WebKitGTK 2.53.1 released!

This is the first development release leading toward 2.54 series.

What’s new in the WebKitGTK 2.53.1 release?

  • Remove the option to use cairo for 2D rendering.
  • Implement GPU atlas creation and replay substitution for batched raster image uploads.
  • Improved non accelerated composited mode by using the same buffer sharing implementation as accelerated mode.
  • The on-demand hardware acceleration policy is now deprecated in GTK3 API.
  • Add new improved API for page favicons.
  • Add webkit_feature_list_find() to public API.
  • Support PGO features in regular CMake builds.
  • Fix several crashes and rendering issues.

Thanks to all the contributors who made possible this release.