Rikaichamp version history - 25 versions
Rikaichamp by Brian Birtles
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You should always use the latest version of an add-on.
Latest version
Version 0.4.0
Released Apr 8, 2021 - 11.19 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Adds support for definitions in languages other than English
• All dictionaries are automatically updated weekly (downloading just the changes)
• Uses much less memory
• Better sorting of more common definitions
• Recognizes even more charactersSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Older versions
Version 0.3.5
Released Mar 19, 2021 - 10.97 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Improved popup positioning for vertical text and hopefully some other situations too.
• Improved error handling for low disk space situations.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.3.4
Released Mar 1, 2021 - 10.95 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Made Rikaichamp better handle situations where there is limited disk space
* Fixed handling of YouTube subtitles with rubySource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.3.3
Released Dec 9, 2020 - 10.89 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Moved display of part-of-speech labels to the start of the definition and grouped them when they are repetitive
• Made Rikaichamp include する in the match range for nouns that take する (vs nouns)
• Fixed recognition of vs-c verbs (suru verbs ending in す instead of する, e.g. 兼した)
• Stop trying to convert years written as a transliteration of digits (e.g. 令和七九年 instead of 令和七十九年)
• Moved Rikaichamp popup to an isolated shadow DOM tree so that it should be more robust when used on pages that set styles in ways that conflict with Rikaichamp's stylesSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.3.2
Released Dec 2, 2020 - 10.87 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Made all kanji headwords be shown for an entry, not just the matching ones
• Added recognition of full-width alphanumerics (e.g. ８月, Ｂ級グルメ)
• Allowed Rikaichamp to recognize characters in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B range (e.g. 𠏹沢)
• Tweaked name preview feature to match names that start with hiragana (e.g. ほとけ沢)
• Support for recognizing き inflection of i-adjectives
• Fixed an issue with keydown listeners not being unregistered causing the "toggle definitions" feature to misbehave
• Added a few missing word entries (e.g. 印鑑)
• Fixed popup window language tagging so the Chinese localization works better
• Localized a few hardcoded English stringsSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.3.1
Released Nov 26, 2020 - 10.85 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later- Fixed an issue with the SVG star being too large when upgrading and the old stylesheet is still in effectSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.3.0
Released Nov 26, 2020 - 10.85 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Shows pitch accent information
• Revised word entry display formats definitions as a list and shows metadata more clearly
• Part-of-speech information can be configured to show a longer explanation
• Indicators for common words are configurable and show two levels of frequency (★ for common words and ☆ for somewhat common words)Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.6
Released Sep 11, 2020 - 9.78 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Made name preview not show up for hiragana-only matches
• Made the name dictionary results show up first when there is a match there but none in the word dictionary
• Updated word dictionarySource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.5
Released Sep 9, 2020 - 9.78 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Made name preview feature show up to three results
• Updated Chinese (simplified) localization
• Updated word dictionary to 2020-09-08 snapshotSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.4
Released Sep 8, 2020 - 9.77 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Further tweaks to error reportingSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.3
Released Sep 8, 2020 - 9.77 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Further fixes to error reporting.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.2
Released Sep 8, 2020 - 9.77 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Fixed error reporting mechanism.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.1
Released Sep 8, 2020 - 9.77 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Fixed a bug that would cause name data not to be immediately downloaded when updating.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.2.0
Released Sep 8, 2020 - 9.77 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Made names data be downloaded out-of-band. As a result names data is updated weekly and does not consume memory.
• Made the word list display the first match from the names dictionary if it has longer length than any of the matches from the word dictionary.
• Made display of names prioritize entries that match the selected text more closely (e.g. katakana entries are presented first when the text is katakana).
• Fixed the display of multiple annotations for name data.
• Added recognition for a variety of composed characters (e.g. ㋕㌀㋿ ).
• Improved expansion of ー so that now オーサカ is recognized.
• Updated word dictionary to 2020-09-06 snapshot.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.20
Released Aug 11, 2020 - 26.05 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Added Chinese (simplified) localization
* Added recognition of ん as a negative form (分からん, 知らん etc.)
* Added recognition for slightly longer matches
* Added formatting for phantom kanji and kokuji kanji metadata
* Updated word and name dictionariesSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.19
Released Jun 24, 2020 - 26 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Fixed recognition of irregular verbs いらっしゃいます and おっしゃいます
• Fixed mis-recognition of くれる and くさせる
• Fixed recognition of ー (長音符) after ゛゜ and ゃゅょ (e.g. じーちゃん)
• Added language attribute to popup window so we default to Japanese characters even on Chinese language pages
• Fixed selection range when matching years
• Updated word and name dictionaries to 2020-06-23 snapshotSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.18
Released May 18, 2020 - 25.97 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later• Fixed regression to recognizing -masu stem forms
• Fixed a bug in handling ー after an い sound
• Added support for recognizing decomposed Unicode text
• Made it ignore Shift when combined with other modifier keys
• Updated word and name dictionaries to 2020-05-17 snapshotSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.17
Released Apr 13, 2020 - 25.92 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Added support for recognizing and converting Japanese era years, e.g. 昭和５６年、令和元年、平成三十一年
* Made dictionary matching recognize ー in 頑張ろー and そーゆー etc.
* Added matching for continous forms such as 食べている and 食べてた
* Updated the word and name dictionaries to 2020-04-12 snapshotSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.16
Released Jan 7, 2020 - 25.8 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Made dictionary matching not split up yo-on like じゃ.
* Updated word and name dictionaries to 2020-01-06 snapshot.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.15
Released Dec 23, 2019 - 25.78 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and laterHopefully made the database handling more robust.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.14
Released Dec 12, 2019 - 25.82 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Add more robust handling of extension storage
* Make browser action warning less noisySource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.13
Released Dec 12, 2019 - 25.82 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* More logging for download errorsSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.12
Released Dec 11, 2019 - 25.82 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Various improvements to make updating more robust and add logging information for when it fails.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.11
Released Dec 10, 2019 - 25.82 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Add even more loggingSource code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
Version 0.1.10
Released Dec 10, 2019 - 25.82 MBWorks with firefox 65.0 and later* Added some logging for database failures.Source code released under Mozilla Public License, version 2.0