4.2.4

Improvements

• Chromium-based browsers will receive "--no-default-browser-check" parameter when launched. This will prevent the browser from asking to be the default browser, because we all know Browser Tamer is the default browser. We don't need to be reminded of this every time we open a link. Running re-discovery is required for this to be added in. I was listening to you, @oscarorange in #103.
• Prevent config and picker window from flickering in annoying white when first shown. Say goodbye to unintentional light shows! Your eyes will no longer be subjected to the AI's attempt at being a strobe light. Consider this our peace offering.

Cosmetic changes

• Eliminate ImGui warnings in Pipeline debugger. No more ugly warning messages. Our debugger is now as pristine as a freshly cleaned whiteboard.
• Set application test page to a dedicated web page. Finally, the test page gets its own room.

Due to the increasing popularity of Browser Tamer, we now have an official rock ballad you can listen to:

Browser.Tamer.mp4

Installation instructions.

4.2.3

This release does not change or improve any core functionality and only touches the configuration utility in the following ways:

• Configuration utility now uses built-in system font "Segoe UI".
• Lua script editor uses monospaced font "Consolas".
• Fonts are rendered with "FreeType" rendered which is more accurate and looks better.

Installation instructions.

4.2.2

Improvements

• Main configuration window can be maximised.

Bugs fixed

• "Launch in chromeless window" was not working for some time.
• "Message from dear IMGUI" error fixed in process picker and dashboard warning.

Installation instructions.

4.2.1

New

• Zen browser is now automatically detected as Gecko-based browser. Thanks to @vhick in #111.

Improvements

• Rule editor now has a helper function to list currently running processes when working with "Process" rule.

• For people who have a lot of profiles (like @AJolly in #109), tab list is now scrollable, and we have a tab list as well:

• If a browser could not be launched, a system error message is shown with details (#98).

Installation instructions.

4.2.0

New features:

• Ability to hide profiles, in addition to the browsers (#71). Thanks to @ilapro53 for the idea.
• Picker option "always on top" will make sure picker always shows on top of other windows (off by default).
• Added configuration option to manually invoke Picker when CAPS LOCKS is on.
• Picker includes an extra menu to the right of browser list, which at the moment has two extra options:
  • Copy link to clipboard and close picker.
  • Email link with a default email client.

Installation instructions.

4.1.2

"Close on focus loss" option was not working properly. Thanks to @rp1231.

Installation instructions.

4.1.1

Improvements

• ⌨️ Keyboard is back, but it's even better now. Picker can be controlled with keyboaard keys. Thanks to @aaronransley.
• Picker window can be optionally dismissed on focus loss, the option is off by default and can be enabled from the Picker menu. Thanks to @rp1231 in #86.

Installation instructions.

4.1.0

New features

• Introducing Pipeline debugger - a very detailed representation of how BT processes URLs that can be used to understand BT and test how rules and substitutions are applied. Accessible from the Tools menu.
• BT can write log file to "log.txt" in the same directory as config.ini. This is useful for debugging and understanding how BT processes URLs. Log file is off by default and can be enabled from the General menu.
• Lua scripting for more advanced url processing and rule matching. This is still a very new feature, therefore some bugs can be expected.

Improvements

• More URL un-shorteners supported.
• You can turn pipeline substitutions on and off without deleting substitutions. This is accessible from the "Pipeline" menu.
• Some pleaces in the UI are getting "online help" hyperlink to a relevant documentation section.

Bugs fixed

• bt.exe was hanging in the background with no picker UI shown. First seen when invoking from Slack, but could happen in other apps too. Thanks to @maddada in #93.

Installation instructions.

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4.0.3

New features:

• Browser Tamer now has AI. When you click on a link, it does predict which browser you want to open it in. This is based on what you have configued to open in the configuration window.
• Browser tamer can now predict time using sophisticated AI algorithms. We know what time it will be in 5 minutes, and we can predict it with 100% accuracy. You don't need GPU or AI chip for this to work and BT still utilizes 0% of your CPU.

Improvements:

• UX: Picker menu makes it clear which mouse button to click (thanks to @rp1231 in discussion #85).
• UX: Picker would not show in the taskbar (reported by @maddada in #88).
• UX: Picker window will not resize itself, but rather ergonimically reposition browsers and profiles depending on selection. This is because jumping window size was annoying and caused some health issues for some users with epilepsy.
• Brower Tamer will now use native Windows OS window chrome instead of custom ones. This is to make it more consistent with the rest of the system and to avoid some issues with other tools that rely on native window chrome. The chrome will also adopt to the Browser Tamer theme you have selected i.e. it will be dark or light depending on your theme prevalence.

Some screenshots of the changes:

Installation instructions.

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Bonus

Current versions of Browser Tamer in use at the moment of this release:

4.0.2

Fixed a bug where picker would not show up if it was configured to be shown on conflict or always. Thanks to @Mythrix in #40.

Installation instructions.