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Quick Locale Switcher Version History

51 versions

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Version 1.6.1 210.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Bugfix: Settings where not saved on Mac/Linux systems.

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Version 1.6 209.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Added more advanced management of your Autoswitch sites.
v Added a little search bar to search the (huge) list of locales.
v Added options to hide the Tools menu item, and the statusbar icon.
v Added an option to always ask the user which locale related settings he/she wants to switch.
v Added an option to select a style for the statusbar panel, display: Icon, Text or Icon and Text
v Divided the (very long) options window in to 3 smaller panes.
v Added nb-NO, fi-FI and ca-AD translations.

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Version 1.5 179.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Added auto switching feature for the content and spell checker dictionary locales.
v Added statusbar icon to display and switch the currently selected locale.
v Icons now also display in Mozilla and Seamonkey.
v Added hu-HU translation.
v Recheck spelling for the current window/input editor after switching the dicitonary.
v Bugfix: Custom locales where not highlighted if you had currently selected them.
v Bugfix: Menuitems on the toolbar where not highlighted if you had currently selected one of them.
v Bugfix: Fixed memory leak.

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Version 1.4.3.5 173.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Bugfix some localization contents.rdf files contained wrong locale codes.
v Tested and approved on Sunbird 0.3.

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Version 1.4.3 171.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Display the country flag on your default locale's menuitem.
v Added ro-RO and es-AT translations.
v Added a new gl-ES country flag by Rick.

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Version 1.4.2 164.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 3.0a1

v Added hr-HR and be-BY translations.
v Tested on Thunderbird 2.0 Alpha.
v Bugfix: Fix flags/checkboxes in the options screen when using Noia Extreme theme.

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Version 1.4.1 159.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Bugfix: Forgot to add km-KH to the options screen causing a js error.
v Added fy-NL flag.

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Version 1.4 156.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 3.0a1, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Added country flags icons.
v Added he-IL, en-GB, fa-IR, km-KH and uk-UA translations.
v Bugfix: Most detailed locale should be specified before the less detailed one in the accept_languages pref. So zh-TW before zh.

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Version 1.3.6 86.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Bugfix: Install script error on Seamonkey 1.5a
v Added sq-AL translation.

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Version 1.3.5 86.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 2.0, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Added a toolbar button.
v Bugfix: Fixed problem with the new toolbar button on Netscape 8.x, thanks Philip Chee.
v Tested on BonEcho and upped the maxversion to 2.0

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Version 1.3.4 73.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.0, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Fixed Flock min and max Version cause it appeared not to work anymore.
v Update Netscape maxVersion to 8.1
v Added ja-JP-mac and gl-ES translations
v Bugfix: fixed problem in the da-DK contents.rdf file which caused older Firefox versions to crash on startup.

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Version 1.3.3 67.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Add a setting to not switch the general.useragent.locale.
v Add a setting to reset the "Ask before restart" message.
v Added ja-JP-mac to the list of default locales
v Bugfix - "Do not show this message again." for the restart message got saved if your pressed cancel.

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Version 1.3.1 65.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Add switching of the (thunderbird) spell checker dictionary language.
v Added lt-LT translation.
v Fixed a minor bug causing my pref observer to sometimes generate an error.

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Version 1.3 61.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Now also switches the accept_languages pref so that websites supporting that header will show in the sleected locale.
v Added ~200 locales to select from in the options screen, the 21 locales in which this extension is translated will be shown by default.
v Made the options screen resizable.
v Moved it up a little in the Tools menu as requested.
v Added da-DK translation.

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Version 1.28 24.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Added fy-NL to the list of default locales.
v Added ru-RU, fy-NL, and zh-TW translations.

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Version 1.27 21.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Fixed/finished install.js, forgot to update version number, and 2 locales where missing (thanks Premier)
v You could not select only to show custom locales, you always had to select a default as well. This is fixed (thanks Victory).
v Set Firefox maxversion to 1.5.0.* (again) for the upcoming 1.5.0.1 update (thanks Jan).
v Added sk-SK translation.

@reviewers: Sorry for a 2nd update before approval.

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Version 1.26 21.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

v Added bg-BG, pt-PT, sl-SI, and zh-CN translations.
v Made compatible with Mozilla Sunbird.

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Version 1.25 17.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

- (Optionally) Display a question before auto restarting.
- Added select all/deselect all buttons to the visible menu items option.
- Colored the transparent 'Applying new locale...' message for better visibility.
- Added pl-PL and cs-CZ translations.
- Added bg-BG to the list of default locales.
- Tested on Firefox 1.5 Final

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Version 1.2 14.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.5.0.*, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5.0.*

- User selection of which menu items (locales) should be visible, to be able to reduce the huge list...
- Made compatible with Seamonkey, Netscape and Flock.
- Tested on Firefox RC2 and Thunderbird RC1.
- Added tr-TR and ko-KR translations.

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Version 1.1 12.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.4.1, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5b2

- Added 3 customizable locales.
- Added option to not show the restart message again (obsolete in versions 1.4+).
- Get/Set all locale prefs in unicode.
- Tested on 1.4.1 (1.5 beta2) versions.
- Also compatible with Seamonkey.

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Version 1.0 10.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.0 - 1.4, Thunderbird 1.0 - 1.5b1

First release.

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