URL Fixer Version History

34 versions

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Version 4.1.2 236.9 KiB Works with Firefox for Android 22.0 - 56.*, Firefox 22.0 - 56.*, SeaMonkey 2.19 - *

Fixed potential issues triggered by URL Fixer during browser startup.

Version 4.1.1 226.2 KiB Works with Firefox for Android 22.0 - 49.0, Firefox 22.0 - 49.0, SeaMonkey 2.19 - 2.46

This is a minor update, removing non-standard JavaScript syntax, which caused warnings in Firefox Aurora and Nightly builds.

Version 4.1.1-signed 244.2 KiB Works with Firefox for Android 11.0a1 - 46.0, Firefox 8.0 - 46.0, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.42

* Better user interface, non-modal informational message shows up on correction.
* Wrong corrections are saved now, URL Fixer will no longer repeat the same mistake.
* Implemented work-around for some extensions doing crazy things (especially Tab Mix Plus).
* Fixed SeaMonkey support.
* Don't show suggestion to fix typos on "Document expired" error pages.

Version 4.0.1.1-signed 187.0 KiB Works with Firefox for Android 11.0a1 - 18.0a1, Firefox 8.0 - 18.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.15a1

Worked around a bug in Tab Mix Plus that completely breaks URL bar when URL Fixer is present.

Version 4.0.1-signed 187.0 KiB Works with Firefox for Android 11.0a1 - 13.0a1, Firefox 8.0 - 13.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.10a1

* Random typos in popular domains are recognized now, the approach here is based on a dictionary of known domains rather than heuristics.
* URL Fixer will now install without requiring a browser restart.
* Built-in rules will now be updated automatically independently of the extension.
* User-defined rules will be applied to domain names only, no longer to the entire URL.
* A referral tag will be added for some of the corrected domain names.
* Added support for SeaMonkey and Firefox Mobile with native UI.
* Cleaned up and reorganized the code.

Version 3.1.1-signed 80.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 11.*

* Fixed a bug causing non-English users to see an XML entity error instead of the standard Firefox error pages when a server could not be found.
* Hiding "Was this a typo?" dialog on error pages when the browser is in offline mode.
* Reorganized and cleaned up code for opt-in data collection function.
* Updated locales

Version 3.0.1-signed 71.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 8.0a1

* Removed SmartLinks
* Added custom replacements featured from URL Fixer Plus
* Updated for compatibility with Firefox 5/6/7/8

Version 2.0.3.1-signed 54.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 10.0a1

* Fixed startup hang in Fennec.

Version 2.0.2.1-signed 54.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 4.0.*

* Updated SmartLinks module

Version 2.0.1.1-signed 54.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 4.0.*

Added opt-in feature that allows URL Fixer to learn better typo corrections by using the domains that users type in the address bar.

Version 1.7.3.1-signed 45.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 4.0.*

* Updated locales
* Bug fixes for better performance
* Removed unnecessary firstrun page
* Updated locale handling code for smaller filesize
* Updated SmartLinks code to fix bugs and improve performance

Version 1.7.2.1-signed 28.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 4.0.*

* Added Options dialog
* Updated SmartLinks code to address an issue with a missing menu item

Version 1.7 21.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 4.0b8pre

* Added SmartLinks feature
* Preparation for URL Fixer Plus

Version 1.6.2 15.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 4.0b6pre

* Support for Firefox 4 Beta
* Support For Mobile 2 Alpha

Version 1.6.1 15.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 4.0b3pre

* Updated for Firefox 4 compatibility.
* Updated translations.

Version 1.6 14.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 4.0b2pre

* Fixed bug that affected valid URLs like "ww.com" or "wwww.com".

Version 1.5.1 10.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.6.*

* Fixed bug that would try and correct URLs that are actually bookmark shortcuts.
* Updated locales.

Version 1.5 9.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.5.*

* Added Fennec compatibility
* Exposed "Confirm corrections" preference in confirmation dialog

Version 1.4.5 9.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b2pre

* Fixed bug that caused page to open in same tab when middle-clicking the go button after typing a search shortcut
* Updated with latest submitted translations

Version 1.4.4 24.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b1pre

* Fixed bug that caused page to open in same tab when middle-clicking the go button after typing a search shortcut

Version 1.4.3 14.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.1a1

Bumped maxVersion for Firefox 3.0b4.

Version 1.4.2 14.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b3

* Fixed bug where it was correcting "foo,com" to "fo.om".
* No longer corrects a URL that contains a space but no slash. This is to avoid correcting searches being performed via the Location Bar.

Version 1.4 14.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0b2

Cleaned up URL fixing algorithm, added new TLD's, removed country-code specific corrections.

Version 1.3 10.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.11 10.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.10 8.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.9 fixes the bug where .mo.us was being "corrected" to .com.us.

Version 1.2.7 8.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.5 8.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.4 7.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0.0.*

Version 1.2.1 7.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0b1

Version 1.2.1 adds support for using the Go button instead of just Enter, and it fixes URLs that have path information at the end. (e.g., http://efinke.cmo/url-fixer/ will be corrected to http://efinke.com/url-fixer/)

Version 1.2.1 also adds support for the Netscape browser.