Midori 0.4.7 has reached a new level of downloading experience. Panel and statusbar consistently verify file integrity, show size, remaining time and speed of a file. An icon and expected file size are displayed before saving a file. External download managers, namely SteadyFlow, Aria2 or command-line based such as wget are available in the preferences. To counter phishing sites which fake downloads as demonstrated by Michal Zalewski the origin of the file is clearly visible. Finally, you can now save whole websites including any images, scripts and other resources – optionally.

On the topic of security Midori has reached another milestone. Goodbye colorful urlbar, you were beautiful but let’s face it, once you get used to the colors nobody pays attention even when it’s read. What this means is that SSL errors are now fatal by default – conveniently we can use GCR, a library based on GNOME keyring, to show plenty of detail for a certificate. Once you “Trust” a website other GCR-using applications can also trust it.

The cherry on the secure cake is HSTS, not to be confused with whatever Wikipedia may suggest it stands for, HTTP Strict Transport Security, which Midori recognizes and caches behind the scenes – no UI by design, you get SSL without typing https.

For lots of other exciting goodies in this release, see the ridiculously long beast of a change log. And stay tuned on the Windows build – it’s going to follow soon.

So download Midori v0.4.7 (1 MB) (MD5) (ChangeLog) already!