Re: Molasses version 0.7.5 released

Thanks!

How old is your macbook? The HTML rendering can be a little sluggish in certain situations.

If there is a particular site/page that is slow let me know and I'll see if I can improve it. For

the most part it is pretty snappy on my amd linux desktop. However, I haven't tested as

much on macos because I only have limited access to macos machines.

The slowest machine I have tested on is a g4 mac mini, and it is quite sluggish on it(this used

a ppc build I have not distributed). For really slow machines I recommend disabling smooth

scrolling in the Options menu.

Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. I appreciate it!

-- Jonathan

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM cat Kalmar <cat@b4udw3rk5.com> wrote:

holy smokes! love your work. it runs kinda sluggish on my Macbook but
that might be settings and I'll play with it more this evening.
incredible job.

regards.

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On 26/11/2025 3:08 PM, Jonathan Simpson wrote:
> Molasses is a multi-platform graphical gopher client.
>
> Updates in this release:
> - HTTP protocol support (not useful for the modern web, since Molasses
> lacks support for CSS, _javascript_, and HTML > version 3.2) *
> - Option to increase font size
> - Optional "light mode" color scheme
> - Add menu shortcuts
> - Display selected gopher menu item's selector, host, and port in status bar
> - Strip ANSI escape codes from gopher menu information("i" item type) lines **
> - Various bug fixes, especially regarding HTML rendering
>
> Download here:
> https://github.com/jjsimpso/molasses/releases/tag/v0.7.5
>
> Pre-built binaries for Linux, Macos(apple silicon and x86), and Windows.
>
> * added primarily so I could browse http://discmaster.textfiles.com
> with Molasses!
> ** added specifically to improve display of gopher://baud.baby
>