WOT (Web of Trust) Changelog

What's new in WOT (Web of Trust) 4.0.0

Aug 12, 2017
  • Minor improvements.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20170206 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Enhanced user privacy and improved security

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 3.0.0 (Aug 6, 2016)

  • Completely new user interface.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20151208 (Dec 9, 2015)

  • New user interface
  • Fixed issues mentioned during last release (such as removed the use of innerHTML, etc);

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20151126 (Nov 27, 2015)

  • Fixed the bugs with the Pop-up window buttons.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20151013 (Nov 9, 2015)

  • fixed bug: gmail dead links
  • when you click on a link in gmail and it simply doesn't load.
  • fixed bug: when a few tabs open at the same time from the bookmarks, they all get messed up and some don't even load.
  • fixed bug: warning page sticks when switching between tabs (and also disappears when going back and forth between the tabs).
  • updated jQuery libraries.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20151012 (Oct 13, 2015)

  • fixed bug: gmail dead links - when you click on a link in gmail and it simply doesn't load.
  • fixed bug: when a few tabs open at the same time from the bookmarks, they all get messed up and some don't even load.
  • fixed bug: warning page sticks when switching between tabs (and also disappears when going back and forth between the tabs).
  • updated jQuery libraries.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20150708 (Jul 9, 2015)

  • Bug fixed: the add-on doesn't update it's state when tabs switched.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20150705 (Jul 6, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug: the add-on prevented redirects in some cases;

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20150421 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • Warning screen is made non-killable by a malicious website
  • Added Hindi language
  • Bug fixes

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20131118 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Added check of selected categories

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20131030 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Firefox (20131030):
  • Fixed #76 No categories to pick if only CS rated
  • Fixed #74 donuts disappear when switching results pages after coming back from found website
  • Fixed #73 Broken encoding when commenting via RW
  • Fixed #75 Can't fetch & submit a comment for a Cyrillic domain
  • Fixed #70 User see category votes from previously rated via scorecard website
  • A bit better user votes' presentation on RW
  • Google Chrome (2.2.1):
  • better presentation of user votes
  • Opera (2.1.1):
  • several bugfixes
  • simplified reasons' selector

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20131008 (Oct 11, 2013)

  • Firefox (20131008):
  • simplified reasons selector
  • minor UI improvements
  • Safari (2.0.17):
  • First public release of WOT 2.0 for Safari
  • Opera (1.11):
  • Fixed ContentEditable Issue with Facebook Note
  • Google Chrome (2.0.18):
  • Fixed: Rating window size changes
  • Fixed: Clearing ratings separately doesn't clear voted categories
  • Fixed: Italian and German translation
  • Sseveral other bugfixes

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20130924 (Sep 25, 2013)

  • Fixed: non-latin chars are corrupted in user's comment when the comment is stored locally (temporarily)

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20130917 (Sep 17, 2013)

  • "non-resizable popups" bug fixed

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20130515 (May 16, 2013)

  • Safari (1.12):
  • Fixed: Don't mark-up links in editable content
  • Added Ukrainian language
  • Enabled Korean language
  • Fixed several small bugs
  • Firefox (20130515):
  • Fixed bug with Facebook notes (WOT popup was leaking it's code)
  • Fixed issue with Private Browsing mode (compatibility with FF >= 20)

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20130402 (Apr 3, 2013)

  • Google Chrome (1.4.11):
  • Fixed height issue for FBL when user has zoomed screen
  • Small improvements of FBL
  • Added "Forum" link to the Rating Window
  • Firefox (20130402):
  • Added dismiss link and support for longer question in Feedback Form
  • Fixed several issues with WOT Warning

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20130129 (Jan 30, 2013)

  • Firefox (20130129):
  • Fixed the issue with contentEditable elements
  • Google Chrome (1.4.8):
  • Fixed the bug with auth cookie

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 2013011 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Firefox (2013011):
  • Replaced synchronous XMLHttpRequest call to async
  • Google Chrome (1.4.7):
  • Added links to WelcomeTips
  • small changes to russian locale (more accurate meanings)
  • Fixed: Don't mark-up links in editable content
  • Fixed: several bugs with Warning styles
  • Safari (1.12):
  • Fixed: Don't mark-up links in editable content
  • Added Ukrainian language
  • Enabled Korean language
  • Fixed several small bugs
  • Opera (1.10):
  • Fixed bug: Don't mark-up links in editable content
  • Added Ukrainian language
  • Small fixes to russian and german texts

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20120910 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • New design of the warning screen
  • Added Ukrainian translation
  • Fixed: WOT reputation icon in the warning message doesn't reflect site's reputation

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20120515 (May 17, 2012)

  • Firefox (20120515):
  • Hides good rating symbols from Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo Mail
  • Doesn't change the default search provider to WOT Safe Search
  • Google Chrome (1.2.14):
  • Update manifest.json for Chrome 18 (manifest version 2)
  • Context menu for opening scorecard
  • Expire "warned" flag when site was rated to red by user
  • Opera (1.8):
  • Fixed: website authentication didn't work immediately.
  • Fixed: allow add-on to communicate with mywot.com over TLS
  • Added Opera 12 compatibility
  • Upgraded jQuery to 1.7.1
  • Added the "settings" menu item
  • Prevented text selection in popover, warning screen, and popup
  • Added a context when opening mywot.com pages from an add-on
  • Stopped the warning screen from showing up immediately after rating site poorly
  • Added better Russian translations
  • Safari (1.10):
  • Don't show green donuts for webmails (support use_search_level) from search rules.
  • Don't show warning screen immediately after rating site to red
  • Indicate unrated sites on an appearing icon
  • Default safari icon in extensions list (preferences)

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20120302 (Mar 3, 2012)

  • Opera:
  • Fixed: Opera 11.61 breaks ratings in frames
  • Fixed: Popup positioning bug in gmail
  • Fixed: Wrong params number in matchrule()
  • Added Swedish short description of add-on
  • Updated descriptions in config.xml from Opera Add-on Store
  • Safari:
  • Improvement: Use native Popover to show rating window
  • small improvement: prevent text selection in popup, rating window and warning screen #12 
  • Updated russian locale
  • All addon's links now have src=addon-* get-parameter to distinguish origin
  • Bug fixed: Bug with geticon when new testimony is set #7 
  • Chrome:
  • Fixed: Popup positioning bug in gmail
  • Fixed: Wrong params number in matchrule()
  • Firefox:
  • Fix: doesn't update the user interface before settings are loaded

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20111107 (Nov 18, 2011)

  • Clarifies texts for the warning screens
  • Fixes potential issues with the warning screen and the settings page
  • Signed with a new code signing certificate with the correct company name

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20110704 (Jul 9, 2011)

  • Improved startup speed
  • Added ko-KR translation
  • Removed the modal EULA dialog
  • Reduced the add-on size significantly by simplifying included images

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20110323 (May 7, 2011)

  • Adds ratings to Facebook, Twitter, and shortened URLs

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20100908 (Nov 8, 2010)

  • Fixes pop-up menus on Firefox 4.0 beta

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20100823 (Aug 28, 2010)

  • Removes cookies from refinement script XMLHTTPRequests
  • Loads more than 100 ratings for web search results if necessary to accommodate the new Google Image Search, for example

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20100503 (May 5, 2010)

  • Fixes compatibility with Firefox 3.7a5pre after 20100429 nightly builds.
  • Fixes accessibility in the warning screen.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20091028 (Nov 5, 2009)

  • Changed the license to GNU GPL v3 and updated Terms of Service accordingly.
  • Changed the key binding for the "View WOT scorecard" menu item to not collide with "Open Link in New Window".

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20090918 (Sep 23, 2009)

  • Added support for content scripts on search results pages

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20090728 (Sep 7, 2009)

  • Fixes zh-CN translation
  • Fixes warning screen issues for pages with Java applets
  • Instructs Firefox to flush preferences after major changes

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20090414 (Jun 29, 2009)

  • Fixes window size and warning issues for small screen resolutions.
  • Fixes an issue with the warning notification when quickly switching tabs.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20090325 (Mar 26, 2009)

  • Improved welcome process.
  • New warning and blocking screens.
  • New "View WOT scorecard" option on the context menu for links.
  • New languages: zh-CN, zh-TW, ja-JP, and cs-CZ.
  • Fixes compatibility with 3.6 Alpha 1pre.

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20081111 (Nov 20, 2008)

  • Adds support for Yahoo! Mail and Windows Live Hotmail

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20081020 (Oct 27, 2008)

  • Includes fixes for upcoming webmail support
  • Uses rating prefetching for faster blocking when enabled

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20081006 (Oct 7, 2008)

  • Fixes links that were broken after the previous update

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20080917 (Sep 16, 2008)

  • Fixes profile synchronization when third party cookies are disabled in Firefox 3

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20080811 (Aug 18, 2008)

  • Includes usability improvements for warnings and the pop-up
  • Fixes blocking for whitelisted sites and POST requests

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20080714 (Jul 15, 2008)

  • Fixes unreliable offline mode detection
  • Includes a workaround for bug 437174, which required third-party cookies to be enabled in Firefox 3

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20080519 (Jun 2, 2008)

  • Fixes compatibility issues with Firefox 3
  • Adds color blind accessible user interface

New in WOT (Web of Trust) 20080421 (Apr 30, 2008)

  • WOT v3 beta with updated user interface and website reputation scorecard