Better Text View version history - 25 versions
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Version 16.1.7
Released 5 Nov 2024 - 825.19 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange slider UI to same across browsers and add missing Lato bold font file.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
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Version 16.1.5
Released 1 Nov 2024 - 783.01 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange of images in documentation.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.1.4
Released 30 Oct 2024 - 775.85 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterStyle sheet processing for colors is skipped if 'Dark mode' is set.
Bugfix for images with 'PICTURE' tag not displayed in reverse colors on some sites.
Stop the mutation observer when applying settings.
Mark as done the parent nodes of new mutation nodes.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.1.2
Released 29 Oct 2024 - 775.73 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterRemove 'dark mode' color calculations from style sheet processing.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.1.1
Released 28 Oct 2024 - 775.77 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange to getting an element's text length.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.1.0
Released 27 Oct 2024 - 775.8 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange of time delay before start of processing from 0 to 30 ms.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.9
Released 27 Oct 2024 - 775.8 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange waiting for page load condition to 'complete' instead of either 'complete' or 'interactive'.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.8
Released 24 Oct 2024 - 775.81 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for checking class of element is to be skipped in '--g_skip_css_colors' enabled.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.7
Released 24 Oct 2024 - 775.81 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterIf content is 'appended' to page after it loads, the page settings will now also apply to the new content.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.6
Released 21 Oct 2024 - 775.62 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for background color not updating when brightness / contrast is changed in dark mode / reverse colors.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.5
Released 18 Oct 2024 - 775.56 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for function checking if any parent of element has invert filter set in reverse colors' invert image.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.4
Released 8 Oct 2024 - 775.56 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for avoiding BODY/HTML elements in reverse colors hue correction when processing stylesheets.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.3
Released 3 Oct 2024 - 775.6 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterCode cleanup of 'start 3 letters' capital line / para mode.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.2
Released 2 Oct 2024 - 775.63 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for 'g_start3_caps' in line mode with non-english languages.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.1
Released 1 Oct 2024 - 775.6 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for '--g_start3_caps' line / para mode which was also capitalizing words after links / italics / emphasis /etc.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 16.0.0
Released 1 Oct 2024 - 775.54 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterIn 'Start 3 letters bold', the variable '--g_start3_caps' can now be set to line / paragraph mode, in which starting LETTER of line / paragraph is changed to different style specified in the variable value.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.9
Released 29 Sep 2024 - 775.01 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterAdded Pause / Resume function of speak out loud by zooming text. The Escape key pauses the reading, and pressing Escape again resumes the speech from where it was stopped.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.8
Released 29 Sep 2024 - 774.84 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for wrong parenthesis order and gradient check in hue correction.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.7
Released 29 Sep 2024 - 774.82 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterEnabling 'Process black text' now changes originally black text to white color if background color brightness is less than '--g_min_bg_brightness'.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.6
Released 28 Sep 2024 - 774.75 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterNew variable '--g_skip_css_colors' which skips hue correction (and contrast) of elements processed in stylesheets. Setting '--g_skip_css_colors' to greater than 10 skips more elements than less than 10, and if greater than 99, skips text contrast.
The '--g_svg_bg_white' now also works for PNG images.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.3
Released 27 Sep 2024 - 774.47 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for speak out loud text-to-speech, which would stop speech after few sentences. Now it might stop in long sentences, but less often.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.1
Released 26 Sep 2024 - 773.99 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix if :hover color of element is changed, avoid adding 'important' tag to color change.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.9.0
Released 25 Sep 2024 - 773.74 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterSimplify contrast method.
If text brightness is more than background brightness, make text white, else black.
Some sites will need adjusting of settings.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.8.3
Released 24 Sep 2024 - 774.48 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterChange line height of text with line height smaller than font size to 115%, when "Skip text height" is disabled.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0
Version 15.8.2
Released 24 Sep 2024 - 774.5 kBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterBugfix for reverse colors invert image when a background image has no source link during inversion.Source code released under GNU General Public Licence v3.0