Open in Browser version history - 12 versions
Open in Browser by Rob W, Sylvain Pasche, est31
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Latest version
Version 2.11
Released Jan 8, 2020 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later- Show "Open in browser" dialog when PDF.js is disabled (#53)
- Correctly save action when "Do this automatically" is checked (#58)
- Treat "filename" disposition as "attachment" (#66)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Version 2.10
Released Jan 2, 2020 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later- Show "Open With" dialog for unknown Content-Disposition values (#65)
- Simplify PDF detection logic (#53)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.9
Released Jul 21, 2019 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later- Conditionally add image/webp as displayable inline (#52)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.8
Released Oct 7, 2018 - 1.2 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later- Ensure that the Export button works (#46)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.7
Released Jul 26, 2018 - 1.2 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*This update includes a new permission warning, "Access recently closed tabs".
NEW: to avoid an unnecessary duplicate Save As dialog, see the add-on's
preferences page for instructions to do so.
Other changes:
- Store preferences in extension storage (#39)
- Prevent dialog from being added to the Recently Closed Windows (#43)
- Use private browsing dialog for downloads in Private browsing mode.
- Fix bug involving an empty type that prevented the dialog from showing.
- Renew instructions for avoiding Double Save dialog.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.6
Released Jun 3, 2018 - 1.2 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*- Avoid unwanted scrollbar (#29)
- Do not show dialog for subframes without type (#33)
- Use last matching header instead of first (#34)
- Select "Save As" instead of "open with" when needed
- Recognize all extensions that are associated with a MIME type (#36)
- Use server-sent MIME instead of generic "XML" (#36)
- Fall back to ISO-8859-1 encoding instead of ASCII (#35)
- Ensure that "Open in browser as" is selected as needed (#38)
- Add buttons to preference page to import/export the settings (#41)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.5
Released Nov 27, 2017 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*- Recognize non-ASCII file names (#26)
- Parse Content-Disposition according to RFC 2047, 2231, 5987, 6266
- Fix default action on Linux/macOS when pressing Enter (#27)
- Work around issue that prematurely closed the dialog (#28)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.4
Released Nov 24, 2017 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*- Show "Open in Browser as Text" by default for text types (#23)
- Swap order of "OK" and "Cancel" buttons on Linux/macOS (#24)
- Add option to skip confirmation dialog after "Save File" (#25)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.3
Released Nov 19, 2017 - 1.18 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*- Ignore requests from non-tab pages (#20)
- Use the browser's font family and size in the dialog (#21)Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.2
Released Nov 18, 2017 - 1.18 MBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*- Fix broken dialog when the UI language is unset (#16)
- Add many more icons for file types.
- Add menu items to tool menu to open the "Open in Browser" dialog on demand.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.1
Released Nov 15, 2017 - 817.44 KBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*Improved WebExtension. Please report any issues at https://github.com/Rob--W/open-in-browser/issues
- Show file size in dialog.
- Do not show dialogs for requests without response and type.
- Do not show dialogs for requests without type in child frames of inactive tabs.
- Select "Open in Firefox" by default for dialogs of responses without type.
- Update Oxygen icon theme.
- Remove duplicate icon files.Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0
Version 2.0
Released Nov 13, 2017 - 1,014.72 KBWorks with firefox 57.0a1 and later, android 57.0a1 to 68.*Completely rewritten as a WebExtension.
Source code: https://github.com/Rob--W/open-in-browser
Changes:
- Added an icon.
- Added a preference page, where remembered choices can be changed.
- Always showing an "Open in Browser" dialog when the server does not specify a content type (the extension does not perform content sniffing).Source code released under Mozilla Public License 2.0