Version 3 changelog

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The current version of Flagfox is available on Mozilla's add-ons website.
New versions are not available for update immediately. View the versions list to see pending updates.
All public versions may also be downloaded from the Mozilla FTP server.

Below is an up-to-date list of changes, by version:

Version 3.3.18 — November 6, 2009 — 464 KB
* IP database update for November 2009

Version 3.3.17 — October 7, 2009 — 463 KB
* IP database update for October 2009

Version 3.3.16 — September 2, 2009 — 462 KB
* IP database update for September 2009

Version 3.3.15 — August 2, 2009 — 462 KB
* IP database update for August 2009

Version 3.3.14 — July 5, 2009 — 459 KB
* IP database update for July 2009

Version 3.3.13 — June 4, 2009 — 457 KB
* IP database update for June 2009
* Switched over to new Flagfox.net domain name

Version 3.3.12 — May 3, 2009 — 457 KB
* IP database update for May 2009

Version 3.3.11 — April 3, 2009 — 464 KB
* IP database update for April 2009
* Added Vietnamese (vi-VN) locale

Version 3.3.10 — March 10, 2009 — 457 KB
* IP database update for March 2009
* Added Czech (cs-CZ) locale

Version 3.3.9 — February 19, 2009 — 455 KB
* Worked around bug in certain system cleaners that would damage Flagfox install

Version 3.3.8 — February 4, 2009 — 455 KB
* IP database update for February 2009
* Disabled TLD note for Tuvalu (.tv) due to widespread sale for abbreviation of "television"
* Tweaked padding for addressbar-left position
* Added Lithuanian (lt-LT) locale

Version 3.3.7 — January 3, 2009 — 450 KB
* IP database update for January 2009

Version 3.3.6 — December 22, 2008 — 446 KB
* Fixed statusbar-right position to not move with popup, SSL, & downloads icons
* Improved Flock support (versions 1.0-2.0.*)
* Added SeaMonkey support (versions 2.0a2+ only)
* Some address bar positions are not available in certain browsers

Version 3.3.5 — December 4, 2008 — 445 KB
* IP database update for December 2008
* Fixed a couple flag icons
* Fixed an extension conflict
* Changed popups to info bars (limit one unique message per session)

Version 3.3.4 — November 3, 2008 — 443 KB
* IP database update for November 2008
* Added Malaysian (ms-MY) locale

Version 3.3.3 — October 4, 2008 — 444 KB
* IP database update for October 2008
* Disabled lookup attempts for IPv6 and added IPv6 localhost icon (i.e. for Vista)
* Added domain and IP address to tooltip for unknown sites
* Added Macedonian (mk-MK) locale

Version 3.3.2 — September 20, 2008 — 438 KB
* Fixed error on loading into a window without an address bar
* Added some exceptions to TLD check
* Some more locale fixes

Version 3.3.1 — September 17, 2008 — 437 KB
* Fixed some error reporting problems
* Some minor icon and locale fixes
* Added support for Flock 2

Version 3.3.0 — September 15, 2008 — 437 KB
* IP database update for September 2008
* Added ability to position flag icon in address bar (some positions require Firefox 3+)
* Added "Left Most" option for status bar positioning (and "Right Most" in RTL locales)
* Added new custom action feature to allow user specified lookup URLs
* Added Google search within domain as default custom action (disabled by default)
* Replaced obsolete proxy prompt with a simple warning
* Added a warning when Flagfox is not set to have updates checked (needed for IPDB accuracy)
* Added a popup note for when TLD does not match the current country (common user confusion)
* Added an error icon and tooltip to distinguish a lookup error from an unknown site
* Changed private IP address range names to better describe CIDR block
* Improved error detection and reporting
* Fixed problem with Wikipedia linking for some localized installations
* Fixed some issues with preferences
* Added Bulgarian (bg-BG), Turkish (tr-TR), and Persian (fa-IR) locales and updated existing locales
* Dropped support for Firefox 1.5 and added support for Firefox 3.1 prereleases

Version 3.2.8 — August 4, 2008 — 406 KB
* IP database update for August 2008
* Added support for Wikipedia locale variants (zh-TW & zh-CN are now properly requested)
* Added Hungarian (hu-HU) locale and updated a few strings in existing locales

Version 3.2.7 — July 4, 2008 — 404 KB
* IP database update for July 2008
* Updated a few flag icons
* Fixed minor bug in setting options
* Added Romanian (ro-RO) locale

Version 3.2.6 — June 3, 2008 — 400 KB
* IP database update for June 2008
* Fixed proxy check to not prompt when remote DNS is not enabled/available
* Added Bengali (bn-IN) locale and updated some strings in existing locales

Version 3.2.5 — May 12, 2008 — 396 KB
* Added hand cursor on flag mouseover when clickable
* Added hover color for clickable text links in options/about
* Updated Serbian locale code to sr-RS from sr-YU
* This version is compatible with Firefox 3.0.*

Version 3.2.4 — May 3, 2008 — 396 KB
* IP database update for May 2008

Version 3.2.3 — April 2, 2008 — 395 KB
* IP database update for April 2008

Version 3.2.2 — March 22, 2008 — 393 KB
* Fixed Wikipedia linking for some locales and installations
* Improved proxy and error handling and added dialogue buttons to go to the forums
* All manual and automatic proxy settings should now be detected correctly

Version 3.2.1 — March 6, 2008 — 392 KB
* IP database update for March 2008
* Updated a few flag icons
* Fixed glitch when switching through tabs while Firefox is busy
* Added Russian (ru-RU) and Icelandic (is-IS) locales

Version 3.2.0 — February 22, 2008 — 388 KB
* Added new icons for improved detection of local files and protocols
* Added ability to use some menu items when other features are unavailable
* Added basic support for Firefox's proxy host exclusion list
* Added more informative tooltip for aborted lookup due to proxy option
* Added Danish (da-DK), Serbian (sr-YU), and Argentinian Spanish (es-AR) locales

Version 3.1.7 — February 3, 2008 — 379 KB
* IP database update for February 2008
* Fixed an extension conflict

Version 3.1.6 — January 25, 2008 — 377 KB
* Updated primary flag icon set

Version 3.1.5 — January 13, 2008 — 379 KB
* Fixed thread/memory leak issue in Firefox 3.

Version 3.1.4 — January 12, 2008 — 379 KB
* Fixed context menu position on some systems
* Fixed bug where multiple options dialogues could be opened
* Fixed Firefox 3 session restore bug
* IP database update for January 2008
* Added some missing island nations to the database

Version 3.1.3 — December 25, 2007 — 374 KB
* Added Swedish (sv-SE) and Greek (el-GR) locales

Version 3.1.2 — December 9, 2007 — 368 KB
* Added Arabic (ar) and Finnish (fi-FI) locales

Version 3.1.1 — December 3, 2007 — 370 KB
* Fix for non-standard HTTP ports
* IP database update for December

Version 3.1.0 — November 21, 2007 — 363 KB
* Optimized IP database format; now more compact (40% size reduction)
* Added Whois and Copy IP features in a new context menu
* Removed Geotool/Wikipedia click option; left-click is always Geotool
* Added menu option to choose the middle-click/ctrl+click function
* Added prompt on proxy, with option to save answer (reset via options)
* Added preview window for selecting flag icon set
* Fixed some conflicts with other extensions
* Fixed some display issues in right-to-left locales
* Updated existing locales and added all Flagfox supported locales to Geotool
* Added Japanese (ja-JP), Korean (ko-KR), Portuguese (pt-PT), and Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR) locales

Version 3.0.7 — November 3, 2007 — 599 KB
* IP database update for November
* Added Polish (pl-PL) locale, and some more tweaks in other locales

Version 3.0.6 — October 27, 2007 — 595 KB
* Fixed transparency issues for uncommon flag shapes
* Fixed compatibility with Firefox 3.0 alphas
* Improved error detection on startup

Version 3.0.5 — October 18, 2007 — 595 KB
* Fixed issue where Geotool could resolve to a different IP due to its different location
* Added option to allow a DNS lookup from behind a proxy (flagfox.allowdnslookup)
* Fixed a few strings in some locales

Version 3.0.4 — October 17, 2007 — 595 KB
* Added proxy detection. Flagfox is now disabled if Firefox is set to use a proxy for the current page. This prevents erroneous local DNS lookup attempts and fixes stalling.

Version 3.0.3 — October 15, 2007 — 594 KB
* Optimized search algorithm to reduce HD cache hits by half
* Removed error console message when at an invalid URL
* Added detection for ctrl+click as middle click for link function
* Improved Wikipedia linking for non-English locales
* Added support for translation into right-to-left written languages
* Added Spanish (es-ES), Simplified Chinese (zh-CN), and Traditional Chinese (zh-TW) locales, and updated a few more strings in the existing locales

Version 3.0.2 — October 6, 2007 — 585 KB
* Fixed icon updating for "about:", "chrome:", and "resource:" URLs
* Added Netherlands (nl-NL) and Hebrew (he-IL) locales

Version 3.0.1 — October 2, 2007 — 580 KB
* Fixed multiple performance issues; RAM usage and load times are now sane
* Fixed bug where flag would not update for homepage
* Fixed ability to open options menu when at unknown site
* Shrunk extension size by compacting IP DB and recompressing flag icons
* Added support for multiple locales in one installer
* Added ability to detect local files
* Added icon position option
* Made tooltip not repeat itself when no domain name
* Made icon style changes apply immediately
* Many code cleanups and improvements
* IP database update for October
* Locale updates for it-IT, fr-FR, and de-DE

Version 3.0.0 was released to BabelZilla for translation purposes only.

Version 2.x changelog is available here.