ARexx

• ARexx DOWNLOAD command with option to return document in RESULT
• ARexx command to get all URLs in a document

Miscellaneous

• Character entities should stop if unambiguous name is found (e.g. &eumln should recognize the '&euml')
  Only in compatible HTML mode.
• Use ENCTYPE for forms sent to x-aweb:command, allowing running cgi applications.

Cosmetic enhancements

GUI

• Configurable main window GUI.
• Block 2nd 'open local' requester from same window if one is still open. Same for 'save as' (any more?)
• Add up/down arrows to URL gadget to scroll trough window history.
• Text in navigation buttons with single hotkey

Browsing

• No redisplay if loaded image is completely above the visible window.
• Add extra pixel row between lines on hi res screens
• Option: display paragraphs indented without blank line
• Form field: <select size=2> en #options=2: make listview size 2 instead of oversized listview
• Put text 'loading images' in progress gadget while loading images for displayed document.
• Instead of refreshing after each 'image processing ready' message received, collect all messages from the port and do one refresh.
  Done this in 0.10, but doesn't give the desired results. Instead, after receiving an 'image ready' message, it should wait a while (user configureable) for more images to be completed before refreshing the window.
• Option: new/visited links underline type (_____ or _ _ _). Or a user selectable image for underlining.
• Flag: proxy status on/off in window titlebar.
• Special colour for non-browse links like mailto: and telnet:.
• Enhanced list item bullets (3d)

Program

• Revert to previous screen mode if selected screen mode doesn't open, instead of falling back to Workbench.
• Save positions for 2nd and later windows.
• Take display clip into account when opening full-sized window.
• If settings changed but not saved, show warning requester before quit.
• If named screen does not exist, show error requester (and open on default public screen).
• Preload grayscale palette for 16 or less colours.
• Screen preferences: requesters with present public screens to choose from.
• Open information window if external editor starts.

Miscellaneous

• Don't refresh border of listview and textarea form fields with every character typed
• Do proper URL encoding; decode on file://localhost
• Proxy prefs: separate string gadget for port number.