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Notable enhancements in this release: - VM export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (OCI Classic) format - Automatic, unattended guest OS installati

Notable enhancements in this release: - VM export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (OCI Classic) format - Automatic, unattended guest OS installation for Oracle VM VirtualBox Virtual Machines - Improved Virtual Machine Tools, including a new dynamic interface to manage Virtual Machine configuration and snapshot capabilities - New Global Tools handling * Virtual Media Manager manages media attributes like size, location, type and description * Host Network Manager simplifies managing corresponding networks and their attributes - GUI accessibility * New GUI icons for VirtualBox on all platforms (Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and Mac OS X) * Enhanced Virtual Machine Selector * Extended audio settings, with the option to enable/disable audio input/output * Snapshot Pane updates allow easier management of snapshot attributes, like name and description - Audio * Device enumeration support for audio backends (optional) * Support for host device callbacks (optional) and further enhancements * HDA emulation now uses asynchronous data processing in separate threads - Storage * Support for CUE/BIN images as CD/DVD media including multiple tracks * Support for the controller memory buffer feature for NVMe

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torstenvl 9y ago
Just FYI, when you post content like that, it is completely unreadable.
- Aloha 9y ago
  How? It's formatted monospaced text, its perfectly readable to me.
  - finnh 9y ago
    On my iphone, at least, the monospace section cuts off after ~20 characters and you have to drag back-and-forth to horizontally scroll the rest into view. Landscape mode helps, but not much.
  - croddin 9y ago
    It doesn’t wrap on mobile and you have to scroll horizontally to read it all.
    - mrweasel 9y ago
      Nor does it wrap in Firefox, so pretty annoying on desktops as well. Unless you're using a large monitor.
  - torstenvl 9y ago
    It's fixed width at a tiny fraction of the screen width. Reading each line requires manually scrolling from start to end of the line, and then back to the beginning, seeing maybe 2-3 words at a time.
  - jannes 9y ago
    https://i.imgur.com/X3FcvQX.png https://i.imgur.com/X3FcvQX.png
- alberth 9y ago
  This is a tiny CSS fix to simply remove the "width" attribute on code and pre. I wish someone from HN would fix this.
  - yupyup 9y ago
    If only this were a website for technical people...
- nikolay 9y ago
  I agree, but that's the only option for posting something structured. I wish HN would give up and implement GitHub Flavored Markdown and allow us to post code snippets, nested lists, etc. Sorry, I do extra effort to convert HTML into comments - maybe I should write a tool instead. I try to always post a comment with release notes and not just an outbound link. It would be great if HN implements https://changelogs.md/ https://changelogs.md/ and gives an open to see the changelog without leaving the site.
- rosstex 9y ago
  (on mobile)
- hinkley 9y ago
  Here's the problem: @media only screen and (min-width : 390px) and (max-width : 509px) { .comment { max-width: 350px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 260px; } } @media only screen and (min-width : 510px) and (max-width : 599px) { .comment { max-width: 460px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 340px; } } @media only screen and (min-width : 600px) and (max-width : 689px) { .comment { max-width: 540px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 400px; } } They are putting max widths on child elements instead of letting the parent control things. It's foolishness. But then, if you look at the html hacker news generates, it'll put you off your lunch.
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avtar 9y ago
Some movement on addressing VirtualBox Shared Folders performance issues would have been really nice to see. Has anyone been able to make it perform well for filesystem intensive (npm install, docker builds, etc.) tasks? https://www.google.ca/search?q=virtualbox+shared+folders+performance+issues https://www.google.ca/search?q=virtualbox+shared+folders+per...
- ngrilly 9y ago
  No. VirtualBox Shared Folders are still slow. I switched to NFS.
JohnTHaller 9y ago
So it's readable on mobile without attempting to horizontally scroll in too-small a space... Notable enhancements in this release: VM export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (OCI Classic) format Automatic, unattended guest OS installation for Oracle VM VirtualBox Virtual Machines Improved Virtual Machine Tools, including a new dynamic interface to manage Virtual Machine configuration and snapshot capabilities New Global Tools handling * Virtual Media Manager manages media attributes like size, location, type and description * Host Network Manager simplifies managing corresponding networks and their attributes GUI accessibility * New GUI icons for VirtualBox on all platforms (Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and Mac OS X) * Enhanced Virtual Machine Selector * Extended audio settings, with the option to enable/disable audio input/output * Snapshot Pane updates allow easier management of snapshot attributes, like name and description Audio * Device enumeration support for audio backends (optional) * Support for host device callbacks (optional) and further enhancements * HDA emulation now uses asynchronous data processing in separate threads Storage * Support for CUE/BIN images as CD/DVD media including multiple tracks * Support for the controller memory buffer feature for NVMe
- nikolay 9y ago
  Thank you! Honestly, I never read HN on mobile devices, so, I wasn't aware of the issue, and I use Stylish for a dark theme and other enhancements on Chrome, which might be fixing some of the <pre /> issues as well.
  - KGIII 9y ago
    Oh, it is a horrible experience on mobile but only for that function. Well, and the coloration but I'm partially colorblind and accept that I'm not a priority. It's like they did the whole site perfectly and then just screwed that up for no good reason. HN is otherwise perfect, as I'm not counting the colors. Those are okay until they use gray (I think, I am never actually sure) text. Totally off topic: I wasn't always colorblind. It happened with age, according to the eye doc. It is so strange never being certain you're seeing colors properly. I didn't realize I was colorblind until people kept pointing out that I was wrong. 'No, David. The curtains are blue, not black.' It led to some amusing confrontations. Anyhow, other than that, HN is pretty much perfect on mobile.

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torstenvl 9y ago

Just FYI, when you post content like that, it is completely unreadable.

Aloha 9y ago
How? It's formatted monospaced text, its perfectly readable to me.
- finnh 9y ago
  On my iphone, at least, the monospace section cuts off after ~20 characters and you have to drag back-and-forth to horizontally scroll the rest into view. Landscape mode helps, but not much.
- croddin 9y ago
  It doesn’t wrap on mobile and you have to scroll horizontally to read it all.
  - mrweasel 9y ago
    Nor does it wrap in Firefox, so pretty annoying on desktops as well. Unless you're using a large monitor.
- torstenvl 9y ago
  It's fixed width at a tiny fraction of the screen width. Reading each line requires manually scrolling from start to end of the line, and then back to the beginning, seeing maybe 2-3 words at a time.
- jannes 9y ago
  https://i.imgur.com/X3FcvQX.png https://i.imgur.com/X3FcvQX.png
alberth 9y ago
This is a tiny CSS fix to simply remove the "width" attribute on code and pre. I wish someone from HN would fix this.
- yupyup 9y ago
  If only this were a website for technical people...
nikolay 9y ago
I agree, but that's the only option for posting something structured. I wish HN would give up and implement GitHub Flavored Markdown and allow us to post code snippets, nested lists, etc. Sorry, I do extra effort to convert HTML into comments - maybe I should write a tool instead. I try to always post a comment with release notes and not just an outbound link. It would be great if HN implements https://changelogs.md/ https://changelogs.md/ and gives an open to see the changelog without leaving the site.
rosstex 9y ago
(on mobile)
hinkley 9y ago
Here's the problem: @media only screen and (min-width : 390px) and (max-width : 509px) { .comment { max-width: 350px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 260px; } } @media only screen and (min-width : 510px) and (max-width : 599px) { .comment { max-width: 460px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 340px; } } @media only screen and (min-width : 600px) and (max-width : 689px) { .comment { max-width: 540px; overflow: auto } pre { max-width: 400px; } } They are putting max widths on child elements instead of letting the parent control things. It's foolishness. But then, if you look at the html hacker news generates, it'll put you off your lunch.

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avtar 9y ago

Some movement on addressing VirtualBox Shared Folders performance issues would have been really nice to see. Has anyone been able to make it perform well for filesystem intensive (npm install, docker builds, etc.) tasks? https://www.google.ca/search?q=virtualbox+shared+folders+performance+issues https://www.google.ca/search?q=virtualbox+shared+folders+per...

ngrilly 9y ago
No. VirtualBox Shared Folders are still slow. I switched to NFS.

JohnTHaller 9y ago

So it's readable on mobile without attempting to horizontally scroll in too-small a space... Notable enhancements in this release: VM export to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Classic (OCI Classic) format Automatic, unattended guest OS installation for Oracle VM VirtualBox Virtual Machines Improved Virtual Machine Tools, including a new dynamic interface to manage Virtual Machine configuration and snapshot capabilities New Global Tools handling * Virtual Media Manager manages media attributes like size, location, type and description * Host Network Manager simplifies managing corresponding networks and their attributes GUI accessibility * New GUI icons for VirtualBox on all platforms (Windows, Linux, Oracle Solaris and Mac OS X) * Enhanced Virtual Machine Selector * Extended audio settings, with the option to enable/disable audio input/output * Snapshot Pane updates allow easier management of snapshot attributes, like name and description Audio * Device enumeration support for audio backends (optional) * Support for host device callbacks (optional) and further enhancements * HDA emulation now uses asynchronous data processing in separate threads Storage * Support for CUE/BIN images as CD/DVD media including multiple tracks * Support for the controller memory buffer feature for NVMe

nikolay 9y ago
Thank you! Honestly, I never read HN on mobile devices, so, I wasn't aware of the issue, and I use Stylish for a dark theme and other enhancements on Chrome, which might be fixing some of the <pre /> issues as well.
- KGIII 9y ago
  Oh, it is a horrible experience on mobile but only for that function. Well, and the coloration but I'm partially colorblind and accept that I'm not a priority. It's like they did the whole site perfectly and then just screwed that up for no good reason. HN is otherwise perfect, as I'm not counting the colors. Those are okay until they use gray (I think, I am never actually sure) text. Totally off topic: I wasn't always colorblind. It happened with age, according to the eye doc. It is so strange never being certain you're seeing colors properly. I didn't realize I was colorblind until people kept pointing out that I was wrong. 'No, David. The curtains are blue, not black.' It led to some amusing confrontations. Anyhow, other than that, HN is pretty much perfect on mobile.