github xbrowsersync/app v1.5.0

latest releases: v1.6.0-beta.62, v1.6.0-beta.61, v1.6.0-beta.59...
4 years ago
  • Huge improvements to syncing engine:
    • Updated sync process to be more reliable and less prone to issues
    • Fixed issues when changing local bookmarks using native tools that can cause sync failures/duplication/corruption
    • Population of local bookmarks takes much less time in Chrome (unfortunately Firefox is excluded for now due to a Mozilla bug)
    • UI updated to display syncing animation when syncs are in progress
    • Browser icons updated to reflect sync status and direction (uploading/downloading)
  • Sync is no longer disabled when clearing local browser cache or by third-party privacy plugins (Issue: #38)
  • Bookmarking Chrome-specific URLs (i.e. chrome://...) no longer breaks sync in Firefox (Issue: #58)
  • Many more bookmark URL protocols now supported
  • Added support for syncing Firefox native separators (Feature request: #64)
  • Added button to manually update sync with latest changes (Feature request: #21)
  • Updated required permissions, "read and change all website data" is now optional and added options to Settings panel (Chrome only, Firefox implementation is currently blocked due to a Mozilla bug) (Feature request: #43)
  • Much improved password validation when creating new syncs: more accurate password strength meter, warnings and suggestions displayed to help user choose a more effective password and relaxed validation rules to allow users more freedom in choosing a password (Feature requests: #42 and #48)
  • Bookmarking of non-HTML web pages such as PDFs now supported (Issue: #66)
  • Very large sync data sizes now supported (Issue: #20)
  • Extension icons updated to make current sync status clearer (Feature request: #77)
  • Bookmark URL validation improved (Issue: #62)
  • Sync ID field value now saved whenever it is updated resolving issues when pasting values from a password manager (Issues: #86 and #101)
  • Default keyboard shortcut now included (Feature request: #98)
  • Added button for easily copying sync ID (Feature request: #102)
  • Added retry after delay when checking for sync updates at startup, avoids "Connection lost" warnings when using proxied connections for example
  • Added button to clear existing tags, useful when pages contain many irrelevant tags
  • Removed debug mode, added better logging and ability to download log file to provide when logging issues
  • Improved code security: more restrictive content security policy, removed all references to innerHTML, removed references to eval (javascript bookmarklets no longer supported)
  • Updated donation options, Liberapay and better crypto donation process added
  • User interface updates and improvements
  • Prettier backup file JSON data
  • Many, many more minor enhancements and bug fixes

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