about:about Button by ExE Boss

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about:about Button version history - 22 versions

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Latest version
Version 0.1.21resigned1
Released Apr 25, 2024 - 1.1 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Older versions
Version 0.1.20
Released Jun 22, 2018 - 1.09 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes – 0.1.20
- Switched to using hyperHTML for faster loading.
- Added Firefox 62 about: pages
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Version 0.1.19
Released Mar 19, 2018 - 1.05 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
Changes – 0.1.19
- Refactored a lot of code.
- Fixed a FOUC issue with the popup.
- Jackymancs4 fixed the Open Extension Options button being cut-off on MacOS.
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Version 0.1.18
Released Nov 30, 2017 - 1.05 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes – 0.1.18
- Added about:* page information for Firefox 57.0, 58.0 and 59.0.
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Version 0.1.17
Released Sep 5, 2017 - 1.04 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes – 0.1.17
- Migrated all JavaScript files to strict mode.
- Fixed the internal redirect page sometimes redirecting to undefined.
- Added support for about:url-classifier.
- Bug fixes and improvements.
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Version 0.1.16
Released Aug 30, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes – 0.1.16
- Remove usage of the obsolete <menu type="context">
  - whatwg/html#2730
  - Bug 1372276
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Version 0.1.15
Released Aug 12, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- The Options now look more like native Firefox options
- Fixed the scrollbar overlapping the text in the popup (again)
- Improved internationalization loading
- Converted all files to XHTML
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Version 0.1.14
Released Jul 29, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Implemented a context menu for about: pages with alternate options.
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Version 0.1.13
Released Jul 27, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Fixed a bug that made disabled about: page buttons clickable.
- Fixed the appearance of the options page as specified by WebExtensions Browser styles on MDN.
- Fixed the scrollbar affecting the “Open Extension Options” button when the popup was more than 600px tall.
- Internationalized the about: page descriptions.
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Version 0.1.12
Released Jun 14, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
Changes
- A message is now displayed when no known about: pages are found.
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Version 0.1.11
Released Jun 10, 2017 - 1.03 MB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- The UI has been redesigned using the official Firefox Style Guide.
- This has made it easier to group pages into categories.
- Most about: pages now have descriptions that are visible when the user hovers over them.
  Descriptions are taken from the MDN documentation on the "about" protocol.
- The extension options have been fixed in Firefox 55 Nightly.
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Version 0.1.10
Released Jun 9, 2017 - 1,017.78 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Replaced the dated IE5 XMLHttpRequest with the modern Fetch API
- Changed the popup script to use async and await
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Version 0.1.9
Released Jun 4, 2017 - 1,016.72 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Converted internal page data into JSON
- Added about:blocked, about:certerror, about:neterror and about:tabcrashed unlisted pages
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Version 0.1.8
Released Jun 2, 2017 - 996.39 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
Changes
- Un-hardcoded some values
- Added code which will make it possible to release a version for other browsers (currently only has code for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome)
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Version 0.1.7
Released May 27, 2017 - 453.22 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Renamed the extension to: ‘about:about Button’.
  This was done because of the AMO Policies and Actions regarding Mozilla trademarks and I wasn’t entirely sure if my extension’s name was infringing or not (it got accepted, so probably not, but I prefer to be on the safe side).
- Split Firefox specific code from the background page script into a second background page script so that support for other browsers might be added in the future.
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Version 0.1.6
Released May 3, 2017 - 451.49 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Changed license to GNU General Public License 3.
  NOTICE: This change is applied retroactively to all versions.
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Version 0.1.5
Released Apr 28, 2017 - 451.11 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
Changes
- Toolbar button popup now opens even faster than before
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Version 0.1.4
Released Apr 18, 2017 - 451.11 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Changes
- Changed the license to Apache License 2.0
Source code released under Apache License 2.0
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Version 0.1.3
Released Apr 15, 2017 - 448.5 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.*
[New features]
- Implemented shim for 'about:credits' (goes to 'https://www.mozilla.org/credits/')

[Bug fixes]
- Fixed the first line in the description being duplicated
Source code released under Apache License 2.0
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Version 0.1.2
Released Apr 14, 2017 - 448.35 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
[Improvements]
- Reloading the about: pages buttons now happens instantaneously
- The about: pages buttons information is now built through code instead of being declared statically
Source code released under Apache License 2.0
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Version 0.1.1
Released Apr 13, 2017 - 447.7 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
[New features]
- Options page (now allows hiding of greyed-out (privileged) about: page buttons)
- Pressing about:addons now opens the extension’s options page
Source code released under Apache License 2.0
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Version 0.1.0b1
Released Apr 11, 2017 - 447.01 KB
Works with firefox 52.0 and later
Source code released under Apache License 2.0
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Version 0.1.21resigned1

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