What's new in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.6.3
Jan 25, 2024
- Added option to allow override to apply to internal pages (about:addons, etc.).
- Added option to wait N seconds after page has loaded before checking blocking conditions.
- Document title now included in keyword search.
- Fixed export function for Android.
- UI tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.6.2 (Dec 28, 2023)
- Added option to limit number of overrides per hour/day/week.
- Added option to block only private/non-private tabs.
- Added option to add blocked page to browser history.
- Added option to allow/disallow blocking LeechBlock website.
- Bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.6.1 (Dec 12, 2023)
- Under-the-hood improvements.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.6 (Oct 31, 2023)
- Updated for Manifest V3.
- Added option to change time interval for processing tabs.
- Please report any issues on GitHub: https://github.com/proginosko/
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.8 (Sep 20, 2023)
- Added option to allow/disallow override during lockdown.
- Bug fixes.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.6 (May 31, 2023)
- Allowed decimal time limits, e.g., 0.5 or 2.5 (thanks to George Kolasa).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.5 (May 2, 2023)
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.4.1 (Mar 13, 2023)
- Fixed default theme for blocking/delaying pages.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.4 (Mar 6, 2023)
- Added button to discard remaining time allowance (including any rollover time).
- Default theme now honors browser dark/light mode.
- UI tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.3 (Feb 9, 2023)
- Added option to include passwords in exported file.
- Added option to enable/disable auto-loading of blocked page after delay countdown.
- UI tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.2.1 (Nov 28, 2022)
- Added option to show/hide access password.
- Added option to select clock time format (12/24-hour).
- Added button to reset rollover time.
- Bug fixes, UI tweaks, and under-the-hood improvements.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5.1 (Aug 16, 2022)
- Fixed issue with pinned/restored tabs.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.5 (Aug 8, 2022)
- Added option for predefined override access code (thanks to Bailey Kong).
- Fixed issue with colons and hyphens in keywords.
- Under-the-hood improvements.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.4.2 (May 2, 2022)
- Added button to cancel override.
- Fixed issue with hyphens in URLs.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.4.1 (Apr 18, 2022)
- Added Italian localization
- Updated Hebrew localization
- Bug fixes and minor code tweaks
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.4 (Mar 21, 2022)
- Added option to roll over unused time.
- Added option for separate override password.
- Added diagnostic mode and diagnostics page.
- Minor usability tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.3.1 (Feb 14, 2022)
- Fix security issue (updated jQuery libraries).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.3 (Jan 18, 2022)
- Added "Move Set" buttons for easy reordering of block sets.
- Added "Add Page" menu (like "Add Site" but includes full path).
- Added option to specify override duration at time of activation.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.2 (Dec 29, 2021)
- Added option to choose whether delay countdown is canceled when delaying page loses focus.
- Minor code tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.1.1 (Nov 1, 2021)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.1 (Sep 20, 2021)
- Added partial Spanish and Hebrew localization.
- Fixed issue with timer size.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.13 (Jul 5, 2021)
- Added option to mute tab with filter.
- Added more filter options.
- Improved image resolution for random access code.
- Fixed issues with countdown timer and warning message.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.12 (Jun 2, 2021)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.11 (Feb 22, 2021)
- Added option to treat referrers as allow-conditions rather than block-conditions.
- Bug fixes and minor code tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.10 (Feb 22, 2021)
- Added option to prevent access to options page during specified time periods.
- Added more options for time limit periods (5, 10, and 20 minutes).
- Theme now applied to popup menu.
- Bug fixes and minor code tweaks.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.9 (Nov 20, 2017)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.0.8 (Apr 6, 2017)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 1.06 (Jan 27, 2017)
- Updated images and style (thanks to Dario Kolak)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.7.1 (Jan 20, 2015)
- Fixed some issues with French HTML files.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.7 (Dec 29, 2014)
- Added French localization (thanks to ioreker).
- Added code to block about:support along with about:config.
- Fixed code to add current site to block set via menu.
- Fixed issue with opening version history page after new version is installed.
- Updated licence to MPL 2.0.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.6 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Added Taiwanese Chinese localization
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.5 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Added Czech localization
- - Added Simplified Chinese localization
- - Added option to block or allow all local files (use FILE or +FILE respectively).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.4 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization
- Preferences now saved to file whenever options are changed (in case browser not closed properly later on).
- Improved code to hide extension in Add-ons Manager (no longer appears under Search or Recent Updates).
- Tweaked some of the English localization.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.3 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Added quarter-hour and half-hour options for time limit period.
- Added support for Firefox Sync.
- Reduced number of preferences (boolean prefs now stored in bit format).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.2 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Added support for Unicode characters in preferences.
- Added option for 128-character access code.
- Added "Support LeechBlock" links to options window and blocking pages.
- Fixed bug in "Delaying Page" (countdown timer starting when new tab is opened in background).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6.1 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Updated maxVersion to 11.*.
- Added option to hide "Time Left" toolbar widget when inactive.
- Fixed minor issues raised by AMO reviewer.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.6 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Updated maxVersion to 10.* and minVersion to 4.0 (i.e., no more support for 3.0).
- Added "Delaying Page" (temporary block with countdown timer) as alternative to "Default Page".
- Added toolbar button/menu with same functionality as context menu.
- Added toolbar widget to show time left before site is blocked (replaces status bar indicator).
- Added option to hide extension in Add-ons Manager.
- Added option to hide "Restart with Add-ons Disabled" menu item (in Help menu).
- Changed "Add This Site to Block Set" menu items to show actual domain name.
- Changed options to allow per-set canceling of lockdown.
- URLs with hash-bang syntax now blocked correctly (e.g., Twitter pages).
- Improved layout of options window.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.5.2 (Apr 14, 2014)
- Fixed issue retrieving options password when master password is set.
- Fixed bug in retrieving preference for "Keep blocked page in browser's 'Back' history".
- Fixed loophole in blocking about:addons and about:config.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.5.1 (Jan 11, 2011)
- Updated maxVersion to 4.0.* and minVersion to 3.0 (i.e., no more support for 2.0)
- Added options to prevent access to about:addons (Firefox 4)
- Added option for blocking embedded pages (e.g., Facebook internal frames)
- Changed URL test to be case-insensitive
- List of sites now automatically sorted alphabetically
- Options password now stored in Firefox's Login Manager (see Tools > Options > Security > Passwords)
- Fixed issue with options not disabled during lockdown
- Fixed bug in calculation of time periods
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.5 (Jan 11, 2011)
- Added option to pass URL of blocked page in URL of block page (use $U)
- Added option to keep blocked page in browser's 'Back' history
- Added option to display warning message before site is blocked
- Added option to count time spent on pages when not focused (workaround for some sites with Flash/Java)
- Added hyperlinks to examples (online) from options dialog
- Redesigned options dialog to use less screen real estate
- Removed localizations (translators unavailable)
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.4.4 (Jan 11, 2011)
- Added Polish localization
- Updated maxVersion to 3.6.*
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.4.3 (Jun 29, 2009)
- Added hyperlink to blocked page on default block page.
- Added hyperlink to FAQ (online) from options dialog.
- Removed Italian localization (translator no longer available).
- Minor cosmetic interface changes.
- Updated maxVersion to 3.5.*.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.4.2.2 (Aug 3, 2008)
- Added preference to set height (in rows) of sites field in options dialog (and reduced default height). Block page now replaces blocked page in browser history (so back button returns directly to page viewed before blocked page).
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.3.5.1 (Feb 19, 2008)
- Fixed localization of description and added translator credit
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.3.4 (Nov 29, 2007)
- Added Italian localization
- Potentially ambiguous characters (0, O, I, l) now omitted from random access codes.
- Added more options for time periods.
- Fixed method for counting time spent on pages in specified time periods (now time spent is only counted on selected days -- and only within specified time periods when "within time periods AND after time limit" option is selected).
- Added options to prevent access to about:config.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.3.3 (Sep 28, 2007)
- Added option to enter random access code for access to options. Fixed loopholes in options to disable 'Disable' and 'Uninstall' buttons in Extension Manager.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.3.2 (Sep 10, 2007)
- Improved code to measure time spent on page. URLs with file protocol are now checked as well. Added support for super-wildcard to match any character (including forward slash, unlike normal wildcard). Fixed bug in options dialog.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.3.1 (Aug 16, 2007)
- Fixed formatting of times in statistics dialog. URL of blocked page is now displayed on default block page.
- Added time statistics dialog (shows time spent on sites for each block set).
- Added option to block sites based on time limits as well as fixed time periods.
- Improved option to prevent access to options at times when sites are blocked (now operates on a per-set basis).
- Added prompt to confirm settings where access to options is prevented all day.
- Added hyperlink to version history (online) from options dialog.
- Changed predefined URLs for block page (closed window removed, home page added).
- Added option to show/hide password characters when entered at prompt.
- Added option to show/hide context menu.
New in LeechBlock NG for Firefox 0.2.3 (Aug 9, 2007)
- Added option to prevent access to options at times when sites are blocked.
- Added context menu items to add current site to block sets. Added buttons to export/import options to a text file. Fixed some problems with the 'Load from URL' option.
- Sites are now blocked immediately rather than after the page loads (which can take several seconds). Changed the format for time periods to be less strict (any sequence of commas and spaces allowed as separators). Only URLs with http or https protocol are now checked. Added hyperlink to home page from options dialog.