KeeFox 0.8.15 experimental version released

A new experimental version is available at http://keefox.org/download/experimental-version. There are a couple of important bug fixes including one where some other parts of Firefox stopped working when KeeFox was installed so I recommend all users of 0.8.12-14 should upgrade. Users of 0.8.10 should not be affected by this bug.

The other improvements since 0.8.12 are:

• Improved password field matching
• HTTP Auth dialogs now respect global and site-specific “offer to save passwords” settings

KeeFox 0.8.12 experimental version released

This new version is a release candidate candidate. Please help to test it so that I do not have to say that too many times!

KeeFox is now “feature complete” as far as version 1.0 is concerned - there are still many features I want to add later in the year but for the next few months I will be concentrating on fixing bugs and ensuring that the documentation and help resources are up to scratch before the release of version 1.0. There may still be the occasional new feature but only if it’s a low-risk with a high benefit to the “average” user. Further details on future releases with new features will follow in the coming months but in the mean time please help me test this version so that I can have confidence in its suitability for a final release and hence get started on the “post 1.0” feature requests as soon as possible.

Key changes in this release (since 0.8.10) are:

• HTTP Auth dialogs now prompt to save passwords
• A few other HTTP Auth dialog improvements
• Setup process displays a warning to close KeePass if an existing KeePass installation is detected on the PC
• A few improvements to the insert process of KeeFox sample entries
• Improvements to the detection of which form fields should be filled in with which bits of KeePass data
• Fixed: older “Alternative URLs” did not always appear in the “URLs” tab in the “edit entry” KeePass entry tab
• Improvement to detection of matching entries: hostname matching is now case-insensitive

KeeFox 0.8.8 - take 2

Version 0.8.8 is now re-released on the experimental download page.

It requires and includes KeePassRPC version 0.8.9 so hopefully a standard upgrade through Firefox will do the trick but if you do have problems, please delete the KeePassRPC plugin from the KeePass plugins folder. There also may be an issue with the release candidate of Firefox 4 which means that you should wait until Firefox has started before opening KeePass to trigger the start of the upgrade procedure - I’ll investigate that more in a few days and release a fixed version if necessary.

PS: If you’re interested, the problem with the initial upload was that I forgot to include a tiny icon in the KeePassRPC.plgx package.

KeeFox 0.8.8 experimental version released

Here’s another experimental version for your enjoyment.

This one has several new features and some important bug fixes and improvements to existing features. Please upgrade if you’re running an experimental version at the moment; I hope to release this as a final beta version before Firefox 4 is officially released (a couple of weeks?) so all feedback can help me judge whether that is a good idea or not!

Highlights of this release are:

• Fixed: Auto-submit on HTTP Auth dialogs no longer closes the parent window (often closing Firefox as a result)
• Fixed: “monitor[ing] each web page for new forms” no longer causes a “flashing” effect on the toolbar
• Changing options no longer requires a restart of Firefox
• KeePass entry dialog editor KeeFox tab is now split into three sub-tabs to make it less cramped
• Improvements to the handling of locations: a new location manager and the ability to set different home groups for different locations via the “edit group” KeePass feature
• Improved detection of the “best” password when multiple entries exist for the same domain
• More complete list of matched logins on pages with matches in more than one frame
• Improvements to the installer including: no longer overwriting KeePass with the bundled version when manually setting the KeePass location
• HTTP Auth improvements (now uses the “realm” to improve auto-fill/submit accuracy and adds a tooltip showing the entry title)

KeeFox 0.8.7 experimental version released

A new experimental version, 0.8.7, has just been uploaded to http://keefox.org/download/experimental-version

This version adds several new features, fixes a few bugs and improves support for Firefox 4. Highlights include:

• The options panel has been re-written to include options that were previously hidden and clarify the purpose of some options. Note that some options will not change until Firefox has been restarted!
• You can now choose to save entries straight into a sub-group
• You can now choose to save entries ‘Never for this site’
• Filling or submitting by clicking on a matched login will now find the “best” form rather than just the first it finds with a password field

Known issues

• Some options are not changed until Firefox is restarted.
• The “monitor each web page for new forms” option can cause strange “flashing” behaviour on the matched login toolbar button.

As usual, I’m keen to hear how well this new version works for you before I consider promoting the release to the main download page.