Extension source viewer version history - 20 versions
Extension source viewer by Rob W
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Latest version
Version 1.7.0
Released Dec 10, 2023 - 241.7 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later- Support new Chrome Web Store URL (#134).
- Migrate Firefox extension to event page.
- Open viewer in same container tab when applicable.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Version 1.6.12
Released Mar 28, 2022 - 240.86 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later- Rely on CORS instead of work-arounds for public XPI files from AMO (#92)
- Add work-around for crx access in Brave (#91)
- Support source viewing of extensions from Microsoft Edge (#95)
- Remove web_accessible_resourced to avoid UUID leak (#100)
- Correct 0-padding of hashes (#104)
- Update jsbeautifier to v1.14.0 (#110)
- Support source viewing of extensions from Thunderbird (#111)
- Fix domain front of AMO in Firefox add-on (#115)
- Recognize CRX3 files served by addons.opera.com (#118)
- Refactor: Use declarative page actions to show button.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.11
Released Aug 10, 2019 - 235.51 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later- Add "Extension ID" row to Analysis of "manifest.json" (#82).
- Select correct public key of CRX3 files (#83).
- Add pager to AMO search results (#79).
- Support viewing XPIs on AMO that require a session.
- Fix access to addons.mozilla.org when cookies are needed.
- Try harder to detect zip files (#86).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.10
Released Mar 11, 2019 - 227.12 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later- Add syntax highlighting for WebAssembly source files (#76)
- Use FQDN instead of alternative domain in domain fronter (#75)
- Fix performance issue with synatx highlighting (#80)
- Show sum of file sizes below file list (#78)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.9
Released Oct 21, 2018 - 218.23 KBWorks with firefox 52.0 and later- Add option to add the context menu item to more links (#69).
- Fix access to AMO in Firefox 63+.
- Drop support for old Firefox versions (require Firefox 52+).
- Open new tabs (created via context menu) next to current tab.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.8
Released Sep 28, 2018 - 218.13 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later- Request CRX3 extensions from the Chrome Web Store, if available (#73)
- Support addons-dev.allizom.org and addons.allizom.org (#72)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.7
Released Sep 10, 2018 - 217.86 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Fix "qb" (beautify) flag in permalink generator.
- Correctly save/restore scroll positions (#70).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.6
Released Aug 10, 2018 - 217.86 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Add form to find different versions of Firefox add-ons on AMO (#66, #39, #34).
- Permalink support via "Show analysis" button.
- Update beautifier.
- Use stricter Content-Security-Policy in the viewer.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.5
Released Jun 5, 2018 - 205.72 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Improve work-around to read xpi files from AMO (#58)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.4
Released May 21, 2018 - 205.54 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Work around Firefox restrictions to read xpi files at AMO (#58)
- Support the new CRX3 Chrome extension file format (#62)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.3
Released Dec 7, 2017 - 197.37 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Add option to change the default click action behavior (in the right-click menu of the extension button) (#50).
- Open "View source" tab at the right of the current tab.
- Add work-around for Firefox bug that prevents download links to files in the source viewer from working (https://bugzil.la/1420419 ).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.2
Released Dec 7, 2017 - 197.25 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Add option to change the default click action behavior (in the right-click menu of the extension button) (#50).
- Open "View source" tab at the right of the current tab.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6.1
Released Sep 10, 2017 - 196.19 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Add option to hide page action (right-click on the extension button and choose "Hide this button"), or visit the preferences page of the add-on to enable/disable the extension button.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.6
Released Jun 20, 2017 - 195.67 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Improved positioning of highlighted search results (#37)
- Search through beautified code too.
Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.5.2
Released Apr 13, 2017 - 193.52 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Add work-around that broke settings persistency in Firefox 53 (by adding a polyfill for chrome.storage.sync, which was added but disabled by default in Firefox 53). This prevented the contextMenu from initializing.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.5
Released Feb 13, 2017 - 192.33 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Calculate hashes for a given file (#35)
- Add work-around for bug 1339052 to make sure that Ctrl-Z / undo works as expected in the search field.
- Add link to Github project page.
- Fix bug in case-sensitive in-file searche queries ("case:").
Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
- Calculate hashes for a given file (#35)
Version 1.4
Released Dec 31, 2016 - 186.88 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Highlights:- Option to toggle beautification (#10)
- Option to download individual file (#31)
- Option to run a case-sensitive search query (#32)
- Navigate to search results within files (#33)
- Faster syntax highlighting
- Use Prism.js instead of Google Prettify for syntax highlighting
- Improved word wrapping
- Improved recognition of Firefox add-ons on AMO
Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.3.2
Released Sep 23, 2016 - 249.24 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*Bugfix to allow unusual extension URLs to be opened again.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.3.1
Released Aug 31, 2016 - 249.24 KBWorks with firefox 42.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*- Generate the correct URLs for the zip files (#26).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 1.3
Released Aug 28, 2016 - 249.32 KBWorks with firefox 45.0 and later, android 48.0 to 68.*This is the first public release of the Extension Source viewer addon for Firefox.
https://github.com/Rob--W/crxviewer/Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0