What's new in New Tab Override 16.0.0
Feb 8, 2024
- [ENHANCEMENT] New Tab Override now uses Manifest v3
- [ENHANCEMENT] fixed white flash when using dark mode
- [ENHANCEMENT] allow moz-extension:// URIs as new tab page
- [ENHANCEMENT] show error message if an unsupported protocol is used instead of silently prepending https:// in that case
- [ENHANCEMENT] default to https:// instead of http:// for URLs without protocol
- [ENHANCEMENT] keep the address bar empty when the background color option is used
- [ENHANCEMENT] improved colors on options page for better accessibility (a11y)
- [TRANSLATION] added Indonesian translation
- [CODE QUALITY] replaced deprecated method call
- [CODE QUALITY] removed deprecated manifest key
- [CODE QUALITY] removed code that was only relevant for old versions of Firefox and New Tab Override
- [CODE QUALITY] updated the translation mechanism to the newest version to share more code with other extensions and to improve the maintainability
- [CODE QUALITY] make use of CSS variables for colors
- [CODE QUALITY] don't use background shorthand in CSS
- [CHANGE] changed copyright year from 2021 to 2024
- [DEPENDENCY] updated web-ext from version 6.1.0 to 7.11.0
New in New Tab Override 15.1.1 (May 26, 2021)
- made sure that links are actually links in feed component
- The label of the focus option had the wrong text color in dark mode
- Updated Dutch translation (Thanks, Tonnes!)
- Updated Polish translation (Thanks, WaldiPL!)
- Updated Swedish translation (Thanks, Sopor-!)
- Changed copyright year from 2020 to 2021
- Updated web-ext from version 5.0.0 to 6.1.0
New in New Tab Override 15.0.0 (Aug 4, 2020)
- Focus option! The option to set the focus to either the web page or the address bar has been reintroduced. That's why the cookies permission is needed again (as in New Tab Override 14.3.0 and older). This feature is only available in Firefox 80 and newer.
- Tab position! You can now change the opening position of new tabs. That's why the browser settings permission is no longer optional and requested for all users at install time.
- Dark mode support! When the system-wide dark mode is enabled, the options interface of New Tab Override is dark now.
- Added Ukrainian translation (Thanks, Bergil32!)
- Updated web-ext from version 4.0.0 to 5.0.0
New in New Tab Override 14.4.0 (Mar 12, 2020)
- No longer requires the "cookies" permission because it was only needed for an unused code path
- Updated the description of the add-on
- Changed copyright year from 2019 to 2020
- Added Russian translation (Thanks, vanja-san!)
- Replaced deprecated method call
- Updated web-ext from version 3.1.0 to 4.0.0