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
1.9
Tag: browser/1.9
Released: 2023-11-04 (Chrome only)
- 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.