FlashGot CHANGELOG
v 0.9.9
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x Experimental wine support (tested with FlashGet and
Orbit Downloader on Ubuntu 8.0.4 with Wine 0.9.59)
v 0.9.8
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+ Transparent redirection for download.sourceforge.net
URLs which used to fool some download managers.
+ New "flashgot.queryStringSuffix" about:config
preference to add query string parameter(s) required
by some ISPs to every downloaded URL. A question
mark is automatically prepended if URL has no query
string yet, an ampersand otherwise.
v 0.9.7
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x Transparent management of MegaUpload Premium links
when MU's "Direct Download" option is not enabled (
enabling it is the recommended method, though)
v 0.9.6
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x Adapted "flashgot.redir.megaupload_com.force"
about:config preference to latest Megaupload links
v 0.9.5
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x Compatibility tweaks for Songbird
x Improved "Built In" support on Toolkit applications
v 0.9.4
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x Hidden extra ReGet download dialog UI elements
x Correct download dialog size in every language
v 0.9.3
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x Megaupload FlashGot-side redirection is disabled if
"Direct download" Megaupload option is enabled,
unless the "flashgot.redir.megaupload_com.force"
preference is true (thanks Makenaide for hints)
v 0.9.2
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x Improved Megaupload support, works no matter if
"Direct download" option is enabled or not
x Version bump for Firefox 3.0pre
v 0.9.1
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x Fixed batch download failing to start if links
are exactly 100 (thanks Ivan Strakhov for report)
v 0.9
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+ Improved native bridge lifecycle management, with
faster startup and more antivirus-friendly behavior
+ Enhanced cookie file support
v 0.8.9.1
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x Fixed equal signs being cut by Windows command line
processing for custom download manager definitions
(thanks Ash_Rulez)
v 0.8.9
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+ FlashGet 2 beta support
x Improvementes to megaupload.com support
v 0.8.8
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+ Downloader 4 X rudimentary cookie support (notice:
it will work only if d4x is not running when you
send the download batch, because d4x initializes
cookies only once per session)
+ Better CFILE (cookie file) support, integrating
session cookies and compatible with Firefox 3
v 0.8.7
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+ megaupload.com premium batch download support
v 0.8.6
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+ moourl.com batch redirection support
+ anonymz.com batch redirection support
v 0.8.5
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x Revision of the FlashGot executable bridge to take
advantage of security enhancement in CRT and Vista
x Fixed regression in cookie management (thanks
antok.tm for report)
v 0.8.4
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+ New flashgot.dmsopts..cookiePersistence
preference to set the number of hours cookies passed
through IE cookie manager will live for a certain
download manager to catch them (default 1 except for
FlashGet, increased to 24)
x Version bumb for Firefox 3.0b5pre
v 0.8.3
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x Fixed GetRight support regression (thanks Lundholm
for report)
v 0.8.2
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+ shorten.ws batch redirection support
+ tubeurl.com batch redirection support
+ iGetter 2.6.1 cookie support
+ New "flashgot.appleScriptEncoding" property to set
AppleScript character set (default UTF-16, required
for new iGetter support)
x Fixed cookie glitches with some download managers
x Performance optimizations for large download batches
(over 1000 links)
v 0.8.1
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x Fixed POST data extraction bug breaking the download
dialog FlashGot option
v 0.8
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+ Built in browser download manager support (tested
on Firefox and Seamonkey only)
+ DTA and Turbo DTA support
+ Automatic hiding of native UI elements for download
managers whose FlashGot support is currently active
x Fixed Linux built-in download managers not working
if autodetection is turned off
v 0.7.9.1
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x Fixed Thunderbird compatibility regression
v 0.7.9
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+ Compatibility with latest link-protector.com flow
+ Support for new stealth.to captcha
x Version bump for Fx 3.0b4pre
x Dropped compatibility with Fx 1.0.x
v 0.7.8
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+ Native support for wget via xterm on Linux
v 0.7.7
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x Fixed "Detect Now" not affecting current session
x Fixed WellGet auto-detection bug
x Fixed IDM "zombification" (thanks Leon Lanford)
v 0.7.6
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x Fixed FlashGet + DownloadHelper incompatibility
(thanks Shanker Prasad Perumal for report)
v 0.7.5
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+ flashgot.invertAltShiftClick about:config option to
swap alt+click and alt+shift+click meanings (thanks
JoshOJ for suggestion)
+ Updated localizations
v 0.7.4
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+ Retriever POST support on Windows (thanks Hayden
Legendre)
+ Experimental Emusic support
x Fixed a bug in emulated POST support (thanks Hayden
Legendre)
x Work around for FlashGet bug crashing FlashGot on
pages containing non-ASCII characters
v 0.7.3
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x Clear the javascript: rubbish in link-protector.com
rapidshare links making them incompatible with some
download managers (thanks dxe4063 for report)
v 0.7.2
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+ stealth.to multiple hidden links redirection support
x Recursive use of redirection services optimizations
+ Experimental (untested) Songbird compatibility
v 0.7.1
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x Fixed Build Gallery XML bug on Fx3 (thanks apolodor)
x Netscape 9.0.0.x compatibility
v 0.7
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+ depositfiles.com Gold support
+ tinyurl.com batch redirection support
+ lix.in link protection service support
+ link-protector.com link protection service support
+ anonym.to batch redirection support
+ flashgot.redir.[service].anonymous preference to
strip referrer from download batches including links
redirected through a [service] among "link_in",
"link_protector_com" or "anonym_to".
v 0.6.9.9
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+ Firefox 3 compatibility
+ Updated locales
x Fixed regression, Build Gallery broken on
referrer-less pages
v 0.6.9.8
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x Restored Unix-style download managers on Mac OS X
x New Mac OS X support made compatible with temporary
directories containing special characters
v 0.6.9.7
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x Improved new Mac OS X support
x Faster startup
x More reliable "detect now" feature
v 0.6.9.6
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x Fixed regression from 0.6.9.5 - unrecognized Windows
download managers
v 0.6.9.5
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x Better Leopard startup work-around, disabling *X
command line support on Mac OS X (e.g. curl)
v 0.6.9.4
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x Work-around for repeated Leopard warnings on startup
(user will be asked to allow the "FlashGot" script
just once, after FlashGot is installed)
v 0.6.9.3
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x Netscape 9.0.* compatibility (please install here).
v 0.6.9.2
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x Fixed Build Gallery parameters persistence regression
due to automatic native wrappers (thanks DuncanMc)
v 0.6.9.1
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+ Better ReGet 5.x support
+ Build Gallery mp4 support (thanks Ewen)
x Fixed trunk "basic" Unknown Content Type Dialog, see
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399873
x General compatibility enhancements
v 0.6.9
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+ Retriever automatic detection on Windows (see FAQ for
manual cross-platform setup, thanks Hayden Legendre)
x Footprint reduction
x capped links number preference for custom download
managers to prevent DOS conditions on batch downloads
(flashgot.custom.[Download Manager Name].maxLinks)
v 0.6.8
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x Fixed progress meter issue with text box selections
v 0.6.7
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+ FlashGot Selection *inside* textarea and text boxes
x Fixed localization-related Seamokey install problem
v 0.6.6
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+ FlashGot Selection grabs links from text boxes too
(thanks qwer1304 for request)
v 0.6.5
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x Fixed both single right-clicked link and other links
extracted from selection being sent separately by
the new direct context menu download manager access:
now selected links are sent without redundancies, no
matter what's clicked (thanks therube for reporting)
v 0.6.4
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+ "Shown in context menu" option for each download
manager definition, allowing DownloadWith-style
usage patterns (thanks VitaR for request)
v 0.6.3
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+ [UFILE] line separator set to CRLF on Windows
v 0.6.2
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x Fixed missing download managers list in SeaMonkey
"Opening..." dialog (10x therube)
v 0.6.1
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x Fixed "Open with..." missing regression (10x Totya)
v 0.6
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x Improved DTA compatibility
x Restored Flock compatibility
x FlashGot Selection top-down order is always honored
v 0.5.99
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+ Archive password added to download description if
detected in "FlashGot Selection" (e.g. Pass: xyz)
+ Public Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) support
x Fixed download dialog drop-downs when DTA installed
x Updated Polish (thanks Piecu)
x Updated Chinese Traditional (thanks Greener)
v 0.5.98.070331
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+ Neater POST interception
x Fixed Downloader 4 X support regression
v 0.5.98.070328
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x Expiration time for download cookies set to 1 hour
v 0.5.98.070327
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+ Optimization for grabbing thousands of links at once
+ Better custom download manager support (allows
Portable wxDownloadFast configuration)
+ Support for latest Thunder versions (10x YuanHongYe)
x Fixed "intercept all" downloading RSS feeds
v 0.5.98.070302
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x Fixed nasty "FlashGot Selection" regression
x Better menu keyboard accelerators (thanks Dennie
Kirtley for suggestion)
v 0.5.98
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+ BitComet support (thanks to Zhang Ji)
+ Minefield (3.0a3) support
+ Better duplicate removal on "FlashGot Selection",
optimized for those links having an "abbreviated"
(and broken) version of their actual URL in their
description (often seen in forum posts)
v 0.5.97.03
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+ Minefield (3.0a2) support
v 0.5.97.02
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+ Rapidshare Premium support updated for new
rapidshare.com link system
+ Orbit support
+ Belarusian (thanks DRKA)
v 0.5.97.01
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x Bug fix: adding wxDownload Fast broke custom
download managers support
v 0.5.97
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+ wxDownload Fast (open source multi-platform download
manager) support
+ Faster, safer and more flexible JavaScript support
in Build Gallery. Warning: it will work on Fx >= 1.5
only and it may break some (few) old expressions,
if arguments are not properly quoted - e.g.
[myfunc([1-9])] works, [myfunc('[a-z]')] works,
[myfunc([a-z])] won't work unless variables a to z
are defined.
+ Metalink 3 support
+ Improved POST support
+ Improved "autostart" and "intercept all"
+ All UI links open in tabs
x Restored Flock compatibility
x Restored Netscape compatibility
x Fixed incorrect escaping of URLs with fragment
(thank to Peteyy)
x Fixed Seamonkey regression in save dialog box
x Fixed FlashGot Selection menu enablement bug
x Fixed nsISupports QueryInterface bug
x Fixed strict warnings
v 0.5.96.060910
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+ Firefox 2 new "basic" save dialog compatibility
x Minor bug fixes
v 0.5.96.060823
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x Fixed Spanish (Chile) packaging problem causing
Seamonkey installation to fail (thanks to Therube)
v 0.5.96.060822
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x HTTP authentication correctly handles port numbers
(thanks to sphere)
v 0.5.96
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+ Better GetRight cookie support (e.g. for GMail)
+ GwGet "FlashGot All" calls filter dialog
+ Croatian translation (Krcko)
+ Spanish (Chile) translation (Nameless)
+ Ukraininan translation (Sergey Khoruzhin)
x Fixed HiDownload startup bug
(URL forgotten if HiDownload not running yet)
x Fixed WellGet double startup bug
x Fixed GetRight metalink side effect
(alt+click always uses the internal prompt)
x Minefield compatibility upgrade (Moz bug 326273)
v 0.5.9.995
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+ Metalink support (for GetRight >= 5.2d), thanks to
Ant Bryan and Darius Liktorius
+ Optional HTTP Basic/Digest authentication support
(Options|Privacy|HTTP Authentication, default off)
+ GigaGet support
+ Always prompt for directory on multiple downloads
with non-gui external download managers (e.g. cURL);
it can be changed toggling the flashgot.multiQuiet
preference in about:config
x Fixed Alt+Shift+Click regression
x Fixed post data always sent (even if empty) to
custom download managers
v 0.5.9.994
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+ Support for Speed Download versions > 3.019
x Patch for the AdBlock FilterUpdate.G "pseudo-leak"
v 0.5.9.993
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x Work around for single link bug in WellGet 1.25beta
x Fixed the perceived UI hang on startup
x Fixed Portuguese locales (Options dialog XML error)
v 0.5.9.992
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x Fixed very silly bug preventing cookies to be passed
to certain download managers (e.g. ReGet)
x Removed most of the multithreaded code to make
code review and debugging easier for 3rd parties
developers
v 0.5.9.991
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+ Netscape 8.1 compatibility
x Fixed default download directory regression
x Honour the "intecept all" setting for mass downloads
x Fixed a regression making difficult changing temp
directory when download manager's not been detected
v 0.5.9.99
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+ Much better POST handling, e.g. with rapidshare.de
(now it works also with late FlashGot choice, i.e.
from unknown content type dialog, and data is
automatically converted into a GET query strings if
download manager doesn't support POST requests)
+ Portable WellGet option - thanks to James DuRant for
suggestion.
+ Portable Custom Download Manager support (first
executable path component is automatically swapped
with profile's one if file can't be found)
+ Two new Custom Download Manager placeholders:
UFILE - a text file containing all the URLs of this
job, one per line (e.g. useful for -i wget
option). If this is found, the URL and
COOKIE arguments are ignored (use CFILE).
Thanks to Kamal for suggestion.
CFILE - path to cookies.txt file for this profile
(useful, for instance, for --load-cookies
wget option, especially with [-i UFILE])
+ File extension filter optionally applies to batch
downloads (FlashGot Tabs / All / Selection) - thanks
to Stefan Schulz for suggestion
v 0.5.9.98
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+ Net Transport 2 support
x Internet Download Manager not installed detection
x Fixed first install issue with Seamonkey
x Updated Chinese Simplified
v 0.5.9.97
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+ Flock 0.5pre support
+ Netscape 8.0.4 support
+ Thunderbird 1.5beta support
v 0.5.9.96
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+ iGetter support
x Bug fix: no download manager detected if profile
directory contained special chars
v 0.5.9.95
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+ Build Gallery dramatic performance boost
x Fixed sporadic initialization bug
x Updated Finnish, Polish and Turkish translations
v 0.5.9.94
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+ Better Build Gallery referrer handling
x Fixed "FlashGot All" IDM bug ("Download Manager not
properly installed")
x Work-aroud for Deer Park bug 310068
x Updated French
v 0.5.9.93
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+ Internet Download Manager support
+ Catalan (thanks to Gaspar Alomar Trías)
x Fixed crash when custom download manager executable
doesn't exist and user cancels the prompt
x Fixed a minor Build Gallery bug
x Various languages updated
v 0.5.9.92
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+ Downloader 4 X 2.5.4 compatibility, with referer
and intermediate dialogs support
x Thunder support updated for 4.5/5.0+ compatibility
x Improved themes support (skinnable toolbar button)
v 0.5.9.91
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+ gwget support (thanks to Jan Janssen)
x Repackaged for Deer Park / Firefox 1.6 compatibility
v 0.5.9.9
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x Fixed regression: new custom download managers
couldn't be saved
x Fixed toolbar button bug (download started always,
no matter which command/option was choosen)
v 0.5.9.8
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+ Huge performance improvement in link scanning
+ Unique per-profile temporary folder
+ Netscape compatibility
+ Finnish translation (thanks to Jouko Saarinen)
x Fixed SeaMonkey/Thunderbird menu glitches
x Fixed build gallery menu item hiding
x Many translations have been updated
x Fixed CURL built-in support bug
v 0.5.9.7
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+ Experimental "Custom Download Manager" support
+ "FlashGot Tabs" command (hidden in popup by default)
+ "Compact context menu" option
+ Option to turn off Download Manager Autodetection
+ Malay translation (thanks to Ahmad Zhafir)
x Minor icon maquillage
x Improved GetRight file name and charset guessing
x Fixed skipped links with big cookies (e.g. Easynews)
v 0.5.9.6
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+ LeechGet 2005 "official" support
x Fixed startup problems sometimes reported in 0.5.9.5
x Fixed "Build Gallery" issues with latest nightlies
v 0.5.9.5
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+ NetAnts support
+ Thai translation (thanks to Patipat Susumpow)
+ Updated Dutch
x Fixed cURL referer bug
x Fixed Linux/FreeBSD shell escaping issue (thanks to
Thomas Keller for hints)
x Fixed regression: area tags in image maps are again
detected as links (thanks to pseudo_sapien report)
x Fixed minor CSS typos (thanks to b3virq3b and pyu)
v 0.5.9.4
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+ InstantGet support
x Updated Build Gallery JavaScript functions to work
with Firefox 1.0.4
x Updated Traditional Chinese (thanks to Cola99)
v 0.5.9.3
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+ Build Gallery references to bracket ranges (thanks
to DuncanMC for suggestion):
[$1] stands for the first range, [$2] for the second
and so on, up to the 9th. [$0] returns current
global index (like this.index in JavaScript), while
trailing zeroes after the "$" effect padding
(e.g. [3-3]-[$01] evaluates to 3-03)
+ Albanian translation (thanks to Besmir Godole)
+ Updated Turkish (thanks to Ömer Fadıl USTA)
+ Updated Simplified Chinese (thanks to Duriel)
x Changed German "Link mit FlashGot laden" access key
from "G" to "N"
x Fixed d4x backward compatibility problem
v 0.5.9.2
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+ Toolbar button for Selection/All downloads
+ Changing default download manager from contextual
menu and toolbar button popup will trigger suitable
download operation, depending on context
+ cURL experimental support
+ Restored GetRight "Autostart downloads" option
+ Improved "hide menu icons" option
+ Danish translation (thanks to Martin Harder)
x Fixed Aria bug affecting multiple downloads (thanks
to SHiNE & Michal Duda)
x Improved compatibility with Noia Extreme and other
custom themes
x Fixed Seamonkey prefs/themes bug (thanks to therube)
v 0.5.9.1
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+ "Menu|Hide icons" option
x Fixed Russian encoding mismatch
x Shortcuts work in Thunderbird too
v 0.5.9
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+ Thunderbird compatibility
+ Menu icons
+ Updated Czech (thanks to Michal Duda)
v 0.5.8.6
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x Fixed GetRight too picky about URLs problem
x Fixed progressbar bug
v 0.5.8.5
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x Fixed ReGet cookie regression
v 0.5.8.4
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+ Build Gallery JavaScript security improvements
+ Seamonkey compatibility improvements
+ GetRight better file name processing
+ Updated Russian (Thanks to Ragnaar)
v 0.5.8.3
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+ Arabic translation (thanks to Basem Narmok)
+ Bulgarian translation (thanks to splt-rmx)
x Fixed "WellGet always detected" bug
x Improved link processing
v 0.5.8.2
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x Fixed Build Gallery bugs
x Safe DOM management (XPCNativeConnect)
v 0.5.8.1
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+ Updated Japanese (JP+JPM, thanks to Hadakadenkyu)
x Fixed Changelog and Log dialogs to be resizable
v 0.5.8
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+ TrueDownloader support
+ HiDownload support
+ WellGet COM-less interface (it should work even if
WellGet has been installed under a
non-administrative account)
+ Multithreaded initialization for faster startup
+ Updated German translation (thanks to Thomas Weber)
+ Updated Indonesian translation (thanks to
Robert Setiadi)
+ Updated Portuguese translation (thanks to
Emilio Malaman)
+ Updated Spanish translation (thanks to Jarol)
+ Better Mac OS X compatibility
x Menu Editor compatibility
x Fixed autostart bug
v 0.5.7.8.1 (Linux/FreeBSD only)
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x Fixed Linux/FreeBSD bug (downloads don't start)
v 0.5.7.8
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+ ReGet Deluxe and Speed Download 3 POST data support
(catches downloads triggered by form submissions)
x Various minor bug fixes
v 0.5.7.7.3 beta
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+ BuildGallery "this.index" special property gives
JavaScript access to current global iteration index
(1 based)
+ BuildGallery functions have been made persistent
+ Slovenian translation (thanks to Jure Osredkar)
x Fixed interception code to avoid unknown content
types and unappropriate schemes (e.g. file://)
v 0.5.7.7.2 beta
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+ "Intercept every download" option
+ Better one-click interception
+ Shift+Alt+Click bypasses interception
+ Download Master cookie support
+ FreshDownload cookie support
+ Internet Download Accelerator cookie support
+ LeechGet cookie support
+ "Advanced|Log|Disable" option
x Fixed GetRight cookie quirks
v 0.5.7.7.1
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+ Updated French translation (thanks to J. Letellier )
x Fixed GetRight regression (download all and download
selection not working if referers are enabled)
v 0.5.7.7
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+ Mass Downloader full support (cookie and referer)
+ Speed Download 3 full support (cookie and referer)
+ Thunder (Chinese only popular download manager)
full support (cookie and referer)
+ Improved ReGet support
+ Choosable temp dir (FlashGot Options|Advanced)
+ "Autostart Downloads" option to quickly
enable/disable one-click interception by file type
+ You can choose not to send any referer with GetRight
putting an empty string in "FlashGot Options|
Privacy|Use always this Referrer URL"
+ FlashGot now escapes also those malformed URLs wich
use the '#' character in their file name
(while it should be only the "hash" prefix)
+ Dutch translation (thanks to Steven Hemelaere)
v 0.5.7.6
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+ WellGet (http://www.wellget.com) support
+ GetRight: cookie and referrer supported also with
togetright.exe (GetRight v. 5.2c or above only)
+ Fixed an issue with Net Transport not
able to handle encoded URLs: now FlashGot decodes
URLs before sending them to NT (previous behaviour
applies if new "Send encoded URLs" option is ON)
- Removed GetRight autostart option (did not work as
expected, and it is mostly superseded by
togetright.exe improvements)
x Build Gallery alpha ranges bug fix (thanx to Duncan)
x GetRight bug fix (ignored togetright.exe option)
v 0.5.7.5
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+ Fresh Download support (http://www.freshdevices.com)
+ "FlashGot Options" inline menu rationalization
for faster download manager switching
+ GetRight "Autostart downloads" option (thanks to
Roberto Casula for suggestion)
+ GetRight cookies support (GetRight version 5.2c or
above required). Notice: if togetright.exe option
is enabled, cookies will work only with multiple
links downloads
+ "Open with" UI tweaks (no download manager menu
if only one download manager is installed, better
alignment otherwise).
+ Slovak translation (thanks to Wladow)
v 0.5.7.4
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+ Experimental KGet support (thanks to
Frantisek Augusztin and Axel Zechner)
x Fixed a major bug in Linux/FreeBSD version
preventing download manager auto-detection
(thanks to martimus8 for debug)
v 0.5.7.3
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x Fixed threading problem introduced in 0.5.7.2 and
causing Download Master to hang
x Minor bug fixes in save as dialog
v 0.5.7.2
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+ ReGet "Quiet" options splitted (link/selection/all)
+ Download manager can be choosen just before download
+ GetRight option to use togetright.exe for single
downloads (quicker but no referer)
+ Various performance improvements
+ Romanian translation (thanks to iLogiK)
+ Norwegian Bokmål translation (thanks to Martin Joné)
+ Czech translation (thanks to Michal Duda)
+ Korean translation (thanks to Gomyoung Kim)
+ Updated Japanese translation
(thank to Hadakadenkyu)
+ Updated French translation (thanks to Yann Bill)
v 0.5.7.1
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+ Net Transport Cookie Support
+ WinInet cookie self-destruction (better privacy)
x Huge code refactoring for better modularity
x Minor bug-fixes
v 0.5.7
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+ Star Downloader support (thanks to Kalen donation)
+ FlashGet cookie support
+ Free Download Manager cookie support
v 0.5.6.3
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+ Updated Russian translation (thanks to Alexey S.
Gubanov aka Ragnaar)
+ Updated Chinese Simplified translation (thanks to
Duriel)
v 0.5.6.2
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+ Update German translation (thanks to Thomas Weber)
x Workarounds for various Mozilla 1.8xy bugs
v 0.5.6.1
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+ Updated Chinese Traditional traslation (thanks to
Cola99)
x Fixed LeechGet conflict with backgroud processing
v 0.5.6
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+ Long awaited "auto-download by type" feature (you
can choose wich file extensions trigger FlashGot
using "FlashGot Options|Extensions" or checking the
"Do this automatically for file like this from now
on" checkbox
+ Privacy Options (Referrer & Cookies)
+ Advanced Options (Background Processing & Log)
+ Build Gallery dialog has been made resizable
+ Build Gallery synchronization improvement (empty
range is synchronized with alternate range content,
and file extension autodetection is attempted)
+ LeechGet "FlashGot All" now works also with local
(file://...) URLs, for instance with Build Gallery
pages
+ GetRight referrer support (FlashGot will
"automagically" support cookies too when GetRight
does). Due to current GetRight limitations,
this feature applies to "FlashGot All" and
"FlashGot Selection" only
+ GetRight support uses ToGetRight.exe when possible
+ ReGet "Skip Confirmation Dialogs" option
+ FlashGot Options|More Options... contextual menu
+ Japanese translation (thanks to Hadakadenkyu)
+ Polish Translation (thanks to Artek Działek and
Piotr Konieczny)
+ Indonesian translation (thanks to BNDT)
+ New About Box with Changelog link
x Fixed images/movies FlashGot selection regression
x Fixed image content Build Gallery regression (
preview images were not properly detected if content
was an image too)
x Fixed encodings for el-GR, pt-BR and zh-CN (thanks
to Phil Ringnalda and Charlie Chen)
x Other minor bug fixes
v 0.5.5
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+ (Long awaited) Option Dialog
+ Customizable contextual menu items
+ Huge speedup in duplicate links removal
+ Huge speedup in cookie handling
+ Multithreaded optimization for large amounts of
links (FlashGot All and FlashGot Selection
processing no longer blocks user interface)
+ Alt+Click now is enabled by default
+ Chinese simplified translation (thanks to Duriel)
+ Greek translation (thanks to Kesisidis Dimitrios)
+ Lithuanian translation (thanks to Marius Navickas)
v 0.5.4
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+ Alt+Click now triggers "FlashGot Link" if mouse
pointer is over an anchor, or "FlashGot Selection"
if there is an active selection (enable this feature
from "FlashGot Options | Alt+Click = FlashGot")
+ LeechGet "Save dialog" now popups or not, according
to Firefox download option "Ask me where to save
any file" (thanks to ajhubble for suggestion)
+ Improved GetRight multiple file handling: directory
chooser popups only if Firefox download option "Ask
me where to save any file" is checked, and in this
case malformed file names are filtered out
+ Chinese Traditional traslation (thanks to Cola99
and Pshadow)
+ Serbian translation (thanks to Љубиша Радовановић)
+ Turkish translation (thanks to Levent Karakas)
x Linux and BSD support is more compatible with
generic "sh" shell (no more bash-isms and ksh-isms,
thanks to Jan Stocker for his report)
x Minor contextual menu items positioning improvement
(thanks to Tycho Quad for suggestion)
v 0.5.3
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+ Mac OS X support layer (many thanks to Martin Zakora
for testing)
+ Specific iGetter for Mac OS X support
+ Specific Speed Download 2 for Mac OS X support
+ Duplicate URLs removal code
+ Hebrew Translation (thanks to Jonathan Avraham)
+ ksh compatibility (thanks to Artur Siekielski)
- Dropped [Plugin] support - it was too hackish ;-)
x "Hide Disabled Commands" preference defaults to true
x Fixed regression: Build Gallery referer honoured now
x Fixed LeechGet 2004 detection (thanks to Jack Head)
v 0.5.2
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+ French Translation (thanks to Yann Bill)
x Fixed Portuguese translation bug
x More accurate cookie management
(MANY thanks toDietrich Streifert)
v 0.5.1
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x Workaround for a Linux file picker problem
(http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=267152)
x Fixed a permission issue affecting Linux unprivileged
users (thanks to Denis "Darky")
x Fixed the red XUL bug affecting Hungarian users in
version 0.5.0 (thanks to Skullkid)
v 0.5.0
======================================================
+ Aria for Linux support
(http://duda.wz.cz/software/aria/index_en.php)
+ Downloader 4 X for Linux/FreeBSD support
(http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/)
+ Improved "FlashGot selection", now it works also
with image-only selections
+ Added directory chooser before "all" and "selection"
downloads with GetRight
x Fixed ReGet startup error dialog (thanks to gordho)
v 0.4.1
======================================================
+ Portuguese translation (thanks to Diogo Mafra)
x Fixed GetRight 5.2 auto-detection bug
(thanks to Adam Porter)
x Fixed ReGet POST and cookie bug
(thanks to TJ and Winfried Posur)
x Fixed referrer handling regression (thanks to Hjgab)
x Fixed other minor bugs (thanks to Bar Shaked)
v 0.4.0
======================================================
+ Experimental [Plugin] support, should add "all" and
"selection" modes to download managers that
provide a click/URL monitor plugin for Mozilla
(tested on Speed Download 2 for Mac OS X
and Star Downloader Free for Windows)
x True referrer URL is now used when invoked from
UnknownContentType dialog too
x More "hi-fi" ReGet integration with distinction
between single and multiple download dialogs
v 0.3.7.1
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x service update for Firefox 1.0 RC compatibility
v 0.3.7
======================================================
+ ReGet full support (including cookie management)
+ Cyrillic Download Master support
+ <embed> URL capture (useful to download
embedded audio/video clips and Flash content)
+ Improved and faster download auto-detection routine
+ Improved malformed URL handling
x Solved Free Download Manager "early wake up" bug
v 0.3.6
======================================================
+ Internet Download Accelerator (AKA Download Master)
support (http://www.westbyte.com/ida)
+ Free Download Manager support
(http://www.freedownloadmanager.org)
+ LeechGet 2002 support
+ Support for encoded URIs
x Minor bug fixes (i.e. in download manager
auto-detection)
v 0.3.5
======================================================
+ Experimental GetRight support
(http://www.getright.com)
x Bug "problems uninstalling FlashGot 0.3.3.x" fixed,
now you can uninstall FlashGot with no problems
x Bug "installation of FlashGot 0.3.3.1 needed to
install FlashGot 0.3.4" fixed: FlashGot 0.3.5 can
be installed on a clean profile or overwrite
previous versions indifferently
v 0.3.4
======================================================
+ LeechGet support (http://www.leechget.net)
+ Huge refactoring in both C++ and JavaScript code,
with a better download manager support abstraction
and a simple http based inter-process communication
(tested for LeechGet "download selection" command,
it should also make easier adding Linux/Unix support
for Wget and/or Prozilla and/or Axel)
v 0.3.3.1
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- Fixed hook in default Firefox download dialog, for
those experiencing incompatibility problems
v 0.3.3
======================================================
+ Hook to choose FlashGot from browser default
download dialog (quite rude, needs improvement...)
+ Keyboard shortcuts for FlashGot download actions
(Firefox only)
+ Download manager choosen via options (no more
multiple menu items for FlashGet and Net Transport)
+ Major refactorings (XPCOM service for global storage
reducing startup time with lazy initialization and
making room for new planned features)
+ Hungarian translation (thanks to Bálint Farkas)
+ Swedish translation (thanks to Leif Larsson)
+ Better temporary directory management
v 0.3.2
======================================================
+ Spanish translation (thanks to M. Agras)
x Fixed download manager autodetection bug
v 0.3.1
======================================================
+ "JavaScript functions" support in "Build gallery"
x Fixed a locale check bug (alert on startup about
deleting XUL.mfl)
v 0.3.0
======================================================
+ Experimental "Build gallery" command
x Workaround for the infamous "red XUL status bar bug"
(references:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216489
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246014
)
v 0.2.91
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x Fixed a subtle bug: multiple windows opened and
closed in various order caused FlashGot silently die
+ Russian translation (thanks to Ragnaar and Unghost)
= Small refactorings in JS code
v 0.2.9
======================================================
x Fixed minor German translation bug
v 0.2.8
======================================================
x Fixed a critic bug that used to prevent fresh
installations on Firefox
+ Improved German translation (thanks to Thomas Weber)
v 0.2.7
======================================================
+ German translation (thanks to Thomas Weber)
+ Italian translation
+ "FlashGot options" menu
+ Option to download images from the source page too
+ Option to hide/show disabled contextual menu items
+ Cleanup and small optimization in C++ code
v 0.2.6
======================================================
x Bug fix: 0.2.5 used to forgot removing temporary
files (previous version worked right)
- 0.2.5 treats images as links (src==href). This is
the default behaviour of Net Transport IE "download
all" plugin, but FlashGot's one is the opposite
So I decided to remove this features, because is
rather confusing and also because the browser cache
makes more convenient saving images directly from
the navigator interface
v 0.2.5
======================================================
+ Net Transport support (http://www.xi-soft.com)
x Fixed popup menuitem "Flashgot Selection" problem
+ Major performance improvements
v 0.2.0
======================================================
+ Consolidated "FlashGot Selection" command
+ Improved speed
v 0.1.5
======================================================
+ Added experimental "FlashGot Selection" command
v 0.1.4
======================================================
x Rewrited translating the COM client code VBS -> C++
to solve antivirus issue
+ Improved URL escaping and Unicode behaviour
v 0.1.3
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= First public release
=======================================================
v 0.1.0 - 0.1.3
= Internal use only