What's new in StayFocusd 1.6.1
Sep 9, 2022
- Improvements
- Updated stayfocusd.com to use https
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed: Bugs caused by updating stayfocusd.com to https
New in StayFocusd 1.6.0 (Nov 25, 2020)
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed: Error setting Active Days if Nuclear Option has never been set before.
- Fixed: Close button on Challenge window doesn't work.
- Fixed: Resetting Challenge text to default doesn't immediately replace custom text in Options page
- Improvements:
- Redesigned StayFocusd logo and icons
- Refreshed design of Options, Help, and Changelog pages
- Removed unused identity permission from manifest
- Reduced likelihood of false positives with Stalker Option
- Added warning about using non-English characters in custom Challenge text
New in StayFocusd 1.5.11 (Feb 26, 2019)
- Fixed: Killed "Unchecked runtime.lastError" messages in console caused by latest Chrome update.
New in StayFocusd 1.5.10 (Jun 25, 2018)
- Fixed: Allowed Sites sometimes not allowed due to case-sensitivity issues
New in StayFocusd 1.5.8 (Nov 6, 2017)
- Fixed: Changes to Chrome broke Export Settings functionality
- Fixed: ActivityMonitor throws errors when encountering iframes from other domains (i.e. ad frames)
New in StayFocusd 1.5.7 (Jan 11, 2017)
- Fixed: Crazy edge case with book.tam.com.br causing blocked sites not to be blocked sometimes.
- Fixed: Gmail being erroneously blocked by Stalker Option.
New in StayFocusd 1.3.7 (Nov 12, 2012)
- Further refined domain matching to distinguish between domains like www.dn.se and bbc.co.uk (the first being a regular domain, the second being a multi-part domain).
New in StayFocusd 1.2.0.15 (Dec 29, 2011)
New in StayFocusd 1.2.0.13 (Aug 2, 2011)
- Fix character encoding issue
New in StayFocusd 1.2.0.11 (Jul 22, 2011)
- Added option in Customize Interface tab to disable the "Are you still there?" overlay, for people whose computers are idle while they watch videos or play Flash games.
- Fixed: Javascript error in XHTML-compliant sites due to non-XHTML img tag being inserted into DOM.
New in StayFocusd 1.2.0.4 (May 18, 2011)
- Fixed: Blocking chrome.google.com ends up blocking google.com too.
- Fixed: InfoBar showing up even when "hide forever" is clicked or "Never show infobar" is checked.
New in StayFocusd 1.2.0.3 (May 5, 2011)
- Fixed: Blocking google.com/reader would cause google.com.br to be blocked too. Changed wording on InfoBar from "never show this again" and "[hide]" to "hide forever" and "hide once," to clear up confusion about what each link does.
New in StayFocusd 1.2 (May 3, 2011)
- Added Import/Export Settings. Back up settings or copy them to another computer.
- Nuclear Option can now be set to fractions of an hour, so it can be used for Pomodoro Technique.
- Fixed: Pages are blocked by Reddigglicious Option outside Active Hours/Days.
- Fixed: Switching to website opened via application shortcut while Nuclear Option is active kills page in another window even… style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> when that page is on the Allowed Sites list.
- Fixed: Double redirect on some blocked pages.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.5.3 (Apr 27, 2011)
- Reddigglicious Option no longer appends parameter to URL. It's all handled behind the scenes now.
- Fixed: Popup sometimes display 0-01:59:59 when time has run out.
- Stop appending param to relative links and links to same domain.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.5.2 (Apr 23, 2011)
- Fixed: Nuclear Option set for "today only" not expiring as expected.
- Stop appending param to relative links and links to same domain.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.5.1 (Apr 22, 2011)
- Fixed: Allowed Site doesn't register as allowed when typed in directly, but works fine when clicked from another link.
- Fixed: ReferrerMonitor breaks some urls containing hashes.
- Fixed: One second is added back to clock when browser is restarted.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.5 (Apr 21, 2011)
- Added the Reddigglicious Option: clicking outgoing links from blocked sites now keeps the clock ticking on those sites too. This is for everyone who loses time on sites like Reddit, Digg, Google Reader, Delicious, and other sites which waste your time by sending you to other sites that waste your time.
- Added optional infobar that slides down from top of web pages to display important messages.
- Fixed:Nuclear Option scheduled for "today only" sometimes starts again the next day.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.4.1 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Fixed: Nuclear Option set to "Every weekday" or "Every day (including weekends)" doesn't always start on subsequent days after it is set.
- Fixed: Nuclear Option scheduled time should not be changeable once Nuclear Option is active, lest it be changed to a time that effectively turns the Nuclear Option off.
- Countdown now works on popup windows, such as the Facebook Share window.
- Remove "Allow only pages" and "Allow custom url" when "Hide 'Allow this entire site' link in popup" is checked.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.4 (Mar 28, 2011)
- Timing of desktop notifications is now configurable. Set up to 5 times to be alerted when elapsed time is running out, and/or when Nuclear Option is about to kick in.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.3 (Mar 26, 2011)
- Nuclear Option settings can now be changed to be more restrictive (but not more lenient) while the Nuclear Option is already active.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.2 (Mar 25, 2011)
- Blocked site still accessible after time expires, when Nuclear Option is active using SmartBomb on blocked sites only.
- Counter keeps ticking when all regular Chrome windows are closed, but a Chrome instance opened by an application shortcut is still open. This should also fix the problem for Mac users who close all tabs but don't Cmd-Q to fully quit Chrome.
- Setting Nuclear Option for time that already passed (but not by more than the number of hours to block) set expiration time to current time + block length instead of start time + block length.
- Scheduled Nuclear Option does not always start automatically.
New in StayFocusd 1.1.1 (Mar 22, 2011)
- Nuclear Option now includes SmartBomb, which allows you to block multimedia, images, forms, and/or logins rather than entire sites.
- Out-of-focus overlay can be turned off… style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> via Customize Interface
- Disallowed removal of Blocked Sites when Nuclear Option is active for blocked sites only.
- Fixed: Nuclear Option renews itself when browser is closed and re-opened
- Fixed: Add Allowed Sites button broken in last release
- Fixed: Nuclear Option time box allows non-numeric input
New in StayFocusd 1.1.0 (Mar 21, 2011)
- Nuclear Option is now highly configurable. Can specify which sites to block, for how long, starting when, and how often.
- Desktop notifications now disappear after 5 seconds.
- Blocked sites are now concealed with an overlay when they are not in focus. This prevents users from reading content on blocked site without time counting down.
- Added ability to block.
New in StayFocusd 1.0.32.3 (Feb 7, 2011)
- Fixed: Countdown badge remains on icon even after user resets Max Time Allowed to a higher value after the 60-second warning countdown starts.
- Fixed: Corrupted or missing Elapsed Time in LocalStorage shows up as NaN in countdown.
New in StayFocusd 1.0.32 (Feb 1, 2011)
- Fixed: Wildcard in Blocked Sites
- New: Desktop notification now pops up to alert you when time is running out.
New in StayFocusd 1.0.31.6 (Jan 10, 2011)
- Fixed: Blocked site becomes accessible when Nuclear Option is active, if domain is also on Allowed Sites list (i.e. google.com/reader -- which is on blocked sites list -- is accessible if google.com is on allowed sites list)
- When bypassing challenge to change settings which improve productivity, you can now add sites to the Blocked Sites list.
New in StayFocusd 1.0.31.5 (Dec 20, 2010)
- Fixed: Long custom challenge text runs off bottom of screen. Needs scrollbar.
- Fixed: Unchecking all Active Days reverts to all days checked.
- Fixed: Nuclear Option expiration message says AM instead of PM for noon expiration time.
New in StayFocusd 1.0.31.4 (Nov 15, 2010)
- Fixed: Really long list of Allowed or Blocked sites getting cut off instead of scrolling
- Added: Customize Interface settings
- Added: Option to hide "Allow entire site" link from popup
- Added: Customizable challenge text
- Added: Wildcards for blocked/allowed sites