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| title: PouchDB 2.1.0 |
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| author: Dale Harvey |
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| [PouchDB 2.1.0](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/releases/tag/2.1.0) is now released! Please [file issues](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues) or [tell us what you think](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#get-in-touch). We would also like to give a huge thanks to our [new and existing contributors](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/graphs/contributors?from=2014-03-01&to=2014-04-01). |
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| This release contains a database migration, which means that once you upgrade you will no longer be able to use previous versions of PouchDB on the same databases. |
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| ### Major Changes: |
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| * Website redesign and a new blog ([#1539](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1539), [#893](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/893)) |
| * Support optional LevelDOWN builds ([#44](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/44)) |
| * Replication performance improvements ([#1732](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1732)) |
| * Performance improvements for skip / limit ([#1649](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1649)) |
| * Cache WebSQL databases, fully passing tests in Safari ([#1068](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1068)) |
| * Fix support for unicode in doc ids (WebSQL) ([#1733](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1733)) |
| * Fix for localStorage detection in Chrome Apps ([#1727](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1727)) |
| * Allow overriding of http functions ([#1602](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1602)) |
| * Improve error reporting from replicator ([#1714](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1714)) |
| * Switch to readAsArrayBuffer for IE binary support ([#1667](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1667)) |
| * Add `npm run shell` for quick shell experimenting ([#1610](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1610)) |
| * Ensure we dont lose data when browsers upgrade from WebSQL to IDB ([#1289](http://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/issues/1289)) |
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| ###### [Complete list of changes](https://github.com/daleharvey/pouchdb/compare/2.0.1...2.1.0) |
