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anonymoX for Firefox Changelog

What's new in anonymoX for Firefox 4.4.2

Sep 18, 2020
  • Fixed filter for local networks to ignore ports. (e.g. 10.1.2.3:8080 should not be proxied)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.4 (Dec 18, 2019)

  • Compatibility:
  • Updated to work with Firefox Version 71 and higher.

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.3 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Connections were occasionally blocked throughout the whole browser

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.2.1 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Fixed unavailable panel in certain conditions
  • Improved UI behavior during start-up and switching of tabs

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.1.1 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Features:
  • Selfcheck: automatically disable broken identities
  • Fixes:
  • Various bug fixes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.1 (Jan 5, 2018)

  • Features:
  • selfcheck: automatically disable broken identities
  • Fixes:
  • Various bug fixes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.0.2 (Jan 2, 2018)

  • improved styling of settings page
  • added interoperability improvements

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.0.1 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Fixed bug in migration code

New in anonymoX for Firefox 4.0 (Nov 13, 2017)

  • Webextension rewrite

New in anonymoX for Firefox 3.3.1 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Features:
  • Hybrid functionality for saving user data

New in anonymoX for Firefox 3.2.1 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • Internal fix (compatibility)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 3.2 (Jun 20, 2017)

  • Features:
  • Premium trial button
  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed broken country names in localization
  • Fixed clean up on shutdown
  • Fixed pref handling

New in anonymoX for Firefox 3.1 (Jun 13, 2017)

  • Changes:
  • Explicit country change button
  • Bug fixes:
  • Geolocation fake dialog was irresponsive
  • Possible fix for a crash saying "Illegal value nsresult: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE)"
  • Small translation fix

New in anonymoX for Firefox 3.0 (May 26, 2017)

  • Security:
  • Support for additional TLS Encryption (Proxy<->Client)
  • Features:
  • Compatibility with Firefox 54
  • UI Redesign
  • Smaller toolbar footprint
  • Internationalized Domain Names Support
  • Bugfixes:
  • Various small fixes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.5.3.1 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Firefox Multiprocess compatibility (Version 52+)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.5.2 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed an error that affected some users (TypeError: win.anonymoxdata is undefined)
  • Fixed error in the geolocation faking code (TypeError: win is null)
  • Fixed error related to updating the UI (TypeError: Argument 1 of Window.getDefaultComputedStyle is not an object)
  • Fixed anonymoX display settings being reset, after anonymoX was upgraded
  • Fixed panel not being updated, if it was open while the tab was switched
  • Fixed error that sometimes occured when multiple windows were used (TypeError: aId is undefined)
  • Fixed error that sometimes occured when uBlock was used (TypeError: globalWindow.gBrowser.getBrowserForDocument is not a function)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.5.1 (Jul 30, 2015)

  • Features:
  • Restartless: anonymoX can now be installed, updated and uninstalled without requiring a Firefox restart
  • If a website requests geolocation information, the user can choose to provide a fake location
  • Bug fixes:
  • Changing of cookie settings via the menu had been broken should work again
  • Cookie action tip was not being closed, after a suggested action was selected
  • Fixed error that occured from time to time on some sites (Component returned failure code: 0x80004002 (NS_NOINTERFACE) [nsIWebProgress.DOMWindow])
  • Various small fixes
  • Changes:
  • Dropped support for Firefox versions < 29
  • When the user selects a cookie action after an identity change, the selected action is applied immediately
  • Cleaned up a lot of code, which probably fixed some bugs and introduced new ones

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.4.7 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Internal changes only

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.4.6 (Sep 15, 2014)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Problem when clicking on the "more countries" button solved
  • Fixed not updating status after profile removal
  • Changes:
  • Drop support for Firefox < 13 to support future Firefox versions

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.4.2 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Bugfixes:
  • crash when trying to open panel

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.4.1 (May 16, 2014)

  • Bugfixes
  • several Internal fixes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.4 (May 2, 2014)

  • Features:
  • Rewritten UI elements for native compatibility with FF29+ (Australis)
  • Legacy code to support older version
  • All elements next to the button are now hidable
  • Updated status icons, to display additional modes
  • Changes:
  • Addonbar-activation asker removed
  • Bugfixes:
  • Internal fixes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.3.2 (May 2, 2014)

  • Bugfixes:
  • fixes error in a certain condition

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.3.1 (May 2, 2014)

  • Quick and premature compatibility fix for Firefox 29

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.2 (Mar 7, 2014)

  • Changes:
  • Removed anonID/password from settings
  • Bugfixes:
  • Problem with deletion of profiles for long domain names fixed
  • Added IDN compatibility for profiles
  • Panel behavior fixes
  • Crash with notification handled

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.1.1 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Changes/Features:
  • No more toolbar-style asking for usage data collection, only settable in pref menu
  • Added link for more information about usage data collection
  • Sortable identity list
  • Bugfixes:
  • Internal fixes
  • Failed installation on fresh profiles

New in anonymoX for Firefox 2.0.2 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Features:
  • Rewrite of the notification system:
  • Toolbar-style notifications(less annoying)
  • "Selfcheck failed (temporary disabled)" message is only shown for in-use gateways, and has been merged into "Gateway automatically changed" message
  • Messages related to profiles (e.g. gateway unavailable) are not displayed anymore if the profile's website is currently not used
  • "Gateway automatically changed" is not displayed by default (activateable via settings). And it is not together with "The chosen Service is not available for the profile" anymore, only the last one is used
  • More messages are hideable
  • Better notification action proposals when profile becomes unusable because because of unavailable gateways ("The chosen Service is not available for the profile")
  • New feature for profile/service list: Reset service status and check again
  • Profile label gets updated as soon as a webpage begins to load, not anymore when it finished loading
  • Premium status is shown in the Add-On
  • Addonbar Status line shortened, "Standard" profile captions is hidden
  • Bugfixes:
  • Various internal bugfixes
  • Flag format fixed in tooltip
  • Localization added in tooltip
  • Changes:
  • Removed service picker, as only "anonymox" is available after Tor got unsupported

New in anonymoX for Firefox 1.0.2 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Firefox 22 compatibility fix (new cookie setting)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 1.0.2 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Firefox 22 compatibility fix (new cookie setting)

New in anonymoX for Firefox 1.0.1 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Firefox 18 compatibility fix

New in anonymoX for Firefox 1.0 (Sep 5, 2013)

  • Bugfixes: Connections to local websockets are not proxied anymore
  • Changes: Firefox 18 compability fixes
  • Some minor features / Text changes

New in anonymoX for Firefox 0.9.9 (May 7, 2012)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Empty country list on activation is fixed
  • Enabling with invalid filter is now possible
  • Fixes for various, partially security-relevant, Urlfilter problems:
  • Don't send Proxy-Authorization when disabled
  • Foreign URIs could be recognized as local ones
  • Hardened user-creatable profile filter
  • Some smaller ones
  • Changes:
  • When switching to Tor, country and attributes settings are resetted to get as much Tor gateways as possible

New in anonymoX for Firefox 0.9.8 (May 7, 2012)

  • Features:
  • Flags displayed in country list
  • Premium is redeemable with one click via webshop
  • Premium is redeemable via settings panel
  • Anonymous usage collection can now be disabled in settings
  • "no matching service found, take default" message is now hideable
  • Userdata changes for anonymous ID are now checked before saving.
  • XPI package digitally signed
  • Bugfixes:
  • AddonBar can now be closed again if enabled by anonymoX
  • Identity list is now wider
  • Display problems with identity list / country list fixed
  • Changes:
  • System messages can now be opened in windows
  • "More" can now be displayed in the country list as hint for Premium service
  • Changed keyboard shortcut to ctrl+alt+x due to incompability issues

New in anonymoX for Firefox 0.9.6 (May 7, 2012)

  • Features:
  • Attribute Icons
  • Premium and Fast attribute added (Premium account required)
  • Shortcut for the settings panel, Extras menu entry, more Tooltips
  • Country flags in the country selector
  • Bugfixes:
  • S error message and one other error message are no longer shown
  • The selfcheck-failed message does not cause an additional annoying error message
  • The Add-On can now be re-activated when deactivated due to error
  • Profile list visibility is now persistent(Firefox restart)
  • Preferences for Cookies, Referer and User-Agent are restored on uninstall
  • Changes:
  • When turned off, the default proxy is used instead of no proxy
  • Reminder for limited bandwidth by anonymoX when traffic is depleted

New in anonymoX for Firefox 0.9.4 (Dec 23, 2011)

  • Features:
  • Warning when changing User-Agent
  • Notification and installation request on important updates
  • Support for gateways "attributes" like "stealth"
  • Visualization and handling for service filters which do not match
  • Last used service is saved and restored at Firefox start
  • Higher threshold for automatic service change
  • Secure control communication(Serverlist, etc. Does not refer to usual web traffic)
  • "Temporarily unavailable" message only if service is in use
  • Most(annoying) notifications can be hidden or do always the same
  • Bugfixes:
  • ShowURI works again
  • Multi-level public suffixes like co.uk are now recognized properly
  • Other Changes:
  • Removed a redundant help menu entry
  • Advertisement panel for free user
  • Reset of Referrer and User agent on uninstall