CHANGELOG.md

   1 ### 0.6.0 (2015-11-09)
   2
   3 ##### Most important (breaking) changes
   4
   5 - VimFx now works properly with **any keyboard layout.** Users of **multiple
   6   layouts** should enable the **[ignore keyboard layout] option.** #249 #259
   7
   8 - Features related to disabling VimFx, and to the [toolbar button]:
   9
  10   - **Insert Mode** has been renamed to **_Ignore_ mode.**
  11   - **[Blacklisted][blacklist] sites** now **enter Ignore mode automatically,**
  12     instead of being specially handled.
  13   - The feature to click the toolbar button (or press `<a-V>`) to **disable
  14     VimFx** has been **removed.** Use **Ignore mode** (`i`) and the
  15     **[blacklist] instead.**
  16   - The **toolbar button** is now **red in Ignore mode** (which also means that
  17     it is red on blacklisted sites) and green otherwise (never grey anymore).
  18   - The toolbar button no longer offers to (un-)blacklist the current domain.
  19     (Head into VimFx’s settings page in the Add-ons Manager and add
  20     `*currentdomain.com*` to the [blacklist] option yourself instead.)
  21
  22   (See [commit 3552282] for more information.)
  23
  24 - **Some default shortcuts have changed,** mostly because they conflicted with
  25   standard Firefox shortcuts: #308
  26
  27   - `<c-J>` → `gJ`
  28
  29   - `<c-K>` → `gK`
  30
  31   - `g^` and `gH` → `g0`
  32
  33     `g^` now selects the first _non pinned_ tab instead, while `g0`
  34     selects the first tab regardless of whether it is pinned or not. #317
  35
  36   - `<c-e>` (alias for `j`) and `<c-y>` (alias for `k`) have been removed.
  37
  38   - `<c-f>` → `<space>` and `<c-b>` → `<s-space>`
  39
  40   - `vf` → `zf`
  41
  42     This frees up `v` for future shortcuts (instead making `z` a
  43     “namespace” key, just like in Vim).
  44
  45   - To **exit Ignore mode:** `<escape>` → `<s-escape>`. This is because Ignore
  46     mode has replaced the disable feature, as well as the special blacklist
  47     state (see above). Sites are likely to use `<escape>` but not `<s-escape>`.
  48     (In a way, this new role of Ignore mode also means that the old (many times
  49     broken) shortcut to disable VimFx (`<a-V>`) has been replaced by `i`.) #64
  50     \#375 #432
  51
  52 - VimFx’s Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog is now help only, and more accessible.
  53   To **customize keyboard shortcuts,** go to VimFx’s settings page **in the
  54   Add-ons Manager,** just like you would to customize other settings. Also,
  55   **commas** between every key are **no longer needed:** Type `gJ` instead of
  56   `g,J`.
  57
  58 - For performance reasons, **Hint markers** are now placed vertically **centered
  59   instead of at the top** of the element. Don’t be surprised if you see the same
  60   hint repeated several times**—links that go to the same place now get the same
  61   hint.** The “Smart hints” option has been removed—hints are _always_ smart
  62   now, and a lot smarter than before. Finally, hints now also work in the new
  63   tab page, the Add-ons Manager and the preferences page. If you want to, you
  64   can read more about [the `f` commands]. \#51 #60 #176 #320 #325 #468 #471 #475
  65
  66 - The **`F`** command now _always_ opens tabs in new **background** tabs, while
  67   **`gf`** has been added to open tabs in new **foreground** tabs. #227 #464
  68
  69 - **Autofocus prevention** is now **off by default.** One of VimFx’s core
  70   philosophies is to be nice to your browser habits. Some find autofocus
  71   prevention too big a change. Turn it on again if you like it! By the way,
  72   autofocus prevention now works much more reliably and should not cause issues
  73   with other extensions. #497 #541
  74
  75 - The **“Scroll step”** option has been **removed**. The scrolling commands that
  76   used it now **work like the arrow keys instead,** and are customized just like
  77   them. See [scrolling prefs] for more information.
  78
  79 - Speaking of scrolling, **which elements scrolls** when you use VimFx’s
  80   scrolling commands **has changed.** See [scrolling commands] for more
  81   information.
  82
  83 ##### New features
  84
  85 - New commands:
  86
  87   - `gp` pins or unpins the current tab. (Also see `g^` and `g0` mentioned
  88     above.) #121
  89   - `yt` duplicates the current tab. #121
  90   - `0` and `^` scroll to the far left, and `$` scrolls to the far right.
  91   - [`gi`] has finally been implemented. #47
  92   - [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`] let you run a Normal mode command without exiting
  93     Ignore mode.
  94
  95 - In Hints mode you can now hold ctrl and alt to change behavior of the matched
  96   marker. Hold shift to temporarily make the hints see-through. See [the `f`
  97   commands] for more information. #220 #421 #484
  98
  99 - Some commands now accept [counts]. #374
 100
 101 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that work inside text inputs. See the
 102   [`<force>`] key for more information. #258
 103
 104 - It is now possible to create shortcuts that the page can override. See the
 105   [`<late>`] key for more information.
 106
 107 - A number of [advanced options] have been added. Rather than listing everything
 108   regarding them here, follow that link if you’re interested. #452 #489
 109
 110 - You may now, if you want to, configure VimFx through a [config file], using
 111   the new [public API]. Customizing VimFx through a config file also gives extra
 112   abilites, such as [site-specific options][option-overrides] and [disabling
 113   certain commands on certain sites][key-overrides]. It also allows to add
 114   [custom commands] \(and other extensions to extend VimFx). #158 #235 #255 #261
 115   \#300 #408 #445 #490 #515
 116
 117 - It is now easier to customize VimFx through custom [styling]. An example is
 118   changing the way hint markers look. #220 #233 #424 #432 #465
 119
 120 - VimFx now has [documentation] and a [wiki].
 121
 122 - A few new locales were added:
 123
 124   - fr. Thanks to Mickaël RAYBAUD-ROIG (@m-r-r)!
 125   - pt-BR. Thanks to Átila Camurça Alves (@atilacamurca)!
 126   - sv-SE. Thanks to Andreas Lindhé (@lindhe)!
 127
 128 ##### Improvements
 129
 130 - VimFx is now multi-process/Electrolysis/e10s compatible! This means that you
 131   can run VimFx on a version of Firefox with multi-process enabled without
 132   issues, and that we’re future proof for the day when Firefox becomes
 133   multi-process by default. Best of all, it also made VimFx more reliable in
 134   non-multi-process (“regular”) Firefox. #378
 135
 136 - The `[` and `]` commands are now smarter, recognizing more links to the
 137   previous/next page correctly. You may read more about [previous/next page
 138   patterns]. #396
 139
 140 - The `n` and `N` commands now notify you when they wrap around the page, or the
 141   phrase you searched for could not be found. #398
 142
 143 - _All_ shortcuts in _all modes_ can now be customized. For example, this allows
 144   you to disable VimFx’s Vim-style `<enter>` behavior in the find bar. #222 #390
 145   \#421
 146
 147 - The `p` and `P` commands are now smarter regarding whether to treat the
 148   clipboard contents as a URL or a search, by working exactly like pasting in
 149   the address bar. They also now read the selection clipboard, if available.
 150   \#353 #382
 151
 152 - VimFx’s toolbar button is now properly implemented. #303 #349 #383
 153
 154 - Most locales were updated. Thanks to our awesome [translators]!
 155
 156 ##### Minor bug fixes
 157
 158 - VimFx now works correctly in tabs dragged to other windows. #57
 159 - The `p` command is no longer broken. #494
 160 - Non-ASCII shortcut keys now work properly. #433
 161 - The Keyboard Shortcuts help dialog can no longer be covered by page elements.
 162   \#477
 163 - Hint markers can no longer be covered by page elements.
 164 - VimFx no longer causes scripts on icloud.com to get stuck in an infinite loop.
 165   \#389
 166
 167 [advanced options]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#advanced-options
 168 [blacklist]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#blacklist
 169 [ignore keyboard layout]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#ignore-keyboard-layout
 170 [previous/next page patterns]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#previousnext-page-patterns
 171 [scrolling prefs]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/options.md#scrolling-prefs
 172 [counts]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#counts
 173 [`gi`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#gi-1
 174 [Ignore mode `<s-f1>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#ignore-mode-s-f1
 175 [scrolling commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#scrolling-commands-1
 176 [the `f` commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/commands.md#the-f-commands-1
 177 [`<force>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#force
 178 [`<late>`]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/shortcuts.md#late
 179 [config file]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/config-file.md
 180 [public api]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md
 181 [option-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddoptionoverridesrules
 182 [key-overrides]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/api.md#vimfxaddkeyoverridesrules
 183 [styling]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
 184 [toolbar button]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/styling.md
 185 [translators]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/PEOPLE.md#translators
 186 [documentation]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/c790b0fc1127c66bb7b33ccbaf4c0e8090e5530b/documentation/
 187 [wiki]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/
 188 [custom commands]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/wiki/Custom-Commands
 189 [commit 3552282]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/commit/355228217d7e7a61f5e1edbb9efbfb0f3e4ef81c
 190
 191 ### 0.5.17 (2015-01-23)
 192
 193 - Fixed: The hints generation no longer crashes on some pages (regression since
 194   version 0.5.15).
 195
 196 ### 0.5.16 (2015-01-22)
 197
 198 - Fixed: The toolbar button no longer throws errors. (This fix should have been
 199   in 0.5.15 but was forgotten. Luckily an AMO reviewer found it.)
 200
 201 ### 0.5.15 (2015-01-21)
 202
 203 - Improved: This version is now forwards-compatible with the upcoming version
 204   0.6.0. Downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.14 or older might cause VimFx to crash,
 205   but downgrading from 0.6.0 to 0.5.15 is safe.
 206 - Fixed: Non-hintchars key presses in hints mode are now suppressed. They used
 207   to be passed along to the browser, which could confusingly activate site
 208   commands.
 209 - Fixed: The 'f' command now always opens links in the same tab. Links used to
 210   be able to force a new tab or window.
 211 - Fixed: Pressing 'Esc' in the location bar now restores the URL, as is the
 212   default behaviour of Firefox. You may now also close Firefox dialogs using
 213   'Esc'.
 214 - Improved: Updated the de locale. Thanks to Alexander Haeussler!
 215 - Improved: Updated the pl locale. Thanks to morethanoneanimal!
 216
 217 ### 0.5.14 (2014-08-16)
 218
 219 - Fixed: Locales should now work properly.
 220 - Improved: Updated the zh-CN locale (@mozillazg).
 221 - Improved: Updated the de locale (@Kambfhase).
 222 - Added: Japanese locale (@pluser).
 223 - Fixed: If you switched to another tab or window while an `<input>` element
 224   was focused and then switched back, the `<input>` element got blurred, while
 225   it should have stayed focused. This caused the auto-type feature of KeePassX
 226   to break.
 227
 228 ### 0.5.13 (2014-08-02)
 229
 230 - Fixed: The vote button on StackExchange sites are now markable again.
 231 - Improved: Detection of previous/next links. Should work better on gmail now.
 232 - Fixed: It is now possible to use Enter/Return in keyboard shortcuts.
 233 - Improved: The n/N commands (etc.) now work even if you didn’t open the finbar
 234   using the VimFx command (such as the default key binding ctrl+f, or by
 235   clicking a menu item).
 236 - Improved: It is now possible to blur text inputs without sending Esc to the
 237   page, which could cause dialogs etc. to annoyingly close.
 238 - Improved: Updated the el-GR locale (@sirodoht).
 239 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention sometimes made text inputs impossible to focus
 240   until you reloaded the page.
 241 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now works on more sites than before.
 242 - Improved: Autofocus prevention now prevents _all_ automatic focusing (not
 243   just when the page loads). This makes devdocs.io much easier to use.
 244 - Added: When viewing images directly and the image has been resized to fit the
 245   screen the image is now markable, allowing you to toggle zoom on it using the
 246   keyboard.
 247 - Fixed: It is no longer possible to add conflicting shortcuts (such as adding
 248   'a' when 'af' and 'as' are already present).
 249
 250 ### 0.5.12 (2014-06-01)
 251
 252 - Fixed: Autofocus preventiton got stuck sometimes, making it impossible to
 253   focus inputs.
 254
 255 ### 0.5.11 (2014-06-01)
 256
 257 - Fixed: The focus search bar command was broken.
 258 - Fixed: Autofocus prevention was broken.
 259 - Fixed: The top bar on YouTube could not be accessed by VimFx.
 260 - Fixed: You can no longer add blank hotkeys.
 261 - Improved: Tab Groups are supported.
 262 - Improved: Matching of previous/next links should be more reliable.
 263 - Improved: A few minor things.
 264
 265 ### 0.5.10 (2014-05-07)
 266
 267 - Fixed yet another bug related to the default pereferences
 268
 269 ### 0.5.9 (2014-05-04)
 270
 271 - Fixed a bug with default preferences not being set
 272 - Fixed gg and G to be faster
 273
 274 ### 0.5.8 (2014-04-18)
 275
 276 - AMO Preliminary Review bug fix (sorry for such long delay)
 277
 278 ### 0.5.7 (2014-03-03)
 279
 280 - Bug fix
 281
 282 ### 0.5.6 (2014-02-26)
 283
 284 - Updated some translations
 285 - Updated pagination patterns and logic
 286
 287 ### 0.5.5 (2014-01-03)
 288
 289 - Hotfix release to address a bug that has been introduced in 0.5.4
 290
 291 ### 0.5.4 (2014-01-03)
 292
 293 - Fix for popup passthrough mode stucking
 294 - Make toolbar button click depend on current mode
 295 - Higher weight markers should not be overlapped
 296 - Refactor find mode to use Firefox native search bar
 297 - Bump minimum requred Firefox version to 25
 298 - Added commands to go in the URL path
 299 - Added commands to navigate previous and next links with customizable link
 300   patterns
 301 - Use Firefox 24+ native console API
 302 - Update zh-CN localization
 303
 304 ### 0.5.3 (2013-10-16)
 305
 306 - Lots of refactoring
 307 - Insert mode (`i` command)
 308 - Follow multiple links with `af` command
 309 - Hint marker rotation with `space` while in hints mode
 310
 311 ### 0.5.1 (2013-08-21)
 312
 313 - Fixed regression with stylesheets
 314 - Updated icon
 315
 316 ### 0.5 (2013-08-19)
 317
 318 - Added command to focus search bar: `O`
 319 - Added commands to stop loading current page and all pages: `s` and `as`
 320 - Invisible elements will not get hint markers
 321 - Compatibility with Firefox 25
 322 - Simple shortcut customization with UI in Help dialog
 323 - Use huffman coding algorithm for hint markers generation which results in
 324   shorter links
 325 - Implemented Bloom filters to achieve shorter hints for those shortcuts that
 326   are used often
 327 - Reimplemented scrolling - now works with pages wihere window is not scrollable
 328 - Find disabled on non HTML documents
 329 - Find string is now global for all windows.
 330 - Fixed logic of locale discovery. Now we rely on general.useragent.locale
 331   Firefox preference for current locale
 332
 333 ### 0.4.8 (2013-06-12)
 334
 335 - `embed` and `object` tags will now have their own hints
 336 - Bug fixes related to custom hint chars (@LordJZ)
 337 - Fixed `t` - now it will be nice to other extensions
 338 - Updated Chineese translations (@mozillazg)
 339 - Reenter Normal mode on page reloads to avoid getting stuck in Hints mode
 340   withou any hints
 341 - Search will focus element that contains matching text
 342 - Fixed hint markers for iframes
 343 - Marker bug fixes (@LordJZ)
 344
 345 ### 0.4.6 (2013-03-27)
 346
 347 - Reimplemented find mode: CJK support, performace boost
 348 - `a/` or `a.` to highlight all matches of the search string on the page
 349 - Hint markers will now reach into iframes
 350 - Key handling is disabled when a popupmenu or panel are shown
 351 - `yf` will now also focus links and copy values from text/textarea element
 352 - `vf` will show hit markers to focus the underlying element
 353
 354 ### 0.4.5 (2013-03-12)
 355
 356 - `:` to open Firefox Developer Toolbar, `Esc` to close it.
 357 - Add Hungarian locale (@thenonameguy).
 358 - Add Polish locale (@grn).
 359 - Don't close pinned tabs when pressing x (@grn).
 360 - Switched to Makefile for building the extension release (@carno).
 361 - Mrakers CSS tweaks (@helmuthdu)
 362
 363 ### 0.4.4 (2013-01-30)
 364
 365 - Thanks to @mozillazg and @mcomella for translation contributions.
 366 - Added `gh` command that will navigate to the home page.
 367 - Added `o` command to focus address bar.
 368 - `p` and `P` will parse the contents of the clipboard. If the string in the
 369   clipboard appears to be a url then it will navigate to this url. Otherwise it
 370   will search for the string in the clipboard using currently selected search
 371   provider.
 372 - Now hint markers for links will stay on top of all the markers for different
 373   kinds of elements.
 374 - Esc will now also close the focused default search bar.
 375 - Fixed bugs related to keyboard events handling, XUL documents, and some other
 376   issues.
 377 - Bug fixed where not all the commands could be disabled via the Help dialog.
 378
 379 ### 0.4.3 (2012-12-27)
 380
 381 - Toolbar button bugfix
 382 - Added an option to disable individual commands via the help dialog
 383
 384 ### 0.4.1, 0.4.2 (2012-12-12)
 385
 386 - Small tweaks of the find feature.
 387 - Bugfix for keyboard handling on non-english keyboard layouts
 388
 389 ### 0.4 (2012-12-09)
 390
 391 - Implemented find with `/` and `n/N`
 392 - Added `ar` and `aR` commands to reload pages in all open tabs.
 393 - Added a preference that enables bluring from any element that has input focus
 394   in the browser on Esc keydown (on by default)
 395 - Fixed bug where markers and help dialog would blow up some of the pages.
 396 - Marker hints are now sorted with respect to the underlying element area.
 397   Elements with larger area get shorter hints
 398 - Added *mail.google.com* to the default black list
 399 - Various bug fixed and improvements.
 400
 401 ### 0.3.2, 0.3.2, 0.3.3 (2012-11-20)
 402
 403 - Hotfixes for the build script to include localization related files and folders
 404
 405 ### 0.3 (2012-11-19)
 406
 407 - Fixed [Desktop](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/desktop/)
 408   extension compatibility problem
 409 - Removed c-b/c-f for now. c-f is a standard search hotkey. Will put c-f back
 410   when proper Vim-like search with / is implemented
 411 - Scrolling with G will now reach the bottom of the page
 412 - Implemented localization, currently there is only Russian localization.
 413   Community is welcome [to contribute your localizations](https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/tree/master/extension/locale)!
 414 - Implemented simple smooth scolling
 415
 416 ### 0.2 (2012-11-05)
 417
 418 - document.designMode='on' is now honored. Will also provide hint markers for
 419   iframes on the page.
 420 - Bug fixed where it would completely reset the toolbar while installing the
 421   toolbar button.
 422 - Bug fixed where it's not possible to change the text in the blaclisting
 423   textbox
 424 - Changed u/d to scroll half a page, added c-f/c-b to scroll full page
 425 - Added tab movement commands: c-J and c-K.
 426 - Invisible markers bug fixed.
 427 - Global hotkey to disable the commands (equal to the toolbar button click):
 428   Alt-Shift V
 429 - ^u and ^d are removed from the command list. ^u is commonly used to show the
 430   page source code
 431 - Opening new tab with now focuses the Address Bar
 432 - Other small bugs nailed down.
 433
 434 ### 0.1.1 (2012-10-27)
 435
 436 - Just to deal with AMO - no changes
 437
 438 ### 0.1 (2012-10-26)
 439
 440 - Initial Release