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-0.4.3 (?/??/2012):
+0.4.3 (6/21/2012):
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 - rEFInd now supports compilation using the TianoCore UDK2010/EDK2
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
   systems, since the boot loader that rEFInd launches is likely to set
   graphics or text mode itself.)
 
+- Graphics-mode booting now clears the screen to the current rEFInd
+  background color (rather than black) and does NOT display boot messages.
+  The intent is for a smoother transition when booting OS X, or perhaps
+  other OSes that don't display boot loader messages. In practice, this
+  effect will be tiny for many OSes, since the boot loader generally clears
+  the screen within a fraction of a second of being launched; but the
+  "flicker" of a rEFInd message in that time can sometimes be distracting.
+
 - Filesystem drivers now work on EFI 1.x systems, such as Macs.
 
 - Removed "linux.conf" as a valid alternative name for "refind_linux.conf"