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CloseProfileSwitcher Version History
17 versions
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Version 1.7.7
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.6.1
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.5.1-signed
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.4
- new feature: now you can see the name of profile in use also as tooltip in tabs bar (on Firefox)
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.2
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.1.1-signed
- fixed missing item menu on Thunderbird
- added sl-SI locale
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.7.1-signed
- profiles are listed in alphabetic order (you can revert this behaviour in Options panel).
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.6.2.1-signed
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.6.1.1-signed
- better autodetect of the executable file;
- new icons set (thanks to Josef Sahlberg);
- option to have the profile name in the titlebar also on Firefox;
- added romanian locale;
- the default profile is highlighted in bold (the default profile is launched when you run the program without specifying a profile. To change it, run the profile manager and choose the profile you want as default).
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.6.0.3.1-signed
- fixed a bug in Options panel;
- added serbian locale;
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.6.0.2.1-signed
- option to have icons of different colours;
- option to have a shortcut to run the profile manager;
- option to restart the profile enabling the log of the connections on Thunderbird;
- possibility to open the links with another profile on Firefox;
- more options available in the preferences panel;
- some minor bugs fixed;
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.6.1-signed
- the "-new-instance" flag is not used anymore by default, because of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=918681
To utilise it, you can set the preference "extensions.profileswitcher.enable_new_instance" to true (it will not work on Windows until the bug above is not fixed)
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.5.1-signed
- compatibility with Thunderbird 24;
- when it's possible, the parameter "new-instance" is used instead "no-remote";
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.4.1-signed
- better behaviour with links from profiles launched after the first one (the extension must be installed in all profiles);
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.3.1-signed
- compatibility with Firefox 21 and higher;
- some changes in the behaviour of preferences about icons.
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.2.1-signed
- fixed a bug about the profile name encoding;
- fixed a bug about restarting in profiles launched by the extension.
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
Version 1.5.0.1.1-signed
- removed the unsafe "eval" function
- Source code released under Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
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