Better Text View version history - 25 versions
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Version 16.2.1
Released Nov 26, 2024 - 825.28 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterWhen changing slider value in popup settings, set 'thumb' color to red.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0
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Version 16.2.0
Released Nov 17, 2024 - 825.25 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterIf '--g_smaller_text' is enabled, the text sizes are decreased in 'normal' way, with the amount of decrease adjustable by 'Increase font %' slider.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0
Version 16.1.7
Released Nov 5, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.1.5
Released Nov 1, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.1.4
Released Oct 30, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.1.2
Released Oct 29, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.1.1
Released Oct 28, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.1.0
Released Oct 27, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.9
Released Oct 27, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.8
Released Oct 24, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.7
Released Oct 24, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.6
Released Oct 21, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.5
Released Oct 18, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.4
Released Oct 8, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.3
Released Oct 3, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.2
Released Oct 2, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.1
Released Oct 1, 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 License v3.0
Version 16.0.0
Released Oct 1, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.9
Released Sep 29, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.8
Released Sep 29, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.7
Released Sep 29, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.6
Released Sep 28, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.3
Released Sep 27, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.1
Released Sep 26, 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 License v3.0
Version 15.9.0
Released Sep 25, 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 License v3.0