Ferny
Web Browser
Ferny is a privacy-focused, cross-platform, chromium-based web browser
with a greatfull user experience, built on top of Electron, JS and styled-components.
It aims to be fast, private, beautiful and functional.
Roadmap
Beta 3.0
New bookmark manager
New interface
Overlay
Beta 3.1
Open with Ferny
Themes 2.0
Tab groups
Beta 3.2
Adaptive interface
Incognito mode
Find in page
Release notes
November 9 / 2019
Beta v3.1.0 "Collections Update"
Tabs:
- Added tab groups system
- Next-tab and prev-tab shortcuts are working for the overlay now
- Added tab cycling (Ctrl + Tab, Ctrl + Shift + Tab)
- Removed horizontal scrollbar
Themes 2.0:
- More saturated colors
- New color of window titlebar
- Removed borders from some buttons
- Added theme description
- Settings: Checkboxes for themes
Native:
- Ferny can be set as default web browser
- Added htm/html file icon
- Open with Ferny for http/https and others
- Electron 7.1.1 stable
- Faster app startup
- Added "Windows tasks"
Bookmarks:
- Removed url preview
- New blocks layout
Window controls:
- Added borders to buttons
- Removed fade-out animation
New browser context menu items:
- Download page (Ctrl + Shift + S)
- Bookmark this page
- Search for selected text
- Download images
- Copy image
- Bookmark this link
- Search for link text
Toolbar:
- Added show-full-history to tab history
- Bookmark button show you if page is already bookmarked
- Short address bar
Appearance:
- Removed all old themes
- Skinny scrollbars
- White page background color
- A lot of new icons
Search engines:
- Fixed ebay search
- Added startage
Bug fixes:
- App crashes after creating of new tab
- About window: No title bar
- About window: Empty icons
- Bookmarks: Can't move bookmarks
- Bookmarks: Duplicated bookmarks after moves
- History: Undefined titles and icons
- Windows: Auxclick not working
- Windows: Incorrect overlay/browser-view size
Installer:
- Added icon
- Added installation folder chooser
October 15 / 2019
Beta v3.0.4
Side menu:
- Added "Reload ingnoring cache" icon
- New hotkey for "Reload ignoring cache" (Ctrl + Shift + F5)
- Menu items rearranged
- Repaired "Bookmark all tabs"
- Added additional hotkeys
- Added "Close all tabs" (Ctrl + Q)
Webview right click:
- Added "Copy link text"
Notifications:
- Faster auto hide (2.5 sec)
- Added "Opened with ferny" notification
New search engines:
- Twitter
- Amazon
- Twitch
- Wolfram Alpha
- GitHub
- Ebay
Settings:
- Added system titlebar option
- Removed ugly themes
Main window:
- Decreased minimum window size
- Added delay to target url preview (0.5 sec)
Bug fixes:
- Incorrect size of drag zone
- Some broken notifications
- Incorrect position of window controls
- Broken last-tab closed action
- Broken search-engine option
- Broken tab-closed action
- Broken on-startup action
- Wrong titlebar height
- Bad window size
- No fullscreen for overlay
October 9 / 2019
Beta v3.0.3
Changes:
• Toolbar: Added back button right click history
• Engine: Electron v6.0.12
• Updator: Ask user if he wants to download an update
• History: Added date and time
• App commands: If can't go back go to the overlay
• Hotkeys: New hotkey for overlay (F1)
Design:
• New look of scrollbars
• Added borders to all windows
• Increased checkboxes corners rounding
• Added close-others icon
New themes:
• Twitchy-dark
• Contrast-light
Overlay:
• Added right click menu for all text fields
• Added paste and search for address bar
Bookmarks:
• On-bookmark-added -> Open bookmark editor
• On-folder-added -> Open folder editor
• Hidden folder header on editing
• Custom bookmark icon for invalid urls
About window:
• Added info text
• Added some links
• Improved look and feel
Settings:
• More compact themes preview
• Save home page on checkbox clicked
• Home: added buttons: use duckduckgo, use google, use bing, use yahoo
Bug fixes:
• Smooth showing ot the overlay on startup
• Broken tabs
• Incorrect downloads folder
• Sometimes new bookmarks disappear
• Some notifications are broken
• Invalid overlay size
October 5 / 2019
Beta v3.0.2
Tab menu:
• Added tab history
• Added move left (Ctrl + Shift + PageUp)
• Added move right (Ctrl + Shift + PageDown)
• Added move to start (Ctrl + Shift + Home)
• Added move to end (Ctrl + Shift + End)
• Bookmark tab
Settings:
• Add search-engine option
• Add downloads-folder option
• Slide-right tab animation
• Compact themes preview
About window:
• Stylish titlebar
Engine:
• Electron v6.0.11
Bug fixes:
• Notification: cant exit app if update downloaded
• Windows: broken settings window controls
• "Open with ferny"
• Empty tab title if url is file
• Remove ability to check for update if update is downloading
• Broken download counter
October 1 / 2019
Beta v3.0.1
Changes:
• Added ecosia search engine
• Linux: added app icon
Settings window:
• Added stylish titlebar
• Added padding to side panel
Bug fixes:
• Resize window bug
• Maximize / restore down window bug
September 29 / 2019
Beta v3.0.0 "Beta3 Update"
Major changes:
• Brand new user interface
• New tab manager
• Sidebar replaced by the overlay
• New bookmark manager
• Linux build
Minor changes:
• Paste and search
• Added app commands
• Paste and match style
• 14 new themes
• Electron 6.0.10
• Search moved to the overlay
• New look of notifications
• Added history checkboxes
Temporary removed:
• Bookmarks bar
• Find in page
• Certeficate info
• Welcome window
• Picture in picture
• Tabs preview
August 10 / 2019
Beta v2.1.0 "Module Update"
Better file support.
Design improvements:
• New tab button
• Delete icon
• Hotkeys window text
• Window controls
• Sidebar active tab indicator
• Tabs list button
• Hotkeys window titlebar
• Certificate info window titlebar
• Removed settings theme preview
• Darker colored borders
Bookmarks bar:
• Folder context menu
• Folder editor
Added custom action when the last tab is closed:
• Do nothing
• Open new tab
• Quit app
Tabs list button:
• Next tab
• Previous tab
• Switch tab hotkeys
GPL-3 license.
New supported file types:
• Images: PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPG
• Audio: MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG
• Text: TXT, JS, JSON, SQL, CSS, Markdown, License, PHP
New hotkeys:
• Next tab (Ctrl+Tab)
• Previous tab (Ctrl+Shift+Tab)
• Quit Ferny (Ctrl+Shift+Q)
• Reload ignoring page (Ctrl+F5)
Improved stability:
• Storage verification
• Electron 6.0.1 (Stable branch)
Tab preview on hover.
Increased launch speed.
Welcome screen:
• Modern theme
• Open settings button
• Mouse wheel actions
• Platform
New search suggestions module.
About:
• License
• Platform
Fixed broken hotkeys.
Module code system (Better performance):
• applyBgColor, applyBorderRadius
• extToImagePath
• saveFileToJsonFolder
• epochToDate, epochToTime,
• loadBgColor, loadBorderRadius
• applyWinControls
Downloads:
• Fixed colored left border
• File extension name
• File type icons: Exe, Ttf, Doc, Docx, Rar, 7z, Zip, Tar, Wim, Xls, Xlsx, Ppt, Pptx, Bmp, Db, Z, Iso, Vcd, Dmg, Dat, Csv, Asp, Ico, Apk, Cs, Cpp, Py, Otf, Psd, Tif, Tiff, Svg, Xhtml, Jsp, Rss, Pps, Swift, Vb, Xlr, Mp4, Avi, Dll, Mpg, Mpeg, Pdf, Flv, Mov, Png, Gif, Jpeg, Jpg, Mp3, M4a, Wav, Ogg, Txt, Js, Json, Sql, Css, Md, License, Php
Linux ready:
• Window controls
• File system
New themes:
• Material
• Elementary
July 31 / 2019
Beta v2.0.0 "Ferny Update"
Color items:
• Bookmarks.
• History.
• Downloads.
Rebranding:
• Arrow Browser renamed to Ferny.
• New app icon.
• Removed HTML file icon.
Added:
• Added hotkeys window quick shortcuts.
• Added optional home button.
• Clear browsing data.
• Added open file dialog.
• Bookmark all tabs.
• Open tab in Picture-In-Picture mode.
New welcome screen:
• Slide shortcuts (LeftArrow, RightArrow).
• Developer link.
• Buttons animation.
• New tab style.
• New look of bottom dots.
• Close window button.
• Removed border rounding block.
• Color images.
• New tabs: bookmarks bar, home page.
• Old skip button is back.
• Removed substrate from titlebar.
Sidebar:
• New load history method (Better performance).
• Added settings quick shortcuts.
• Patreon link.
• Bookmark folder.
• Brand new bookmark manager.
• Some new animations.
• Sidebar collapse.
• New hideable header.
• Added settings theme preview.
• Pin/unpin sidebar saves.
New bookmarks bar:
• Folders.
• New options: only icons, only labels.
• Bookmark editor.
• New layout.
• URL drop on bar/folder.
• Dragable links.
More tab menu actions:
• Back, forward.
• Copy URL.
• Go home.
• Close others, close to the right.
• Picture in picture.
Improved look and feel:
• Improved look of borders.
• New style of checkboxes and radio buttons.
• Classic tab behavior.
• New zoom notification.
• New Flex UI layout (Better performance).
• System window controls.
• Shorter max length of target URL panel.
New hotkeys:
• About (F2).
• Hotkeys window (F1).
• Actual zoom (Ctrl+Zero).
• Toggle sidebar (F3).
• Go home (Ctrl+Shift+H).
• Welcome window (F7).
• Focus address bar (F6).
• Report an issue (Ctrl+Shift+I).
• Copy tab URL (Ctrl+Shift+C).
• Picture in picture (Ctrl+Shift+P).
• Open file (Ctrl+O).
• Close others (Ctrl+Shift+W).
• Switch tab (Ctrl+Number).
• Clear browsing data (Ctrl+Shift+Del).
Fixes:
• Fixed suggestions in offline.
• Fixed actual zoom button.
• Fixed bookmarks bar Open in new tab and Copy URL buttons.
• Fixed loading of borders radius and bookmarks bar.
• Fixed settings start page error alert.
• Fixed duplicate history.
• Fixed about app incorrect URLs.
July 10 / 2019
Beta v1.5.0 "Responsive Update"
Changes:
• Added space between "Arrow" and "Browser".
• Improved file system.
• New background colors.
• New scrollable tabs manager (Better performance).
• Brand new compact title bar.
• New hotkey for Check for updates (Ctrl+Shift+U).
• Reduced the minimum window height.
• New icons for search engines.
Added:
• Zoom hotkeys (Ctrl+Wheel).
• Right click context menu for web pages.
• Back/Forward hotkeys (Alt+Left/Right).
• View page source (Ctrl+U).
• Inspect element.
• Added button press animation.
• Skip welcome button.
• New search engines: Baidu, Naver, Qwant, YouTube.
Fixes:
• Fixed broken load of app.
• Fixed tabs size at window restore.
• Fixed hotkeys window dark mode.
• Fixed history loading.
June 26 / 2019
Beta v1.4.4
Changes:
• Step loading of history (Better launch speed).
Fixes:
• Fixed notification text.
• Fixed update progress bar.
June 25 / 2019
Beta v1.4.3 "Tabs Update"
Changes:
• New type of window transparency if it is not active.
• Removed sidebar tabs animation (Better performance).
Added:
• Added files and URLs Drag&Drop support on tabs.
• Added color border for each tab.
Fixes:
• Fixed page zoom.
• Fixed broken first app start.
June 22 / 2019
Beta v1.4.2 "Black Update"
Changes:
• The notification panel can hold a maximum of 5 notifications.
• Implemented "is-url" module (https://github.com/segmentio/is-url).
• New bookmark options button animation.
Added:
• Added black background color.
• Added Mail.ru search engine.
• Added update error notification info.
Fixes:
• Fixed developer debug console.
• Fixed bookmarks bar in fullscreen mode.
June 22 / 2019
Beta v1.4.1 "Progress Update"
Changes:
• New app icon.
• New html file icon.
• Removed installer and uninstaller icons.
• Colored search engine icons.
• Notifications come out on the left.
Added:
• Added Yandex search engine.
• Added search engine icons in settings.
• Added download progress notification.
• Added update progress bar.
June 16 / 2019
Beta v1.4.0 "History Update"
Changes:
• Removed blur effect from disabled buttons.
• Improved performance of some interface elements.
• The default search engine is now DuckDuckGo.
• Removed file upload error notifications.
• New app icon.
• New look of the welcome window.
• Target url label moved to left-bottom corner.
• Increased font size of the target url label (12px).
• New look of the find-in-page panel.
• Now the substrates are darker.
• Removed shadows from favicons (Better performance).
• New look of sidebar tabs.
Added:
• Added new window controls for welcome and hotkeys windows.
• Added search to the hotkeys window.
• Added history system.
• Added sidebar tabs animation.
• Added libraries links on about page.
• Search engine and new tab blocks are added to welcome screen.
• Added optional bookmarks bar.
• Added notification middle click close action.
• Added hotkeys categories.
• Added web page certificate info window.
Fixes:
• Fixed dark mode on hotkeys window.
• Fixed search for bookmarks and downloads.
• Fixed dark mode at the sidebar downloads.
• Fixed incorrect downloads dates.
• Fixed address bar incorrect url.
June 8 / 2019
Beta v1.3.4 "Gen6 Update"
Changes:
• Libraries update (Electron Beta6, Chrome 76).
• System window controls are replaced with new ones.
• New tabs list button.
• New sidebar icon.
• New scrollbar style.
• The hotkey window can now be resized.
• New shortcut for settings (Ctrl + Comma).
• Increased app name font size on about page.
• Now the bookmark opens in the current tab.
Added:
• Added tab close button animation.
• Added mouse wheel events on the search panel.
• Added pin/unpin sidebar button.
Fixes:
• Fixed Google Auth freeze.
• Fixed invisible tabs after fullscreen mode.
• Fixed bookmark middle click.
June 5 / 2019
Beta v1.3.3 "Gen5 Update"
Changes:
• New icons: browser, installer, uninstaller, html file.
• When you click on the link in the sidebar, the panel will close.
• "Key binds" renamed to "Hotkeys".
• New shortcut for hotkeys (Ctrl + Shift + H).
• Firmware update (Electron 5, Chrome 73, Node 12).
Added:
• Added Fullscreen HTML API.
• Added background for keys in the hotkeys window.
Removed:
• Removed support for all file types except .html and .htm.
Fixes:
• Repaired fullscreen mode.
• Fixed update notification.
June 4 / 2019
Beta v1.3.2 "Icons Update"
Changes:
• New app icon.
• New installer icon.
• New html file icon.
Added:
• Added uninstaller icon.
• Added icons for htm, webp, xht, shtml, xhml files.
• Added links in settings.
• Added key binds window.
June 3 / 2019
Beta v1.3.1 "Custom Update"
Changes:
• New search panel animation.
• New welcome screen design.
Added:
• Added user custom search engine.
• Added "new-window" options for websites.
• Added icon for html files.
• Added welcome screen section in settings.
• Added icon, date, time for downloads.
• Added user custom new tab page (Default: "https://google.com").
• Added information buttons in the settings.
• Added some notifications in downloads.
• Added installer icon.
• Added Yahoo search engine.
Fixes:
• Fixed show file / folder buttons in downloads.
• Fixed "Search with" buttons.
• Now you can not clear downloads when the file is loaded.
June 2 / 2019
Beta v1.3.0 "Sidebar Update"
• Improved web security (Disabled node integration, JQuery is working).
• Added sidebar.
• Bookmarks, downloads, settings, about moved to sidebar.
• Fixed incorrect behavior of back/forward/refresh/stop buttons.
• "Open with" for htm, html, shtml, webp, xht, xhtml files.
• Some design improvements.
• Removed fade animations (Better performance).
May 21 / 2019
Beta v1.2.1 "Design Update"
• ArrowFlat UI Design 2.1 (Removed shadows and borders).
• Decreased installer file size.
May 21 / 2019
Beta v1.2.0 "Impression Update"
• New flat colors: blue, green, orange, red, light, gray, dark.
• Smaller font: 14px.
• Variable roundness of the corners of the interface elements.
• Some new shortcuts.
• The size and position of the window are maintained.
• New download manager.
• The application will not close during file download.
• Find in page.
• Removed loading screen.
• Windows 10 controls.
• Dynamic width of tabs.
• Tabs list button.
• Removed browser icon on the title bar
• Context menu icons.
• Removed error page.
• Lighter substrates.
• Welcome screen.
• Multiple search engines on search panel (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Wikipedia).
April 13 / 2019
Beta v1.1.0 "Context Update"
• New outlined icons style.
• Tab context menu.
• Light and dark themes.
• New bookmark manager (Drag&Drop).
• Loading screen.
• Zoom factor.
• Added context menu icons.
• New design (Shadows replaced by borders).
• Input roles.
• Bookmarks, settings, about in new tab.
• Sidebar replaced by context menu (Better performance).
• Keyboard shortcuts.
• Notification fade animation.
• New app icon.
• Fullscreen mode (F11).
• Removed download manager. It will appear later in the new form.
• Error page.
• New font (Open Sans).
• 50 new background colors.
March 5 / 2019
Beta v1.0.0
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