UsableHomeButton version history - 18 versions
UsableHomeButton by Marat Tanalin
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Latest version
Version 2.6
Released Mar 7, 2021 - 57.96 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 58.0 to 68.** Soft hyphens are now removed when copying `TITLE` and first-level heading (`H1`).
* Hash (anchor) is now ignored when generating the “Canonical URL” menu item.
* Added support for URL minimization on sites:
- YouTube.com;
- 3DNews.ru;
- igromania.ru;
- Ozon.ru.
* Removed support for URL minimization on MSDN because they changed URL structure.Source code released under Custom License
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Version 2.5.1
Released Jan 6, 2020 - 56.23 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 58.0 to 68.** Firefox 72+: support for middle click on the extension button, for opening menu or home page, and modifier keys `Ctrl` and `Shift` for opening home page in new tab and window correspondingly, and `Alt` — for opening current page in private window.
* Improved searching for first-level heading when copying.
* Support for the “Minimal URL” feature for devtalk.nvidia.com, support.native-instruments.com, helpcenter.steinberg.de.
* 2.5.1: A localization string for the extension settings had inverted meaning in version 2.5.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.4
Released Sep 30, 2018 - 52.44 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later* Support for International domain names.
* Copying with `navigator.clipboard.writeText()` when available (Firefox 63+).
* Added the menu item “Remove hash (anchor) with page reload”.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.3
Released Jan 26, 2018 - 48.42 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later* Dropped support for Firefox 57.
* Removed workarounds for Firefox 57:
– When forgetting a site, localStorage data for the site are now always removed.
– “Browser’s start page” menu item is now always displayed.
* Notification when updating UsableHomeButton from versions 2.0.x now contains information that the default button action can be changed via options of the extension.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.2
Released Dec 17, 2017 - 48.56 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* It is now possible via the extension’s options to choose what pressing the button should do: to go to home page (by default) or to open the extension’s menu.
* Added the “Options” item to the context menu of the extension’s button for quick access to the extension’s options. The items is available always, regardless of type of page in current tab.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.1.4
Released Dec 11, 2017 - 43.22 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later“Forget the site” feature improvements:
* When forgetting a site, both www-prefixed and nonprefixed hosts are now taken into account.
* Menu now closes immediately after starting forgetting a site, as well as on pressing the corresponding menu item while forgetting the site is not completed yet.
* Completion of forgetting a site is now reflected on the progress indicator.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.1.3
Released Dec 10, 2017 - 43.03 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterThe “Forget the site” feature is now aware that removing localStorage for a host is only possible in Firefox 58+.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.1.2
Released Dec 7, 2017 - 42.94 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterWorkaround for the Firefox bug 1424020 causing wrong position of the extension’s menu arrow not nearby the button.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.1.1
Released Dec 7, 2017 - 42.9 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later“Forget the site” progress indicator now accounts for whether current site is the site being forgotten.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.1
Released Dec 7, 2017 - 42.87 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* The extension’s button now opens site’s home page directly like in versions 1.x. The extension’s menu now opens via the “UsableHomeButton menu” item in the button’s context menu.
* Added new items to the button’s context menu to open home page in new tab and new window. (Opening by pressing the button itself while holding down Ctrl/Shift, like it was in 1.x, is technically impossible in WebExtensions API.)
* Added loading site’s home page via the Alt+H keyboard shortcut. (Using Alt+Home, like in 1.x, is impossible because WebExtensions API does not allow to override existing keyboard shortcuts.)
* Pressing the extension’s button on site’s home page now scrolls the page to its beginning like in 1.x.
* Added the “Search in Internet Archive” menu item.
* Now site’s Cookies and LocalStorage are deleted besides removing site from history. The “Delete the site from history” is renamed back to “Forget the site”.
* Now menu links opened in a new tab are opened right after current tab.
* The “Forget the site” menu item now displays the progress indicator if forgetting the site started previously has not been completed yet.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.9
Released Nov 20, 2017 - 35.5 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* Keyboard navigation through nonlink menu items is now possible.
* Restored the previous way of parent-URL generation: trailing slash is now again added always.
* The icon of the “Browser’s start page” menu item updated according to the new Firefox 57+ logo.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.8
Released Nov 19, 2017 - 34.64 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* Now a confirmation is requested before forgetting a page or a site (like in 1.x).
* The “Forget…” menu items are renamed to “Delete … from history” to correspond better to their current functionality.
* Trailing slash (/) is now only added to parent URLs if the current page’s URL has it.
* Added a workaround for a Firefox bug causing menu artifacts such as parts of characters after expanding the “Copy” submenu.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.7
Released Nov 16, 2017 - 33.85 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterSupport for multiple URLs as browser’s start page (Firefox 58+).Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.6
Released Nov 15, 2017 - 33.67 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterFixed: There was no “Scroll page to beginning” menu item on pages operating in Quirks mode.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.5
Released Nov 15, 2017 - 33.67 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterSupport for opening browser’s start page in a new tab via middle click.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.4
Released Nov 15, 2017 - 33.55 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* More reliable way to differentiate between real webpages and media files opened directly.
* The “Browser’s start page” menu item is enabled in Firefox 58+ where the corresponding Firefox 57 bug 1408099 is fixed.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.3
Released Nov 14, 2017 - 33.62 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* Improved: on Addons.Mozilla.org site where extension possibilities are intentionally limited by Firefox developers, most of menu items are now avaialable except for “Scroll page to beginning”, “Canonical URL” and “Minimal URL”; hash on this site is removed (“Remove hash (anchor)” item) with inevitable page reload, but this is probably better than nothing.
* Fixed: added a workaround for the Firefox bug 1416616 that made it nonworking to reliably differentiate between HTML pages and media files opened directly, using a Firefox built-in feature worked in old-type extensions.Source code released under Custom License
Version 2.0.2
Released Nov 14, 2017 - 33.45 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later* WebExtensions-API-based version compatible with Firefox 57+. There are inevitable differences caused by limitations of WebExtensions API. Bugs are possible, feel free to file them to the extension author.
* UsableHomeButton now adds its own button since overriding the Home button of Firefox is not possible anymore.
* Pressing the button now always opens menu since context menus and handling of pressing toolbar buttons are very limited in WebExtensions API.
* Forgetting page or site now does not request confirmation (probably temporarily).
* When forgetting page or site, they are now only removed from history. Cookies, etc. are not touched (probably temporarily).
* When forgetting site, only current domain is removed, without its subdomains (probably temporarily).
* Disabled the ability to copy domain without suffix due to lack of access to corresponding built-in functionality of Firefox (probably temporarily).
* Alt+Home, Ctrl+Alt+Home and Shift+Alt+Home keyboard shortcuts are now unavailable due to WebExtensions API limitations.
* Removed the “Empty tab” menu item due to WebExtensions API limitation.
* Removed the “Browser’s start page” menu item due to Firefox bug 1416836.
* New: added extension-menu items “Try via HTTPS” and “Try with no www”.
* Improved: hash (anchor) is now removed from URL before determining parent URLs.
* Probably something else.Source code released under Custom License