Context Search Origin version history - 25 versions
Context Search Origin by NumeriusNegidius
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Latest version
Version 2.7
Released Feb 5, 2022 - 43.87 KBWorks with firefox 64.0 and later* Higher resolution favicons (thanks ygoe)
* Updated German and Russian translations (thanks ygoe and solokot)
* Bugfix: help page accessible from preferences again
Known issues:
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites as well as PDFs and about: pages. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Version 2.6.1
Released Feb 21, 2021 - 42.41 KBWorks with firefox 64.0 and later• Updated Russian translation (thanks to solokot)
• Foundation work for better translations
Known issues:
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites as well as PDFs and about: pages. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.6
Released Feb 8, 2020 - 40.36 KBWorks with firefox 64.0 and later• Shortcuts: You can now choose to disable shortcuts
• Context Search Origin behaves better in PDFs
• First-run "Getting Started" now works again
• Cleanup and bug fixes
Known issues:
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites as well as PDFs and about: pages. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.5
Released May 18, 2019 - 39.72 KBWorks with firefox 64.0 and later* You can now open search result in the active tab
* You can now search on multiple search engines at once
* You can now disable favicons
* Shortcuts: You can use middle-mouse button, ctrl/command and shift buttons to choose where to open search results
* Cleanup and bug fixes
Known issues:
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1.4
Released Dec 2, 2018 - 32.94 KBWorks with firefox 60.0 and laterBug fixes:
* Ampersands (&) are now shown in the menu
* Searching from popup windows with hidden toolbars is now possible
Known issues:
• Due to current limitations in the WebExtension API only forms with GET method is supported.
• For security reasons Mozilla does not allow certain extension scripts to be run on addons.mozilla.org and some other Mozilla sites. While text selection will work, image search and link text search will not.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1.3
Released Oct 30, 2018 - 32.69 KBWorks with firefox 60.0 and laterFixed in 2.1.2
* New translations: Russian, Portuguese Portuguese and Swedish. Updated translations: . Thanks waldyrious, alexantr, AlephAlpha
* Correct quotation marks for translations
* Small fixes
Fixed in 2.1.3
* Bug fix: The check mark in options didn't showSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1.2
Released Oct 30, 2018 - 33.03 KBWorks with firefox 60.0 and later* New translations: Russian, Portuguese Portuguese and Swedish. Updated translations: . Thanks waldyrious, alexantr, AlephAlpha
* Correct quotation marks for translations
* Small fixesSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1.1
Released Jul 20, 2018 - 30.16 KBWorks with firefox 60.0 and later, android 60.0 to 68.** New in-content Getting Started guide
* <script> contents inside link text are now removed, showing only the expected link text
* The Getting Started link in root menu is now removed, as intended, after adding the first search engine
* Miscellaneous clean-upSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1
Released Jun 23, 2018 - 23.26 KBWorks with firefox 60.0 and later, android 60.0 to 68.*Bugfixes:
* CSO now behaves in iframes, on restricted websites (like addons.mozilla.org) and on none-http(s) websites.
* The setting for Switch to search result tab immediately is working again (sorry for that).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.0.1
Released May 11, 2018 - 22.75 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and laterBugfix, where the extension sometimes wouldn't honor "Switch to new tab immediately". Thanks to ygoe.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.0
Released Apr 16, 2018 - 22.75 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later, android 57.0 to 68.*New Features for Firefox 60 users:
* Search by link text
* Search by image URL
A new name:
* Since WebExtensions are now standard in Firefox, the name was not a good differentiator anymore. This extension is heir to the first context search extension, SmartSearch, from 2003. The name Context Search Origin seems fitting.
Known issues:
* Mozilla has blocked "content scripts" on some of their websites for security reasons. This might result in odd context menu titles and results from those websites.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.1
Released Feb 19, 2018 - 20.05 KBWorks with firefox 57.0 and later, android 57.0 to 68.** New tabs open as child tabs and thus behave as any other tab in Firefox (thanks temeteke!)
* New zh-TW localization (thanks veloci85!)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.0.3
Released Dec 28, 2017 - 20.65 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Chinese translation (thanks to AlephAlpha)
* Brazilian Portuguese translation (thanks to Oryhpez)
* A new Getting Started page to guide the user if the extension is not set up properlySource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.0.2
Released Nov 13, 2017 - 18.5 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Full Turkish localization. Thanks to nukleer!Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.0.1
Released Oct 30, 2017 - 17.75 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Full French localization. Thanks to mooms06!Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.0
Released Oct 15, 2017 - 17.68 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Added support for separators
* Added front facing UI localization for de, es, fr, sv alongside en. N.b. the options are not yet localized - help is very much appreciated!Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.8
Released Oct 9, 2017 - 13.86 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Added option to open search results in a tab at the end of the tab stripSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.7
Released Sep 26, 2017 - 13.7 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Added folder icon
* Icons are now Photon icons in SVGSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.6
Released Sep 9, 2017 - 13.6 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later, android 52.0 to 68.** Disable URL:s that aren't supported by Firefox WebExtensions (see Issue #16) and URL:s that is not a POST keyword search (see Issue #5)
* Temporary Favicon solution for users of Firefox 56 and above. Currently relies on a Google API until bug 1315616 is resolved.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.5
Released Sep 4, 2017 - 12.98 KBWorks with firefox 45.0 and later* Open search result tab to the right of current tab (thanks to gabrielfin)
* Don't require restart of Firefox or Add-on after adding/removing/reordering/renaming bookmarksSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.4
Released Aug 28, 2017 - 12.88 KBWorks with firefox 45.0 and later* Show selected text in context menu
* Allow for deeper subfolder levelsSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.3
Released Aug 25, 2017 - 12.9 KBWorks with firefox 45.0 and later* Added option to open searches in background tabs. Just go to the Add-ons Manager and click Options/Preferences to setSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.2
Released Aug 20, 2017 - 12.04 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Searches sorted in folders are now displayed as suchSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9.1
Released Aug 12, 2017 - 11.94 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.** Changed internal name to just "Context Search" in order to make the context menu item neater
* Reduced file size a tadSource code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 0.9
Released Aug 11, 2017 - 11.99 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0