FEBE 6.0 Firefox Environment Backup Extension

FEBE 6.0, CLEO 4.0 Nightlies
Firefox 3.0b1 - 3.0.*

Warning: These are beta releases and may contain bugs (none too serious, I hope). 

Ongoing discussion in the Support Forum.  Please report bugs!

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Note:  All stable releases for both FEBE and CLEO are now available exclusively on their respective homepages or on the AMO site.  This page is only for pre-releases.



FEBE6.0RC3

CLEO4.0RC3

(08/06/2008)
  • Fixed: Alert/confirm/help windows not appearing sometimes on Mac.
  • Fixed: Box.net strings are now translated
  • All code is now frozen.  I plan on submitting to AMO on Aug. 9, 2008.  Just awaiting final translations.
FEBE6.0RC3.xpi

CLEO4.0RC3.xpi
FEBE6.0RC2

CLEO4.0RC2

(08/01/2008)

















These versions should work for all languages.  Partial locales have English strings where no translation is yet available, but no l10n errors should appear when run in different languages.

FEBE locales:
  • Complete: en-US 
  • Partial: bg-BG, ca-AD, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, es-ES, fa-IR, fi-FI, fr-FR, gl-ES, he-IL, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, tr-TR, uk-UA, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-TW
CLEO locales:
  • Complete: en-US, es-ES, pl-PL 
  • Partial: bg-BG, ca-AD, de-DE, el-GR, fr-FR, hr-HR, it-IT, ja-JP, ko-KR, nl-NL, pt-BR, ru-RU, sk-SK, zh-CN, zh-TW

FEBE6.0RC2.xpi

CLEO4.0RC2.xpi
FEBE6.0RC1

CLEO4.0RC1

(07/30/2008)

Code has been cleaned up and submitted to BabelZilla.org for translation.  UI is frozen. 
CLEO (if used) must be install with this version of FEBE.

Please test thoroughly.  If no major bugs are found, these will be the versions submitted to AMO.

FEBE6.0RC1.xpi

CLEO4.0RC1.xpi
6.0b(20080728_120225)

CLEO4.0beta1.xpi
  • Fixed: One minute scheduled backup warning
  • Fixed: "Slider" alerts on Mac
  • Fixed: Search plugins restore
  • New: Hooks for CLEO v4.0
  • Known bug:  "help.wav" sound file too big.  Need smaller sound files.  See this post.
  • Known bug:  CLEO options icons not correct
FEBE6.0b(20080728_120225).xpi

CLEO4.0beta1.xpi

6.0b(20080724_182304)
  • Fixed: Profile restores with correct file permissions (*nix, Mac)
  • Changed: Alert/confirmation/help windows are now displayed as less intrusive "slider" boxes.
FEBE6.0b(20080724_182304).xpi
6.0b(20080713_175446)
  • Fixed: Profile restore filepicker work-around for Mac  (See bug 444423)
  • Fixed: Scheduled backups should now operate correctly.
  • Known bug:  User-defined backups now recognize international characters, but zipWriter does not.  (See bug 445065)
  • Known bug:  Scheduled backup does not give one minute warning (backup starts exactly when scheduled).  Should be fixed in next release.
FEBE6.0b(20080713_175446).xpi
6.0b(20080708_162707)
  • Fixed: Filepicker on Mac no longer disabled on restore menus
  • Fixed: Sanity check.  Items are checked to make sure they exist before option to backup that item is offered.
FEBE6.0b(20080708_162707).xpi
6.0b(20080705_185002)
  • Fixed: 'OK' button in FEBE options window for *nix.
  • Fixed: Restore permissions and form fill history.
  • Changed: Removed tmp directory.  No longer used.
  • New: Option to automatically upload backup to Box.net account.
  • Known bug:  Some restore items disabled in filepicker on Mac.
FEBE6.0b(20080705_185002).xpi
6.0b(20080701_130003)
  • Fixed: User-defined backup/restore
  • Changed: Removed phishing data backup option.  This data is created/updated automatically when Firefox starts.  Phishing data is still included in full profile backup.
  • Changed: Results page now opens in a new tab (with extension icons!  Found a way to indirectly load chrome images.)
  • New: Option to save results report with backup
  • Fixed: Browser history backup/restore
FEBE6.0b(20080701_130003).xpi
6.0b(20080625_105914)
  • Fixed: Passwords backup is now encoded (not encrypted, but uses a modified iterative base64 obfuscation.  Should be good enough to keep casual viewers from prying.)
  • Fixed: Alert and error message boxes now wrap text so everything is visible.
  • Fixed: Problem with box.net uploads.
FEBE6.0b(20080625_105914).xpi
6.0b(20080622_200000)
  • Fixed: Error trapping for zip errors on *nix and Mac (("NS_BASE_STREAM_CLOSED", and file lock)
  • Fixed: Box.net login info stored in password manager.
  • Fixed: Search plugins backup/restore now works.
  • Fixed: Xul cleanup (thanks Teo!)
  • Fixed: "Select All" and "Deselect All" buttons are now enabled for "Additional items" dropdown selection list.
  • New: Added "Verify extension directory" button in debug pane.  This routine will examine all entries in the extensions folder and report any discrepancies.
FEBE6.0b(20080622_200000).xpi
6.0b(20080618_195131)
  • Fixed: HTML warnings on FEBE welcome page
  • New: Online backups through Box.net.  See FEBE Options > Box.net. (Click help icon for more info)
  • Fixed: Check for valid extensions (GUIDs) during Quick Backups
FEBE6.0b(20080618_195131).xpi
6.0b(20080612_085122)
  • Fixed: Quick Backup now distinguishes between enabled/disabled extensions.  Added Fx min/max versions to list.
  • New: Links to FAQ, support forum, homepage on Options > Info pane
  • New: Full profile backups now named profileFx3{profileName}.fbu to distinguish them from Fx 2 backups.
FEBE6.0b(20080612_085122).xpi
6.0b(20080603_165209)
  • Fixed: Search plugins backup/restore
  • New: UserChrome.css and userContent.css combined into single backup named "userChrome files".
  • Changed: Results page now opens in a separate window.  Necessary because of the way Fx 3 restricts chrome privileges.
  • Fixed: Form fill history backup
  • Known bug:  Form fill history restore not implemented
  • Fixed: Removed "contentaccessible=yes" to chrome manifest.  (Didn't work the way I expected)
FEBE6.0b(20080603_165209).xpi
6.0b(20080527_173942)
  • Fixed: Quick Backup not reseting between consecutive backups
  • New: UserChrome.css and userContent.css combined into single backup named "userChrome files".
  • Fixed: Phishing data backup/restore
FEBE6.0b(20080527_173942).xpi
6.0b(20080525_192050)
  • Fixed: Preferences backup/restore

FEBE6.0b(20080525_192050).xpi
6.0b(20080525_093815)
  • Fixed: Added "contentaccessible=yes" to chrome manifest.  (Should now always allow FEBE chrome images to display on results page)
  • Known bug:  Results page does not always show backed up extension icons
  • Fixed: Cookies now restore with expiration date intact
FEBE6.0b(20080525_093815).xpi
6.0b(20080517_170959)
  • Fixed: Cookies backup/restore
  • Known bug:  Cookie expiration date is not restored.
FEBE6.0b(20080517_170959).xpi
6.0b(20080515_180022)
  • Fixed: Username/passwords backup/restore
  • Known bug:  Password backup is not yet encrypted - passwords are stored as plaintext.
FEBE6.0b(20080515_180022).xpi
6.0b(20080513_163949)
  • Fixed: Bookmarks backup/restore
  • Fixed: Results page html errors and FEBE 6.0 icon
  • Fixed: Include FEBE copy in profile backup
FEBE6.0b(20080513_163949).xpi
6.0b(20080512_152139)
  • Known bugs:  Only backs up/restores extensions, themes, and profiles.  *nix and Mac get error about locking zip file (works anyway)
  • Fixed: Javascript libraries now point to chrome instead of local
  • Fixed: "Quick backup" now appears in Tools menu
  • Fixed: *nix and Mac no longer prompt for archive executable permissions.
  • New: Quick backup with built in CLEO-like packaging
  • New: No more external zip binaries.  Uses XPCOM zipWriter and zipReader.  Much faster.
FEBE6.0b(20080512_152139).xpi

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