The link below provides direct access to the very latest development snapshot. This has usually been tested only on a single development machine so it may not install or run on your machine. If it does work, you’ll generally find new features and bug fixes compared to the main release version.
To install this snapshot, you need to right click this download link and then save the XPI file to your computer; then install the XPI into Firefox (e.g. by dragging and dropping it onto Firefox).
Note: From version 0.7.6, there is an inbuilt expiry date as a security measure to help ensure everyone is using the most secure version of KeeFox. I expect this to be a temporary measure until a automatic update system is in place later this year. Version 0.7.7 expires at the end of September 2010 so check back here before then (or better yet, subscribe to the RSS feed so you know when new versions are published).
Upgrading from KeeFox version 0.7.6
Please delete KeePassRPC.plgx from your KeePass plugins folder, clear the plugin cache and shut down KeePass before you install version 0.7.7
Upgrading from KeeFox version 0.7.5 or earlier
KeeFox now relies on a different KeePass plugin – it used to use KeeICE but now requires KeePassRPC. You should manually remove the KeeICE.plgx file from the plugins folder of KeePass and clear the plugin cache before installing the latest version of KeeFox.
Uninstall KeeFox from Firefox add-ons (no need to restart immediately). You can now perform the upgrade by installing the KeeFox firefox add-on and restarting Firefox when prompted; after the restart, go through the setup procedure to re-enable the link between KeeFox and KeePass.
If you have chosen to prevent changes in KeeFox from being automatically saved to your password database, you will need to re-enable this option in KeePass in Tools / KeePass (KeePassRPC) options.
Known issues with current snapshot
- Some security software may interfere with the ability for Firefox to communicate with other applications (such as KeePass) that are running on your PC; some may cause KeeFox to respond very slowly and others may prevent KeeFox from contacting KeePass at all (usual symptom = a perpetual “Launch KeeFox” button on the toolbar even when KeePass is running). You may need to add an exclusion for Firefox and/or KeePass in order to stop your security software from interfering with these applications or use alternative security protection.
- Tabs opened in the background are not auto-filled (I think this is actually more of a security “feature” – let me know what you think).
- Online tutorial may be unavailable for hours or days at a time.
The very latest changes can be seen in the changelog, although it is possible that some very recent changes have not yet made it into the experimental version of the XPI.
