http://flagfox.wordpress.com/2011/01/30 ... -released/
All bleeding-edge support, i.e. new betas and Minefield/Trunk support, will be handled in Flagfox 4.1 prereleases for now. There is no real schedule for Flagfox 4.1 development yet, but it should be ready at least before Firefox 4.0 final is released.
A note about versioning status: These versions are labeled "alpha" because they are not feature complete, but it shouldn't blow up on you. If it does, of course, then please post here to tell me and I'll fix it.
Flagfox 4.0.x will continue to receive its normal monthly IP address location database updates as readily as possible until Flagfox 4.1 final is released. The Flagfox 4.1 alphas and betas will contain the newest available version of the database, but will not be released on the same monthly schedule. You can check the database version via the Flagfox about dialog. (go to Tools, Add-ons, right-click on Flagfox, select "about") The database version is in the parenthetical after the main Flagfox version.
Some new features have new strings. There won't be any new localization until after I get to something I can call a beta, so for now the few new strings will show as English regardless of your locale.
Note that recent Firefox 4.0b7pre+ replaced the status bar with the addon bar. Flagfox's status bar positioning will work to some limited degree using a backwards compatibility hack in Firefox itself (via a dummy status bar element in the addon bar). Better support for the new addon bar will be added in a future version.
Changes in Flagfox 4.1a4:
- Includes database update and Geotool access update in Flagfox 4.0.11 (required for Geotool usage)
- 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)
- Fixed locale handling for some systems with mixed settings
- Added proper support for "javascript:" actions; now executes in sandbox instead of opening URL
- Added Page Metadata default action
- Replaced multi-pane help box in the edit action dialog with a single basics pane and a popup for advanced
- Added buttons for each placeholder in the advanced help popup to paste to the template field
- Includes database and locale updates in Flagfox 4.0.10
- Some light code refactoring for actions, strings, and page update handling code
- 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 hotclick menu in edit action dialog to not truncate long localizations or resize menu to selection
- Removed new SEO Browser default action because the useful version of the service now requires signup
- Updated existing experimental Mozilla Weave/Firefox Sync support to use newer pref name format
- 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)
- Added new paste action(s) from clipboard feature (via add menu or ctrl+v hotkey)
- Added link to custom actions forum to add menu
- Optimized options dialog action list generation to improve performance
- Fixed menu auto-resizing problems in the options dialog under Firefox 4
- Replaced Copy Country action with Copy Server Info action: "domain (ip) - country (code)"
- Changed initial startup icon to throbber for async loads under Firefox 4 (e.g. session restoring)
- Improved importing to be smarter: can now take in first found plain text URL or link as starting point
- Includes all changes in Flagfox 4.0.9 except the obviously not applicable Firefox 3.0.x warning
- Added 4 default actions to the options: Internet Archive, SSL Checker, URL Parser, WAVE a11y Check
- Added 1 default action to the menu: SEO Browser
- Dropped all support for Gecko 1.9.0 based browsers, including Firefox 3.0.x and all Flock versions
- Removed Gecko 1.9.0 support hacks
- Added extractionless XPI opt-out to install manifest to regain Trunk support
- Removed obsolete Flagfox 4.0 first run page
- Added full support for all address bar positioning options under current SeaMonkey 2.1b1pre+
- Improved drag & drop support to better strip bullet points when dropping action lists into options
- Made pressing delete key on custom actions in options also select next item for quick multi-deletes/undos
Application compatibility changes for Flagfox:
- Flagfox 4.0.8+ supports: Firefox 3.0-4.0b6, Flock 2.0-2.5, SeaMonkey 2.0-2.1a3
- Flagfox 4.1a3+ supports: Firefox 3.5-4.0b8pre, SeaMonkey 2.0-2.1b2pre
I don't personally use SeaMonkey, so its support is still officially secondary to Firefox, but with this alpha I think I'm up to feature parity for Flagfox running on either application. (correct me if I'm wrong)
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Known issues as of 4.1a4:
- The SeaMonkey location bar drop down arrow still accidentally brings up the Flagfox menu, but it's been like this forever. (report topic)
- Better support for the new Firefox 4.0b7pre+ addon bar which replaced the status bar is needed.
- Flagfox 4.0 included limited support for Mozilla Weave Sync form the start, though requiring an about:config pref to turn on. Firefox 4 is getting Mozilla Firefox Weave Sync (or whatever they're going to call the thing) built in now. Flagfox 4.1a3 is updated to work with newer versions but still does not yet have any in-GUI options for it.
- The new modifications to the edit action dialog's help system are not yet final and need tweaking.
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Default action list changes as of 4.1a4:
- 5 new in options: Internet Archive, SSL Checker, URL Parser, WAVE a11y Check, Page Metadata
- 1 replaced in options: Copy Country -> Copy Server Info: "domain (ip) - country (code)"
- 1 added then removed: SEO Browser (was good, but then they changed to require signup to work)
- Total: 6 new, 1 removed
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Main new features thus far that need testing:
- New action placeholders and functionality. Actions that use page metadata can now be written and more may use this in the future.
- Improvements to the options dialog and its new add action menu. Please make sure everything works as stated, doesn't screw up when importing various things, and the styling isn't broken horribly under any theme.
If you're simply too lazy to register to post in these forums you can email me directly at daveg dot extensionfeedback at gmail dot com.
