Better Text View version history - 25 versions
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Version 18.2.6
Released Aug 2, 2025 - 825.99 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterWhen contrast black / white is set, check if element is child of an invert filtered element, and set black / white color reversed.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Version 18.2.5
Released Aug 1, 2025 - 826 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterThe 'fast' option of --g_start3_caps now has 'faster' to reduce hue correction processing time a little bit more.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.2.3
Released Jul 29, 2025 - 825.96 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterSetting new variable '--g_font_weight_offset' to non-zero or "true" value makes differential font weight change. The font weight of text is increased / reduced by the DIFFERENCE of font weight slider and 400 (normal font weight).Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.2.2
Released Jul 26, 2025 - 825.32 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAllow ADDING to existing list when clicking "Import whitelist / blacklist settings" after file selection. REPLACE existing list will work as old "Import settings".Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.2.1
Released Jul 25, 2025 - 825.03 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for reverse colors hue-correction not changing colors of text on some sites.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.2.0
Released Jul 20, 2025 - 825.04 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterRemove unnecessary code of '--g_tags_to_include'.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.9
Released Jul 19, 2025 - 825.08 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAdd '--g_tags_to_include' to include any of CANVAS / EMBED / IMG / OBJECT / SVG / VIDEO tags to process instead of skipping.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.8
Released Jul 14, 2025 - 824.35 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterIf '--g_start3_caps' set to 'fast'/"fast" (with quotes), reverse colors processing is faster. HOWEVER, some text/background colors will not be as before.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.7
Released Jul 9, 2025 - 824.12 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterCheck for width in 'skip nav section' for nav elements.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.6
Released Jul 4, 2025 - 824.11 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterStupid bug! Fixed for 'Keep black text' option.
Audio text through TTS now WORKS FOR NON-ENGLISH language pages after bugfix.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.5
Released Jul 1, 2025 - 824.07 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterbugfix for '--g_continue_speech' not working for values greater than 1.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.4
Released Jun 29, 2025 - 824.08 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterbugfix to removing spaces in spoken text.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.3
Released Jun 28, 2025 - 824.08 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterchange when stylesheet rules attach to style node.
bugfix for '--g_final_lightness'.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.1
Released Jun 26, 2025 - 824.07 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterrevert to original code for change to text size.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.1.0
Released Jun 26, 2025 - 824.21 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterchange of parentNode to parentElement.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.0.20
Released Jun 23, 2025 - 824.2 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterbugfix for '--g_svg_bg_white' and change parentNode to parentElement.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.0.18
Released Jun 22, 2025 - 824.24 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterAdded help.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.0.1
Released Jun 21, 2025 - 973.02 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterthe 'Site lightness' (which is displayed in browser 'Developer tools' with line 'Dark/Light = ' can now be set in custom CSS of site, which overrides the calculated value.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 18.0.0
Released Jun 20, 2025 - 972.98 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterMostly changes to make 'reverse colors' stable and (heh!) simpler.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.1.0
Released May 7, 2025 - 971 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and later'--g_keep_colors' setting now works correctly keeping background and text colors ( if their colorfulness is more than '--g_min_colorfulness' ) same of original page.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.0.9
Released May 6, 2025 - 971.01 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterFix a bug in getting background color that was introduced some 2 versions before.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.0.8
Released May 5, 2025 - 970.98 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and later"Reset Settings" button added to reset all settings to default values. When page is being processed, a 'modal' (non-interactive) layer is set to prevent mouse / keyboard events modifying the styling of page.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.0.6
Released May 4, 2025 - 971.35 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterMake some regex strings unicode.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.0.5
Released May 4, 2025 - 971.17 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAdd reset button to reset all settings to default.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 17.0.4
Released May 3, 2025 - 970.88 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterMake the colors of 'text-shadow' and 'box-shadow' hue corrected in reverse colors.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only