2.9 release should be very soon.
As for the HTML support: we're still contemplating if we want the keep using the Embedded Mozilla GTK widget, or switch to some other HTML rendering lib. Things like pre-rendering and overlaying scribbles are a little harder in the current solution.
An inherent problem with HTML (in (almost?) all available rendering engines) is that you need to render (or at least parse and layout) the entire page before you can accurately display anything. Pagination is also not something a HTML rendering lib normally takes care off, except in printing-mode...
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