Neat URL version history - 24 versions
Neat URL by Geoffrey De Belie
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Version 5.0.0
Released Apr 26, 2020 - 62.43 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix #144 (XTOR): hash parameters work again
* Fix #161 (Ebay): add Ebay parameter hash@ebay.*
* Fix #167 (fbclid): add Facebook parameter fbclid
* Fix #176 (Google Analytics): add Google Analytics parameters gclid, gclsrc
* Fix #177 (merge commits) by updating this extension
* Fix #200 (double domains) by using publicsuffix-ccSLD
* Fix #204 (roadmap): consider this changelog to be the roadmap
* Fix #205 (block all placeholders using #*): add support for #* and #?*
* Fix #206 (Yandex parameters): added by default
* Fix #207 (hash): hash parameters work again
* Fix #216 (Matomo): add pk_*
* Fix #217 (outdated) by updating this extension
* Fix: mixing a root wild card domain with a suffix wildcard domain is now supported
* Adding default blocking parameters in new versions results in all users receiving the new parameters
* Existing default parameters included in the custom blocked parameters, will be deleted from the custom blocked parameters list
* Organised default blocking parameters into categories and into a JSON file
* This removes the need to have the default blocking list multiple times in the code base (options.js, background.js)
* Added Twitch.tv parameters tt_medium, tt_content
* Added MailChimp parameters mc_cid, mc_eid
* Added Google parameters gs_gbg@google.*, gs_mss@google.*, gs_rn@google.*, gs_lcp@google.*
* Added Google Analytics parameters gclid, gclsrc
* Added Amazon parameter pf@amazon.*
* Added AliExpress parameters algo_expid, algo_pvid, btsid, ws_ab_test
* Added Omniture tracking parameter s_cid
* Added Facebook parameters refsrc@facebook.com, hrc@facebook.com
* Added Yandex parameters lr@yandex.*, redircnt@yandex.*
* Added Ebay parameter hash@ebay.*
* Removed terminal_id, CNDID since the use is unknown
* Removed $/ref@amazon.* from the defaults due to suspected issues
* Options page: Add parameter rules URL
* Options page: Show default blocking parameters in a more organized way
* Options page: slightly adapt CSS styles
* README: update to the new default blocking parameters and use the new JSON format
* README: root wildcard domain and suffix wildcard domain can be combined; added an example
* README: organised "recommended parameters"
* README: added an explanation about addons.mozilla.org (related to #198)Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
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Version 4.1.5
Released May 28, 2018 - 42.32 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Use suffix lists to determine subdomains/top level domains, fixes #139Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.1.4
Released May 25, 2018 - 42.06 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Port to Chrome
* Extract CSS into separate filesSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.1.3
Released May 8, 2018 - 40.62 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Add _hsmiSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.1.2
Released Apr 21, 2018 - 40.62 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Remove ref, fixes #130 (caused by #118)Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.1.1
Released Apr 17, 2018 - 40.59 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Add spm@*.aliexpress.com, scm@*.aliexpress.com, aff_platform, aff_trace_key and terminal_id, fixes #103Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.1.0
Released Apr 17, 2018 - 40.51 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Add source@sourceforge.net, position@sourceforge.net, callback@bilibili.com, fixes #116
* Fix #97 revert counter color to default color
* Add eloqua tracking parameters #105
* Exception support #111
* Fix Neat URL breaks Google Product Forums #122
* Add ref, tag@amazon.*, ref_@amazon.* and pf_rd_*@amazon.* by default (fixes #118 #120 #125)
* Drop pd_rd_r@amazon.*, pd_rd_w@amazon.*, pd_rd_wg@amazon.* in favor of pd_rd_*@amazon.* (including automatic upgrade path)Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.0.1
Released Dec 14, 2017 - 39.1 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix ending parameters not detected when there are no query or hash parameters
* Fix regression: Amazon product pages are not cleaned when not all parameters are included
* Remove unused method parameters passed to removeEndings functionSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 4.0.0
Released Dec 5, 2017 - 39.07 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Performance improvements
* Several encoding bugs fixed #73 #75 #93
* Re-initialise listener, hopefully fixes #92
* Fix "Show counter" setting (introduced in 3.2.0) doesn't do anything #91
* Workaround for gws_rd@google.* on google.com #76
* Implement hash parameters using #? #83
* Cleanups
* Fix translation string mapped to wrong i18n id
* Move most functions related to the toolbar button to a separate file
* Automatically remove newlines from the Blocked parameters textarea when savingSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 3.2.0
Released Oct 18, 2017 - 38.3 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Add counter which shows the number of rewritten URLs #60
* Add option to show/hide counter
* Add option to set the counter background color
* Fix addons.mozilla.org logic and change applyAfter to 1000ms #42
* Drop tracking feature introduced in 3.1.0 #58
* Add blacklist feature to skip certain URLs
* Skip rewriting urls which contain ?? #66
* Empty list of request types now means no request types are filtered at allSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 3.1.1
Released Oct 10, 2017 - 32.81 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix handling of addons.mozilla.org again, browser.tabs.update triggers a new request, catch that
* Change applyAfter from 400ms to 300ms on addons.mozilla.orgSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 3.1.0
Released Oct 10, 2017 - 32.8 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix some websites breaking / problems caused by the use of URL() constructor #52
* Default request filter will now only filter "main_frame" requests - see the advanced section of the options to change that (tip: if you want all requests to be filtered, you can use an empty value - it might break some sites, so make sure you report all URLs which do not work in this mode). #48 #52 livejournal.com
* Safer handling of addons.mozilla.org - only main_frame requests will be changed to prevent issues. #48
* Added tracking protection - it will cancel requests to listed domains
* Expanded existing localisations
* Explicit support for stripping of # parameters
* Fix double dollar supportSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.1.2
Released Oct 1, 2017 - 28.63 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix problem with URL decoding
* Keys are now case sensitiveSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.1.1
Released Sep 30, 2017 - 28.61 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Do not update a tab to an empty URLSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.1.0
Released Sep 30, 2017 - 28.79 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later* Fix handling of addons.mozilla.org and mozilla.org again
* On Amazon product pages, all parameters are removed
* Add light icons for dark themes, can be set in the optionsSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.5
Released Sep 24, 2017 - 20.25 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Fix handling of mozilla.orgSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.4
Released Sep 20, 2017 - 20.18 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later* Fix problem related to Google Docs - see https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/neat-url/reviews/918997/
* Add _hsenc and mkt_tok to Neat URL defaultsSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.3
Released Sep 5, 2017 - 20.11 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Important bugfix preventing some users from getting upgraded parametersSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.2
Released Sep 4, 2017 - 19.91 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Add utm_cid for mashable.comSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.1
Released Aug 31, 2017 - 19.91 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Introduce $$ to force remove everything after a certain string
* Change $ behaviour to remove everything after a certain string only if there are no query parameters after reducing the query parameters (no longer breaks Amazon links)
* Drop utils/compareVersions.js (no longer needed)Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 2.0.0
Released Aug 30, 2017 - 20.94 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Added domain wildcards
* Added support for anchor tags
* Made upgrading of parameters between versions more robust
* Fixed context menu listeners staying attached after removing them
* Add gs_l parameter retroactively
* Add new default parameters: pd_rd_r@amazon.*, pd_rd_w@amazon.*, pd_rd_wg@amazon.*, _encoding@amazon.*, psc@amazon.*, ved@google.*, ei@google.*, sei@google.*, gws_rd@google.*, cvid@bing.com, form@bing.com, sk@bing.com,
sp@bing.com, sc@bing.com, qs@bing.com, pq@bing.com, feature@youtube.com, gclid@youtube.com, kw@youtube.com, $/ref@amazon.*
* Expanded READMESource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 1.2.0
Released Aug 20, 2017 - 19.58 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Fix options.js resizing of textarea width under certain conditions
- Add parameter gs_l and provide an automatic upgrade path for users using earlier versionsSource code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 1.1.0
Released Aug 17, 2017 - 18.02 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Support for addons.mozilla.org - try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/google-pdf-viewer/?src=search after adding src@addons.mozilla.org to parameters in the options page
- Fix support for google.co.uk (double domains)
- Introduce support for root domains with subdomains. This means you can use wildcards at the beginning of a parameter (*.mozilla.org)Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only
Version 1.0.1
Released Aug 14, 2017 - 17.43 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Source code released under GNU General Public License v2.0 only