Version 4 changelog

[DaveG]

The current version of Flagfox is available on the Mozilla Add-ons page.
New versions are not available for update immediately. View the versions list to see past and pending updates.
All public versions may also be downloaded from the Mozilla FTP server.

Below is an up-to-date list of stable version changes:

Version 4.1.15 — May 5, 2012 — 709 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for May 2012
* Fixed a potential issue with a malformed actions preference

Version 4.1.14 — April 14, 2012 — 707 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for April 2012

Version 4.1.13 — March 10, 2012 — 700 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for March 2012
* Switched Geotool actions over to new server (with new subdomain)
* Added Croatian locale

Version 4.1.12 — February 12, 2012 — 670 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for February 2012

Version 4.1.11 — January 6, 2012 — 667 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for January 2012
* A couple more minor flag updates

Version 4.1.10 — December 14, 2011 — 666 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for December 2011
* Updated a few country flags and localized names
* Added Lithuanian locale and some other locale updates

Version 4.1.9 — November 12, 2011 — 656 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for November 2011
* Updated the traceroute action to work with server update
* Some minor locale updates

Version 4.1.8 — October 14, 2011 — 653 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for October 2011
* Added flags and localized names for a few small territories now in the database

Version 4.1.7 — September 17, 2011 — 645 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for September 2011
* Added Persian locale

Version 4.1.6 — August 18, 2011 — 638 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for August 2011
* Warn remaining Firefox 3.5 users to update (shown once)
* Support bumps for current Firefox and SeaMonkey Aurora versions

Version 4.1.5 — July 7, 2011 — 633 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for July 2011

Version 4.1.4 — June 9, 2011 — 628 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for June 2011
* Some minor country name localization fixes

Version 4.1.3 — May 19, 2011 — 623 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for May 2011
* Fixed the prompt method when used in custom JavaScript actions

Version 4.1.2 — April 12, 2011 — 618 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for April 2011
* Added Armenian and Finnish locales and some other locale updates
* Support bumps for current Firefox and SeaMonkey Trunk nightlies

Version 4.1.1 — March 4, 2011 — 603 KB
* IPv4 & IPv6 address location database updates for March 2011
* Simplified startup a bit; fixed a few potential issues and a minor Flagfox 3->4 upgrade bug

Version 4.1.0 — February 19, 2011 — 599 KB
* Added full IPv6 support using data from Maxmind (OS & ISP IPv6 support required)
* Added support for IPv4 mapped and compatible IPv6 addresses (IPv4 prefixed with "::ffff:" or "::")
* Added support for 6to4 and Teredo IPv6 tunneled IPv4 addresses
* Optimized IP database reading a little bit
* Added autocomplete for placeholders when typing into the template field in the new/edit action dialog
* Improved icon tooltip to look better and be easier to read/understand and better to localize effectively
* Added nationality of domain name to icon tooltip when applicable and differs from server location
* Added new icon for about: URLs (about:blank still has its own new page icon)
* Added new side menu for the add action button in the options dialog
* Added new clone selected action feature (via add menu or ctrl+c hotkey in options)
* Added new paste action(s) from clipboard feature (via add menu or ctrl+v hotkey in options)
* Added link to custom actions forum to add menu
* Added new {title} placeholder for page title
* Added new {meta-*} placeholders syntax to get page meta tags' data (ex: description, keywords)
* Added new {locale-*} placeholders expanded syntax for getting specific settings (page, content, UI, OS)
* Added new {TLD} placeholder to get the top level domain (public suffix; e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk -> co.uk)
* Added a text link label for the preview icons button in the options dialog to make it more discoverable
* Added new default actions to the options: Internet Archive, SSL Checker, URL Parser, Wave a11y Check
* Added Page Metadata default action to the options (opens in popup dialog)
* Renamed old "Wikipedia" action to "Wikipedia: Country" and added domain and TLD Wikipedia lookups
* Replaced Copy Country action with Copy Server Info action: "domain (ip) - country (code)"
* Added proper support for "javascript:" actions; now executes in sandbox instead of opening URL
* Made pressing delete key on custom actions in options also select next item for quick multi-deletes/undos
* Replaced multi-pane help box in the edit action dialog with a single basics box and a popup for advanced
* Added buttons for each placeholder in the advanced help popup to paste to the template field
* Optimized options dialog action list generation to improve dialog load time with large action lists
* Improved importing to be smarter: can now take in first found plain text URL or link as starting point
* Improved drag & drop support to better strip bullet points when dropping action lists into options
* Improved cold startup time slightly by delaying string bundle loading until needed for menu or tooltip
* Fixed locale handling for some systems with mixed settings
* Fixed icon not updating on page refresh if needed and improved performance of update check a bit
* Fixed extra loading of country names list for edit action and icon set preview dialogs
* Fixed some minor potential issues with hotkey handling
* Removed old icon repositioning options now that Firefox 4 removed the status bar
* Updated existing experimental Mozilla Weave/Firefox Sync support to use newer pref name format
* Added extractionless XPI opt-out to install manifest for Gecko 2.0+ support
* Added support for using the larger logo image in the Flagfox details view in the new Addon Manager
* Removed old Flagfox 4.0 first run page (no more first run page for stable versions for now)
* Dropped all support for Gecko 1.9.0 based browsers, including Firefox 3.0.x and all Flock versions
* Removed all Gecko 1.9.0 support hacks
* Dropped a few locales due to lack of translators to do updates: ca, fi, lt, mk, ms
* This Flagfox version supports Firefox 3.5 - 4.0.* and SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.1b3pre

Version 4.0.14 — February 5, 2011 — 584 KB
* IP address location database update for February 2011
* Warn users of Firefox 3.0 & 3.5 to update (once); 3.0 is EOL and 3.5 will be soon

Version 4.0.13 — January 20, 2011 — 581 KB
* IP address location database update for January 2011

Version 4.0.12 — December 16, 2010 — 577 KB
* IP address location database update for December 2010

Version 4.0.11 — November 7, 2010 — 574 KB
* IP address location database update for November 2010
* Some locale updates
* Fixed hotclick menu in edit action dialog to not truncate long localizations or resize menu to selection
* Switched Geotool over to new subdomain name created to resist a new massive wave of server crippling abuse
* Added cookie based system to identify Flagfox version to Geotool so we can restrict access to bogus clients
(no computer/personally identifying information; all users of the same Flagfox version use the same cookie)

Version 4.0.10 — October 3, 2010 — 571 KB
* IP address location database update for October 2010
* Added Latvian (lv-LV) locale
* Added dialog to point users of new incompatible application versions to Flagfox 4.1a2+

Version 4.0.9 — September 16, 2010 — 563 KB
* IP address location database update for September 2010
* Updates to some locales
* Will now warn the way too many lingering Firefox 3.0.x users that their browser is EOL (once only)
* Improved readability in error reporting by back-converting paths to their actual resource:// URLs

Version 4.0.8 — August 8, 2010 — 560 KB
* IP address location database update for August 2010
* Some minor locale updates

Version 4.0.7 — July 2, 2010 — 556 KB
* IP address location database update for July 2010
* Added support for latest Firefox 4.0b2pre & SeaMonkey 2.1a3pre after an API change on 2010-6-22

Version 4.0.6 — June 9, 2010 — 547 KB
* IP address location database update for June 2010
* Added support for latest Firefox 3.7a5pre with new Addon Manager API
* Added support for positioning new tabs for actions based on browser settings
* Added support for positioning new tabs for actions within Tree Style Tab extension
* Optimized startup and action template parsing a little bit

Version 4.0.5 — May 5, 2010 — 542 KB
* IP address location database update for May 2010
* Minor updates to some locales

Version 4.0.4 — April 7, 2010 — 540 KB
* IP address location database update for April 2010
* Optimized hotkey handling slightly
* Changed parsing for {fullURL} to not encode the parameter unless needed
* Removed now defunct tr.im URL action; bit.ly has been promoted to default in menu
* Added Tiny URL and Header Check default actions to the options list
* Added Serbian (sr) and Bulgarian (bg) locales (new to 4.0.x)

Version 4.0.3 — March 10, 2010 — 526 KB
* IP address location database update for March 2010
* Improved placeholders for favicon loading in the options dialog
* Tweaked some styling to work better under some themes
* Replaced notification of disabled update checking with notification of stale database (more than 3 months old)
* Some tweaks to startup/shutdown/error handling
* Mapped backspace key to delete actions in the list in addition to the delete key (for keyboards without it)
* Worked around Mozilla bug 509800; dropping text into empty template field won't mix into the help text anymore
* Added Turkish (tr) locale (new to 4.0.x)
* Added drag & drop support for actions in options dialog (Gecko 1.9.1+ only; Flock & Firefox 3.0 not supported)
-> Drag actions within list to reorder them; drag to top/bottom of view to auto-scroll
-> Drag action in list to a text field to copy as text
-> Drag action template as text to list to open creation dialog for template
-> Drag link, bookmark, or address bar URL to list or creation dialog to use it as a starting point
-> Drag any text to creation dialog to use it as template starting point
-> Drag one or more action name/template pairs as text (w/ new line for each name/template) to list to add all

Version 4.0.2 — February 25, 2010 — 513 KB
* Disabled favicon precaching because Firefox could crash under certain circumstances (overrides 4.0.1 fix)

Version 4.0.1 — February 24, 2010 — 513 KB
* Disabled favicon preloading when 3rd-party cookies and cookie prompting is on; works around a Firefox crash
* Added shortcut to show all actions in the menu on ctrl+right-click to give quicker access to rarely used actions
* Added some more TLD notice exceptions (i.e. don't apply to servers with generic EU IPs but EU nation domains)
* Some minor localization tweaks in a few locales

Version 4.0.0 — February 21, 2010 — 513 KB
* IP address location database update for February 2010
* Major code refactoring and cleanup (including some fixes that may not be listed below)
* Added many new default actions (see flag's context menu and options dialog)
* Added ability to add as many custom actions as desired (will import old one from 3.3.x)
* Added a link in the edit custom action dialog to get/share actions via the forums
* Added full URL, base domain name, and locale placeholders to custom action syntax
* Added "copystring:" pseudo-protocol to custom action syntax
* Added ability to disable or reorder actions in the context menu
* Added ability to set actions to (single|double|triple)(left|middle/ctrl)click of icon
* Added ability to set actions to keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+alt+g is default for Geotool)
* Added favicons for actions in context menu and options (can disable in options)
* Added radio buttons to allow changing flag set preference directly from preview dialog
* Added a few tooltips in the options to better explain what some of them do
* Added detection of offline mode with a disconnected icon (instead of an error icon)
* Added an icon for data: URIs (instead of the puzzle piece)
* Fixed options dialog not refocusing when trying to open it again via context menu
* Fixed info bar checkboxes to act properly; may now be checked/unchecked before closing
* Added a second of guaranteed persistence to info bar to avoid accidental auto-hide
* Added a few more commonly resold TLDs to mismatch note exception list
* Changed TLD mismatch note info bar to only show once unless told otherwise
* Changed Geotool lookup to work from behind a proxy (using the IP Geotool connects to)
* Added experimental support for syncing actions via Mozilla Weave Sync 1.0 (preffed off by default)
* Added a localized first run page for users updating to 4.0 (not used for minor updates)
* Added Catalan (ca) and Ukrainian (uk-UA) locales
* Dropped a handful of locales due to lack of available translators: bg, bn-IN, fa, sr, tr
* Updated many locale codes to drop redundant dialect codes (ex: fr-FR) to match Mozilla codes
* Dropped support for Firefox 2 and added support for Firefox 3.7 prereleases

Version 3.x changelog is available here.