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Deadname Remover version history - 11 versions

Deadname Remover by WillHayCode, Ari Gibson

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Deadname Remover version history - 11 versions
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  • Latest version

    Version 2.1.1

    Released Apr 7, 2025 - 133.03 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    • Bug fixes causing settings to not save

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Older versions

    Version 2.1.0

    Released Apr 7, 2025 - 132.8 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    • Added keyboard shortcut functionality for quickly enabling/disabling the extension
    • Added setting to replace plain text email addresses (Note: Email hyperlinks remain unchanged and will use the original address when clicked)
    • Added setting to hide debug logs that contain name mapping information (including deadnames) (thanks @Lenochxd!)
    • Resolved UI issue causing switches to not show an indicator when focused
    • Excluded SVGs from processing to improve performance

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 2.0.4

    Released Feb 20, 2025 - 127.97 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    Fix issue with duplicate names being allowed in settings due to case sensitive matching instead of case insensitive

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 2.0.3

    Released Feb 19, 2025 - 127.92 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    Resolves bug with names not replacing while maintaining performance.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 2.0.2

    Released Feb 17, 2025 - 127.84 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    Resolved issue with excessive processing on added DOM nodes, causing slow performance on larger pages.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 2.0.1

    Released Feb 17, 2025 - 127.71 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    Resolves bug with recursive name replacement causing browser lag and crashes.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 2.0.0

    Released Feb 16, 2025 - 126.99 KB
    Works with firefox 58.0 and later
    v2.0.0 🎉

    Added or Changed
    - Complete rewrite of the extension using modern technologies/patterns:
    - Improved performance via new name replacement mechanism
    - Simplified replacement logic via cleaner browser-built in functions (such as document.createNodeIterator)
    - Migration to WXT extension framework for easier development and maintenance
    - Removed need for complicated build and task systems
    - Rewrote UI to be more modern, user friendly, and accessible
    - Integrated mutation observer to detect changes to the DOM and update the UI accordingly
    - Re-analyzed which fields are processed to better follow user expectations
    - Ensured full feature parity with the previous version (except for TamperMonkey scripts)
    - New features:
    - Ability to add infinite deadnames and chosen names to process
    - Theme support with trans pride and non-binary pride gradient options
    - Name highlighting with pride-colored gradients
    - Syncing settings across devices is now optional in case of privacy concerns
    - Content blocking to prevent flashing of deadnames
    - Support for shadow DOM elements, meaning more websites are supported
    - Metrics to track the performance of the extension, implement easier debugging
    - Improved accessibility:
    - Additional support for screen readers by processing ARIA attributes, alt tags
    - High contrast theme option
    - Improved keyboard navigation and accessibility in settings pages
    - Enhanced developer experience:
    - Focus on leveraging WXT features and packages to improve development speed and quality
    - Less code to maintain
    - Better codebase structure to reduce barriers to entry for new contributors
    - Svelte for UI components to speed up development, allow more flexibility in UI development
    - OnuUI and UnoCSS for styling; modern, consistent, and easy to use
    - Valibot for data validation and type safety
    - Scripts for linting, type checking, building, etc.
    - Misc:
    - Added this changelog :)
    - More detailed and improved communication in Privacy Policy
    - Recreated README to be accurate considering all the changes in this version

    Removed
    - Entire previous codebase to modernize and improve the extension
    - Support for TamperMonkey scripts
    - May be added back in the future if there is a need for it, though likely not used frequently and adds additional maintenance burden

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 1.2.2

    Released Oct 6, 2020 - 35.24 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later
    This update adds the ability to register multiple deadnames, as well as some general performance and bug fixes.

    Big big thank you to Gusted on GitHub for making all of the changes in this update, and special mention to fredwilby on GitHub for code review.

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 1.2.1

    Released Sep 1, 2020 - 33.57 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later
    +Move name settings to separate page from popup to fix issue some users were having with scrolling

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 1.2.0

    Released Aug 31, 2020 - 32.17 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later
    Huge thanks to Gusted, Enbika, and Evelyn Hathaway for contributing code and making this release possible.

    + Massive optimisations
    + Fixed bug where names within other words were being replaced (e.g. Stomp becoming SKathrynp in Tom -> Kathryn replacement)
    + Other minor fixes and improvements

    Source code released under MIT License

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  • Version 1.1.0

    Released Apr 11, 2020 - 31.05 KB
    Works with firefox 57.0 and later

    Source code released under MIT License

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