OutWit Hub for Firefox - Version History
- Version 2.1.4.3
- Feature - Added the possibility to add [Ordinal] in the file rename pattern of Preferences>Exports to include the sequential number of the explored page during a browse or a dig. (This simplifies the matching of downloaded images with extracted data, for instance.)
- Feature - Added the #ORDINAL# replacement variable to scrapers, which allows you to add the sequential number of the explored page to a scraped record, during a browse or a dig. (This simplifies the matching of downloaded images with extracted data, for instance.)
- Fix - The search engine management panel is operational again.
- Fix - File downloads were failing if 'ignore' was chosen in the file exist menu of the macro editor. This was fixed.
- Enhancement - Removed useless disabled options in the action menu of the job editor (they will be implemented some day).
- Version 2.1.4.1
- Enhancement - Quicker HTML export.
- Enhancement - Global performance improved when automatic images extraction is on.
- Enhancement - Added #nextPage!# scraper rule to force next page to be taken into account even if the URL has already been visited in a browse or in a dig.
- Fix - Link extraction bug that was blocking browse or dig process in some specific dyamic pages.
- Fix - Matrix generation was looping if the "Matrix" checkbox was checked although the string was not a matrix.
- Version 2.1.3.16
- Fix - Minor fixes in macros.
- Fix - Fix problem with some Windows computers on Firefox 12.
- Enhancement - Works with Firefox 4 to 14.
- Version 2.1.3.13
- Feature - Can now directly receive and execute macros/jobs generated by OutWit Images.
- Feature - Portrait/Landscape options were added in the bottom panel of the 'images' view.
- Feature - The "select if" text box in the 'images' view now allows to type '800x600', '800x', 'x600', 'x800x' to compare respectively: width AND height, width, height and width OR height.
- Feature - A renaming preference was added to the Export Preferences, to set renaming patterns for downloaded files and exported files. In the pattern a succession of "#" means the addition of a numerical increment (with leading zeros) and "[OriginalName]" allows to include the original base name of the file.
- Fix - Open was failing is some cases when the file extension was in capital.
- Fix - Several minor fixes in macros, jobs.
- Enhancement - Small interface changes, including the possibility to preview the macros and jobs interface in light version.
- Enhancement - Works with Firefox 4 to 12.
- Version 2.1.3.1
- Feature - Significantly improved the HTML export layout, especially when data includes image URLs (display of Hires images, row highlighting, full text display on hover...).
- Feature - Added a new #checkIf# directive, allowing to set the values of the OK checkboxes in a scraper if a condition matches. (Example: Description:#checkIf#, Format:<title>Detail</title>, Replace:01001 - the OK checkboxes of the five first lines of the scraper will be respectively set to false, true, false, false and true, if the string "<title>Detail</title>" is found in the source code of the page.) You can put as many #checkIf# directives as you want in a scraper.
- Fix - Minor fixes in update check.
- Fix - Corrected a bug that prevented the Dig function to work in some cases.
- Fix - Removed error messages than appeared in the console in certain cases, when quitting the application.
- Fix - Upgrade/Downgrade uninstall problems were still happening in certain cases. They were fixed.
- Enhancement - More Hi-Res images should be found in common galleries.
- Enhancement - Minor fixes were made to the 'Guess' algorithm in cases of very small numbers of rows.
- Version 2.1.2.32
- Feature - Dragging data from the catch to the Page now works.
- Fix - Multiple selection for exporting automators was not working on Windows. This was corrected.
- Enhancement - Works with Firefox 4 to 13.
- Version 2.1.2.14
- Fix - Corrected reload button sometimes hidden on Windows.
- Fix - Fixed a regression in "Browse All Pages".
- Fix - In very rare cases, sites with javascript generated popups could crash the application. This was fixed.
- Enhancement - Works with Firefox 4 to 11.
- Enhancement - Very large directories of queries are better handled. Usually 50k items are working smoothly. We have tested up to 500k. At these levels, the application requires very large RAM space.
- Enhancement - Moving very large numbers of rows to the catch could be extremely long. This was optimized further.
- Enhancement - A confirm dialog was added to the datasheet Empty buttons.
- Version 2.1.1.26
- Fix - History/typeahead fixed in the search bar textbox.
- Fix - Corrected a bug that prevented exports in certain cases for the document and news views.
- Fix - Minor fixes and enhancements in the query manager.
- Version 2.1.1.20
- Feature - Added more options to the browse popup menu.
- Fix - Corrected issue with the "active" and "matrix" checkboxes of the "queries" view.
- Enhancement - Optimized the loading of very large directories of queries.
- Enhancement - Optimized the launch time before a browse or a fast scrape on very large numbers of URLs.
- Version 2.1.1.9
- Enhancement - Kernel update for Firefox 10.
- Enhancement - Improvements in the upgrade/downgrade system.
- Version 2.1.1.5
- Fix - Removed time limitation that was added during beta period (sorry for the inconvenience).
- Fix - Various fixes.
- Version 2.1.1.3
- Feature - Added a preference to make popup links open within the Hub instead of a new Firefox Window.
- Feature - Added a preference to prevent an alert to be displayed 10 seconds before the execution of a job.
- Feature - First implementation of POST queries in the Hub (to automatically fill forms). POST data must be added to the URL like ordinary parameters (after ? and separated by &, but the name of each POST parameter must simply be prefixed with #POST# (example: http://www.myWebSite.com/mySearchPage?#POST#field1=value1&#POST#field2=value2&...).
- Version 2.1.0.53
- Feature - Added #replace(value,findPattern,replacePattern)# function in scrapers.
- Feature - Added javascript link support to #nextToVisit()# function.
- Fix - Corrected glitches in update/downgrade processes.
- Enhancement - Now filtering out records that are empty or containing only empty fields from scrape results.
- Version 2.1.0.51 - Release
- Enhancement - The Hub is now available on all platforms, both as a standalone application and as a Firefox extension.
- Enhancement - Number of fixes and enhancements in the scraper engine.
- Enhancement - The ctrl-S, ctrl-F / cmd-S, cmd-F (save & find) commands are now working on the page even if the browser doesn't have the focus.
- Enhancement - A count of visited and remaining pages is now displayed in the status bar during automatic exploration.
- Enhancement - A throbber was added in the address bar while loading a page.
- Enhancement - A list of available tutorials is displayed at first run. It can then be accessed with the Tutorials item of the Help menu.
- Fix - The addition of a "i" flag is now working properly in regexps, when clicking on the "ignore case" checkbox of the find bar.
- Fix - Openning a Help window from a tutorial works again
- Fix - A bug was corrected in the clean text function which was trimming +=- characters at the end of a string in the extracted data.
- Fix - The #replace# directive could lead to an infinite loop in some cases. This was corrected.
- Known Issue - There are occasional problems in the renaming of queries. (Workaround for now: edit the cell and hit return.)
- Version 2.0.1.15
- Fix - Fast Scraping a series of URLs, the process doesn't stop any more when the domain of one of the URLs doesn't exist.
- Fix - A recent regression prevented macros to export data and download files at the same time. It is working agin.
- Fix - The #nextToVisit()# function was not working with URLs containing spaces. This was corrected.
- Fix - Exports respect again the 'Include id column' preference.
- Fix - Columns that have been hidden in the column picker are not exported.
- Fix - Various other minor fixes.
- Enhancement - Works with Firefox 3.6 to 10. Note that this is the last version supporting Firefox 3.6 and that several features are already not working with this version. You should update your browser to enjoy all features.
