Phi 2.14.0

Phi Browser 2.14 is about the small tools you reach for without thinking. Screenshots can now be marked up before they leave the browser, keyboard shortcuts finally have a settings page that shows you all of them, and widgets get a task list of their own. Underneath, a round of fixes makes switching pages and opening the sidebar look a good deal calmer.

If someone asks where something lives, and the only honest answer is a webpage screenshot with a large red arrow on it. Phi can now handle the whole job. Select a region of the page, scrolling past the edge of the window if what you need runs long, and the capture opens in an editor right in the browser. Add shapes, arrows, freehand lines, and text, pixelate anything that shouldn't travel, crop, and export as PNG, JPG, or PDF. Full-page screenshots open in the same editor, so the arrow is never more than a click away.

Keyboard shortcuts have a new settings page, sorted by what each one does. Shortcuts that used to be hidden, including Chromium's own for the bookmarks bar and selected text, can now be changed. You can search by command name or by key, filter to the ones you've customized or the ones that conflict, and when a new shortcut clashes with an existing one, Phi shows you the clash and leaves the decision to you. Command-Q stays protected, which we consider a kindness.

Widgets gain a My Tasks template that shows your scheduled tasks and how they're running, right on the New Tab Page. Creating a widget now shows a progress bar rather than a running commentary of the assistant's working notes, the built-in templates have been brought in line with the new design, and widgets Phi suggests for you carry a small Phi logo, with Keep and Close waiting in the widget's menu.

Elsewhere, the New Tab Page search box now uses the name you gave your assistant. Pages no longer flicker as you switch between them, the top of the window stops flashing between the site's color and Phi's, and the sidebar opens and closes with a proper animation instead of a jump. Peek View gets a tidier button and keeps its shortcuts to itself rather than passing them to the page underneath. Command-F works again after you leave full screen, a collapsed Mini Player stays collapsed when you switch Spaces, Memory recall no longer misses entries, and we've fixed a handful of smaller annoyances.

None of this is grand. It's the screenshot, the shortcut, the page that doesn't blink: the parts of a browser you touch fifty times a day and only notice when they're wrong. We'd rather you didn't notice them at all.