External Application Button (WebExtension) by Andy Portmen

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External Application Button (WebExtension) version history - 25 versions

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Version 0.5.8
Released Nov 21, 2024 - 166.07 KB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/113
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Older versions
Version 0.5.7
Released Nov 9, 2024 - 165.77 KB
Works with firefox 128.0 and later
1. Some changes to the interface to improve ux
2. Moves Firefox to manifest v3
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Version 0.5.3
Released Mar 4, 2023 - 168.4 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/84#issuecomment-1452954980
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Version 0.5.2.1
Released Feb 25, 2023 - 168.14 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/82
2. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/83
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Version 0.5.2
Released Feb 25, 2023 - 168.14 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/82
2. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/83
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Version 0.5.1.1
Released Dec 13, 2022 - 167.68 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/74
2. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/74
3. new icons!
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Version 0.5.1
Released Oct 16, 2022 - 167.58 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/74
2. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/74
3. new icons!
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Version 0.4.2
Released May 9, 2021 - 125.45 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. "Run external commands from other extensions" is now opt-in from the options page (thanks to the comment from CISPA research team)
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Version 0.4.1
Released Nov 29, 2020 - 125.2 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/57
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Version 0.4.0
Released Oct 25, 2020 - 125.2 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/48
2. Fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/50
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Version 0.3.9
Released Jul 7, 2020 - 121.97 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Check context menu types before creating items
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Version 0.3.8
Released Jun 3, 2020 - 121.88 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/45
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Version 0.3.7.2
Released May 25, 2020 - 121.88 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/41
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Version 0.3.7.1
Released May 24, 2020 - 121.87 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/42
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Version 0.3.7
Released May 23, 2020 - 121.86 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Run pre-JavaScript code to fetch data from the current webpage and pass it to the external executable or to post run a JS code to send data that is received from the external executable to the webpage
2. a new context option is added
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Version 0.3.5
Released Oct 26, 2019 - 117.89 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Added support for Thunderbird
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Version 0.3.4
Released Oct 13, 2019 - 117.99 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. Supports "bookmark" and "password" contexts
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Version 0.3.3
Released Aug 22, 2019 - 119.97 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. A new option to change window's state on command execution.
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Version 0.3.2
Released Aug 4, 2019 - 119.69 KB
Works with firefox 48.0 and later
1. context-menu now supports document filtering (you can limit its appearance to custom pages)
2. warn the user if context menu creation failed
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Version 0.3.1
Released Jun 10, 2019 - 119.44 KB
Works with firefox 57.0 and later
1. Fixes "[DOWNLOADED_PATH]" keyword is not working.
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Version 0.3.0
Released Jun 10, 2019 - 119.44 KB
Works with firefox 57.0 and later
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Version 0.2.9
Released Jun 2, 2019 - 119.46 KB
Works with firefox 57.0 and later
1. Adds more placements (referrer, cookie, and user-agent) from active tab
2. Removes requesting permission to access all tabs as it was not needed.
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Version 0.2.8
Released Nov 24, 2017 - 108.39 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
1. "[PROMPT]" keyword is removed from the Firefox version as it is not yet supported.
2. Fixes https://github.com/andy-portmen/external-application-button/issues/5
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Version 0.2.7
Released Nov 4, 2017 - 108.3 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
1. fixes FF 52 ESR compatibility bug
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Version 0.2.6
Released Nov 1, 2017 - 108.3 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
1. External Application Button now has two new keywords: [DOWNLOADED_PATH], [PROMPT].
-> [DOWNLOADED_PATH]: Download a URL using your browser internal download manager and then send the absolute path of the downloaded file to the external application
-> [PROMPT]: Ask for user input. You can have multiple of this keyword to prompt multiple times!
2. External Application Button now accepts incoming connections from other extension. This will cause the extension to display a notification to user and ask for user permission.
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Latest version

Version 0.5.8

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Version 0.5.7

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