FoxyProxy Basic Changelog

What's new in FoxyProxy Basic 8.9

Jan 30, 2024
  • Added "Log" to the toolbar popup buttons (#44)
  • Added limited log display on Chrome (experimental)
  • Added Theme feature (#71, #100)
  • Added toggle more options on toolbar popup (#54)
  • Fixed proxy DNS in "Import Proxy List" (#102) (from 8.7)
  • Fixed settings upgrade (import older) when hostname is missing (#108)
  • Fixed settings upgrade (import older) when username/password is missing (#103)
  • Fixed socks in "Import Proxy List" on some Firefox (#120)
  • Increased log content
  • Removed "Show Pattern Proxy" option and made it default (#57) (from 8.7) (Firefox only)
  • Removed Tab Proxy page-action and set it to the toolbar icon (#114) (Firefox only)
  • Updated add pattern user interface (#105)
  • Updated code to process duplicate hostname:port (#33, #76)
  • Updated options to disable "Store Locally" on Firefox (Chrome only)
  • Updated popup include/exclude host feature
  • Updated popup user interface

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.8 (Dec 24, 2023)

  • Added Show hidden feature
  • Fixed an issue with sync (#99)
  • Updated code to process duplicate hostname:port (#33, #76)
  • Updated user interface to hide patterns on FoxyProxy Basic

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.7 (Dec 17, 2023)

  • Added Auto Backup feature
  • Added FoxyProxy Basic detection (disabled for now)
  • Added Help translation form
  • Added option to show proxies on the toolbar badge when in Proxy by Patterns mode (Firefox only) (#57)
  • Added pattern matching to the Log display (#91)
  • Added proxy title to the toolbar icon mouse-over title display (#74)
  • Changed the global Proxy DNS to per-proxy setting (#75)
  • Fixed Firefox for Android compatibility (#60)
  • Increased the maximum height of the pattern section before scrolling
  • Removed Help document display on install/upgrade (#86)
  • Updated default Firefox proxy resetting (#59)
  • Updated PAC check to allow "file:" (#49)
  • Updated pattern "Add" button text due to localisation issues (#88)
  • Updated schema.json
  • Updated wildcard to regular expression conversion (#72)

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.6 (Dec 11, 2023)

  • Fixed an issue with migrating database from older versions (#69)
  • Updated user interface to disable inapplicable options in proxies (#52)
  • Updated wildcard to regular expression conversion (#72)

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.2 (Dec 6, 2023)

  • Added option to set the country to blank/empty
  • Fixed an issue with sync (bug #45)
  • Updated Incognito/Private Browsing process

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.1 (Nov 28, 2023)

  • Added Drag and Drop sorting of proxies (#29)
  • Added duplicate proxy feature
  • Added Incognito/Container proxy (#33)
  • Added Keyboard Shortcut feature
  • Added pattern import/export
  • Added port search to search filter
  • Added search filter to Toolbar popup (#23)
  • Fixed a pattern conversion issue (#28)
  • Fixed an error in Sync (#36)
  • Fixed Tab Proxy icon when reloading a tab (#33)
  • Increased log content
  • Increased log display entries to 200
  • Increased log width to full screen
  • Updated Global Exclude process

New in FoxyProxy Basic 8.0 (Sep 25, 2023)

  • Complete rewrite from version 7.5.1 to support the upcoming Manifest Version 3
  • New UI
  • FoxyProxy Basic and FoxyProxy standard now have the same functionality
  • Please read the built-in help

New in FoxyProxy Basic 7.5.1 (Jul 30, 2020)

  • French translation -- Thanks samuikaze
  • Chinese (traditional) translation -- Thanks Hugo-C
  • Russian translation -- Thanks Vadim

New in FoxyProxy Basic 7.5 (Jul 20, 2020)

  • Import Proxy Lists! Long requested feature. See https://github.com/foxyproxy/firefox-extension/wiki/Import-Proxy-List
  • Simplified Chinese translation -- Thanks FeralMeow at https://github.com/wsxy162
  • Display "Synchronize Settings" for new installations when there are no proxies defined. Reported at https://github.com/foxyproxy/firefox-extension/issues/83
  • Fixed: Import Settings bug especially painful for people using the AWS Management Guide at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-connect-master-node-proxy.html . Reported at https://github.com/foxyproxy/firefox-extension/issues/76
  • Also fixed bug whereby spinner did not hide after import settings errors.
  • Minor security improvements -- do not accept embedded HTML/JS in other form fields
  • "Turn Off (Use Firefox Settings)" should be first in list. Reported at https://github.com/foxyproxy/firefox-extension/issues/78
  • Fixed: Firefox overflow menu displays wrong info for FoxyProxy. Reported at https://github.com/foxyproxy/firefox-extension/issues/84

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.5 (Jul 10, 2019)

  • Initial i18n support with 1 page localized.
  • Removed several jQuery plugins.
  • Several UI improvements; for example, rounded containers are now less round, message after successful export, etc.
  • Minor updates to About and First Install pages.
  • Added link on About Page to the now public githb repository for source code.
  • Rebuild in preparation for Firefox Recommended Status
  • Removed cruft

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.3 (May 27, 2018)

  • Turn Firefox Sync on/off - much requested feature
  • Some further input validation
  • Deleted Private Browsing Data by clicking the eraser button. This deletes: cache, cookies, indexedDB storage, DOM local storage, plugin data, and service worker data, but not stored passwords, browsing and form history, download history, webSQL and server-bound certificates.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.2 (Dec 23, 2017)

  • Ability to turn logging on/off.
  • New icon on main page for "What's my IP address?", previously only in the About page.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.9 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Emergency: Fix bug whereby FoxyProxy prompts for proxy username/password (by restoring required permission "webRequestBlocking" -- it is required for http/ssl proxies that use authentication

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.8 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Active proxy is displayed in toolbar with title and color
  • Firefox does not freeze when editing large numbers of patterns (6000+). Note this freeze only occured when opening the pattern editor in 6.1.7 and below, not when using FoxyProxy to surf the web
  • Pattern editor now uses in-place editing instead of opening a new page
  • Pagination of pattern editor yields huge performance increases when editing large number of patterns
  • Removed required permission "webRequestBlocking" (it wasn't used)
  • Increased spacing between proxy entries in the toolbar proxy selector
  • Proxy name/title on the main options window is now clickable for editing (like clicking the Edit button)
  • Changed "Turn Off All Proxies" to "Turn Off FoxyProxy (Use Firefox Settings)" due to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1398900

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.6 (Nov 26, 2017)

  • bug fix for "Send DNS through SOCKS5 proxy?" problems
  • ENORMOUS performance and memory use improvements (removal of console.log() debugging info)
  • hide passwords by default (click button to view them)
  • better logging explanation -- URLs always appear in the log, even if they fail to load due to broken proxy!
  • better explanation of how to match ports in URLS; for example, *.foxyproxy.com:30053
  • turn off "first install" message when upgrading from existing WebExtension version
  • faster import of foxyproxy.xml (legacy) settings file

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.3 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Support for Unicode characters

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.2 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Fix corner-case bug for importing legacy FoxyProxy settings on Fedora systems

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1.1 (Nov 15, 2017)

  • Better error handling when importing legacy settings

New in FoxyProxy Basic 5.1 (Nov 13, 2017)

  • Please import your old FoxyProxy settings using the Import button!
  • Firefox 57+ is significantly different than previous Firefox versions. I was forced to re-write 10 years of mature FoxyProxy code from scratch. There are many missing features, and in almost all cases that is due to Firefox 57+ limitations or bugs (for example, custom-colored toolbar icons). The UI also had to change; I could no longer make FoxyProxy look like a native application. It now looks more like a traditional web site.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.6.5 (Sep 4, 2017)

  • Fixed HTTP Basic Auth bug, introduced by an earlier release, that breaks HTTP Basic Auth but only for Firefox 50 and earlier
  • Fixed import/export of settings
  • Fixed display of alert boxes to notify user of problems
  • Ensured alert boxes are titled as "FoxyProxy" and not the generic "Javascript" so that users know the origin of the alert

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.6.3 (Jan 25, 2017)

  • Fixed HTTP Basic Auth bug introduced in previous version: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308817

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.6.2 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Fixed bug in 3.6.1 that prevented connections to SOCKS (no auth) proxy servers
  • Error message when trying to use SOCKS (with auth) proxy servers on versions of Firefox before 45.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.6.1 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • SSL/HTTPS proxies now supported! optionally with authentication). SSL/HTTPS proxies encrypt traffic between you and the proxy server. Do not use unless you know for certain that your proxy server supports this -- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378637. Note that FoxyProxy proxy servers (https://getfoxyproxy.org/order) support this on port 4443
  • Authentication for SOCKS proxies now supported. Previously, we supported SOCKS proxies but not with authentication -- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122752. Thanks for help from Felix Shao.
  • Fixes for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308817 -- HTTP basic auth goes directly to 401 error page when foxyproxy is enabled
  • Fixes for https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322293 -- FoxyProxy doesn't work in Nightly, due to use of no-longer-supported "for each" statement
  • Prevent cluttering the about:neterror?e=proxyConnectFailure page
  • Change references of the word 'host' to 'server'. It appears some people do not know what is meant by 'host', and the term does seem dated.http://www.ghacks.net/2015/06/19/how-to-disable-the-firefox-40-add-on-signing-requirement/
  • Removed some dead links (pattern sharing, proxy sharing, etc)
  • https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083458 -- Remove SpiderMonkey support for expression closures (shorthand function syntax)
  • Minor code changes to avoid "JavaScript strict warnings" (components/foxyproxy.js, line 1268: ReferenceError: reference to undefined property "_maxSize")
  • Strip http:// and https:// when user prepends it to proxy server names
  • There was no 3.6 release. This release is numbered 3.6.1 because 3.6 was only partially uploaded to addons.mozilla.org. There is was no apparent, fast way to delete 3.6 and so AMO prevented a "new" 3.6 XPI from being uploaded. https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/new-version-of-existing-addon-submitted-partially-now-cannot-complete/13124

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.5.7 (Dec 10, 2016)

  • Mark as e10s (multi-process) compatible. The addon has been e10s-compatible for a long time but wasn't marked internally as such for Firefox to know this.
  • Update some internally-used URLs to avoid extra redirects
  • Copyright updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.5.4 (May 28, 2015)

  • FFF-151 asyncResolve isn't asynchronous.
  • FFF-152 Right click can open context menu
  • FFF-153 Old firefox and palemoon shows label in nav-bar
  • FFF-154 Thunderbird doesn't always offer browser.mTabs

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.4.1 (Sep 6, 2014)

  • Fixed translation/localization problems introduced in previous release

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.4 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • Fixed compatibility problem with Firefox 32 (new cache API)
  • Removed the annoying You didn't enter and enable any whitelisted (inclusive) URL patterns warning when adding/editing a proxy that has no URL patterns
  • API support for setting/getting username, setting password, and getting/setting ntlm domain for each proxy
  • Do not open http://getfoxyproxy.org/mozilla/standard/install.html and http://getfoxyproxy.org/mozilla/standard/update.html on first installation and each update
  • Open https://getfoxyproxy.org/proxyservice/2.0/ when FoxyProxy Options is first opened (once and only once)

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.2.4 (Feb 3, 2014)

  • fixed exception when clearing the cache due to missing "security.enable_ssl3" and removed logout() (in nsIDOMCrypto)
  • updated copyright date

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.2.3 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • fixed possible corner case bugs in the authentication code
  • fixed broken system proxy handling if proxy is specified by hostname and not by IP address

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.2.2 (Aug 24, 2013)

  • fixed broken FoxyProxy due to updated nsIProtocolProxyService2 interface due to updated nsIProtocolProxyService2 interface
  • fixed broken import of proxy lists containing blank lines
  • fixed possible error with system proxy settings on Linux
  • reset the auth counter if FoxyProxy mode changes
  • replacing Eric's yahoo email address with his getfoxyproxy email address
  • code clean-up

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.2.1 (Jun 20, 2013)

  • allow users to correct wrong authentication credentials easily while they are requesting a website
  • auto-populate authentication dialog if credentials are already saved
  • call own authentication code only if Foxyproxy is enabled
  • fixed application freeze due to bad redirects
  • fixed null pointers that cause requests to fail in Gecko

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.1.4 (Apr 26, 2013)

  • fixed null pointers that cause requests to fail in Gecko

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.1.3 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Fixed broken Java network traffic (see: http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=808&start=20#p2071)
  • Enhanced the protocol proxy wrapper (thanks to Kris Maglione)
  • Fixed broken Test-PAC functionality (see: http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=812)
  • Bumped copyright date in license header to "2013"
  • Code clean-up

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.1.2 (Jan 19, 2013)

  • fixed broken Java network traffic (see: http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=808&start=20#p2071)
  • enhanced the protocol proxy wrapper (thanks to Kris Maglione)
  • bumped copyright date in license header to "2013"

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.1.1 (Jan 18, 2013)

  • Fixed possible breakage of PAC file handling due to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=769764
  • Implemented workaround for possible Firefox freeze related to the API FoxyProxy offers (see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749966 for details)
  • Code clean-up
  • Updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.1 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • proxy selection logic if FoxyProxy is not yet available (e.g. during add-on version check after application upgrade)
  • allow selection of proxy type during proxy subscription import
  • removed unnecessary help button on main dialog explaining the donation, FoxyProxy Plus and our proxy services
  • added button to promote FoxyProxy for Chrome
  • code clean-up
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.0.1 (Oct 16, 2012)

  • fixed proxy selecting bug (see: http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=750)

New in FoxyProxy Basic 3.0 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • proxy subscription feature
  • optimized loading of PAC files during start-up
  • replaced global ids and variables with local ones in the overlay
  • added support for selecting multiple proxies in the proxies tree
  • proxy color is shown in FoxyProxy's mode menu and in the menus in the context menu, the toolbar and the add-on bar
  • replaced deprecated octal file permissions
  • code clean-up
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.6.2 (May 8, 2012)

  • fixed resetting of cookie preferences after FoxyProxy upgrade (see:
  • http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=640)
  • fixed bugs in our FoxyProxy API code
  • fixed wrong toolbar button padding (see:
  • http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=672)
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.6.1 (Mar 23, 2012)

  • added a wizard to get FoxyProxy's proxies conveniently configured
  • fix for corner cases in the system proxy feature (fixes http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=548)
  • implemented fallback for missing system proxy settings (e.g. in FF < 3.5)
  • improved proxy:// protocol processing code
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.6 (Mar 17, 2012)

  • added an API for web pages to control FoxyProxy (http://getfoxyproxy.org/developers/api.html)
  • Default proxy can now be configured to perform DNS lookups remotely when using a SOCKS proxy as the Default
  • New per-proxy setting: "Clear cache before use" -- clears the browser cache before the proxy is used
  • New per-proxy setting: "Disable cache" -- disables all use of browser cache while this proxy is in use
  • New per-proxy setting: "Clear cookies before use" -- deletes all cookies before the proxy is used
  • New per-proxy setting: "Reject cookies" -- rejects all cookies while this proxy is in use
  • the proxy color is used for proxy names in FoxyProxy menus (see: http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=592)
  • removed more Flock-related cruft and locale cruft
  • removed option to communicate with FoxyProxy using the "new-proxy" event
listener
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.5 (Feb 11, 2012)

  • added a wizard to get FoxyProxy's proxies conveniently configured
  • fix for corner cases in the system proxy feature (fixes http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=548)
  • implemented fallback for missing system proxy settings (e.g. in FF < 3.5)
  • improved proxy:// protocol processing code
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.4 (Dec 19, 2011)

  • implemented system proxy settings feature
  • improved handling of proxy server promotion link in error page; fixes
  • http://forums.getfoxyproxy.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=257
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.3 (Nov 2, 2011)

  • enhanced UI for WPAD and PAC feature
  • added icons to context menus
  • proxy enabled/disabled and animation settings are now saved in context menus as well
  • changed copyright holder from LeahScape, Inc. to FoxyProxy, Inc.
  • updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.2 (Sep 13, 2011)

  • removed Flock support as it is not actively developed anymore (see: http://flock.com/)
  • removed height/width persistence in dialogs where sizeToContent() is
  • called solving the issue of growing dialogs finally
  • improved handling of context menus if one right-clicks on the statusbar icon/
  • text or toolbar icon
  • made "Reload all tabs in all browsers" option (in Global Settings ->
  • Toolbar Activation/Statusbar Activation) working again
  • added checkbox (in Global Settings) to hide (and show) the toolbar button
  • easily
  • updated language files
  • changed URL of GPLv2 text

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.1.2 (Aug 11, 2011)

  • Enhanced bugfix to avoid resizing the FoxyProxy dialog
  • Updated locales

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.1 (Aug 3, 2011)

  • included auto-detect of network settings (WPAD feature)
  • added a cancel button to addeditproxy dialog
  • show SOCKS version in proxy tree only if a SOCKS proxy is selected in the
  • proxy settings
  • enable SOCKS version radio buttons only if a SOCKS proxy is selected at
  • all
  • fixed missing FoxyProxy labels in Thunderbird's and Seamonkey's tools menus
  • moved the FoxyProxy tools menu item in Firefox above the page info item to be
  • compatible with Firefox 6 (see:
  • that caused the FoxyProxy icon to get added to the end of the tools menu)
  • removed animation of pattern subscription icon (see:
  • saving height/width after resizing of proxy and options dialog (for the

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.0.1 (Jun 17, 2011)

  • Fixed problem of getting wrong enumerator in common.js for Thunderbird
  • Fixed http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/no-foxy-proxy-button-browser (a toolbar button is now shown in FF4 by default on first startup)
  • Fixed radio button overlayed with text in the mode menu
  • Fixed Torwizard issue (button text did not fit into the buttons)
  • Fixed small issue concerning setting the TRANSPARENT_PROXY_RESOLVES_HOST-flag
  • Fixed minor typos in german language files
  • Fixed Torwizard issues (custom ports were not saved; added port check)
  • Fixed nsIFilePicker bug in options.js and enhanced triquestions.xul and .js
  • Fixed FoxyProxy's context menu bug (see: http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/foxyproxys-context-menu-bug)
  • Repaired proxy auto-configuration that failed in Firefox 5
  • Removed OCS from about window
  • Added Georg Koppen to about.xul (as a contributor)
  • added new locale (ro)
  • Locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 2.0 (Jun 13, 2011)

  • Fixed problem of getting wrong enumerator in common.js for Thunderbird
  • Fixed http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/no-foxy-proxy-button-browser (a toolbar button is now shown in FF4 by default on first startup)
  • Fixed radio button overlayed with text in the mode menu
  • Fixed Torwizard issue (button text did not fit into the buttons)
  • Fixed small issue concerning setting the TRANPARENT_PROXY_RESOLVES_HOST-flag
  • Fixed minor typos in german language files
  • Fixed Torwizard issues (custom ports were not saved; added port check)
  • Fixed nsIFilePicker bug in options.js and enhanced triquestions.xul and .js
  • Fixed FoxyProxy's context menu bug (see: http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/foxyproxys-context-menu-bug)
  • Added Georg Koppen to about.xul (as a contributor)
  • added new locale (ro)
  • Locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.6 (May 3, 2011)

  • Explicit compatibility for Firefox 4.0.* for people using IceWeasel and other non-addons-mozilla.org distribution centers

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.5 (Jan 20, 2011)

  • Fix for Firefox 4b9 compability. Caused by the fixing of a specific Firefox bug:

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.4 (Dec 22, 2010)

  • Fix for QuickAdd disabling itself. Described here. This affected both QuickAdd & AutoAdd, not just QuickAdd.
  • Fix for Firefx 4 status bar context-menu as described here.
  • Locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.3 (Dec 14, 2010)

  • Firefox 4: fixed translucent context-menus.
  • Added "Use Selected For All URLs" proxy context-menu item. Requested here.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.2 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Improved support for Firefox 4 beta. Known bug: context-menus are translucent on Windows 7.
  • Fix for Tools menu indent problem on Windows - thanks Nils Maier of DownThemAll!
  • Changing statusbar default display. Previously, the statusbar displayed (by default) "FoxyProxy: " as well as the FoxyProxy icon. Since color-per-proxy was introduced, it doesn't make much sense to keep the "FoxyProxy: " text there by default. Mode can be inferred from icon color. Moreover, many addons are trying to minimize their statusbar footprint these days. It makes sense to remove this default option. The new default is to display just the FoxyProxy icon. You can restore the text by clicking Ctrl+F2 then Global Settings tab-> Indicators->Show mode (text) on statusbar. This does not affect upgraded installations; only new installations.
  • Changed references of foxyproxy.mozdev.org to getfoxyproxy.org
  • Locale updates
  • Removed hyperlink around Jesper Hansen's name in the About window since his website appears to be gone

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8.1 (Aug 31, 2010)

  • Fixed import/export settings dialog--previously it always said "import" even when doing an export
  • Locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.8 (Aug 27, 2010)

  • Added import/export of settings to FoxyProxy's File menu. Requested here.
  • Fixed spacing issue on Windows whereby images in buttons and tabs were crammed too close to their button/tab text
  • Locale updates, including the newly added Latvian translation
  • Removed extraneous stdout messages that got included in 2.21.3 (or so)
  • Version bumps; officially dropping support for Firefox 3.0.x -- I'll see if I can bring it back later. The previous FoxyProxy BAsic release (1.7.4) doesn't work with Firefox 3.0 already due to the Firefox 4.0 porting efforts. Unfortunately, that release wasn't labeled as such so Firefox 3.0 users were automatically upgraded.
  • Credit to OCS in the about box

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.7.4 (Aug 21, 2010)

  • Now compatible with Firefox 4
  • Changed default proxy color from #65BAD7 to #0055E5

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.7.3 (Jul 10, 2010)

  • Fixed minor DNS prefetch bug discussed here whereby DNS prefetch defaults weren't being properly restored.
  • Increased Firefox version compatibility

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.7.2 (Jun 21, 2010)

  • Increased Firefox version compatibilty
  • Fixed missing icon in the Get FoxyProxy Plus button

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.7 (Jun 7, 2010)

  • Significantly better browsing performance:
  • limited the use of network.dns.disablePrefetch to when FoxyProxy is enabled & requires it
  • Fixed Download Manager click problems
  • Removed donation link from About box; the donation page is no longer maintained
  • Fixed About box layout on Windows as discussed at here
  • Lots of locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.6.1 (Feb 22, 2010)

  • Warnings and user-confirmation required when clicking proxy:// links. Requested here.
  • New hidden setting to completely disable proxy:// links: ignoreProxyScheme.
To use: close firefox. In foxyproxy.xml, change the new "ignoreProxyScheme" attribute from its default of "false" to "true".
  • Locale updates
  • Version bump for Songbird

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.6 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • Support for the proxy:// protocol. Read about at http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/proxyprotocol.html.
  • Two new hidden settings: excludePatternsFromCycling and excludeDisabledFromCycling.
  • To use: close Firefox. In foxyproxy.xml, change the new "excludePatternsFromCycling" and/or "excludeDisabledFromCycling" attribute from its default of "true" to "false". Requested at http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/improving-cycle-through-proxies-mode.
  • Locale updates
  • Version bumps for Firefox

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.5.1 (Jan 29, 2010)

  • Fixed "all proxies" enabled at startup" bug discussed at http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/all-proxies-enabled-startup-doesnt-remember-preference
  • Hidden setting for not disabling a proxy in FoxyProxy when its PAC file can't load. To use: close firefox. In foxyproxy.xml, change the new "disableOnBadPAC" attribute from its default of "true" to "false". This can be set on a per-proxy basis so you will see "disableOnBadPAC" listed more than once.
  • Locale updates

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.5 (Jan 21, 2010)

  • Fixed ever-increasing main window size problem
  • If proxy is disabled because of missing or broken PAC, it is attempted to be restored on restart of FF. Discussed here.
  • Locale updates
  • Increased minimum Firefox version to 3.0a1. 2.0.* is no longer supported / tested.
  • Songbird version bump

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.4 (Jan 13, 2010)

  • DNS "leak" fix for SOCKS proxies. See the new checkbox in Proxy Settings: "Perform remote DNS lookups
on hostnames loading through this proxy". This checkbox is now checked by default for new SOCKS proxies.
  • Menu colors (statusbar, toolbar, context-menu) now match customized proxy color
  • Minor Add/Edit Proxy dialog bug fix
  • Animated FoxyProxy icon in About box (Thanks, Jesper!)
  • McAfee Site Advisor support. Discussed here.
  • Work towards re-enable proxies disabled by missing PAC but feature is not yet complete.
  • Width and height of main options dialog and proxy settings dialog remembered between opening/closing
  • Fixed bug which prevented the proper display of an error message to the user if he was using a PAC with a syntax error or other problems.
Discussed here.
  • Proxy DNS column added to Proxies list in the main window and ChooseProxy window (displayed with Alt+F3)
  • Default display columns for new installations is now:
Proxy list:
  • Enabled
  • Color
  • Proxy Name
  • Proxy Notes
  • 
All other columns are still available but must be enabled explicitly. The point is to enable less clutter
by hiding by default lesser-important columns.
  • Tor wizard now uses remote DNS lookup by default instead of prompting the user

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.3.1 (Dec 1, 2009)

  • Fix for French which caused French installations of 1.3 to completely break.

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.3 (Nov 28, 2009)

  • DNS lookups now fixed! Removed the Global Setting "Use SOCKS proxy for DNS lookups" and replaced it with
a "Use this proxy for all DNS lookups" checkbox on each Proxy Settings dialog. However, only one proxy can be
chosen for DNS lookups amongst all proxies. This is a Firefox limitation. See screenshot here
and here.
  • Fixed "Cycle Through Modes" bug as described here.
  • Logging tab: moved "Open URL in New Tab", "Copy URL to Clipboard", and "Delete Selection" buttons above the log so the horizontal
view of the log is maximized. Requested here.
  • Added proxy color to the logging tab
  • Fixed text-wrapping when resizing the "Choose Proxy" dialog (initiated from the Alt+F3 "QuickProxy" shortcut)
  • Proxy color now displayed when pressing the Alt+F3 "QuickProxy" shortcut
  • Fixed bug whereby some alert boxes weren't properly parented/owned. This led to some alerts not being properly modal
with respect to the window/dialog that issued the alert.
  • Fixed various minor bugs with the Tor Wizard; also removed a step in the wizard
  • Locale upates
  • Vietnamese translation -- thanks loveleeyounga!
  • fr-FR locale changed to fr per BabelZilla

New in FoxyProxy Basic 1.2 (Nov 16, 2009)

  • icons for buttons and tabs
  • New, better colorpicker for selecting color-per-proxy -- Thanks, Jesper Hansen!
  • Color now displayed in FoxyProxy Options dialog as requested here: http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/color-icon-status-bar#comment-2849
  • Narrowed CSS specificity for FoxyProxy's tree styling to prevent interference with
  • addons such as FindInTabs (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8078). This also fixes the long-standing
  • bug in some Firefox versions whereby the Firefox addressbar/awesomebar shows blank lines when autosuggesting websites.
  • Removed useless "mode" column in options dialog tree view
  • New proxy names default to host/ip address (if one was entered), otherwise they default back to the original "New Proxy" name. Requested here:
  • http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/default-nameip-comment-hint
  • Tooltips for proxies, when listed in any menu, show the proxy notes field (used to replicate the proxy name). Requested here:
  • http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/drupal/content/default-nameip-comment-hint
  • better debugging for failed proxy filtering (as requested somewhere in the forums)
  • differentiation between FoxyProxy Basic and FoxyProxy Plus in labels within the application. Previously, such labels just said "FoxyProxy" instead of "FoxyProxy Basic" or "FoxyProxy Standard". This makes it clearer to the user which edition he's using, hopefully making support easier.
  • Support for closing FoxyProxy dialogs/windows on OS/X with Command-W
  • removed extraneous dump() statements
  • better socks dns handling; still needs work
  • Conditional builds for FoxyProxy Basic
  • locale updates
  • removed id-ID and mk-MK locales since they've been empty for ages