Plasma/Browser Integration/Changelog

This page lists changes for each version of the browser extension. The native host is released alongside Plasma and releases are tracked there.

Releases

2.0

Tag: browser/2.0

Released: 2024-09-19 (Chrome and Edge)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2024/09/plasma-browser-integration-2-0/

• Port to Manifest v3
• “history” permission is mandatory now

1.9.1

Tag: browser/1.9.1

Released: 2024-06-11 (Firefox only)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2024/06/plasma-browser-integration-1-9-1/

• Maintenance release, translation updates

1.9

Tag: browser/1.9

Released: 2023-11-04 (Chrome only)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2023/12/plasma-browser-integration-1-9/

• Rewritten page code injection code (fixes e.g. Spotify on Firefox)
• Port away from deprecated InstallTrigger on Firefox
• “Share…” menu now also on tab context menu on Firefox
• Tabs runner queries only “normal” windows
• History runner skips “blob” URLs
• Check native messaging port before sending to it
• Prettier console debug output
• Performance and resource usage improvements

1.8.1

Tag: browser/1.8.1

Released: 2021-10-27 (Firefox only)

• Show toolbar badge when playing
• Avoid using eval() for code deduplication

1.8.0.1

Tag: browser/1.8.0.1

Released: 2021-01-24 (Chrome store), 2021-01-26 (Firefox and Edge stores)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2021/01/plasma-browser-integration-1-8/

• Fix Netflix

1.8

Tag: browser/1.8

Released: N/A

Announcement: N/A

• Browser history runner (needs Plasma 5.21 or newer)
• Optimized favicon handling in tabs runner
• Share via KDE Connect from tab bar (Firefox only)

1.7.6

Tag: browser/1.7.6

Released: 2020-08-03 (Chrome and Firefox stores)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2020/08/plasma-browser-integration-1-7-6

• Better handling for players in iframes
• Continuously monitor player duration
• Use player "poster" as album art if applicable
• Clearer "Send to" KDE Connect context menu entries
• Performance improvements

1.7.5

Tag: browser/1.7.5

Released: 2020-04-16 (Chrome and Firefox stores)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2020/04/plasma-browser-integration-1-7-5/

• Show "Share..." menu only when enabled/supported
• Downloads in recent documents
• Better tab crash handling
• Various media controls improvements

1.7

Tag: browser/1.7

Released: 2019-11-26 (Chrome and Firefox stores)

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2019/11/plasma-browser-integration-1-7/

• Per-domain media controls blacklist
• Origin URL in downloaded file attributes (requires Plasma 5.17 or later)
• Web Share API support (requires Plasma 5.17 or later)
• Chromium FreeBSD support

1.6.1

Tag: browser/1.6.1

• Fix for broken media controls in 1.6 on older browser versions

1.6

Tag: browser/1.6

Announcement: https://blog.broulik.de/2019/08/plasma-browser-integration-1-6/

• Enhanced media controls enabled by default
• Muted and FullScreen handling in MPRIS
• Better support for players in iframes
• Browser action for error reporting
• Higher threshold for ignoring short players

Older

A changelog for older releases can be found in the description of the relevant git tag in the plasma-browser-integration repository.