ColorZilla for Firefox Changelog

What's new in ColorZilla for Firefox 3.3

May 5, 2017
  • New sampling modes (beyond point sample) - average 3x3, 5x5, 11x11, 25x25 pixels - new in v3
  • Ability to sample average color of any selected area (can average images, noisy backgrounds etc.) - new in v3
  • Allow sampling colors from local "file://" URLs
  • Auto-start sampling immediately by default on Mac when main button clicked
  • Allow sampling colors from images opened in a separate tab
  • Better name for "Copy Special" menu to indicate various Copy options and formats
  • Add "rgba" format to Copy Special options
  • Keep the ColorZilla sampling panel consistent size even in zoomed views
  • New setting to prevent document from being moved down when sampling
  • Fixed support for Retina displays
  • Fixed support for sampling in zoomed view
  • Fixed persisting of add-on settings with certain browser configurations
  • Fixed copying to clipboard from Copy Special menu
  • Fixed hexa lowercase / uppercase option
  • Many tweaks and bug fixea

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 3.0 (May 5, 2017)

  • Due to new Firefox add-on developer requirements and restrictions requiring all future add-on development to be done using WebExtensions technologies, ColorZilla for Firefox has been re-written from the ground up to comply with the new requirements.
  • This new version retains all the functionality, but there might be minor UI/UX and other differences.

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.8.2 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • Minor compatibility tweaks to support the latest version of Firefox

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.8.1 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • UI improvements
  • Tweaks and bug fixes

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.7.1 (Jun 14, 2012)

  • All new status display panel
  • Compatibility tweaks for latest versions of Firefox

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.6.5.1 (May 25, 2012)

  • Compatibility tweaks for Firefox 13

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.6.4.1 (Nov 18, 2011)

  • Compatibility tweaks for Firefox 8 and 9, better support for moving the ColorZilla main button to the addon bar

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.6.1 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • Main ColorZilla icon now on top to better fit with newer Firefox versions
  • Auto copy of sampled color to clipboard is now 'on' by default - use the 'Options' menu to further configure this setting

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.5.5 (Mar 16, 2011)

  • Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator
  • Web Color Analyzer: better color palette sorting
  • Firebug integration: fixed Firebug 'Inspect' panel opening for the last sampled element
  • Restored Options > Hide menu item for hiding ColorZilla from the status bar
  • Added ColorZilla to browser 'Tools' menu and App Button 'Developer' menu for easy access to main options and restoring ColorZilla if hidden from status bar
  • Better support for localization (palette names are now localizable etc.)
  • Latest Firefox 4 support
  • Many tweaks and bug fixes
  • Color Picker Dialog:
  • New Photoshop-like 'new/current' color split panel
  • New smooth color map and color slider controls (based on John Dyer's JS Color Picker)
  • 'Options' link to switch between the 'smooth' and 'discrete' color picker modes
  • Experimental Lab and CMYK color spaces support
  • New 'Eyedropper' button allows sampling document colors while working in Color Picker
  • Support for 'Escape' and 'Enter' keyboard shortcuts
  • Eyedropper:
  • Limited Flash sampling support
  • Allow scrolling the document while color sampling

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.5.4.1 (Mar 10, 2011)

  • Restored Options > Hide menu item for hiding ColorZilla from the status bar
  • Added ColorZilla to browser 'Tools' menu and App Button 'Developer' menu for easy access to main options and restoring ColorZilla if hidden from status bar
  • Better support for localization (palette names are now localizable etc.)
  • Latest Firefox 4 support
  • Many tweaks and bug fixes

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.5.3.1 (Oct 9, 2010)

  • Color Picker Dialog:
  • New Photoshop-like 'new/current' color split panel
  • New smooth color map and color slider controls (based on John Dyer's JS Color Picker)
  • 'Options' link to switch between the 'smooth' and 'discrete' color picker modes
  • Experimental Lab and CMYK color spaces support
  • New 'Eyedropper' button allows sampling document colors while working in Color Picker
  • Support for 'Escape' and 'Enter' keyboard shortcuts
  • Eyedropper:
  • Limited Flash sampling support
  • Allow scrolling the document while color sampling

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.5.1 Beta (Sep 13, 2010)

  • Web Color Analyzer: better color palette sorting
  • Firebug integration: fixed Firebug 'Inspect' panel opening for the last sampled element
  • Color Picker Dialog:
  • New Photoshop-like 'new/current' color split panel
  • New smooth color map and color slider controls (based on John Dyer's JS Color Picker)
  • Experimental Lab and CMYK color spaces support
  • New 'Eyedropper' button allows sampling document colors while working in Color Picker
  • Eyedropper:
  • Limited Flash sampling support
  • Allow scrolling the document while color sampling

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.2.2 Beta (Sep 11, 2010)

  • Support for HSL color CSS3 attributes
  • Easier access to the main menu for copying sampled colors and more options
  • Firefox 4 compatibility
  • Minor bug fixes and UI tweaks

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.2.1 Beta (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Support for HSL color CSS3 attributes
  • Firefox 4 compatibility
  • Support for 64 bit Linux
  • Minor bug fixes and UI tweaks

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.0.3.1 (Aug 24, 2010)

  • Firefox 3.6 compatibility, bug fixes
  • Webpage DOM Color Analyzer:
  • Analyze DOM element colors on any Web page and create a corresponding palette
  • Locate elements on the page that correspond to a given color
  • Find out what CSS rules specify a given color
  • Save, bookmark and share the palettes
  • Online Palette Viewer:
  • Click here for an example
  • Allows viewing, bookmarking and sharing any color palette
  • Provides a permalink URL that represents any set of colors
  • Online Eyedropper shows colors in RGB, HSV and additional formats
  • Use Full Page Zoom introduced in Firefox 3
  • Firebug support - allows opening the selected element in Firebug
  • New languages - Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian. Thanks to the BabelZilla team!
  • Firefox 3 support
  • Ubuntu support (gcc4 based build included)
  • Minor tweaks and bug fixes

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 2.0 Beta (1.9) (Jan 8, 2008)

  • Webpage DOM Color Analyzer
  • Analyze DOM element colors on any Web page and create a corresponding palette
  • Locate elements on the page that correspond to a given color
  • Find out what CSS rules specify a given color
  • Save, bookmark and share the palettes
  • Online Palette Viewer
  • Click here for an example
  • Allows viewing, bookmarking and sharing any color palette
  • Provides a permalink URL that represents any set of colors
  • Online Eyedropper shows colors in RGB, HSV and additional formats
  • Use Full Page Zoom introduced in Firefox 3
  • Firebug support - allows opening the selected element in Firebug
  • New languages - Indonesian, Korean, Norwegian. Thanks to the BabelZilla team!
  • Firefox 3 support
  • Ubuntu support (gcc4 based build included)
  • Minor tweaks and bug fixes

New in ColorZilla for Firefox 1.0 (Jan 19, 2007)

  • Intel Mac support
  • Firefox 2 support
  • International - 24 translations are included
  • New Catalan, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese translations - thanks to the BabelZilla team!
  • New '%dom-path-reversed%' status bar field
  • Option to copy the last ColorZilla formatted status value to the clipboard
  • Minor tweaks and bug fixes