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Changelog pre 2017

Prior to the github project to get Lazarus working on Firefox v52 and newer.

2.3

  • Removed show onupdate page as a workaround for a particular Firefox 4 bug

2.2

  • Multiple language support (thanks babelzilla)
  • Stop using jar files (Firefox 4 prefers normal directory structures within addons)
  • bugfix: Legacy support for Firefox 3.0.x users

2.1.1

  • Legacy code removed to apply with stricter AMO reviews

2.1

  • Make compatible with Firefox 4.0beta9
  • Added workaround for compatibilty bug that caused a hang if Firebug was running whilst we attempted to run code in a background thread.
  • Replacing encryption components with javascript based encryption (not as fast but at least it works on all platforms)
  • Replace credit card numbers option
  • Possible fix for the unresponsive script error at startup problem
  • Add idle observer to clean the database once per day after 5 minutes of inactivity
  • Show a "saving form" icon in the statusbar whenever a form is saved
  • Set default form expiry time to 4 weeks
  • Css fix for remove forms textbox and dropdown
  • Look for key generation errors and notify the user if there is an error.
  • Don't require a password to delete the database (if database has become corrupted, then password will not work)
  • Bugfix: resetting password reports a key generation error even if the password reset works.
  • Remove all background threaded code (Firefox 4 really doesn't like them)

2.0.5

  • Added info about the database on the options > database tab
  • Added button to clean (Vaccuum) the database (options > database > Clean The Database)
  • Automatically backup the database on browser load (and option to disable backup)
  • New Crypto components fromo the Mozilla Weave team.
  • Zotero compatibilty problem
  • Fixed a couple of memory leaks reported by Leak Monitor
  • Re-enabled options dialog resizing for windows and linux users
  • Require the Lazarus password to delete the database or delete saved forms

2.0.4

  • Full text searching now enabled for other form elements (textboxes, input boxes, wysiwyg ...)
  • Ability to restore text to clipboard from an entire form rather than just a textbox.
  • Added "Remove All Saved Forms" button to database options
  • Added "Delete Database" button to database options, to deal with corrupt databases.
  • Added an option to enable Lazarus in Private Browsing Mode.
  • Fixed a particularly difficult bug that incorrectly sized the options dialog
  • Removed the welcome page from the options dialog

2.0.3

  • Fixed: Editor text shouldn't be saved in private browsing mode
  • Added an option to hide the context menu icons
  • Lazarus Search: automatically close the window on a successful copy to clipboard operation.
  • Removed the "Unable to convert url to uri" error

2.0.2

  • More updates to the crypto component
  • Make compatible with Firefox 3.5 (beta 4)

2.0.1

  • Updated crypto components to work on 64 bit Linux operating systems

2.0

  • New Hybrid Encryption!. Using 2048 bit RSA and 256 bit AES encryption to secure your data.
  • Password no longer needed for saving forms (only required when recovering forms)
  • Now saves contents of textareas and WYSIWYG editors
  • New Text Manager: allows recovery of text data even if original form is no longer accessable.
  • bugfix: unresponsive script error when recovering selectboxes with large (10,000+) amounts of options
  • Removed obsolete update check

1.0.5

  • Allow Lazarus to be disabled on a per site basis (right click on statusbar icon)
  • bugfix: Conflict with the feedly add-on.
  • bugfix: off by one date formatting error
  • Compatibility checks for Firefox 3.1 (beta 2)

1.0.4

  • Rewrite the "should create new autosave point" code
  • Removing "check for updates" options (Mozilla policy prohibits downloading updates from anywhere but addons.mozilla.org)
  • Use window.open() instead of window.openDialog() to open the options dialog (dialog has no chrome in Fx for Mac)
  • bugfix: options dialog content hidden on for Fx3 on a Mac

1.0.3

  • Added check for updates, and new update available statusbar icons.

1.0.2.2

  • Fixed "Fails to restore forms containing unicode characters" due to bug in Firefox's base64 encode function "btoa" (bugzilla #439711).
  • Only ask to initialize the Software Security Device once, rather than once at every browser start.

1.0.2.1

  • Removed incomplete locale files that should not have been included

1.0.2

  • Fixed "Clear Private Data Now button doesn't clear forms even if checkbox is selected"
  • Fixed "Forms are not removed if both Clear Private Data on shutdown and Ask Before Clearing Private Data are selected"
  • Specified color of text in notification bar (text was not visible when using some themes eg pitchdark)
  • Use locale specific width and height for dialogs
  • Remove persistant window dimentions to help with translations
  • Incorrect selectbox elements were restored if the selectbox has additional entries added between save and restore.
  • Removed unused file from locale folder
  • Disable Lazarus if the Software Security Device has not been initialized
  • Fixed a problem when an invalid version string was found in about:config that prevent Lazarus from initializing
  • Initial state of context menuitems should be hidden until Lazarus is initalized
  • Prevented Lazarus from saving forms on html pages found in chrome urls.
  • Disabled "Master Password Required" notifications for search forms
  • Better updating of statusbar icon.

1.0.1

  • Rework the form identifier to allow for the same form on multiple pages and restore forms across subdomains
  • Using notification bar instead of dialog if user hasn't yet logged into Firefox's Software Security Device
  • Update the statusbar icon after setting/unsetting the master password
  • Workaround for delay when right clicking on a form containing large amounts (30+ KB) of data
  • Tidied links on the about dialog
  • Added a more descriptive tooltip to the statusbar icon
  • Added a menuitem link to the online FAQ
  • Rearranged the folder structure to make it more compatable with babelzilla.
  • Using new Firefox 3 nsIJSON interface (when available) for faster more robust encoding.
  • Add image to donate submenu item
  • Disable oninstall and onupdate pages for now.
  • Fixed a bug where the context menu is not reset if you right click off a form after right clicking on a form
  • Disable the restore form context menu item (rather than hiding it) if there is only one saved form and it is identical to the current form

1.0.0

  • First Public Release (Wahoo!)
  • Autosave forms even if they contain no textual elements (eg, multichoice surveys)
  • Autosave forms if a user accidentally hits a reset button
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Lazarus from locating forms on some malformed pages

0.9.9

  • Fixed a bug that prevented some forms from being saved when submitted
  • Cut down the number of autosaves shown in the submenu
  • Tweaked tooltip text in submenus

0.9.8

  • Fixed a bug in the update process
  • Encrypt formIDs (previous version had the domain name as part of the ID, constituting a privacy issue)
  • Updated the icons used in the options dialog
  • Added links to the About dialog

0.9.7

  • Tidied up code and language files
  • Automatically show the Enter Master Password dialog on startup (if required)
  • Added separators between save types in the submenu
  • Pause form cleanup whilst the context menu is open
  • Added new pane (Saved forms) to Options dialog
  • Updated website URLs to http://lazarus.interclue.com/

0.9.6

  • Reworked database to fix "context menu takes too long to show" problem when right-clicking on a large form with many saved versions of the form in the database.
  • Added index to database in an attempt to improve context menu speed
  • Speed up form hash computation

0.9.5

  • Disabled "Cleanup on uninstall", as it's not working correctly
  • Added "Set master password" button to options
  • Fixed a wrong icon in install.rdf
  • No longer shows "Master password required" dialog on autosave

0.9.4

  • Tidied up Options dialog
  • Fixed conflict with Facebook Toolbar 1.2.1
  • Added login menu item if Master Password is required

0.9.3

  • All form data is now encrypted!
  • Fixed error where "Clear Private Data Now" button failed to clear Lazaraus saved forms
  • Set limit (10) on for the number of savepoints for each form
  • Option to show time of save rather than text of saved form in submenu

0.9.2

  • Status-bar icon doesn't fit in status bar
  • Version number in status-bar icon tooltip is now correct
  • Added context menu to status-bar icon
  • No longer show disabled "restore form" if it's the only menu item
  • Renamed images

0.9.1

  • Much nicer "clear private data" code
  • Show a Lazarus icon in the status bar
  • Added option for "show in status bar"
  • Added option to clear private data/prefs on uninstall
  • Remove saved forms when clearing private data
  • Let users choose larger values for save form info
  • Only make new autosave point if more then 25% of the text has changed
  • Move prefs code to separate file
  • Toggle units box with time box on options dialog
  • Tidied up sanitize dialog
  • Introdued separate overlays for /preferences/sanitize.xul and /content/sanitize.xul