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

1.8

Tag: browser/1.8 (tbd)

Released: (tbd)

Announcement: (tbd)

• Browser history runner
• 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.