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• Linkification
• WindowsUpdate
• Organize Status Bar
• PopupMaster

• Linkification - Allows Firefox (0.9+) to view plain-text URLs and e-mail addresses as actual links

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  • Linkification 1.2.4 beta - Last updated: 2006-02-27 10:25pm EST
    • Fixed regression in regular expressions
  • Linkification 1.2.3
    • Fixed bug with large textareas (related to bug #300691)
  • Linkification 1.2.2
    • Fixed top-level domain issue with e-mail addresses
    • Fixed whitelist/blacklist bug when opening tabs in background
    • Added "Thorough Mode" to options (disabled by default)
    • More speed upgrades
    • Improved detection for "Open Selected Link" in context menu
    • Added smoother statusbar icons (thanks: Tobias Schmidbauer)
    • Added Czech translation (thanks: The Zero)
    • Added Danish translation (thanks: AlleyKat)
    • Added Spanish translation (thanks: srxo1978, urko)
    • Added Italian translation (thanks: Vash)
    • Added Japanese translation (thanks: Norah)
    • Added Slovak translation (thanks: wladow)
    • Added Turkish translation (thanks: Shaman)
    • Added Traditional Chinese translation (thanks: Marcus)
  • Linkification 1.2.1
    • Fixes German translation (thanks: Joerg)
  • Linkification 1.2.0
    • Now linkifies up to 3 times faster!
    • Tweaked regular expressions to eliminate many false positives
    • Added option to specify inline elements
    • Added option to specify excluded parent elements (XPath compatible)
    • Fixed whitelist error
    • Double-clicking now detects more links than linkifying
    • Fixed double-click selection issue
    • Re-introduced option to only linkify certain types of links (protocol, e-mail, etc.)
    • Modified status bar image
    • Removed all incomplete translations, and posted on www.babelzilla.org
    • Rearranged options menu
    • Added "Open Link in New Window" option
    • Added "Open Selected Link" context menu item for multiline links
    • Added German translation (thanks: Joerg)
    • Added Chinese translation (thanks: Rick Cart)
    • Added Korean translation (thanks: Flactal)
    • Added Dutch translation (thanks: Alf)
    • Added Portuguese-BR translation (thanks: Teboga)
    • Added Russian translation (thanks: TLemur)
  • Linkification 1.1.9
    • Fixed skin install issue
    • Added French translation (thanks: Dagobert_78)
  • Linkification 1.1.8
    • Added compatibility with Tiddlywiki
    • Added status bar context menu, tooltips
    • Added status bar icon (enabled by default)
    • Fixed event handler removal
    • Fixed memory issues
    • Started to prepare for a major revision (changed some function names)
  • Linkification 1.1.7
    • Added support for sites with frames
    • Fixed double-clicking of text links in XML documents
    • Fixed memory leak issue
    • Added Simplified Chinese translation (thanks: Rick Cart)
  • Linkification 1.1.6
    • Added ! operator to Text Protocol:Link Protocol for protocols with no //
    • Added mailto: and about: protocols to defaults
    • Added option to specify tags for linkifiable text
    • Enhanced double-click functionality
    • E-mail address must now have a dot (.) somewhere after the @ to linkify
    • Added translations: Taiwanese, Portugese, Swedish
  • Linkification 1.1.5
    • Fixed double-click issue
    • Drastically reduced code
    • Changed default options (Advanced tab)
    • Rearranged options menu
  • Linkification 1.1.4
    • contains more regular expression tweaks
    • middle-clicking linkified text no longer sends http_referer information
    • now properly detects current tab
    • changed default settings for link detection (see advanced tab in EM options)
  • Linkification 1.1.3
    • added support for mms and ed2k links
    • added mms and ed2k to default list of recognized protocols
    • added korean translation (thanks: Flactal)
    • made multiple regular expression tweaks
  • Linkification 1.1.2
    • added irc to default list of recognized protocols/subdomains
    • user@www.test.com is now recognized as protocol link, not e-mail address
      • this is true for all recognized subdomains (www, ftp, irc..)
    • fixed refresh bug
    • fixed strict javascript warnings
  • Linkification 1.1.1
    • more speed, efficiency increases
  • Linkification 1.1.0
    • speed increased
    • smaller size
    • all types of links are always linkified with no penalty
  • Linkification 1.0.2
    • multiple bug fixes
  • Linkification 1.0.1
    • left-click/double-click never sends referer information
    • fixes double-click freezing issue
    • fixes auto-linkification issue
    • adds German localization (thanks: Stefan Pukallus)
  • Linkification 1.0
    • fixes referer issues in deer park
    • adds complete support for internationalization
  • Linkification 0.10.0
    • fixes multiple js warnings and errors
    • adds support for deer park (fx 1.1)
  • Linkification 0.9.20
    • adds site whitelist/blacklist
  • Linkification 0.9.19
    • adds more international support to regular expressions
    • adds support for Firefox 1.0
  • Linkification 0.9.18
    • adds better international support to regular expressions
    • tweaks regular expressions
  • Linkification 0.9.17
    • fixes previous version's auto-linkify bug
  • Linkification 0.9.16
    • makes changes to e-mail detection
    • adds option to linkify text with onclick/onmousedown events (enabled by default)
    • speeds up text length checks
    • fixes crashes with pages containing java (does not auto-linkify)
  • Linkification 0.9.15
    • fixes double-click errors with text containing markup
  • Linkification 0.9.14
    • fixes javascript errors
    • fixes multiple double-click associated bugs
  • Linkification 0.9.13
    • fixes full support for xml/xhtml pages
    • adds more regular expression tweaks
  • Linkification 0.9.12
    • fixes double-click support for xml/xhtml pages
  • Linkification 0.9.11
    • adds option to specify whitespace-causing HTML tags
    • adds option to specify excluded HTML tags
    • makes small changes to regular expressions
    • fixes Open in Tabs and Suppress HTTP Referers collision
    • fixes false positives when double-clicking text
  • Linkification 0.9.10
    • adds option to only Auto-Linkify pages of certain length or smaller
    • adds Auto-Linkify blacklist option (a list of domains that will not Auto-Linkify)
    • clarifies language of some options
  • Linkification 0.9.9
    • fixes incorrectly handled links separated by block-level HTML elements
    • fixes Linkification behavior when new tab is opened by user
    • fixes conflict between Linkification and Close Tab On Double Click extension
    • modifies Ctrl+Shift+L to toggle Linkify/Undo (eliminates Ctrl+Shift+U hotkey)
  • Linkification 0.9.8
    • enhances Double-click feature to allow text links with HTML markup
    • fixes major issue that crippled Open in Tabs and Suppress Referer since 0.9.6
    • revises options menu captions
    • toggles context menu item between Linkify and Unlinkify instead of disabling
  • Linkification 0.9.7
    • adds option to edit supported protocols
    • adds option to edit recognized subdomains
    • adds option to open links by double-clicking (works when Enable Linkification is unchecked)
    • increases linkification speed by RegExp grouping
  • Linkification 0.9.6
    • adds support for telnet:// links
    • fixes collision between Suppress HTTP Referers and external protocols
    • adds more flexibility to e-mail address checks
    • fixes hotkey issues (hopefully)
  • Linkification 0.9.5
    • tweaks regular expressions, should be much more accurate
    • adds Linkify Image URLs to options
    • adds enable/disable individual link types to options
    • adds f*p://ftp.test.com support (properly converts to FTP protocol)
  • Linkification 0.9.4
    • adds support for http://localhost/test/ links
    • fixes support for subdomain.domain.com links (ambiguity fixes)
      • only subdomain.domain.com/test/ and user:password@subdomain.domain.com are detected
    • fixes minor javascript errors
    • increases linkification speed (not too noticeable)
  • Linkification 0.9.3
    • fixes Suppress HTTP Referers with Open in Tabs
    • fixes minor stability issues
  • Linkification 0.9.2
    • removes Ctrl+Shift+S hotkey to toggle Suppress HTTP Referers
    • adds Ctrl+Shift+U hotkey to un-linkify page
    • adds support for h**p://www.test.com links
    • fixes context menu errors
    • adds support for subdomain.domain.com links
    • allows e-mail addresses for user authentication (user@test.com:password@www.test.com)
  • Linkification 0.9.1
    • fixes middle-click opening two tabs when Open in Tabs is turned on
    • adds internal support for customized regular expressions (coming soon!)
    • link text color/background color can now be individually enabled/disabled
    • enables Suppress HTTP Referers by default (except in upgrades from previous versions)
  • Linkification 0.9.0
    • re-designed entire linkification engine
      • Now much faster and more efficient
      • More flexible for updates and new options
    • handles text with HTML markup !!!!
    • sets text highlighting to off by default
      • Linkification now uses current page style for links by default
      • This can still be toggled in the options menu
    • no longer linkifies standalone IP addresses (192.168.1.1)
      • http://192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.1/test/ are still detected
      • This was changed due to too many false matches
    • adds Open in Tabs, and Open Tabs in Background options
      • These settings will only affect links created by Linkification (to avoid conflicts with true tab extensions)
      • Both are turned off by default
    • adds Suppress HTTP Referers option
      • Can be toggled by pressing Ctrl+Shift+S
      • Turned off by default
  • Linkification 0.8.6
    • linkifies links containing IP addresses
    • linkifies ftp.test.com with FTP protocol
    • fixes e-mail/user authentication URL ambiguities
    • removes option to enable/disable individual links (HTTP, E-mail, WWW)
      • This was mainly used as a debug feature
      • Reduces extension size by ~2K, due to reduced code complexity
    • adds option to enable/disable context menu item
    • fixes Ctrl+Shift+Y hotkey
  • Linkification 0.8.5
    • Ctrl+Alt+L has been changed to Ctrl+Shift+L (hopefully the last hotkey change)
    • adds Enable Linkification to options menu (Ctrl+Shift+Y)
    • fixes custom protocol support
  • Linkification 0.8.4
    • Alt+L has been changed to Ctrl+Alt+L to avoid colliding with livehttpheaders extension
    • adds support for customized protocols (ex. hxxp://)
    • fixes authentication address lookup
      • now handles http://user@www.test.com, with no password
      • without the http://, user@www.test.com will be recognized as an e-mail address
  • Linkification 0.8.3
    • adds support for userContent.css by setting class="linkification-ext" to linkified text
    • linkifies authentication addresses (ex. http://user:password@www.test.com)
  • Linkification 0.8.2
  • Linkification 0.8.1
  • Linkification 0.7.10
  • Linkification 0.7.9
  • Linkification 0.7.8

• Windows Update - Adds a Windows Update menuitem under the Firefox (0.9+) tools menu (Opens IE to windowsupdate site)

  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.7 beta - Last updated: 2006-01-31 07:14am EST
    • Added French translation (thanks: jojaba)
    • Added Korean translation (thanks: Flactal)
    • Added Czech translation (thanks: Robin)
    • Added Slovak translation (thanks: wladow)
    • Added Spanish translation (thanks: srxo1978)
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.6
    • eliminated some scripting redundancy
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.5
    • added compatibility with IE Tab extension
    • made many cosmetic changes to codebase
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.4
    • added czech translation (thanks: Robin)
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.3
    • added korean translation (thanks: Flactal)
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.2
    • compatibility update for deer park
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1.1
    • retains support for Firefox 1.0.x
  • WindowsUpdate 1.1
    • adds support for Firefox 1.1
  • WindowsUpdate 1.0
    • adds support for Firefox 1.0
  • WindowsUpdate 0.7
    • adds option to specify Windows Update URL
    • removes HTTPS option
  • WindowsUpdate 0.6
    • adds option to use secure Windows Update site (HTTPS)
  • WindowsUpdate 0.5
  • WindowsUpdate 0.4
  • WindowsUpdate 0.3 (Windows 95 and 98lite)

• Organize Status Bar - Allows you to rearrange or remove status bar items

  • OSB 0.3.1 beta - Last updated: 2006-01-28 09:38am EST
    • Fixed height issue with infoRSS
    • Added collapsed attribute checking
    • Eliminated some scripting redundancy
    • Fixed event handler removal
    • Fixed hidden attribute checking
    • Added Spanish translation (thanks: Urko and his wife)
    • Added Simplified Chinese translation (thanks: Rick Cart)
    • Added Slovak translation (thanks: Jan Kendi)
  • OSB 0.3
    • Fixed incompatibilities with most (if not all) extensions
    • Fixed nagging javascript errors
    • Replaced the Remove button with Show and Hide
    • The ids of hidden status bar items are now grey, instead of removed from list
    • Moving items in list now shows results in real time
    • Added Italian translation. (thanks: ???)
    • Added translation property for extension description. (thanks: ???)
  • OSB 0.2.1
    • Fixed incompatibilities with multiple extensions
    • Added French translation. (thanks: nokami)
  • OSB 0.2
    • Fixed incompatibilities with multiple extensions. (thanks: Lyandra Angel)
    • Fixed errors when opening a new window
    • Fixed hidden icons when installing new status bar extensions
  • OSB 0.2 beta 3
  • OSB 0.2 beta 2
  • OSB 0.2 beta 1
    • Test build due to response on UMO
  • OSB 0.1
    • Initial version

• PopupMaster - Places the popup blocker icon in the status bar, regardless of site settings

  • PM 1.1
    • Fixed bug which prevented update on tab switching
    • Added Dutch translation (thanks: Alf)
    • Added French translation (thanks: La Luciole)
    • Added Italian translation (thanks: Indigo)
    • Added Korean translation (thanks: Flactal)
    • Added Portuguese-BR translation (thanks: Teboga)
    • Added Spanish translation (thanks: srxo1978)
  • PM 1.0
    • Introduces "Globally Allow" toggle
    • Complete rewrite, fixing multiple problems
  • PM 0.1
    • Initial version