Session Manager Version History

93 versions

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Version 0.6.2.8 197.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.6a1pre

* Sessions can now be grouped. See the documentation.

* The Session prompt window has been updated to display the name, group, tab count and window count in separate columns. The list can be sorted by clicking on the column header. Clicking the header again will do an inverse sort.

* Session Manager now only runs it's shut down processing when Firefox actually exits instead of when the last browser window is closed. Please see the documentation for the ramifications of this change. Setting the hidden preference "extensions.sessionmanager.shutdown_on_last_window_close" to true will undo these changes and make Session Manager behave the same way it did prior to 0.6.2.8.

* If the user chooses the "Save and Quit" option from the Firefox shutdown prompt, then Session Manager won't give the option to save and restore since Firefox will already do so.

Version 0.6.2.6 195.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b3pre

1. Firefox 3.1 Privacy Mode (added in 3.1b2) now obeyed. Session Manager won't save any data while privacy mode is enabled. It will back up the current session upon entering privacy mode.

2. Updated to work with the updated "Clear Recent History" feature in Firefox 3.1.

3. Fixed bug 20194. Session Manager no longer allows the browser to get into a state where there is a single window open with the toolbars hidden as a result of a session restore operation. This can still happen if the user closes all windows except one with hidden toolbars.

4. Fixed bug 20281. Session Manager was not properly detecting when the user chose to use Firefox's "Save and Quit" when shutting down Firefox. As a result, if the option to prompt for a session on startup was enabled, there would be one prompt for every window that was opened on shutdown. Session Manager will no longer prompt for a session if the "Save and Quit" option is chosen at shutdown.

Version 0.6.2.5 194.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b2pre

1. Preliminary support for the yet to be implement Private Browsing mode in Firefox 3.1. Session Manager will not save anything while the browser is in Private Browsing mode. This includes closed windows and backup sessions.

2. Better method for determining if tabs should be reloaded or not. If the reload option is selected, tabs shuold only reload when a session is loaded.

3. Sometimes multiple sessions would show as latest (blue) in the menus. This has been fixed.

4. Some of the session popup menu items were enabled in conditions when they should not have disabled. This has been fixed.

5. Fixed issue where backups would not occur if there was only one window open with many tabs open and the first tab was "about:blank".

6. The window and tab count is now displayed for the current crashed session.

7. Importing Sessions from Tab Mix Plus will now use code in Tab Mix Plus to convert the session data. The result of this is that Session Mananager won't need to be updated when Tab Mix Plus's code changes.

Version 0.6.2.4 194.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b2pre

1. Compatibility update to restore functionality when running with latest Firefox 3.1b2 nightlies.
2. Updated Tab Mix Plus session conversion routine with latest code from Tab Mix Plus.

Version 0.6.2.3 188.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b2pre

- The "Save Sessions..." menu item will now display all the time and the "Save Current Window..." will only display when there is more than one window open. This is the opposite of how it worked starting with 0.6.2, but was changed to prevent confusion. Functionally there is no difference since with one window open "Save Session..." and "Save Current Window..." do the same thing.

- The following translations are now complete: cs-CZ, da-DK, nl-NL, fi-FI, fr-FR, hu-HU, ja-JP, mk-MK, pl-PL, pt-PT, ro-RO, sk-SK, es-ES, sv-SE, tr-TR

- The following translations are not yet complete: zh-CN, zh-TW, de-DE, it-IT, ko-KR, lt-LT, pt-BT, ru-RU, sr-YU

If you are interested in helping out with translations, please visit http://www.babelzilla.org/index.php?option=com_wts&Itemid=88&extension=4127&type=lang

Version 0.6.2.2 186.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b1pre

* Fixed issue with some backup sessions showing up outside the backup sub-menu.
* Fixed issue introduced in 0.6.2 that caused "(0)" to show up after some sessions and the loss of the numbers that appear before the session name.
* Added help button to options.
* Options to disable cache fixer functionality is now in the Advanced options pane.
* Updated translations (some are still incomplete).

Version 0.6.2.1 182.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b1pre

* Added additional option to the shutdown prompt to automatically restore the saved session the next time the browser starts up. This basically works the same as Firefox's "Save and Quit" feature.
* Fixed issue where blank windows were being saved if encryption was enabled.
* Fixed issue where Session Manager could get into a state, where selecting to restore the previous browser session wouldn't do anything.
* Fixed issue with the "rename" and "delete" menu items getting disabled when they should not be.

Note: not all translations are complete as such some translations may contain English.

Version 0.6.2 176.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b1pre

Version 0.6.1.13 124.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.1b1pre

Fix: Loading a session in a new window no longer turns it into an auto-save session named "undefined".

Version 0.6.1.12 124.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b5pre

* Fix bug 18746: 0.6.1.11 broke things when closing the browser with an auto-save session open which caused Session Manager to load a blank tab on the next start, but associate that tab with the auto-save session. This was corrected.

* Fix: Restarting Firefox 2.0.0.x would reload an auto-save session, but not mark it as open. This was corrected. Firefox 2.0.0.12 still saves an auto-save session on a restart, but there's nothing I can do to prevent that. It will work as designed in Firefox 3.0.

Version 0.6.1.11 124.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b4pre

* Fix: If browser crashed with a lot of tabs and windows opened, resulting crash session would fail to parse correctly when trying to update the tab/window count. This resulted in no sessions being displayed in the Session Manager menu. This was more likely to occur when using the Firefox 3.0 betas, but could occur with Firefox 2.0.0.12 if the session file was large enough.

* Fix: Cache Fixer will now work if user overrides the cache directory by changing the browser.cache.disk.parent_directory preference.

* Fix: Session Manager will now correctly handle unicode characters in the user-specified session directory and session names.

Version 0.6.1.10 125.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b4pre

Added zh-TW locale

Version 0.6.1.9 121.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b4pre

* Fix: Compatibility issue with TabMix Plus, which prevented TMP from making changes to the Firefox preference window.
* Fix: Was not clearing session manager data if the browser was set to clear private data at shutdown, but not prompt when clearing private data and the user chose to clear the session manager data when clearing private data.
* Fix bug 18515: When moving mouse over last saved session in menu, highlight it as light blue instead of blue. This makes it easier to read.
* Update: Swedish localization

Version 0.6.1.8 121.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b3pre

Fix to bug 17875 in 0.6.1.7 caused a problem with opening sessions in Firefox 3.0b3 on all platforms and in Firefox 2.0.0.11 on OS X in certain instances. This was corrected.

Version 0.6.1.7 121.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b3pre

Happy New Year!

* Fixed bug 17862 - Older backup sessions now display the time they were created and not when they were backed up.
* Fixed bug 17875 - If there is only one blank window, loading a session will always replace that window even if the user chooses to load into a new window. Windows with closed tabs are not considered "blank", so a new window will open in that case.
* Fixed bug 18016 - User can specify the date format used in the session names. The default is the ISO date format, but this can be overridden by specifying a specific format in quotes after the %d. For example %d"%Y-%d-%m" will use YYYY-DD-MM. The format string used is the same as that used for the toLocaleFormat javascript date function.
* Fixed bug 18119 - Saved crashed sessions will now be encrypted if that option is selected. They won't actually encrypt until you use the Session Manager menu the first time after recovering from a crash and only if you put in your master password (if set).
* Fixed bug 18376 - Backup sessions are now always stored in the user specified session directory instead of the default one.
* Added Swedish localization

Version 0.6.1.6 119.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b2

- Fixed conversion error from 0.4.3 version where name would always be "(Untitled)". This was a regression.
- More work-arounds for Firefox bug 350558. This should fix the problems where tabs get stuck in "Loading..." and will also fix most (but not all) of the cases where an "aTabData.entries.forEach is not a function" alert would display when saving sessions. This error won't be completely fixed until the user upgrades to Firefox 3.0 (when it's released) or when bug 402349 is fixed in Firefox 2.0.x
- No longer breaks Firefox options in Firefox 3.0 betas.
- Added Korean localization

Version 0.6.1.5 111.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0b1

Fixed bug 17762 - Reopening closed tabs and windows will now work on OS X.

Fixed bug 15456 - If chose not to backup current session, latest backed-up session was being deleted instead of oldest backed-up session.

Version 0.6.1.4 111.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

Fixed bug where if the user tried to overwrite a session while an autosave session was loaded it could save into the wrong session file.

Version 0.6.1.3 111.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

* New Feature: CTRL/Command right clicking on an entry in the closed tab/window list will remove it from the list.
* Add: Tab and window counts for sessions are now displayed in prompt window (restore, save, rename, etc).
* Change: The current session is no longer automatically backed up when loading a new session if the current session is not being replaced. In other words loading a session into a new window or into existing tabs in the current window will not save the current session. This was done to prevent backed up overwritten sessions from being overwritten by sessions that weren't really overwritten.
* Update: fi-FI locale
* Fix: Crashed session is now colored blue instead of last saved session in the restore from crash prompt.
* Fix: Crash prompt now displays no counts for crashed session instead of (undefined/undefined). Firefox doesn't store counts in crashed sessions and it is risky to try and calculate it on the fly when recovering the session, so it just won't display. The counts will be calculated in the back-up of the crash session.
* Fix: Wasn't resuming autosave session after a crash if user chose to restore current session. This resulted in the autosave session not being saved unless you user manually saved it.
* Fix: Wouldn't match autosession name with chosen name if session had certain certain characters like "quotes" in the name.
* Fix: Bug 17677 - Menus with closed tabs are not wide enough to display menu items.
* Fix: No longer overrides Tab Mix Plus's placement of tabs when using the Tab Mix Plus undo close tab button.
* Fix: Converting from old session file formats or enabling encryption could caused the session file to become corrupted. Corrupted session files will be corrected.
* Fix: Issues with getting a "aState.Window[0] has no properties" error when first loading Firefox.

Version 0.6.1 110.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

# Changed the options GUI. SessionStore options are now on their own tab (enable/disable crash recovery moved to this tab from the general tab). Session names, encryption setting and session folder are now in the Advanced tabs.
# Encryption can now be enabled/disabled from the Advanced tab.
# Last saved session will be colored blue.
# The total number of windows and tabs are now listed after the session name in the following format: (windows/tabs).
# The Command (Apple) key can be used instead of the CTRL key on Macs.
# Middle clicking on the tab bar will reopen the last closed tab. This is disabled if Tab Mix Plus or Tab Clicking Options is installed since they allow middle click functionality to be customized.
# When recovering from a crash or a browser restart, tabs won't automatically reload regardless of the "Reload All Restored Windows" setting.
# Session Manager will no longer allow saving over an active auto-save session. Just use the close and save option if you want to save.
# Optimzed the reading of session files at startup and when displaying the session list for people with extremely large sized session files. There will still be delays when you take action on said files (load, rename, etc), but it won't "freeze" when Firefox starts any more. Note the first time 0.6.1 loads it will take longer than normal since the session format changed again for 0.6.1 and the session files will need to be updated. Subsequent loads will be exponentially faster - bug 17664

Note: A number of the localizations are incomplete. They will be updated when (or for some, if) I get updated translations.

Version 0.6.0.2 101.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

No longer automatically disables the prompt in Minefield to restore the tabs/windows from last time. I was convinced that Session Manager shouldn't do this and should leave it up to the user as to whether it should be disabled or not. If you want to turn it back on after installed 0.6.0.2, reset the browser.warnOnQuit browser preference back to the default setting (true).

Version 0.6.0.1 101.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

* Fixed memory leak (bug 17586) introduced in 0.6.
* Fixed accidental reversion of Bug 17196.
* Restarting the browser via the restart menu/button will no longer backup current session or close an autosave session. The reasoning behind this is that when the browser restarts it automatically recovers the current session so nothing will be lost. Basically from Session Manager's stand point the browser never restarted. This slightly speeds up restarting as Session Manager will no longer prompt you to save/restore sessions when restarting.
* Similarly if the browser crashes while an autosave session is open and the user chooses to restore the current browsing session or the autosave session (by name), Session Manager just continues where the user left off without saving the current state to the autosave file. In other words, crashing won't save the autosave session unless the user specifically load a different session on browser start after the crash. The crashed session is backed up as usual.
* Disabled Minefield 3.0a8's prompt asking if the user wants to save the current tab/window state on shutdown. Session Manager already saves these by default and can be set up to prompt if desired. The reasoning for this was that it was causing duplicate prompting on shutdown. If you want to re-enable this after uninstalling Session Manager, change the browser.warnOnQuit preference back to true.
* Some minor updates for Minefield 3.0a8 (no longer need to work around certain bugs in Minefield).

Version 0.6 101.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a8

* Added Autosave functionality (see homepage documentation)
* Changed append mode to append all tabs in all windows to the current window. Previously it would only append the tabs from the first window and then open the remaining windows.
* Added caching of closed window list which will dramatically cut down on the amount of disk access required when opening the closed tab/window list.
* Session Manager no longer changes the Firefox default of saving no POSTDATA in sessions to saving all POSTDATA. Session Manager now leaves the Firefox default in place. This can be changed back to the way it was in the Advanced Options menu, but read this link for the reasons why this may not be a good idea (one user ended up with a 100 MB session file). Text in forms on pages is still saved, only submitted text and data is no longer saved by default.
* hidden option to encrypt session data (see homepage evision history for details)

Version 0.5.4.1 93.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a7

Added mk-MK and fi-FI locales

Version 0.5.4 86.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a7

- Added the ability to clear out Session Manager saved session data through the Firefox "Clear Private Data..." menu.
- Fixed Bug 17196 - Windows that are opened when exiting Firefox will no longer be added to the closed window list.
- Fixed Bug 16976 - tr-TR error corrected.
- Fixed issue where if reload all restored window was checked and Tab Mix Plus was loaded, any tab that was un-closed would reload.
- Fixed issue where if the browser.sessionstore.postdata preference was not 0 and Tab Mix Plus is installed or upgraded, the browser.sessionstore.postdata preference was reset back to 0.
- Added: cs-CZ locale.

Version 0.5.3.4 80.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a6

Updated pt-BR and zh-CN locales

Version 0.5.3.3 80.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a5

- hu-HU, de-DE, sr-Yu, pt-PT locales added.
- zh-CN and pt-BR locales contain some machine translated phrases since the translators are MIA and they were holding up the release of 0.5.3.3. When/if I receive the updated translations, I'll correct this. If you want them corrected, just send me updated locales and I'll include them in the next build.
- fr-FR locale mistranslation corrected.
- Obsolete de-CH removed (de-DE is used for all "de" now).
- Added option to disable crash recovery.
- The URL of a closed tab will display in the status bar when it's entry is hovered over in the undo close tab list.
- Added option to move the default saved sessions location for people who want multiple profiles, users, platforms, OS's, etc to be able to access the same saved sessions list.
- Added preference to disable built in implementation of Cache Fixer for those who don't like it or have issues with it. To disable set the "extensions.sessionmanager.disable_cache_fixer" preference to true.
- Fixed "Reload on Window Restore" to work when restarting Firefox.
- Fixed issue where sometimes closing a Window would not enable the closed tab/window menu.

Version 0.5.3.2 72.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a4

Added sk-SK and tr-TR locales

Version 0.5.3.1 66.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a3

Fixed - Closed tabs can now be restored when opening sessions in new windows or when the "Replace Existing Windows" option is not checked.

Version 0.5.3 66.0 KiB Works with Firefox 2.0 - 3.0a2

1. Closed tabs that had icons now display them in the closed tab menu.
2. Added clear list menu option to list menu so user doesn't have to go into the options to clear the list.
3. Updated ru-RU locale, Added da-DK locale
4. Work around for Bug 350558 which can cause closed tab data to become corrupted (closed tabs can't be restored from loaded sessions).
5. Some code optimization.