Speed Dial Changelog

What's new in Speed Dial 0.9.6.18

Sep 15, 2015
  • Fixed thumbnail sizing problem in Firefox 41.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.16 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Fixed compatibility with Firefox 24.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.15 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Fixed first time failure in Firefox 23 Aurora.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.14 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • Fixed image URLs generating blank thumbnails in Firefox 19.
  • Fixed distorted image generation in Firefox Nightly.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.12 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed issue in Firefox nightlies.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.11 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed serious issue in Firefox beta

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.10 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed problem in Firefox nightlies.
  • Improved resource management after a thumbnail has been created.
  • First time configuration dialog is no longer modal.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.9 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed site icons in Firefox 14 and newer.
  • Added translation for Croatian.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.8 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Now compatible with Firefox 15 nightly.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.7 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed opening in blank new tab in Firefox 12.
  • Fixed opening in last tab in Firefox 12.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.6 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed default refresh interval setting in preferences panel.
  • Only plus.google.com thumbnails will appear in history, as the rendering will fail otherwise.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.5 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed automatic backup restore.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.4 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Updated compatibility information.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.3 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed initial thumbnail "blinking".
  • Fixed Google+ thumbnail generation.
  • Fixed error when changing group with keyboard and reaching the last group.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.2 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • Fixed number shortcuts in Firefox 6.
  • Fixed opening in last tab in Firefox 6.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.6.1 (Jul 5, 2011)

  • Better compatibility with Firefox 5.
  • Fixed weather dial.
  • Added group names to Speed Dial tab title.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.5.8 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Added option to use the browser's tab theme (in Speed Dial settings, Advanced tab, "Use browser theme in group tabs").
  • In crop selector, current selection will scale together with the "scaling" value.
  • Improved color palette.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.5.6 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Compatible with Firefox 4 beta 2
  • Fixed bug when importing files that were using the "Hide unused dials" feature

New in Speed Dial 0.9.5.5 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Compatible with Firefox 4 beta 2
  • Fixed bug when importing files that were using the "Hide unused dials" feature

New in Speed Dial 0.9.5 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Improved drag & drop; now will work properly in Firefox 3.6 and 3.7, and it's possible to drop bookmarks or files to create dials to them
  • Added new special dial type: plugin dials, which gives the possibility of showing a live website inside a dial. Also, it has support for thousands of Google Gadgets
  • Editing a special dial (weather, launch, group or plugin) will open the special editing mode directly
  • The sizing and borders of Speed Dial can now be defined per group
  • Added option in the "Edit group" dialog to hide unused dials

New in Speed Dial 0.9.1 (Aug 16, 2010)

  • Solved JavaScript error that a few users were getting
  • Speed Dial will now open in last tab for Firefox 3.5
  • Speed Dial number shortcuts in location bar will now work in Firefox 3.5

New in Speed Dial 0.9.0.8 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Fixed Speed Dial randomly become unresponsive bug.
  • Automatic backups are now also created when a dial is created using toolbar button or menu options.
  • Added scroll arrows for the groups tab bar. The previous mode is available in the setings panel (Advanced tab, Other sub-tab).

New in Speed Dial 0.9.0.6 (Jun 15, 2009)

  • Fixed weather dial.
  • Cropped thumbnails no longer appear distorted the first time Speed Dial is invoked.
  • Empty dials no longer appear as loading after a import.
  • Advanced style is now imported correctly.
  • Solved bug when changing group sizes using the default group size setter from the Speed Dial settings panel.
  • When an action is assigned to the mouse right button, no contextual menu will appear when using that action.
  • Speed Dial will now work correctly in Firefox nightly builds.

New in Speed Dial 0.9.0.3 (Apr 5, 2009)

  • Number of rows and columns can be customized per group.
  • When the number of dials of a dial group is changed, dials are redistributed correctly.
  • Javascript can be enabled or disabled per dial using the Edit Dial dialog.
  • The thumbnail can now be used to drag & drop to relocate.
  • Dial groups can now have custom fonts and background images.
  • Thumbnail cropping can now apply scaling before the crop.
  • Compatible with Firefox 2 again.
  • Speed Dial toolbar button opens in new tab again by default. This can be changed from the Speed Dial settings panel ("Advanced" tab, "Other" sub-tab, toggle"Open Speed Dial in current tab when using toolbar button" checkbox).

New in Speed Dial 0.7.2.6 (Nov 13, 2008)

  • Several website addresses can be assigned to a single dial by separating them with '|'. If that character needs to be used, use '|' instead, and it will be properly replaced when accessing it.
  • Added two types of special addresses: "launch" and "javascript". The first allows you to launch a file or executable from a dial. To use it, you've to assign an address to a dial that starts with "launch:", and then the path of the file or executable that will be assigned to that dial. The second will execute a small script when the dial is accessed. To do so, write "javascript:", and then the Javascript code, like the one that can be used in extensions like "keyconfig" or "Custom Buttons".
  • Speed Dial now uses the Firefox site icon database when available, which increases performance and decreases memory usage.
  • Fixed bug when using right-to-left languages.
  • Several minor bugfixes.
  • Added compatibility with Firefox 3.1 beta 1.

New in Speed Dial 0.7.2.5 (Sep 23, 2008)

  • Fixed drag & drop.
  • Fixed blank thumbnail generation for some users.
  • Minor bugfixes.

New in Speed Dial 0.7.2.2 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • Thumbnails weren't generated properly for some users.
  • Drag and drop thumbnail reordering was not working. In order to use this feature, use the border of the dial, not the image.

New in Speed Dial 0.7.2 (Aug 6, 2008)

  • Solved incompatibility with Tab Mix Plus in Firefox 3.
  • Solved error when cropping became out of bounds.
  • Added localization for Danish

New in Speed Dial 0.4.1.1 (Oct 8, 2007)

  • Improved code for thumbnail refreshing. Now it shouldn't stop refreshing the thumbnails.
  • "Speed Dial" button drop down now working correctly.

New in Speed Dial 0.4.1 (Sep 24, 2007)

  • "Drag & drop" will switch dials when possible.
  • URL bar will now always be focused and cleared.
  • Update compatibility to include Firefox 3 alpha 8.
  • Added localization for Dutch (nl-NL, by Jerone)

New in Speed Dial 0.4 (Aug 20, 2007)

  • Number of rows and columns is now configurable.
  • Solved drag & drop not refreshing thumbnail correctly.
  • Added option to show Speed Dial when closing the last tab and the tab bar is always visible.