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Version history:
- New: Added
"Triggered by: " description to results report. Possible values:
- Manually initiated from menubar (Tools > FEBE >
Perform backup)
- Manually initiated from FEBE toolbar icon
- Manually initiated from FEBE statusbar icon
- Auto backup on browser startup
- Auto backup on browser shutdown
- Scheduled backup at %SCHEDULEDTIME% (normal execution)
- Scheduled backup at %SCHEDULEDTIME% (skipped but manually
executed when prompted)
- Backup reminder notice
- Manually initiated from FEBE toolbar icon dropdown menu
- Note: Currently only
works with en-US locale. Newly added strings have not been
translated yet and are missing from all other locales.
- Fixed: Statusbar icon from
appearing when multiple windows are open (and "Hide statusbar icons"
option is set)
- Fixed: Results
report now appears in controlling window instead of the most current
window.
- New: Added
user-defined Box.net backup root directory
- New: Added
timestamped directory option for Box.net uploads
- Note: Currently only
works with en-US locale. Newly added strings have not been
translated yet and are missing from all other locales.
- Completed locales:
en-US, es-ES, gl-ES, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, sk-SK,
zh-CN, zh-TW
- Incomplete locales
(missing strings replaced with en-US):
bg-BG, ca-AD, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, et-EE,
fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-FR, he-IL, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR,
pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sl-SI, sr-RS, sv-SE, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN,
- As new locales are released, they will be listed
here. If the only change is the addition of a released locale,
the FEBE version will not change (i.e., remain as 6.2.0) but the
release date will update.
- New: Restore profile function
re-written. Now includes the option to create a new profile (in
the Fx default directory) to expedite full profile restores. Also
allows profile restores to non-default locations.
- New: Option
to restart Firefox with the newly restored profile (or any selected
profile for that matter)
- New: Added "Total
processing time:" to results page. Displays the number of
seconds the backp took to perform.
- New: "Verify
extensions" function now offers a "Strict" and "Lenient" mode.
"Lenient" mode allows extensions with malformed email format ids.
- Fixed: Various
minor bugs and enhancements
- Important: A
serious bug that affected full profile backups was discoverd a few
hours after this version was posted here. If you installed FEBE
6.2beta3 on July 1st, you should re-install to make sure you have the
fixed version.
June 4,
2009: Version 6.2beta2 (772
KB) Install
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- New: Option
to prompt before backup on startup/shutdown
- Fixed:
"Run-away" backups when no scheduled backup was set
June 1,
2009: Version
6.2beta1 (771
KB) Install
Download
- Please
use Version 6.2beta2 - Version beta1 contains a bug that performs
continuous backups when no scheduled backup is set.
- Changed: More
robust
error trapping
- New:
Bookmarks are now backed up in .json and/or .html
format. Favicons are included in .html backup.
- New: Option
to disable missed scheduled backup notification
- New: Option
for results page format - "Detail" or "Summary"
- Fixed: "Include
FEBE with backup" option. It now works
again.
- New: Option to display upload window
- New: Option to display message alerts as
"Sliders" or "Standard" (a mostly Mac issue)
- Fixed: Upgraded
sounds from 88kbps mono to 1411kbps stereo. Now works on Vista.
(These sound files are much larger, unfortunately, and account for the
substantial increase in the installable .xpi file.)
- Changed:
Scheduled backup warning now occurs one minute before backup starts.
- New: FEBE scheduled backups now work correctly
when more than one browser window is opened. One window is
assigned as the "controller" and passes the torch when closed.
- Other minor bug fixes
February 28,
2009: Version 6.1 (483
KB) Install
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- Essentially the
same as FEBE 6.1beta3 but with all current locales.
- Same as released on AMO
- Fixed: "Invalid
date" message when scheduled backup was missed.
- Fixed(?): Yet
another attempt to fix the "progress window not closing" problem.
- Fixed: Restore
extensions problem when backup destination directory contained certain
characters (e.g., "#").
- Changed: If "Include a copy of FEBE with backup" is checked,
only one copy will get backed up. In other words, if
"Backup extensions" is checked for a selective backup, FEBE already
gets backed up as it is an extension like all the others. No
reason to back it up twice.
- Fixed: Modal
windows on Mac do not display properly. I just made them
non-modal where necessary.
- New: Added
"Both" and "Alternate" backup types in addition to "Full profile" and
"Selective".
- Fixed:
Scheduled backup only runs in the most current window when more than
one window is open.
- New: Clicking
statusbar icon gives more information and option to backup now.
- Fixed:
Security updates
- New: Added
extension/theme descriptions to results page.
- Known issues: Only en-US locales are
complete at this time - all other locales contain some English
strings. Beta3 will be updated as other locales become available.
- Fixed: Various
minor bugs
- New:
Maxversion bumped to Fx 3.1. Still testing, may has some issues -
please
report
- Known issues: External dialog windows not
working with Fx3.1 (Bug 458898)
This includes box.net upload window and others.
- Changed: Locales updated. - some partial
- New:
Integrated restores from Box.net
- New: Option
to backup globally installed extensions/themes
- New: Options
to backup on browser startup and/or shutdown
- Fixed: "Verify
extension directory" now checks for valid folder names
- Fixed: "Backup
already in progress" looped under certain conditions
- Known issues: Only en-US locale is complete
- Known issues: For Fx 3.0.* - Not yet tested
with Fx 3.1
- Fixed: Cookies
with initial dot in host name now restore correctly.
- Fixed: Invalid
Box.net username/password does not generate FEBE crashing error.
- Changed: Locales updated.
- Fixed:
Username/password containing international characters will now
backup/restore (Mozilla bug 439711)
- Fixed:
Confirm dialog windows not appearing under some conditions.
- Fixed:
No results report when "Display progress window" option not checked.
- Fixed:
Certain options not enabled/disabled when supposed to.
- Fixed:
Box.net interface is more stable
- Fixed: Error
message properly displayed when attempting to restore a profile when
only one profile exists.
- Fixed:
QuickBackup not recognizing unselected extensions after "Select all"
and unchecking some items.
- Fixed: Cookie
backup not getting some properties correctly
- Firefox 3.0 and above only. For Firefox 2.x, use FEBE
5.x (see below)
- New: FEBE 6.0
uses native Firefox zip/unzip components. Much, much faster
than previous FEBE versions that depended on external, third-party
utilities.
- New: Upload
backups to your Box.net account automatically or with a single click.
- New: Verify
your extension directory. Upgrading to Fx 3.0 sometimes leaves
garbage in the extensions directory. FEBE can clean it up.
- New: Quick
Backup. You can quickly backup as many or as few individual
extensions/themes as you like. They can be saved together in a single,
installable xpi file (Similar to CLEO).
FEBE
5.x - For Firefox 2.x:
- Fixed:
pt-PT
and
uk-UA locales fixed
- Fixed:
Leap
year
bug in scheduled monthly backups
- Includes all changes since v5.1.1 (essentially the
same as
v5.2.3)
- This is the version posted on AMO.
- Fixed: Full Profile backup for
Fx 3.0 beta (XPCOM
nsIFileSpec
removed, places.sqlite-journal is locked - ignored)
- Changed: Debug shell buttons now
use %COMSPEC%
instead of hard-coding to
"C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"
- New: pt-PT locale added
December
1, 2007 : Version 5.2 (753 KB) Install
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- New: Delay "Backup reminder"
popup until Fx fully
loads
- Fixed: Fixed statusbar icon from
appearing during scheduled
backup when "Hide icons" is checked.
- Changed: Firefox max version set
to 3b2
(Firefox 3
beta 2)
November
5, 2007 : Version 5.1.2beta2
(754 KB)
Install Download
- Fixed: Fixed a condition that
prevented progress window from
closing
- New: More checks for runaway
backup
October
31, 2007 : Version 5.1.2beta (754
KB)
Install Download
- Fixed: Fixed statusbar icon
problem (not turning off after
scheduled backup)
- New: Added date to results
report
- Locales: Same as
5.1.1
October
24, 2007 : Version 5.1.1 (752
KB)
Install
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- Fixed: Important bug fix
(affected bookmarks restore among
other things)
- Changed: Locales: bg-BG, da-DK,
de-DE, el-GR,
en-US,
es-ES, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-FR, he-IL, hr-HR, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR,
nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, tr-TR, uk-UA,
zh-CN,
zh-TW
- New: Added pt-BR locale,
updated nl-NL locale
- Includes all
fixes and enhancement
of
the 5.0.1RC versions
- Changed: Locales: bg-BG, da-DK,
de-DE, el-GR,
en-US,
es-ES, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-FR, he-IL, hr-HR, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR,
nl-NL, pl-PL, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, tr-TR, uk-UA, zh-CN,
zh-TW
- If using CLEO, it
must be updated to CLEO
3.1
- New: Check for pending
extension installations before
backing
up.
- New: Display/Import/Export
FEBE configuration
completed
- Changed: Changed the way default
preferences
are
declared (febeDefaultPrefs.js)
- Fixed: Fixed FEBE crash when
"Display progress window"
option
was unchecked
- New:Timestamp
backups now support ISO8601 and European formats
- Fixed: Fix link on results
report to network drive
destination
directory
- Changed:
Rewrote
some help files to be more descriptive
- en-US locale only, other locales included, but not
updated
yet
- Fixed: Should now backup
profiles named "profile" (affected
Portable Firefox users)
- Changed:
Warn
about
restart in clear prefs window
- New:FEBE
Start
page displays after new install/update
- Changed:
Comprehensive sanity check - item must exist before backup
attempted
- Changed:
Toolbar
check for visibility before disabling ("febeTLBRbutton")
- Changed:
Ignore
"Already exists" error when copying zip binaries
- Fixed:
Prevent
runaway scheduled backups
- New:Added
"Display Configuration" button (FEBE Options > Info)
- Known Issues:
- Import/export configuration not yet implemented
- Check for pending extension installs not yet
implemented
- Some help screens not yet written
- en-US locale only, other locales included, but not
updated
yet
- New:Mac
OS X
support (Free BSD)
- Changed: Name
change ("Environment" instead of
"Extension")
- Changed:
Extensions/themes backup now optional (Options >
Options)
- Changed:
Backup
type - Selective or Full profile (Options >
Options)
- New:Buttons
to
manage FEBE temp file (Options > Debug)
- New:Button
to
clear FEBE preferences (Options > Debug)
- New:Options
to
display progress window and results page (Options >
Options)
- New:Displays
system dependent information (Options > Notes)
- New:Button
to
view backup destination directory contents (Options >
(Directory)
- Changed:
Differentiate between errors and warnings on results page
- Changed:
Display
error/warnings on results page first
- New:Button
to
display FEBE install directory contents (Options > Notes)
- New:Option
to
warn on clearing destination directory (Options >
Directory)
- New:Display
Firefox version (Options > Notes > System)
- New:Option
for
max timestamped directories to keep (Options >
Directory)
- New:Option
to
include a copy of FEBE with backup (Options > Options)
- New:Option
to
disable permission check (Options > Debug > Misc)
- New:Added
buttons
to shell to FEBE install and FEBE tmp directories. This
should be helpful in debugging permission, etc. (Options
>
Debug > Shells)
- New: Added
UI for user-defined backups - single files or
entire
directories. (For backing up Thunderbird,
Greasemonkey
scripts, etc.)
- Changed:
Alert
and
Confirm message boxes have new custom look.
- New: Ability
to abort scheduled backup (click
statusbar icon when flashing)
- Changed:
Ability to
drag and drop statusbar icon
- "Copy to clipboard" button added to alert boxes when
in
debug
mode
- Changed:
Can
now
specify FEBE tmp directory
- New:Checks
for
new install and reminds to set/clear options
- New:Option
to
run
backup (on FX startup) if not performed after X days.
- New:Added
"Last
backup" date to schedule pane
- Changed:
Locales:
en-US, bg-BG, el-GR, es-ES, fr-FR, it-IT , ko-KR, nl-NL, pl-PL,
sk-SK, sv-SE, zh-CN (More to come)
- Includes patch to correctly backup/restore
usernames/passwords
in Firefox 2.0.*
- Fixed Russian/English locale mix-up
- Added el-GR locale
- Added ru-RU locale
- Added minimize button to progress window
- Fixed typos in results page
- Fixed "BlockSite" extension incompatibility problem
- Fixed sound on scheduled backup countdown
- Now attempts to remove FEBE temp folder prior to
backing
up
October
25,
2006
: Version 4.0.1 (351 KB)
Install
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- Includes fix for " Error: uncaught exception:
[Exception...
"Component returned failure code: 0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)
[nsIPrefBranch.getCharPref]" nsresult: "0x8000ffff
(NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame ::
chrome://febe/content/febe.js :: febePickFile :: line 790" data:
no] "
- Added pt-BR locale
- Added padding to options window to properly display
some
locales
- Added ja-JP locale
October
16, 2006 :
Version 4.0 (345 KB)
- Firefox 1.5 through 2.0
- Added dropdown menu to toolbar icon
- Locales include en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, hr-HR, it-IT,
nl-NL,
pl-PL, sk-SK, sv-SE, zh-TW (will add more as they become
available)
- Users using en-GB locale have reported backups
running
continuously. Please post in the support
forum.
- May have issues with profile names that contain
certain
international characters. Please report any proplems in the support
forum.
September
22, 2006 : Version 4.0 RC1
Install
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(335
KB)
- Changed scheduled backup to use 24 hour clock
- Locales include en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, hr-HR, it-IT,
nl-NL,
pl-PL, sk-SK (will add more as they become available)
- Minor bug fixes
September
17, 2006 : Version 4.0 beta 3
Install
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(328 KB)
Bug fixes:
- Includes MONTHLY SCHEDULED BACKUP patch
(added
9/17/2006)
- Added support for international characters
- Results page opens in existing blank tab if available
- Linux backup fixes (passwords, security certificates)
- Disable sound option now works
- FEBE hanging while trying to backup hostperm.1 when
it
doesn't
exist
- Scheduled backup "stuttering" (2 or 3 backups minutes
apart
around the scheduled time.)
- Results page not sorting by extension name
- Results page reporting 2 items processed when only
the
profile
was backed up
- Windows and Linux (No Mac yet)
- Verify option
- Ignore disabled extensions option
- Added hostperm backup/restore option
- Added optional sounds for various functions
- Results page in tab instead of new window
- Results page has links to extension/theme homepages
- Locales: en-US only
- Beta version - may contain bugs (I couldn't find any,
but
...)
- Please report any problems in the
forum.
- Stable release
- Locales: en-US, es-ES, fr-FR, it-IT, nl-NL, pl-PL,
pt-BR,
sk-SK
and zh-TW. Additional locales will be added as they become
available.
- Please report any problems in the
forum.
- Now backup/restores nearly everything Firefox offers
- Can backup/restore entire profiles
- Restore multiple extensions/themes all at once
- Optionally creates timestamped back up destination
directories
- Optionally clears backup destination directory (start
each
backup fresh)
- Uses Info-zip instead of 7-zip (smaller and faster -
included
in FEBE)
- Added one-click backup button to toolbar
- More robust debug mode
- Complete code re-write (should eliminate most
extension
conflicts)
- en-US locale only - more to come
- Beta version. Please report any problems in the
forum.
- Includes hooks for CLEO
- Includes patch for long destination
directory names
- Smarter "wscript.exe" directory default
- Includes patch for Greasemonkey 0.6.4 incompatability
issue
- Please report any problems in the
forum.
- Changed version detection logic. Should not
complain
about unknown versions.
- Added UTF-8 encoding to allow better locale support.
- Fixed options file picker defaults.
- Renamed functions to unique names so conflict with
other
extensions should be minimized.
- Locales:
da-DK,de-DE,en-US,es-ES,fr-FR,it-IT,lt-LT,pl-PL,pt-BR,ru-RU,tr-TR.
Additional locales in progress.
- Please report any problems in the
forum.
- Everything listed below, Plus:
- Now optionally backs up and restores bookmarks,
preferences,
and cookies.
- Many tweaks done to the code including patches for
Windows98
(untested ... please let me know)
- Conflict with Gmail Manager fixed.
- Locales:
da-DK,de-DE,en-US,es-ES,fr-FR,it-IT,lt-LT,pl-PL,pt-BR,ru-RU,tr-TR.
Additional locales in progress.
- Please report any problems in the
forum.
- 7zip is no longer required. I've incorporated a
stand-alone
command line version (7za.exe) in the FEBE package. Users will not have to
download any 3rd party archive utilities.
- The backup is done in the background. No more ugly
DOS
windows.
But since FEBE effectively freezes Firefox while the backup is
running, there is a popup window indicating the backup is in
progress.
- You must have the windows program "wscript.exe"
installed
for
FEBE to work. This should not be a problem since it has been part
of the OS since Windows95.
- I'm pretty sure I got all the bugs out, but be aware
that
this
is a release candidate. Please report any problems in the
forum.
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