August 20th, 2011· fixed: BetterPrivacy might freeze Firefox on Linux Ubuntu OS
· fixed: BetterPrivacy ignores time range if removing usual cookies
· fixed: Incompatibility with some add-ons and probably other reported issues that could not be confirmed in tests
August 20th, 2011· fixed: BetterPrivacy might freeze Firefox on quit or restart
· fixed: If editing protected paths with auto-escaping disabled, BetterPrivacy still escapes on FF start
· fixed: Danish locale (da)
July 29th, 2011· fixed compatibility issue with old Firefox 3.x (display of options window)
· fixed SeaMonkey issue (BetterPrivacy ignored quit by click on right-upper X)
July 29th, 2011· improved: Changing the option to toggle handling of LSO's no longer requires Firefox restart
July 29th, 2011· added option to prevent the Firefox 'Clear Recent History' function from handling LSO's as usual cookies, activated by default
· added user notification page about this update and important changes in Firefox and BetterPrivacy
· updated help and FAQ
July 29th, 2011· added option to disable automatic metachar escaping in BP protection list editor
July 29th, 2011· fixed regex issue
July 29th, 2011· added option to change protected subfolder auto-protection
· added option to the confirmation popup related to the 'Remove all'-button: Now asks if protected folder information should be removed too
· added function to toggle protection status by double-click in the LSO manager table
· modified: Options now are instantantly applied if switching between options and LSO manager tabs
· modified: Paths for protected folders now are stored with Regular Expressions syntax (BP tries to convert existing paths properly)
· modified: A random folder name in any newly added protection path is replaced by always matching RegEx
· fixed: BP could forget ping-tracking setting
· updated: FAQ in help file
July 29th, 2011· fixed reported issue where automatic LSO deletion could fail if configured in Firefox privacy options
· namespace and security improvements according to latest Mozilla guidelines
April 14th, 2011· This is a privacy-related update with critical severity!
· updated LSO footprint and hash-algorithm (LSO detection module)
· added classifier information for settings-/default- and local LSO types
· updated FAQ
April 14th, 2011· bugfix: Firefox privacy custom setting for LSO removal was not remembered
· removed: for FF >= v.4.0: DOM storage deletion (use clear private data instead
July 30th, 2010· changed namespace for utils to bputils to avoid conflicts
· bugfix: Checking the box Don't ask again on quitting Firefox had no effect
· bugfix: Add LSO item to Firefox history settings had no effect
July 30th, 2010· bugfix: Checking the box Don't ask again on quitting Firefox had no effect
· bugfix: Add LSO item to Firefox history settings had no effect
July 30th, 2010· Firefox 4.x.pre compatibility
July 30th, 2010· fix for BetterPrivacy 'empty window issue' - caused by new Firefox bug #555613 (duplicate to #550539)
· Thanks to the amazing work of the BabelZilla team I could add the first 10 locales (translations): da-DK, de-DE, es-AR, fr, nl, pt-BR, tr-TR, vi, zh-CN, zh-TW
July 30th, 2010· fixed issue with FF 3.6 where showing the LSO manager could use 100% CPU
· added german locale
July 30th, 2010· Fixes an issue on Mac OS where Firefox did not quit correctly (This is Mac OS bug - it thinks an application has exited when the main window is closed what is certainly wrong in some cases)
· Added better SeaMonkey support
· Some GUI improvements
November 7th, 2009· Just removed a debug line which prevented the addon from being approved.
September 19th, 2009· minor bugfix: Unchecked DOMStorage setting was not permanently kept
September 4th, 2009· bugfix: Under certain circumstances BetterPrivacy did not try to delete the DOM storage file
September 4th, 2009· compatibility with Windows 7 (unicode homedir paths)
· removed option 'disable DOM storage (use delete DOM storage instead)
July 29th, 2009· Fixed not working options button
July 27th, 2009· Fixed small bug which prevented to switch LSO status while BP uses relative paths
July 23rd, 2009· minimum compatibility changed to Firefox 3.5
· Option to show LSO item in Firefox 'Clear History' dialog and settings (also note Ask4Sanitize addon)
· BetterPrivacy window is now non-modal
July 5th, 2009· Added small exit status window
July 5th, 2009· The addon now gives some feedback when processing background tasks
· Actions applied to LSO-manager do no more require a full directory re-scan
· Added scrollbars to BetterPrivacy's window, should be available if needed (small screen support)
· Added information/tip text line (about resizeable window)
· Optimized the notification which previously could consume too much CPU, even when not activated
· Fixed bug where a directory scan could result in an infinite loop/Firefox hang (symlink directory parsing no. 2)
· Fixed bug where a directory could not be 'un-protected'
July 5th, 2009· added option to notify if a LSO is stored on harddisk (requested) plus option for notification duration
July 5th, 2009· added help file (initially shown on installation)
July 5th, 2009· Fix: Made protection paths relative if 'Always search for folder' option is activated
· Fix: Protected LSO's could have been deleted randomly
· Detected Flash folder always is macromedia now
· Some other code and GUI improvements
July 5th, 2009· Removed japanese locale
· fixed window resizing problems with some extreme screen resolutions
July 5th, 2009· Engine almost completely recoded; BP is now a lot smaller
· Made GUI smaller in height, added size in LSO table
· Added one more security check to properly identify LSO's (Hex-footprint)
· Flash application folder path is editable now
· New icons created by Lint Hasenpfeffer (thanks)
· Fix: During a folder scan symbolic links and special objects are ignored
· Removed support for German language due to Umlaute issues
July 5th, 2009· Added protection list editor to add or remove items to/from the LSO exclusion list
· With the protection list editor it is now possible to define protected subfolders
· Subfolders of protected LSO's now are protected per default (option about:config extensions.bprivacy.autosubfolders)
· removed option to protect single LSO's (site/folder option should be sufficient)
April 16th, 2009· Solves a namespace conflict with the Grab & Drag addon
April 14th, 2009· DOM storage file is reset if the option is toggeled, also fixes issues reported by users
March 28th, 2009· Fixed: Betterprivacy neither asked nor deleted LSO's on exit if Java Quickstarter (part of JAVA) is present
· Added: Betterprivacy checks for valid Flash data folder path and warns if it is invalid
· Added: If delete all LSO's is pressed, the LSO manager asks if protected objects should be excluded.
March 12th, 2009· Improved LSO Manager: Cookies and Cookiefolders can be configured to be excluded from auto-deletion.
· LSO Manager also shows modification time of cookies
· Cookie counter is cumulative now
· Added auto-deletion on application exit (new default)
· User now is asked if a cookie is about to be deleted (new installations only and can be disabled)
· Improved detection of default cookie
· Converted preferences from objection namespace to BetterPrivacy
· Wrapped some loose variables, code cleanup
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