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Thanks, 1.0.2 has indeed fixed most yellow link banners. There is, however, some curious inconsistency. Some links open a new tab with the image, others - like e.g. this one - open a dowload manager.

There are also a few other minor things, like e.g. some buttons not working. Presumably another JS issue? The easier way to reproduce is trying to type a post to TMO, like this one. Most buttons in the toolbar do not work. They are highlighted like when pressed but nothing happens. The "Manage Attachments" button I reported earlier now does something, but only to open a blank page with a 404 error.

Other minor things:
  • Some small rendering issues, like e.g. the Quick Reply box below.
  • When typing in an edit box, the browser zooms in a bit too much. The stock browser (SB) IMO hits the spot about right.
  • Most user probably won't notice this, but the lucky few of us with a modified VKB with cursor arrows will: when in the edit box, the cursor keys scroll the cursor as expected, until the cursor hits the end. After that, it scrolls the whole screen.
  • Swiping up/down inside an edit box with a lot of text does not scroll the text. I need to use the arrows (which most people won't have).
  • The tabs in the tab manager are actually very nice, I would say better than in SB. But they are not immediately obvious. It confused me anyway Some dividers might help.

Some positive things:
  • I like some controls, like check boxes. They look better than in SB.
  • The memory management is much better than in SB. No reloading when switching away from and back to a tab. Hurrah!
  • You can select and copy a paragraph and it works without patches and both in the page as well as in the edit boxes. Double yey!
  • There was some noticeable jerking when scrolling pages such as TMO up/down but that seems to have mostly gone in 1.0.2.
  • Double click on a paragraph to zoom in seems to work better than in SB.
  • I have not yet managed to reproduce the click lottery bug known from SB. It was mostly fixed in Uitukka but still present sometimes. Not in Webcat though.

For me, the positives by far outweigh the minor issues. Especially the text selection and no page reloading make Wbcat a clear winner over SB, which I have firmly relegated to a Launcher folder. Webcat is now proudly the browser of choice on my Jolla.

If I may have just one request, it would be the "make default" option. So clicking a link in an email opens Webcat instead of SB. Is that doable?
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