LeechBlock 0.5.1 - Changelog

What's new in LeechBlock 0.5.1:

January 11th, 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

What's new in LeechBlock 0.5:

January 11th, 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)

What's new in LeechBlock 0.4.4:

January 11th, 2011

· Added Polish localization
· Updated maxVersion to 3.6.*

What's new in LeechBlock 0.4.3:

June 29th, 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.*.

What's new in LeechBlock 0.4.2.2:

August 3rd, 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).

What's new in LeechBlock 0.3.5.1:

February 19th, 2008

· Fixed localization of description and added translator credit

What's new in LeechBlock 0.3.4:

November 29th, 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.

What's new in LeechBlock 0.3.3:

September 28th, 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.

What's new in LeechBlock 0.3.2:

September 10th, 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.

What's new in LeechBlock 0.3.1:

August 16th, 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.

What's new in LeechBlock 0.2.3:

August 9th, 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.