First Release of Peacock | Back For Round 2(.0.4)

Our first release yet for Peacock v2 is finally here.

After lots of thinking, I'm happy to announce the first release of Peacock's new form. We have switched over from .NET development to elegant and well-documented Electron. Peacock v1.0 was built on Microsoft Windows Forms, an older software development platform which had many drawbacks.

Several hurdles that Peacock v1 faced was the lack of Blockstack support for Winforms, making the dreams of decentralization almost impossible. Also, being an older platform, Windows Forms had little documentation and weren't fit for cross-platform development, leading us to only releasing a Windows version on the initial build.

Right: Old Logo, Left: New Logo

These limitations had greatly hindered our progression when building the first version of Peacock and I'm proud to announce that we have finally switched over to Node.JS and will be using Electron to build, from scratch, the second iteration of the privacy-friendly web browser, Peacock.

Here's a list of our newest features:
✅ Simple Navigations Controls (Back, Forward, Refresh)
✅ Tab System with Keyboard Shortcuts (Control+Tab and Control+Shift+Tab)
✅ First Version of Peacock Shield integrated (top right shield icon), our Inbuilt Adblocker
✅ Very Basic Support for Blockstack (no GUI yet)
✅ Clean Bookmark System
✅ Do Not Track Header Added to ALL Web Requests
✅ Fullscreen Support
✅ WebP Image Support
✅ peacock:// Protocol Support

Future Additions:
⬜ Discord Rich Presence Support
⬜ Full GUI to Access Blockchain-hosted Browsing History
⬜ Add Permission Control Interface
⬜ Create Settings Page
⬜ Add Support for Chrome Extension APIs

Thanks for checking out Peacock!
Feel free to install this early access build of Peacock using the respective link for your Operating System below.

DISCLAIMER: This is a very early build and shouldn't be used to store/browse any sensitive data.

Cheers,
Spike