Cobalt - New Tab version history - 18 versions
Cobalt - New Tab by Joelacus
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Version 0.11.1
Released Feb 17, 2025 - 1.23 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fixed an issue with bookmark favicons.
- Text from the maths and colour conversion results from the search bar are now selectable.
- Updated dependencies.
Source code released under All Rights Reserved
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Version 0.11.0
Released Jan 9, 2025 - 1.21 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Added Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, Wikipedia, and Ask search engines for Firefox, Edge, and the website version of Cobalt. (Chrome users must set their preferred engine in the browser settings).
- The search bar can now act as a basic calculator.
- The search bar can now convert different colour formats (hex, rgb, hsl, cmyk) and show a preview of the colour. Type "colour" (in a supported language) and then the colour code to convert from. For example, "colour #227eff".
- Added an option for the search bar widget to open searches in a new tab.
- Added an option to change the placeholder text for the search bar widget.
- The extension will now check for updates and show a notification if one is available (checks when entering edit mode). Useful if automatic extension updates are not enabled in the browser.
- Fixed a bug preventing some RSS feeds from working.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.10.3
Released Oct 11, 2024 - 1.03 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fixed a bug preventing some workspaces from saving.
- Added localisations for the Greeting widget auto option, "Good Morning" etc.
- Other small bug fixes and improvements.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.10.2
Released Sep 26, 2024 - 1.03 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fixed a bug with custom widget fonts.
- Added Arabic localisation (credit @ahmadjerjawi).Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.10.1
Released Aug 27, 2024 - 1.01 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Fixed a permission error.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.10.0
Released Aug 27, 2024 - 1.01 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later- Added an option for bookmarks to use the website favicon as the icon.
- Added buttons to individually apply the selected widget's font style, text colour, weight, size and align to all widgets.
- Added a scale option for the "Name and Icon Transform" on bookmarks.
- The bookmark option "Name and Icon Position" is now available for Bookmark Group bookmarks.
- Fixed a bug where the clock text colour could not be changed.
- Fixed a bug where the clock text shadow could not be removed.
- Fixed a bug causing the Bookmark Group widget to show groups as tabs if you added, moved or deleted a group and the "Show Groups as Tabs" option was not enabled.
- Newly added groups will inherit the Bookmark Group widget text style instantly, instead of when you refresh the page.
- Tasks marked as "done" will appear slightly darker (if they have a colour) to make them easier to distinguish.
- Fixed a bug causing the "To-Do List" task timestamps to not restore and save.
- Newly added tasks in the "To-Do List" widget will instantly inherit the task background colour and will no longer break the colours for the other tasks when you refresh the page.
- Added Swedish localisations.
- Cleaned up and improved some code.
- Updated dependencies.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.9.1
Released Jun 6, 2024 - 1,022.25 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- French localisation improvements (credit Cypoun).
- Disabled the ability to highlight some UI text for a better user experience.
- Minor weather widget UI improvements.
- Fixed a bug where the weather details section wouldn't show in the widget if you selected a new location.
- Fixed a bug causing the widget shadow strength to not apply.
- Updated dependencies.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.9.0
Released Mar 16, 2024 - 1,023.61 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Added an option to show bookmark groups as tabs.
- Fixed a couple bugs for the Bookmark Group widget where the "Display" and "Show Header" options did not work.
- Updated dependencies.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.8.1
Released Feb 16, 2024 - 1,021.38 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- The "tabs" permission is no longer required and has been removed.
- Bug fix.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.8.0
Released Feb 15, 2024 - 1,021.34 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Added an option to change the weather visibility unit to Metres, Kilometres, Feet or Miles.
- Added an option to disable the forced 'https://' prefix when adding bookmarks.
- Updated dependencies.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.7.0
Released Dec 14, 2023 - 1.01 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Added an option to play a custom start sound when the page loads. (Settings > General > Page/Tab > Start Sound).
- Added an option to adjust the edge offset for the settings, workspace and lock screen buttons. (Settings > General > Button Offset).
- Added an option to edit the header title for the To-Do List and Notes widgets.
- Updated the RSS widget:
- Feed buttons display the feed name and have been moved into a popover menu.
- Adding and editing feeds has been moved into the widget editor.
- Feeds can be renamed and reordered.
- Added an option to hide the post category.
- Added an option to hide the post author.
- Added an option to prefer showing post content over a description, if available.
- Clicking on the feed item background will now also expand the content.
- Updated the Weather widget:
- Weather details can be disabled individually and reordered.
- Added an option to enable a weather forecast for the week.
- Added Italian translations.
- Added missing translations.
- Bug fixes and improvements.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.6.1
Released Oct 22, 2023 - 959.18 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Bug fixes.
- Updated dependencies.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.6.0
Released Oct 21, 2023 - 951.87 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Various optimisations resulting in up to 5x faster page loading.
- Drag and drop new widgets from the menu to the grid.
- Adding widgets via a click will now place the widget in the next available space on the grid, and won't distrupt existing widgets.
- Redesigned the Timer widget, and added a stopwatch mode.
- Internet search can now provide search suggestions. (extension only).
- Added completion percentage and a progress bar to the To-Do List widget.
- Added a "Clear" button to the To-Do List widget to clear all completed items.
- To-Do List widget now remembers which filter mode is selected (done/not done).
- Bookmark Group widget can now filter by bookmark url, as well as by name.
- Added an option to enter edit mode by clicking and holding on a widget (enabled by default).
- Added an option to the lock the screen automatically when the page loads, if lockscreen is enabled.
- Added an option to clone the current workspace.
- Browser Sync now shows how much data is being used.
- Changelog can now be viewed from the About section in settings.
- Added minimum and maximum sizes to some widgets.
- Optimised the geolocation dataset for the Weather widget.
- Duplicate place names in the weather location search will now show the state and county (if applicable) to differentiate the places.
- Added Portuguese translations.
- Updated French translations.
- Fixed a bug in backup/restore from clipboard.
- Started transitioning some elements to use Bootstrap.
- Improved range sliders, modals, and other UI elements.
- Bug fixes and improvements.Source code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.5.0
Released Sep 7, 2023 - 951.77 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- RSS item content is now collapsible.
- Bug fixes and improvementsSource code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.4.0
Released Jun 28, 2023 - 961.94 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Optimised browser sync and added compression.
- Added a default favicon, and an option to disable the favicon.
- Bug fixes and improvementsSource code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.3.6
Released Jun 15, 2023 - 944.62 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Added temperature, wind speed and precipitation unit options for the weather widget.
- Added a border around widgets while in edit mode to show their size.
- Bug fixes and improvementsSource code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.3.5
Released Jun 13, 2023 - 943.43 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later- Bug fixes and improvementsSource code released under All Rights Reserved
Version 0.3.4
Released Jun 11, 2023 - 942.73 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterSource code released under All Rights Reserved