Firefox 3.0 and above			Windows¹			Linux/Unix²			Mac OS X³
¹ Tested on XP and Vista            ² FEBE version 4.0 and above           ³ FEBE version 5.0 and above

• Fixed: Various minor bugs, typos
  
• New: Maxversion bumped to Fx 3.1.  Still testing, may have 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).

• 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)
  

• New: uk-UA locale added

• Changed: Debug shell buttons now use %COMSPEC% instead of hard-coding to "C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe"
  
• New: pt-PT locale added
  

• 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

October 30, 2006 : Version 4.0.2  (351 KB)  Install  Download

• Now attempts to remove FEBE temp folder prior to backing up

October 25, 2006 : Version 4.0.1  (351 KB)  Install  Download

• 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)

Install from: (.xpi)	Download from: (.zip)
AMO
CSC	CSC
SaveFile.com	SaveFile.com

• 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.

• 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

August 24, 2006 : Version 4.0 beta 2   Install  Download  (325 KB)

• 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

August 17, 2006 : Version 4.0 beta  Install  Download   (325 KB)

• 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.

  August 23, 2006 : Version 3.0  Install from AMO    |   Alternate Install  Download   (216 KB)

• 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.

June 20, 2006 : Version 3.0 (beta 1)  Install  Download   (215 KB)

• 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.

April 28, 2006 : Version 2.0.1  Install  Download   (271 KB)

• 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.

March 31, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC4  Install  Download   (267 KB)

• 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.

March 21, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC3  Install  Download   (267 KB)

• 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.

March 12, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC2  Install  Download   (254 KB)

• 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.

February 20, 2006 : Version 1.0  Install  Download   (28.1 KB)

• Initial stable release

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