#### THE #1 THING YOU NEED TO KNOW (2023-01-06) ALPHA/BETA versions use a different set of preferences than RELEASE versions. This is caused by how browser extensions work. ALWAYS SAVE SETTINGS IN THE PRIOR VERSION, before changing versions: wrench > Options > Data > Save To File Then you can load them into the new version without any trouble. #### BETA TEST NOTES (2023-03-13, 29.0.20) - 29.0.20: improve the debug information for the lost filters issue - 29.0.19: allow Expand Comments in 'theater mode' side column - 29.0.19: when ESC closes one of our menus / popups, don't let FB see it - 29.0.19: don't lose spaces in decoded strings - 29.0.18: improve permalink detection & logging - 29.0.18: Expand Comments avoid putting away the comments at start time - 29.0.17: adapt Expand Comments to small FB layout change - 29.0.16: protect against picking up numeric group ID as post ID - 29.0.15: fix ${array:width:joiner} support - 29.0.14: don't hide post marked 'Read' while in comments popup - 29.0.13: fix possibility of duplicate Submit Comment buttons - 29.0.13: fix spurious Submit Comment button when input is empty - 29.0.12: fix a condition where 'Fix Enter' could fail in chat - 29.0.12: make 'Reset All Data' reset *all*, and force page refresh - 29.0.11: accept Cmd+Enter for 'Fix Enter' comment submit, for Macs - 29.0.11: improve recognition of permalinks - 29.0.10: allow 'S2F' gib translations to be used in SFx CSS styles - 29.0.10: support 'reels' single-post permalinks - 29.0.10: fix possibility of multiple PAIs - 29.0.10: fix post comments popup being hidden if it was in the 'wrong' SFx tab - 29.0.9: fix certain posts being hidden when opened from a notification - 29.0.8: further improve post ID detection - 29.0.7: avoid hiding 'Read' or filtered-out posts in a post comments popup - 29.0.7: fix ESC while expanding comments to not close the comments popup - 29.0.6: find the post properly in FB's new post comments popup - 29.0.6: adapt Expand Comments to FB's new post comments popup - 29.0.6: fix 'Fix Enter' in FB's new post comments popup - 29.0.6: fix an issue where a post comment could be mistaken for a whole post - 29.0.6: remove detection of obsolete SFx private-alpha extension IDs - 29.0.6: improve Filter Debugger messages about filtering being disabled - 29.0.5: fix coloring of Hidden Messages failure note on wrench menu - 29.0.4: improve the debug information for the lost filters issue - 29.0.3: fix post detection on Mac OS - 29.0.2: fix another way for the wrench to get lost - 29.0.2: fix another condition where text filters could miss the contents of a post - 29.0.1: fix a condition where text filters could miss the contents of a post - 29.0.1: fix (once more) post filtering matching some post comments - 29.0.1: Expand Comments only log an avoided click the first time it's hit - 29.0.1: provide more status / debugging info for Hidden Messages check - 29.0.1: fix 'blue bar' issue caused by failure of the Hidden Messages check - 29.0.1: add filter & tweak order numbers to their tables - 29.0.1: fix ability to directly edit filter & tweak order numbers - 29.0.1: fix post filtering on 'App/Game Name' field after FB change #### CURRENT KNOWN ALPHA ISSUES (2023-01-13) - 29.0.6: intentional: 'post-funnel' menu now appears even when filter master switch is disabled. Allows 'is disabled' debug message to be seen! Also allows analysis of filtering system's decomposition of a post, possibly useful at the moment when one is about to turn on filtering due to a new annoying flavor of malpost :) - 29.0.1: [caused by FB code change] we are aware that the 'Hidden Messages' check fails on some FB accounts, particularly accounts which manage a Page. This release fixes the gross consequences of that failure (blue bar), but does not [yet] restore functionality for such users - 29.0.1: ['lost filters' bug introduced post-28.0.0, pre-29.0.0, not new in post-29 beta] there is a (fortunately rare) condition which blanks out all filters. If this happens, an alert saying 'CONTACT BELA' pops up. PLEASE DO SO! Post on the BETA Group; and try to preserve the tab from which the popup was raised. It has crucial debug information. Only the tab when it initially happened is useful; and only if it has not been reloaded, nor the browser or computer restarted. #### 29.1.0 PUBLIC RELEASE NOTES #### Important Changes - Added support for FB's new post comments popup - Adapted Expand Comments to automatically continue within the post comments popup - Fixed 'Fix Enter' in the post comments popup - Fixed an issue causing a blue bar or large blue-and-white band over the page - Fixed an issue which made many features fail on all browsers on Mac OS: Post filtering, Post Action Icons, mark 'Read', and Infinite Scroll Prevention #### New Features - Expand Comments now works in the comment viewer popup - Expand Comments now works in the 'theater mode' side column #### Internal/Minor Changes - Fixed certain posts being hidden when opened from a notification - Fixed certain posts being hidden when opened in a comments popup - Fixed 'ghost popup' left when marking post 'Read' in comments popup - Fixed a case where Expand Comments would mistakenly hide all comments - Further improved post ID detection - Fixed a situation where a group ID could be picked up as a post ID - Improved permalink detection & logging - Added handling of 'reels' single-post pages - Fixed a case where filters would miss post text contents - Fixed post filtering on 'App/Game Name' field after a FB change - Fixed post filtering missing some post text content - Improved debug messages about why filtering was not run - Made 'post-funnel' menu appear even when filtering is disabled - Fixed another way for the wrench to get lost - Fixed multiple Post Action Icons trays appearing at once - Fixed 'Reset All Data' failing to reset some settings - Fixed a condition where 'Fix Enter' could fail in chat - Fixed spurious Submit Comment button when input was empty - Fixed expansion of ${array:width:joiner} to allow joiners other than : #### 29.0.0 PUBLIC RELEASE NOTES #### Important Changes - Default post loading is set to 10 due to how FB now clear posts out of memory - Improved ability to mark different types of posts 'Read', including events, Marketplace items, Sponsored, fundraiser donations, and cover photo updates - Fixed issues which could cause the wrench menu to disappear - Fixed issues which could cause the Control Panel to disappear - Fixed behavior of wrench and wrench menu notification counts - Improved performance and behavior of Hide/Show - Made Hide/Show hiders update automatically - Added back 'Open Messages In Full Tab' feature for New Layout - Fixed 'Check For Filtered Messages' feature on most browsers #### New Features - Added a master font size option - Added a master Social Fixer user interface scale option - Filters can now have separate 'click to hide' and 'click to show' messages - Added 'Any Hashtag' filter search type - Added initial support for Facebook Marketplace item 'posts' - Closing the Control Panel now just closes it without affecting any settings #### Internal/Minor Changes - Improved reliability of Infinite Scroll Prevention - Improved performance and reliability of Comment Navigator / Expand Comments - Added a 'words to avoid clicking' list for Expand Comments - Added control over when Expand Comments action window closes - Improved detection of Sponsored posts - Fixed 'Link URL' & 'Link Text' filter search types - Fixed 'Group Posted In' filter search type - Fixed 'Page Posted By' filter search type - Fixed 'Post Action' filter search type - Fixed / brought back 'App/Game Name' filter search type - Fixed 'Author' filter search type on some page types where it didn't work - Fixed post filtering unintentionally matching some post comments - Filter matches are now tested against each instance of some search fields: 'Any Hashtag', 'Link URL', 'Link Text', 'Photo Caption'; so 'Any Hashtag' 'Equals Exactly' 'sfx_rocks' matches '#hello #sfx_rocks #there' - Made 'NOT' able to be applied to all filter search types - Added support for plain string searches to existing string filters - Added control of ignore case / Match Case to all string filters - Added filter actions allowing to mark or unmark posts 'Read' - Added filter action allowing to unhide posts (to override a prior filter) - Fixed post filtering 'replace' action to work on post author name - Fixed post filtering 'replace' action to work on post 'action' - Added filter field expansion ${any} to insert the first parenthetical match - Added filter field expansion ${all} to insert all parenthetical matches - Added expansion joiner for ${all}: ${all:15:/} might emit 'match1/match2/m' - Fixed a problem when a filter tried to hide the first post on the page - Fixed a problem which caused some posts to not be filtered at all - Changed permalink filtering: filters run as normal, but 'hide' won't hide - Fixed an issue with stray Post Action Icon filter & wrench menus appearing - Added start times to post postdata & filter logs - Added all searchable post fields to Filter Debugger output - Fixed various issues with post tabs - Added attempt to 'seek' the right 1st tab to view, when filters move posts - Added logging of various post state transitions in Post Data: being marked or unmarked 'Read'; hidden, moved or copied by filters - Added identification of extension 'store' and ID to Support data - Fixed 'Redirect Home Links' to act only on left-click - Made 'Force Most Recent' allow other feeds like 'Top Stories', 'Favorites' - Made 'Show Photo Tags' feature work on non-English Facebook user interface - Made wrench menu put itself away when hit ESC - Made wrench menu appear earlier during page startup - Reduced impact when disabled via wrench menu - Made extension manager's Options button work when disabled via wrench menu - Fixed top bar layout problem in RTL locales - Fixed 'Fix Enter' feature on chat / messenger after Facebook code change - Repaired 'Fix Enter's ability to label its buttons 'Comment' vs 'Reply' - Improved 'Fix Enter' interaction with 'Today's Birthdays' page - Improved 'Fix Enter' to remove its buttons when no longer needed - Made 'Fix Enter' alternate / emergency mode work in more situations - Updated to use newer Promise-based Userscript API - Added support (Userscript only) for messenger.com, mainly for 'Fix Enter' - Fixed Userscript startup issues with Greasemonkey - Userscript tested on Firemonkey Userscript manager for Firefox - Reduced the probability & impact of any future 'date blobs' issues - Reduced the impact of Scroll To Comment when its CSS is empty - 'mark Read' will by default remember post IDs for 28 days (up from 4) - 'mark Read' improved handling when FB send multiple copies of a single post - 'mark Read' improved to recognize post IDs out of newer FB post formats - Changed to force only the 'Read' posts *named* in a permalink to be visible - Added the ability to hide 'Read' posts which are visible due to a permalink - Added an option to style posts clicked visible after hidden by a filter - Fixed subscribed filters & tweaks showing 'updated' when they didn't change - Added auto update of subscribed filters & tweaks when opening those menus - Improved 'Find Edit' to handle 1-char buffers & top-of-page 'edit a post' - Improved error handling when loading subscription data from SFx servers - Improved error handling when loading user saved settings