ipfs/ipfs-companion v2.4.0

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Highlighted Changes Since v2.3.1

Node Type toggle replaced by "Active/Suspend" and "Preferences" icons

In short, we moved "node type" toggle to Preferences screen and added action icons (on/off and preferences) in its place. Detailed background on this change can be found in #500.
It is the first step in an effort to improve UX of backend control. See #491 for future plans in that area.
Feel free to provide feedback/ideas there.

Enabled users to remove window.ipfs attribute

Firefox users can disable creation of window.ipfs attribute via Preferences screen (or temporarily via a global "active/suspend" toggle) providing a fix for fingerprinting issue. More details in PR #495.

Chrome does not provide contentScripts API so it will continue to statically load content_script via manifest and disabling window.ipfs via Preferences will simply block access to API without removing window attribute. Hopefully with time, Chrome and other vendors will adopt the new content script API.

Switched build from Browserify to Webpack

Finished internal refactor of the build process: removed Browserify, switched to webpack (#498, #499)
Immediate gains introduced by this change:

• more control over build process, no surprises
• time required by subsequent yarn build decreased from ~100s to ~30s
• size of window.ipfs content script from 1.1M to 869K
• size of entire add-on/dist from 6.5M to 5.5M
• yarn watch produces human-readable code that is easier to debug

Other

• feat: use browser.contentScripts API in Firefox (52b0190)
• fix: avoid window.ipfs in non-HTML context (4482b40)
• fix: avoid UI jitter by keeping disabled menu items (8bc5b7a)
• fix: hide unused options when embedded node is active (7706f62)
• fix: hide unavailable actions in incognito mode (29d7bb1)
• fix: skip content script injection when inactive (1d29ba9)
• chore: sync translations: https://crowdin.com/project/ipfs-companion

Known Issues

• action icons in browser menu were reported to render in an odd way under MacOS
  • a PR from a Mac user is welcome!

Installation via Stable Channel

• Firefox: Install from Mozilla Add-ons
• Chrome: Install from Chrome Web Store
• Other: use *generic.zip above or build and install it manually