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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 store), 2023-11-11 (Firefox store)

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.