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John Hancock edited this page Mar 3, 2024
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- Added a new blueprint, "Futuristic Minimal Dash".
- Improved display of widget position and size settings to make them more intuitive.
- Fixed: Two-digit week number for date widget was not working.
- Translation fixes.
- All Premium Access features are now available for free
- New: Countdown widget
- New: Dynamic scaling is back and better! Size individual widgets based on the browser screen size.
- New: Widget container and font settings are all available in the free plan, no Premium needed.
- New: You can now filter the widget list when adding widgets.
- Added: IFrame widget for embedding websites on the New Tab.
- Added: Breathing Exercise tool in the toolbar. Requires Premium Access.
- Added: Snake game widget. Requires Premium Access.
- Added: Fidget toy widget. Requires Premium Access.
- Fixed: Meridiem in digital clock would be stuck on AM depending on the selected language.
- Fixed: Multiple spaces now allowed in the Quote and Text widgets.
- Fixed: Various translation bugs.
- Weather widget has a maximum number of widgets allowed to avoid API abuse.
- Fixed: The warning about the weather failing to update was too obtrusive.
- Fixed: Incorrect favicon was showing depending on theme.
- Fixed: Weather container styles not applying correctly.
- Fixed: Default items such as Todo tasks, quotes and quick links sometimes could not be removed.
- Fixed: French translation of the word "save"
- Fixed: Added error handling when weather data is unavailable
- Fixed: Quick Links may not move overflow links to the "more" menu correctly
- Bug: Weather data not downloading - I've discovered a problem with weather not loading correctly around 8PM PST every night. I haven't found a fix but am looking into it. It appears to only be an issue for about 1 hour at that time each night so far.
- Added multiple color modes for the settings UI, choose from dark, dark gray, light, or light gray.
- Added three additional fonts, all based on a 7-segment LED display: "7 segments", "7 segmental digital display", and "Display Free TFB"
- Added new "Vintage Digits" blueprint using the new segmented font.
- Added new unit option for placement of widgets. You can now set the position of widgets based on a percentage of the screen.
- Added a small preview of blueprints so you know what you are getting into.
- Added a settings shortcut for Global Container Styles and Global Font styles from within a widget's settings.
- Added ability to copy current global settings to the container or font styles when overriding the global.
- Backend change to ensure new features are correctly added to existing settings.
- Fixed: Todo widget label toggle wasn't toggling.
- Fixed: Todo widget font setting was not applying.
- Fixed: better error handling for version 3.x migration for those still experiencing the stuck loading screen.
- Fixed: Sync issue where a new install on a different machine will be stuck on the welcome page after settings have synced potentially leading to a loss of settings.
- Fixed: The 90's fever dream blueprint had the incorrect weather layout set.
- Many changes to the Chinese translation (thank you @future93)
- Fix for migration process from v3 to v4.
- Fixed language translation of date widget
- Replaced New Tab icon with a simplified version that responds to light/dark modes.
- Fixed timezone for time in Tab title
- Fixed issue where some wallpaper would not apply
- Fixed alignment of quick links
- Changed default alignment of quick links
- Fixed various bugs with the settings migration from v3. If you have already gotten past the stuck loading screen, you will not notice any changes.
- Fixed bug with import settings option
- Improved settings panel design
- Todo widget. Keep track of your tasks.
- Shape and Text widgets. These are purely presentational widgets to help you design the perfect tab.*
- Toolbar with tools such as AI Chat*, calculator, unit conversion, password generator, timer, stopwatch.
- Add multiples of any widget. *Some widgets require Premium Access to add multiple.
- Blueprints. Quickly get a New Tab layout with the click of a button.
- Give the widget a name for easier managing of your multiple widgets.
- Show an outline around widgets and a grid on the page to help with widget positioning. You can also temporarily move the settings to the other side if it is in the way.
- Get wallpapers from Pexels.com.*
- Easily set default styling for widgets.
- Add container styles to every widget such as a background color and border.*
- Set a different font, color, and text styles for every widget.
- New positioning system for widgets. Placing widgets will now be easier, more precise, and provide tons more freedom.
- Search engine select menu. Easily change the search engine temporarily from the tab page.*
- Some widgets have even more customization that allow you to customize the color and other styles of specific elements within the widget.
- New color picker with color sliders, swatches, opacity, and an option to save colors to use them elsewhere.
- Weather layouts. Now choose between several layouts for the weather widget including some utility layouts that make it easier to show a single detail for extra customization.
- The weather icons have been updated and are now animated* and multi-colored. And yes, you can customize the colors!
- Improved use of storage space in your browser. This allows even more widgets and content before hitting the storage limit. A warning will also show in case you do get close to that limit anyway.
- Default wallpaper. CaretTab now comes out of the box with a beautiful photo of a Juniper plant as the default background. You can easily switch to this photo at any time.
- New layout options for Quick Links including the option of placing the "Bookmarks bar" anywhere like a standard widget.
- But wait, there's more! I've been at this for a while now, there are many, many new additions and changes that are just too numerous to list here. Explore the settings panel to find them all!
* Only available with Premium Access
- Rebuilt the entire extension from scratch in a new, modern framework. This will make it easier and quicker for me to build out more features in the future.
- Saved settings been tweaked for better performance and space utilization. The result in this is an unfortunate clearing of your saved settings. I tried to migrate as many settings as I was able.
- Smaller file size!
- Dynamic scaling is no longer an option. This option added too much complexity and issues with the improved positioning system.
- Global size is no longer an option. Each widget has a default size applied, and can be changed independently.
- All fonts are available under the free plan.
- All fonts other than the default Source Sans 3 now require internet to load.
- Color themes and random color theme options have been removed. These may come back in a different manner in the future.
- Tab title no longer relies on an added clock to show the time/date. You can now set the title's own timezone and time format.
- Offset and margin options have been removed as they are no longer needed with the new positioning system.
- Settings panel only has dark mode now. Light mode may return in the future.
- Due to so many changes, translations have been completely redone using DeepL. This means some translations are possibly worse now. Contact me if you notice any major issues.
- Clock styles (digital, analog, binary) have been split into individual widgets.
- All analog clock face and hand styles are now available in the free plan.
- The notepad widget is now available in the free plan. Add multiple notepads with Premium.
- The message widget is now called Quotes with a new optional Author field.
- New extension logo!
- Better support website: carettab.com/help
* Only available with Premium Access
Was never published, see v4.0.1 for changes since version 3.9.0
- New widget: Loadshedding status for the South African energy crisis (for users in South Africa only).
- Added option to choose start of fiscal year when using the Quarter option in the date widget.
- Fixed issue where some images do not work. This is due to a size limitation in the browser, a message has been reapplied to let you know if an image is too large.
- Fixed bug where disabling seconds on a clock would prevent you from reenabling it.
- Add shadows to widgets (found in Design settings).
- Get a random color theme on each new tab (found in Design settings).
- Added a day of year (Julian) option to the date widget.
- Added a quarter option to the date widget.
- Added a suffix option to the short date widget.
- Added ability to disable short date delimiters.
- Added custom search engine option (Premium Access only).
- Added option to open quick links and bookmarks in a new tab.
- Fixed analog time drift
- Weather data will now auto refresh every hour. A manual refresh button has also been added to the settings.
- Fixed quick link shortcuts so they will work even when the address bar is in focus. Please note only links 1-4 will automatically be assigned a shortcut. Links 5-9 can be manually assigned in your browser settings.
- Fixed migration of wallpaper from old version to new. Resolves issue where wallpaper wouldn't render on version 3.7.0 after updating.
- New Premium Access subscription!
- New notepad widget (Premium only).
- New wallpapers from Unsplash.com; get a single photo or display a random daily photo from a list (Premium only).
- New wallpaper options including contrast, saturation, blur, and scaling (Premium only).
- New analog clock display options
- New analog clock face and hand styles (Premium only).
- New binary clock option for displaying numbers instead of dots.
- New fonts (Premium only).
- New settings panel design for easier use and more flexibility for widget settings.
- Fixed overlapping widgets preventing clicks.
- Behind-the-scenes cleanup and improvements.
- COVID widget has been removed. The data source that was used has been shut down and there is no longer a good source for this data.
- Fixed weather location search. Results were not displaying when only a single location was found.
- Changed "favicon" permissions to be optional if icons are enabled for Bookmarks Bar or Quick Links.
- Fixed the "Most Visited" menu so it does not display behind other content.
- Fixed the text color of "Most Visited" menu when in dark mode.
- Fixed translation of the "Feels like" text in the weather widget.
- When importing settings, optional permissions will be requested at time of import if needed.
- Added Vietnamese translation.
- Prevent search from running if no search term is provided.
- Fix weather location search to display the city, region and country to prevent accidentally selecting the incorrect location.
- Migrate to manifest v3 to support current Chrome Web Store requirements.
- Removed Google Analytics
- Removed search monetization and changed default search to Google.
- Removed support for Firefox.
- Fixed blank COVID data by updating API call.
- Fixed background color bug in Cent Browser.
- Weather forecast increased to a maximum of 5 days.
- Option to hide the current day in the forecast.
- Weather wind speed can be change between km/s, m/s, mph, and ft/s.
- Sunrise/set and Moonrise/set times in the weather widget can be shown in 24 hour format.
- Fixed display bug in the Cent Browser that made the tab unusable.
- Fixed background display bug (hopefully)!
- Added button to support CaretTab on Patreon!
Special thanks to @Ruandv for work on the COVID-19 widget, binary clock, and other features in this update!!
- Weather widget: The much requested, long awaited, weather widget is finally here! Get all the weather data you need at a glance with both current weather and a forecast. Like always, lots of customization available!
- COVID-19 data widget: Now you can track COVID statistics by country on your New Tab.
- Binary clock: Show off your nerd pride and read time like a machine!
- Random message: You can now add multiple custom messages to a list and have a random one display on every new tab!
- Duplicate clocks: Want a second clock setup exactly the same way but with a different time zone? Duplicate it!
- Place widgets anywhere: New position options for all widgets! Now you can place each widget in different locations on the screen. Place the quick links on the bottom, move the clock to the top corner, the choice is yours!
- Backup and restore: Backup and restore your settings with a new Export/Import option!
- Disable selection: Added option to disable text selection! No more accidental highlighting.
- Date delimiter dimming: Added option to dim the delimiter on the short date.
- Many size options have greater range to select from.
- Added extension version number to settings panel
- Removed logo from corner
- Adjusted some default settings
- Improved help text for several settings
- Translation improvements
- Added preview option in the settings panel that will hide the panel while hovering over the button.
- Fixed bug preventing patterns from displaying in certain situations.
- Fixed occasional 404 error for background images.
- Fixed issue where bookmarks wouldn't display when enabling bookmarks bar.
- Fixed display bug in bookmarks bar.
- Fixed ability to search with special characters.
- Temporarily remove GMT timezone options as they were incorrect. Recommend selecting a named timezone instead.
- Updated settings menu! The settings menu has been overhauled to be cleaner, simpler, and easier to use.
- Dark mode! The settings panel will now display in a dark mode based on your preference set in your operating system.
- More translations! Now available in Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Urdu, and Chinese (traditional)
- Restructured storage for settings to avoid storage limits (this should fix some "white screen" bugs some users have experienced). Your previous settings will be migrated to the new structure automatically.
- Improved the "white flash" bug when loading a new tab. The flash should be much less obvious especially in dark mode.
- Added analytics to help improve CaretTab. You can opt-in or opt-out of this at any time.
- Removed search box background color when selecting from autofill.
- Added debugging messages
- Adjusted logo and settings toggle button.
- Added keyboard shortcuts to Quick Links. Now you can quickly load the first 10 quick links using a keyboard shortcut. Hover over a quick link to see what the shortcut is. You must tab out of the address bar first so the new tab page is in focus.
- Clicking the custom background preview will now remove the background.
- Added CaretTab logo to bottom corner. This can be turned off within the extra settings menu.
- Added GMT offset timezones
- Added ability to use ISO standard for week numbers
- Added option to always display hour in two digits
- Added ability to hide the settings button
- Added option to change the search bar's label
- Changed default search within CaretTab to Yahoo.
- Disabled dynamic scaling by default
- Updated timezone data
- Bug fixes
- Updated moment.js script for more accurate times in various time zones.
- Fixed default background to be based on web browser theme to avoid bright flickers as page loads.
- Allow restoring of old Quick Links from v2 at any time via the Quick Links settings (if no quick links were found from that version, nothing will display).
- Only require extra permissions if using bookmarks bar/quick links.
- Fix issue that prevented v3 of extension from being published to Firefox.
- Now available on Microsoft Edge!
- CaretTab has been recreated from scratch to improve performance and stability!
- Clocks now have full customization! You can now set all settings on all clocks, give it a try!
- Change the order of clocks and quick links.
- More size options. Now most elements can be resized individually.
- Wallpaper options! Use some provided textures or your own custom image.
- Use any font installed on your machine!
- Display your browser's bookmarks bar on the new tab page.
- Lots more! take a look around and try things out.
- Let's go over some important information and what's new.
- This update changes the way settings are saved as well as changes a lot of features. Unfortunately due to these differences and to save on development time, not all settings can be saved. You will need to apply your settings again. I apologize for the inconvenience this causes but I promise the update will be worth it! To help with the transition, your Quick Links can be imported using the button below. Please copy the list of links shown as a backup in case import fails.
- Fixed color of links to match theme.
- Infinite Links: Now you can create an unlimited number of links!
- Fixed bug that prevented links being clicked on Firefox for Linux/Mac
- Fixed bug that prevented settings toggle from being clicked on Firefox for Linux/Mac
- Added close button to status (installed/updated) message
- Added Russian translation and corrected some others.
- Added survey upon uninstall.
- Multiple languages now supported! Current supported languages: English, French, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Japanese, German. Automatic translation is based on your browser settings (the ability to set the language in the extension will come later).
- Added timezone for Arizona (Mountain Standard Time).
- Re-added to Firefox store.
- Firefox support added.
- Updated timezone list (Thanks Spidamoo!)
- Fixed GitHub search bug.
- More display scaling sizes. Make it even smaller or larger!
- Added GitHub as a search engine option.
- Added an additional Timezone for Central America.
- Fixed Atlantic Timezone setting.
- Fonts! Change the font for a different style.
- Scaling! Scale the size of the elements down or up.
- More brackets! Change the style of brackets.
- Analog! Choose between a digital and analog clock.
- Primary timezone! Select a timezone for the primary clock.
- Week Numbers! Show the week number below the date.
- Delimiter Options! Change the style of the date's delimiter.
- More search! Additional search engines available.
- Dimming! Lower opacity of additional elements.
- Themes! Additional color themes to choose from.
- Minimal! Hide the settings button for a minimal look.
- Restyled! An improved and updated settings panel.
- Responsive! Even more responsive at various window sizes.
- Efficient! Less CPU and Memory usage.
- Added Google Chrome Sync support - Suggested by 'Joel Gwartney' and 'C. Coates'
- Fixed bug where links without protocol (http://) wouldn't work - Contributions by 'ivankayzer!'
- Added option to customize Tab title text - Suggested by 'tanmay kumar', Contributions by 'bil-elmoussaoui'
- Fixed text field selection bug
- Fixed color of close menu icon
- Added option to toggle meridiem
- Added 24 hour time option - Suggested by 'Busimus'
- Added option to toggle time delimiter
- Added option to toggle blinking of time delimiter
- Added a third additional clock
- Added option to toggle day of week
- Added option to toggle year
- Added short/long date format
- Added additional date formats (MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, etc)
- Added more color themes
- Added option to choose custom colors for background and foreground
- Added favorite links
- Added custom message
- Added DuckDuckGo search engine option - Suggested by 'deejay253'
- Changed font used
- Updated layout
- Refactored code
- Multiple clocks! Add up to 2 additional clocks with different timezones with a customizable label - Suggested by 'Microsoft Employee'
- Removed "Quick Links" feature due to performance issues. We will continue to look at this for a potential comeback.
- Complete overhaul of extension
- New Settings panel
- Customize everything!
- Quick link buttons (beta - not very resource friendly at the moment)
- More color options
- Switch between Google and Bing search
- Fixed theme options displaying as blank boxes on load
- Fixed midnight displaying as "0:00"
- Fixed font not rendering
- Misc back-end changes
- Initial release