If you run into problems with the following beta version, you can return to the previous version 20.3. Simply install the latest final version over the already installed beta version. Everything will remain.
[+] Macro Recording: Button to add the command "Scroll page down"
[+] Macro Recording: Button to add the command "Wait 5 seconds"
[+] Macro Recording: Display warning when stopping macro recording if you have clicked "Check this box before performing a LOGOUT" without logging out of your account.
[+] Backup/Restore: WebSite-Watcher automatically tests the backup files to ensure that the created zip files are not corrupted
[+] Backup/Restore feature improved
Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-13 - 02-Oct-2020
[+] Facebook RSS feeds: The function "Convert page to RSS" is compatible with the new Facebook layout
[+] Twitter feeds: It's possible to monitor the "Tweets & Replies" tab via RSS, for example twitter.com/NAME/with_replies
[+] Twitter feeds: It's possible to monitor the "Media" tab via RSS, for example twitter.com/NAME/media
[+] Twitter feeds: It's possible to monitor the "Likes" tab via RSS, for example twitter.com/NAME/likes
[x] Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
[x] WebSite-Watcher regularly clears the Chromium cache for bookmark checks that use the check technology "Chromium Browser" or Chromium Macros. This ensures that Chromium will not use cached files when bookmarks are checked.
[x] Improved detection of corrupted bookmark databases
Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-12 - 22-Sep-2020
[x] Chromium Macros improved: More type of logins can be recorded
[x] Internet Explorer Macros improved: More type of logins can be recorded
[-] Monitoring PDF files with the check technology Chromium/Browser could fail
Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-11 - 17-Sep-2020
[-] Check technology "Chromium/Browser" and Chromium Macros could fail under certain circumstances (Beta-10 issue, caused by the new Chromium version)
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-10 - 16-Sep-2020
[x] Some Chromium related optimizations
[x] Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
[x] Chromium updated to v85
Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-9 - 09-Aug-2020
[-] Creating an Auto-Filter could cause a crash
Smaller fixes
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-8 - 07-Aug-2020
[x] Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
[x] If the CloudSync feature is started via script while WebSite-Watcher is minimized or in the Windows notification area, then the progress window will no longer be displayed in front of other windows
[-] RSS blacklist/whitelist feature could not be used for Twitter and Facebook feeds in previous beta versions
[+] New bookmark action "Script" which will allows us to add certain commands in future releases
[+] Bookmark action - Script command "CheckFolder": This allows you to only check a certain bookmark folder when a boookmark is updated.
[-] Check for new version: Notification could block some operations under certain circumstances
Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-6 - 29-Jun-2020
[x] Facebook RSS feeds rewritten, should now work with a wider range of pages now. We also introduced the same logic as we did for Twitter feeds in the last couple of betas to improve detection of new postings. Facebook feeds will be reinitialized and restarted from scratch with the first check of Beta-6 to avoid incompatibility issues with older Facebook postings.
[x] Check technology Chromium/Browser: If a page shows a Javascript alert, it was not possible to monitor the page. Javascript alerts are now suppressed to work around this problem.
[x] Check technology Chromium/Browser: Smaller technical and performance improvements
[x] Check technology Chromium/Browser: Work around for a Chromium bug that could steal the focus of the active window.
[-] Content of RSS feeds was not extracted under certain circumstances
Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-5 - 21-Jun-2020
[x] Twitter feeds: improved detection of new tweets
Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-4 - 16-Jun-2020
[x] Existing Twitter feeds are now reinitialized and restarted from scratch with the first check of Beta-4 to avoid incompatibility conflicts with the old Twitter format. This should help to avoid bringing up old articles as new.
[x] Twitter feeds: Number of simultaneous checks is now limited to a single connection. This should help to reduce the "RSS feed has no articles" message.
Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-3 - 08-Jun-2020
[x] Improvements checking Twitter pages via RSS feeds
[-] Scripts could not be started via the main menu
Smaller fixes/improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-2 - 02-Jun-2020
[+] YouTube Atom feeds show the media content in the articles
[-] Login to Google accounts no longer worked in previous versions
[-] Shortcuts could be broken under certain circumstances
[-] Starting WebSite-Watcher could cause a crash on some systems
[-] Backing up program data could fail under certain circumstances
[-] Check technology "Chromium/Browser": IFRAMES could not be checked with the 32 bit edition
Minor fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.5) Beta-1 - 19-May-2020
[+] WebSite-Watcher uses the Chromium browser engine to display bookmarks. Internet Explorer is no longer used to display web pages inside WebSite-Watcher.
[x] Tons of GUI updates and internal changes to provide compatibility to the new Chromium component
[+] The 32bit edition supports the Chromium/Browser check technology
[+] Check technology "Chromium/Browser": Optional Incognito mode to monitor a page without using Cookies
[+] Check technology "Chromium/Browser": Alternative method to get page content (via Print/PDF functionality). Can be used for pages for which Chromium doesn't offer useful page source code. This option prints the page to a PDF file which is then converted automatically into HTML format for further processing.
[+] Support of webp images
[+] Chromium-Macros: Support for more techniques that can be automated
[x] Twitter pages are now checked with the Chromium/Browser technology
[x] Facebook pages are now checked with the Chromium/Browser technology (instead of IE/Browser)
[x] Performance improvements when checking Facebook pages
[x] Bookmark action "Export": Create export folder automatically if not available
[+] Facebook groups: jobs pages can be checked via RSS feeds
[+] External browser tabs removed as they are no longer required to open pages with the Chromium browser engine
[+] Browser integration: Ctrl+Click onto the WSW-Eye button shows the bookmarks in the popup menu
[+] Improved support of Brotli-compressed web pages
[+] New optional browser toolbar button: Open archived pages (LWA)
[x] Send updates to WebSite-Watcher app: Optimizations to avoid exceeding cache file size limits
[x] Many smaller changes and tweaks
Minimum operating system is now Windows 7 (previous versions of Windows are no longer supported)
