Glims Changelog

What's new in Glims 1.0 Build 42

Nov 26, 2013
  • Added - Installation Screen to setup ads preferences.
  • Fixed - UTF8 in Google search suggestions display as expected.
  • Fixed - Last selected tab.
  • Fixed - Undo multiple closed tabs.
  • Fixed - Tabs reopening twice.
  • Fixed - Crash log window showing for no reason.
  • Known Issue - Bookmarks separator not showing on Safari 7/6.1 sidebar.
  • Known Issue - Middle-click close feature issues on Mavericks.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 40 (Oct 16, 2013)

  • Major clean up.
  • Fixed reported hang with Safari 6/7.
  • Fixed Google image issues.
  • No more injection to the web process.
  • No more blekko search suggestions (blekko doesn't want us to use their feed).
  • No more Google thumbnails (too much trouble to keep up with Google).
  • PPC not supported.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 39 (Apr 15, 2013)

  • Fixed - Loading time of Google thumbnails
  • Fixed - Google thumbnails using Google API
  • Fixed - First click on bookmark button
  • Fixed - Google layout when using search result improvements
  • Fixed - Memory leak causing webprocess to restart

New in Glims 1.0 Build 38 (Dec 27, 2012)

  • Added - Back to last search button in location bar (Safari 6)
  • Fixed - Google searches are reflected in location bar (Safari 6)
  • Fixed - Google search suggestions
  • Fixed - Google map favicon in search engines list
  • Fixed - Search suggestions overlap (Safari 5)

New in Glims 1.0 Build 37 (Nov 29, 2012)

  • Fixed - Google Link Suggestions
  • Added - Show Chrome bookmarks in Safari bookmarks collection (Safari 5.1+)
  • Added - Sort Bookmarks from menu (Safari 5.1+)
  • Added - Bookmarks labels
  • Added - Bookmark separators can now be folders
  • Added - Flag to turn ad banner off
  • Added - Link to blekko related results in search suggestions when available (Safari 6)
  • Added - Favicon in search suggestions (Safari 6)
  • Fixed - Google word suggestions (Safari 5)
  • Fixed - Search engine favicon not showing at launch
  • Fixed - Search engines with UTF16 domain names
  • Fixed - Middle mouse click in browser window menu opens link in new tab
  • Fixed - Blinking title in search suggestions (Safari 6)
  • Fixed - Show URL in search suggestions
  • Fixed - Glims menu items showing at the wrong place in menu bar
  • Improved - Thumbnails in search results

New in Glims 1.0 Build 36 (Sep 25, 2012)

  • Fixed - Preferences don't show when restarting Safari
  • Fixed - Random Web Process crash
  • Fixed - Various performance improvements

New in Glims 1.0 Build 35 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • Fixed - Installer 10.8 compatibility issues
  • Fixed - Installer not starting Glims after install
  • Fixed - Preferences not showing after sleep
  • Fixed - Select location when switching search engines
  • Fixed - Thumbnails not loading
  • Fixed - Bookmarks improvements not showing in menu bar
  • Fixed - Crash when switching search engine
  • Fixed - Recent searches not updating on Safari 6
  • Fixed - Search engines favicon
  • Fixed - Works on Leopard PPC
  • Added - Contextual menu searches o

New in Glims 1.0 Build 34 (Aug 6, 2012)

  • Added support for Safari 6 and osx 10.8.
  • Safari 6 - New option to disable wide tab labels
  • Safari 6 - New search bar implementation
  • Safari 6 - New search suggestions within Safari completion window
  • Safari 6 - Improved Full Screen support
  • Safari 6 - blekko can be set as suggestion source (set as default)
  • Safari 6 - New loader
  • Fixed - Bing.com Thumbnails
  • Fixed - Google Suggestions
  • Added - Support for retina display
  • Added - Swedish localization

New in Glims 1.0 Build 33 (Jun 11, 2012)

  • Improved loader
  • Should load on newer version of Safari
  • Secondary loader for system without dyld support

New in Glims 1.0 Build 32 (Jan 25, 2012)

  • Added - An option to install a 'Light' version of the plugin.
  • Added - An option to load search engines thumbnails using HTTPS.
  • Added - Startpage, IXquick, duckduckgo, and blekko to search engines list.
  • Added - When Lion is not restoring tabs, the plugin should take over.
  • Added - Danish localization.
  • Fixed - The restart Safari message during installation should be attached to the installer window.
  • Fixed - Incorrect permission of the folder /Library/ScriptingAdditions following installation.
  • Fixed - Search keyword suggestions not showing.
  • Fixed - Search links suggestions missing entries.
  • Fixed - Some letters (á, í, ó, ý etc...) do not work when autocomplete is activated.
  • Fixed - PPC binary is not needed on Snow Leopard.
  • Fixed - Should be able to use search engine Keyword in location bar without a query.
  • Fixed - Minimal sized tabs in fullscreen won't show properly after restart.
  • Fixed - Minor layout issue with Google Thumbnails.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 31 (Oct 9, 2011)

  • Adds thumbnails to Google/Yahoo/Bing search results
  • Adds search engines to the default Safari's search tab
  • Adds Favicons to tab labels
  • Adds keyword search from address bar
  • Adds new tab position option (right/left/leftmost/rightmost)
  • Adds tab closing using middle mouse button (or CMD-Click)
  • Focus last selected tab
  • Type-ahead support (auto cmd-f)
  • Sets the focus on the search field when opening a new window
  • Adds Amazon's information banner on Google/Yahoo/Bing search results
  • Adds a "Max Window Size" menu item to resize the Safari window
  • Autocomplete search phrase
  • Adds bookmark separator
  • Adds bookmark actions
  • Dated download folders
  • Auto-Closes download window
  • Undo "Close Tab" (cmd-z)
  • Localized to Japanese, French, Polish, German, Spanish, Italian, and Korean

New in Glims 1.0 Build 30 (Aug 29, 2011)

  • Added - Up arrow in search field shows the suggestions
  • Added - Snow Leopard - Safari 5.1 - Glims Tab Restore now uses Safari session files
  • Fixed - Crash when typing in search field
  • Fixed - Problem with apps not recognizing our 'Internet Plugin'
  • Fixed - Snow Leopard - WebKit - Safari opens when using Glims Tab Restore
  • Fixed - Snow Leopard - WebKit - Glims Tab Restore open URL twice
  • Fixed - Webkit - Google thumbnails not showing
  • Fixed - Installer - Lion showing as Snow Leopard
  • Fixed - Closing tab shows suggestions
  • Fixed - Search field Autocomplete false positives
  • Fixed - Search field Autocomplete shouldn't show on backspace
  • Fixed - Search suggestions should not be cached
  • Fixed - Error handling in search suggestions
  • Fixed - Clicking on the Search Engine icon should focus the field

New in Glims 1.0 Build 29 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • Lion and Safari 5.1 support is here.
  • Takes full advantage of the improvements made in Safari. Glims has a new loader, and the existing features work better on Lion.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 27 (Nov 15, 2010)

  • New - Option to set the minimum tab bar labels size to favicon size (Safari 4 and 5 only)
  • Fixed - Restored Window size is off by 2 pixels on top
  • Fixed - Type ahead with some German ( ä, ö or ü ) characters
  • Fixed - Restored of minimized windows
  • Fixed - Restored tabs order
  • Fixed - First panel of Glims preferences on Safari 4
  • Fixed - Position new tab preferences
  • Fixed - Thumbnails not showing with Google Instant
  • Fixed - Thumbnails should not show in Google shopping results
  • Fixed - Thumbnails in news results of Google.com
  • Fixed - Google SSL Search should use encrypted.google.com and avoid redirect
  • Fixed - Every single crash log reported
  • Improved - Glims Agent
  • Improved - Compiled with the latest XCode ( 3.2.4 )
  • Known issue - Italian and Korean localizations are discontinued
  • Known issue - Using the Session safari extension with Glims enabled have unexpected result

New in Glims 1.0 Build 26 (Aug 10, 2010)

  • Added - Undo tabs now includes history
  • Added - Restore tabs now includes history
  • Added - Improved preference panels
  • Added - More preference flags to the restore tabs
  • Added - More preference options for undo
  • Added - Google Latvia search suggestions
  • Fixed - Google Suggestions Links
  • Fixed - Google Suggestions Words
  • Fixed - Tabs not restoring properly
  • Fixed - Wrong results while Google selected as search engine
  • Fixed - Google SSL not showing thumbnails properly
  • Fixed - Undo tabs reopen twice
  • Fixed - Glims Agent log error
  • Fixed - Tabs restore performance improvements
  • Fixed - Commas are stripped from custom search engine URLs (IE: w3.org)
  • Fixed - More Safari5 improvements

New in Glims 1.0 Build 25 (Jun 21, 2010)

  • Added - Google SSL search engine definitions
  • Added - Suggestion window is even more threaded
  • Added - More error handling
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Force autocomplete on in forms improvements
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Crash when clicking on search engine field
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Changes in undo implementation
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Undo multiple windows
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Open tab right or left
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Tab restoring
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Tabs not re-opening in multiple windows
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Click on link to launch browser
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Crash when re-opening tabs
  • Fixed - Safari 5 - Focus last selected tab
  • Fixed - IMDB path redirecting to Advanced Title Search Page
  • Fixed - Find in page should start with the search query
  • Fixed - Search from url bar should be encoded
  • Fixed - Google suggestions not showing
  • Fixed - Yahoo Thumbnails
  • Fixed - Google Thumbnails
  • Fixed - Thumbnails show properly on google.co.il
  • Fixed - Issues with Google Reader
  • Fixed - Tabs should not show on Cancel after crash
  • Fixed - Spinning ball when showing Google Suggestions
  • Fixed - IMDB path in search engines
  • Fixed - WebKit nightly build compatibility issues
  • Fixed - Check for updates in Leopard
  • Fixed - Installation issues

New in Glims 1.0 Build 22 (Oct 21, 2009)

  • Improvement: Updated Yahoo icon
  • Fixed: Google Search Suggestion 'More' links
  • Fixed: Google 'Options' not clickable
  • Fixed: Google thumbnails not showing
  • Fixed: Google showing random code at the bottom of the page
  • Fixed: UnInstaller in multi users environment
  • Fixed: UnInstaller not stopping the 'Glims Agent' process
  • Fixed: Icon of current search engine at launch
  • Fixed: Preference panel not showing
  • Fixed: Rare crash in Search Engine window

New in Glims 1.0 Build 21 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • Added: Snow Leopard Support.
  • Added: Cuil in search engines list.
  • Fixed - "|" character in Search Engine URL.
  • Fixed - Greek localization Search Suggestions bug.
  • Fixed - Italian localization spelling mistakes.
  • Fixed - Thumbnails with Yahoo! Mexico.
  • Fixed - Thumbnails with Yahoo! Japan.
  • Fixed - Favicon not displaying for specific URIs.
  • Fixed: Broken shortcuts for CMD+L and CMD+ALT+F.
  • Fixed: Fullscreen tab bar behaviour.
  • Fixed: Backspace triggering empty search.
  • Fixed: Snapback not showing.
  • Improved: Google loading performance.
  • Improved: Tab Banner.
  • Improved: Lots of Optimization.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 20 (Aug 17, 2009)

  • Fixes critical issues related to Safari 4.03 update.
  • Apple changes in the internal of Safari (without notice) forced us to rewrite parts of the Glims engine.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 19 (Jul 7, 2009)

  • Improves overall stability and Safari 4 compatibility.
  • Fixed - Crash when opening new Safari window.
  • Fixed - Random crash while using Safari.
  • Fixed - Search field icon not showing at launch.
  • Fixed - Download windows not showing progress.
  • Fixed - Transparent Safari windows showing in Expose.
  • Fixed - Download folders not working.
  • Fixed - Middle mouse button to close tab.
  • Added - Using new Amazon API to get product information.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 18 (Jun 22, 2009)

  • Added - Bing to search engine list.
  • Added - Google Hong Kong to search suggestion sources.
  • Added - Chinese localization.
  • Added - Russian localization.
  • Fixed - Google thumbnails loading speed.
  • Fixed - Using search keywords from address bar.
  • Fixed - Search Engines not showing in Search Field.
  • Fixed - MacUpdate searches.
  • Fixed - Recent searches in drop down list.
  • Fixed - Success screen always showing at launch.
  • Fixed - Link anchor in URL bar.
  • Fixed - Tabs positioning.
  • Fixed - Tab icons jumping up and down.
  • Fixed - Form completion.
  • Fixed - Top Sites panel fade in/out.
  • Fixed - Safari 4 random crash.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 17 (May 26, 2009)

  • Fixed - Conflict with misc. Safari plugins.
  • Fixed - Crash when dragging a tab out.
  • Fixed - Overall performance improvements.
  • Fixed - Safari clears out tabs at launch.
  • Fixed - Right click on bookmark separator.
  • Fixed - Google lab experiments conflict with search suggestions.
  • Fixed - ’+’ sign in search field.
  • Fixed - Full screen window bars not restoring.
  • Added - Shows Glims success page after install.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 16 (May 14, 2009)

  • Fixed - Every Crash Log submited have been confirmed to be fixed with this release.
  • Fixed - Google suggestions and keywords not showing in the U.S.
  • Fixed - Suggestion window not closing when opening a new tab.
  • Fixed - Preferences window resizing randomly.
  • Fixed - Link suggestion not disabling.
  • Fixed - XML Error in console log.
  • Improved - Bookmarks separator.
  • Added - More formats for the download folder dates.
  • Added - Polish Localization.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 15 (Mar 23, 2009)

  • Fixed - Auto-complete in search field break Opt-Delete or Cmd-Delete key.
  • Fixed - Google 'More' panel not showing.
  • Fixed - Open in new tab not working for javascript's new window.
  • Fixed - Using | as vertical bookmark separator.
  • Fixed - Close button not showing in tabs.
  • Fixed - Dragging tabs crashing Safari.
  • Fixed - Compatibility with hidden DebugSafari4TabBarIsOnTop preference.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 14 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • Plugged back the Glims features that were disabled in the previous release.
  • A big cheers to all the users that helped us during the process.
  • We had a peak of 50 emails an hour at one point, so be sure that even if we didn't reply to every single one, we did read it all.
  • Safari 4 beta: Search suggestions and links are now working.
  • Safari 4 beta: Tab favicons are showing.
  • Safari 4 beta: Fixed Bookmarks features.
  • Full rewrite of the tab favicons module which should bring a general performance improvement.

New in Glims 1.0 Build 13 (Feb 25, 2009)

  • Fixed: nasty crash with Safari 4 beta
  • Fixed: crash while displaying the suggestion window
  • Fixed: opt-cmd-f not working in search field
  • Fixed: cmd-enter not working in search field
  • Fixed: last selected tab wrong order
  • Fixed: undo closed tab creates a blank tab
  • Fixed: Yahoo thumbnails
  • Added: option to open tabs grouped (open right of selected tab ordered)
  • Added: vertical bookmark separator in the bookmark menu bar
  • Added: any number of - in the bookmark title translate into a separator
  • Added: Korean localization
  • Added: Google icon

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 11 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • Added: in search field - Autocomplete search phrase.
  • Added: in bookmark bar - Action to add bookmark/folder here.
  • Added: in bookmark bar - Option to replace bookmarks titled "-" with menu separator.
  • Added: in suggestion window - "CMD down arrow" jumps between search words and link suggestions.
  • Added: new tab position option (right/left/leftmost/rightmost).
  • Added: tab closing using middle mouse button.
  • Fixed: wrong last tab selected when closing inactive tab.
  • Fixed: properly saving tabs on quit.
  • Fixed: quit without any window open.
  • Fixed: Google thumbnails wont show randomly.
  • Improved: suggestion window overall improvements.
  • Improved: usual Yahoo/Google thumbnails fixes.
  • Added: Spanish localization.
  • Added: Italian localization.

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 10 (Oct 30, 2008)

  • Added: CMD Click or Enter in suggestions window opens link in new tab.
  • Added: Pressing the down arrow in the search box brings back the suggestion results.
  • Fixed: Crash while re-ordering search engines.
  • Fixed: Search engines list issues.
  • Fixed: First line of the link suggestions shows.
  • Fixed: Suggestion shows on all versions of Leopard (Including Leopard 10.5.5 PPC).
  • Fixed: Another round of Google thumbnails fixed.
  • Fixed: Opening links from emails shows in tab.
  • Fixed: Undo tab shows at the original position.

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 9 (Oct 13, 2008)

  • Added Custom Search Engines
  • Added Keyword/Shortcut Support
  • Minor improvements to Suggestion Window
  • Improved Google Thumbnails (back to normal, sorry for the glitches of the previous release)
  • Improved Webkit Support
  • Improved Autcomplete Always On
  • Rewrite of the Tab Restore Feature (we now use fully the Safari session restore functionality)

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 8 (Sep 1, 2008)

  • Adds thumbnails to Google.com search results
  • Adds thumbnails to Yahoo.com search results
  • Adds search engines to the default Google search tab
  • Adds full-screen browsing capability
  • Adds Favicons to tab labels
  • Undo "Close Tab" (cmd-z)
  • Re-opens last session when Safari starts
  • Auto-Closes download window
  • Focus last selected tab
  • Always open links in a new tab
  • Type-ahead support (auto cmd-f)
  • Sets the focus on the search field when opening a new window
  • Adds Amazon's information banner on Google.com search results
  • Adds Amazon's information banner on Yahoo.com search results
  • Adds a "Max Window Size" menu item to resize the Safari window
  • Forms autocomplete always on
  • Dated download folders
  • Localized to Japanese, French, Greek, and German
  • Added: Always open links in new tabs
  • Added: Option to enable "last selected tab"
  • Added: Option to enable "autocomplete always on"
  • Added: More download folder date formats
  • Improved: Autocomplete always on works better now
  • Fixed: Undo of inactive tab
  • Fixed: Re-open support for miniaturized window
  • Fixed: Google thumbnails (we made it more robust this time)

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 7 (Aug 25, 2008)

  • Added - Forms autocomplete always on.
  • Added - Dated download folders.
  • Added - Hide status option for full screen mode.
  • Fixed - Type ahead should not be triggered by controls or escape.
  • Fixed - Re-open tabs showing homepage in a separate window.
  • Fixed - Search field misc improvements.
  • Fixed - Google thumbnails improvement (less intrusive).

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 6 (Aug 4, 2008)

  • Added - Greek Localization.
  • Added - Japanese Localization.
  • Added - Auto close download window when idle.
  • Added - type-ahead support (auto select search banner).
  • Fixed - CPU load while processing favicons.
  • Fixed - Google and Yahoo support.

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 5 (Jul 23, 2008)

  • Fixed: Should work with Safari 3.1 (4525.13)
  • Added: Tabs - Re-opens last session when Safari starts
  • Added: Tabs - Shows favicon on tab labels
  • Added: Tabs - Undo 'Close-Tab' (cmd-z)
  • Added: Focus 'Search Field' when opening new window (disabled by Default)
  • Added: French localization

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 4 (Jul 10, 2008)

  • Fixed: Problem while installing
  • Fixed: Searching MacUpdate shows no results
  • Fixed: Google returns a blank screen
  • Fixed: Some Yahoo search results wouldn't show the correct thumbnails
  • Fixed: Speed Improvement while loading thumbnails

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 3 (Jul 2, 2008)

  • Added: Full-screen browsing
  • Added: Suggestion search engine is selectable
  • Fixed: cmd-alt-f in address bar works as expected
  • Fixed: works on the latest Safari build from Apple
  • Fixed: works on Tiger
  • Fixed: works on Leopard with older version of Safari
  • Fixed: works on Safari 4 dev preview
  • Improved: Check for update mechanism
  • Improved: Suggestion window resizing

New in Glims 1.0 Beta 2 (Jun 17, 2008)

  • Fixed: Japanese fonts not showing in suggestions window
  • Fixed: Browse files for upload not showing
  • Fixed: Browse file panel not showing
  • Added: Auto-Update panel and preference option
  • Added: Google Image in search engine list
  • Added: Yahoo/Google Japan to search engine list
  • Added: Yahoo/Google France to search engine list
  • Improved: Icons handling in search engines list
  • Improved: Google page handling
  • Other: Minor changes to Installation
  • Other: Updated Google.com icon