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Version 2022 (22.3)-27-Sep-2022
  • [x] Improved detection of Cloudflare protected pages
  • [x] Improved handling of Cloudflare protected RSS feeds
  • [x] Improved Instagram compatibility
  • [x] Chromium Check Macros improved
  • [-] Script commands to check bookmarks: WebSite-Watcher could refuse to check bookmarks under rare circumstances
  • Smaller optimizations and improvements
Version 2022 (22.2)-11-Jul-2022
  • [x] Huge performance improvement when highlighting changes (opening changed bookmarks can be up to 3 times faster)
  • [x] Huge performance improvement when inserting or initializing new bookmarks in big databases
  • [+] Context menu + Extras + Disable check: Option to save settings as default
  • [x] Improved detection and handling of Cloudflare protected pages
  • [x] Follow-Links: detection of duplicate links improved
  • [x] Browser integration: WSW did not show the WSW icon in the title bar right after starting Firefox (caused by a bug in the latest version of Firefox). WSW has now a work around for this broken behavior.
  • [x] Record Chromium Macro: WebSite-Watcher will use the customized User Agent (if configured in the bookmark properties)
  • [x] Checking Instagram pages re-implemented. Meta changed their pages internally so that it was no longer possible to monitor Instagram pages after existing cookies with login credentials expire. With this new version, you have to right click an Instagram bookmark once, select "Browser" and login to your account. Then all Instagram bookmark should work again.
  • [+] New tweak: UptimeControlFile= - this tweak will write a control file once a minute and can be used to verify if WSW is up and running (Business Edition only)
  • [-] E-Mails were not sent correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] It was not possible to assign the shortcut Ctrl+D in Options+Shortcuts
  • [-] More detailed error description for regular expressions with syntax errors
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could freeze under certain circumstanes in combination with the check technology "Chromium/Browser"
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher did not correctly remember the last position when rebooting Windows
  • [x] Overall performance improvements
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2022 (22.1)-31-Mar-2022
  • [+] Update on keywords: keywords can be combined with a logical AND by placing a " + " (space-plus-space) between keywords. Whole words are supported by placing the keywords into quotes.
  • [+] Cloudflare protected pages supported. WebSite-Watcher detects and handles this protection automatically, a separate configuration is no longer required.
  • [+] Extended Search: New option to search for whole words
  • [+] Chromium Check Macros: New command "reload" to reload the currently opened page.
  • [+] Plugins: New built-in function that makes it easier to search for keywords: KeywordExists(sSearch, sKeyword, bWholeWord)
  • [-] Follow-Links: Placing multiple master bookmarks into a single folder could produce duplicate bookmarks under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2022 (22.0)-27-Jan-2022
  • [+] Windows 11 officially supported
  • [+] Max simultaneous checks with the check technology "Chromium/Browser" increased from 3 to 10 which offers much better performance when checking many bookmarks with this technology
  • [+] Internal browser: New tab "Changes". This tab only shows the highlighted changes.
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced + Open bookmark: Option to open the bookmark in the "Changes" tab
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send e-mail: New option to only send highlighted changes
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send e-mail: New option to attach screenshot with highlighted changes
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Actions + Send e-mail: New feature "Preview message"
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Actions + Send e-mail: New feature "Send test e-mail"
  • [+] Custom columns: Number of custom columns increased from 5 to 10
  • [+] Bookmark list: new column "Method" that shows the used check technology (values: C=Chromium, S=Screenshot, IE=Internet Explorer, C-Macro, IE-Macro)
  • [+] Bookmark list: new column "AutoWatch" (shows if AutoWatch is enabled)
  • [x] Improved memory usage when using the check technology "Chromium/Browser"
  • [+] "Find Bookmarks" and "Find folder" are now two different functions and different shortcuts can be defined
  • [+] Browser integration: Add bookmarks from browser Brave
  • [+] Virtual folders: New options for the SendMail action: "Send simple version", "Send only changes" and "Attach screenshot"
  • [+] Advanced setup options, eg. to pre-define options or to automatically insert the license key when installing WebSite-Watcher (Business Edition only).
  • [+] New program tweak: PauseCheckIfWindowExists - Pauses AutoWatch or a running bookmark check if one of the defined windows is in foreground.
  • [x] Integrated AD-Blocker improved
  • [x] Improved handling of responsive images
  • [x] Check technology "Standard" renamed to "Internal"
  • [x] Send e-mails: option to send text mails removed. E-mails are now always sent in HTML format.
  • [-] Jump to the first/next change did not work correctly under certain circumstances
  • [-] Changes side bar was not displayed after maximizing the internal browser
  • [x] Various optimizations for Windows 11
  • [x] Check technology "Chromium/Browser": Improved detection if a file is a PDF document
  • [-] Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.5)-27-Sep-2021
  • [x] Processing RSS/Atom feeds: Performance improvements
  • [x] Processing large sitemap files: Huge performance improvements
  • [x] More formats of sitemap files supported
  • [x] Update on keywords: Searching for whole words improved
  • [x] Improvements when restoring the previous version of a page
  • [x] Creating Watch filters: smaller improvements
  • [-] Starting WebSite-Watcher could take a very long time under certain circumstances
  • [x] Check technology Chromium/Browser improved
  • [x] Chromium Check Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
  • [x] Highlighting changes in large pages improved (will also abort with a timeout if processing takes far too long)
  • [x] Bookmark checks with Chromium/Browser: Improved detection and handling of certificate errors
  • [x] Improved high dpi support
  • [-] Fixed a possible crash when quickly opening/closing browser tabs
  • [-] Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.4)-01-Jul-2021
  • [+] FTPS protocol supported (addresses must start with ftps://)
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Ignore updates + Min number of characters: Function to show characters of current page
  • [x] Facebook RSS feeds: Some emojis were displayed in huge size, these emojis are now reduced to a small size
  • [x] Improved decoding of certain encoded characters
  • [+] Record check macro: New button "Browser". Useful to accept cookie consent banners before you start recording a check macro.
  • [x] Check for new version: Automatically installing new updates has been re-implemented and works similar to previous versions of WebSite-Watcher.
  • Minor fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.3)-19-May-2021
  • [+] Filter Assistant: More and improved logic when creating new watch filters.
  • [+] Search for folder: If the folder tree is focused, then Ctrl+F will search for matching folders
  • [+] Folder "Search Results" in main window can be cleared with: Right click + "Clear Search Results"
  • [+] Custom columns: the property "Cosmetic filter" can be displayed
  • [-] Sending e-mails: a wrong error message could be displayed under certain and rare circumstances
  • [x] Improved background processing when sending e-mails
  • [x] CloudSync: downloaded images are synchronized (images were excluded in previous versions)
  • [x] Improved handling of downloaded images (images could not be displayed on certain pages)
  • [x] Improved performance when opening bookmark properties of large pages
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.2)-14-Apr-2021
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Actions: New action Pushover. It's possible to send a Pushover when an update has been detected.
  • [+] Options + Browser: Ad-Blocker Whitelist. Use this option if a server detects an ad blocker and does not display the page.
  • [-] Bookmark properties + Check-by-Screenshot: Selecting an area did not work correctly under certain circumstances
  • [x] Check technology Chromium/Browser improved
  • [x] Chromium Check Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
  • [x] Improved detection of untypical date formats in RSS/Atom feeds
  • [x] Improved synchronization with WebSite-Watcher App
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.1)-16-Mar-2021
  • [x] Check-by-Screenshot: improved support for high DPI resolutions
  • [x] Check-by-Screenshot: If the option to open bookmarks in external browser is enabled, then WebSite-Watcher uses the Internet Browser instead of the associated program
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced + Open bookmark: External browser can optionally open the tiled version, the Text version or the Analysis version
  • [x] Send e-mails: Improved CSS support
  • [x] Improved handling of external CSS files
  • [x] Improved behavior after returning from hibernation when AutoWatch is activated
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2021 (21.0)-17-Feb-2021
  • [+] Cosmetic filters: This is an extremely powerful new feature to completely remove unwanted content from a page. Cosmetic filters are applied before the page is processed by WebSite-Watcher. Result is or can be a (much) smaller page with only the content you want to monitor. This feature can also be used to remove cookie banners, floating windows etc.
  • [+] Check technology "Default" uses now an internal Cookie database (instead of IE Cookies)
  • [+] Check technology "Screenshot" is now based on Chromium (instead of Internet Explorer)
  • [+] Check technology "Screenshot" can now be executed in Incognito mode
  • [+] CSS filters: additional rules for css(name), css(#name), css(.name), css(.name*)
  • [+] Right click bookmark + Extras + Re-Initialize page: This can be useful when changes to the bookmark properties will not take effect until the next update is detected.
  • [x] Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
  • [+] Dropbox API: Support for short-lived tokens. It's required that you re-connect to Dropbox.
  • [-] Connecting WSW with Dropbox could cause a false message that the Dropbox folder is not found
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could cause a crash when closed via Windows Shutdown
  • [x] Improved behavior when closing WebSite-Watcher via Windows-Shutdown
  • [x] Special filter "Watch all changes in image addresses": WebSite-Watcher will insert all these image addresses to the end of the page, so you can see in your browser which addresses are changed.
  • [x] Special filter "Watch all changes in link addresses": WebSite-Watcher will insert all these link addresses to the end of the page, so you can see in your browser which addresses are changed.
  • [+] Bookmark action "Local Website Archive": Save entered notes
  • [+] Script command "BackupToZip": New parameter /NoCacheFiles. The created backup file will be much smaller and only contain the bookmark database with all required files and configurations.
  • [+] Shortcuts can be defined for Browser+Back and Browser+Forward
  • [+] Shortcuts window: Search feature
  • [+] New program tweak: BrowserAcceptLanguage= (Lets you configure the "accept-language" HTTP header.)
  • Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.6)-18-Nov-2020
  • [+] Program configuration / Browser: New option "Tab #1: Open links in new tabs"
  • [x] Tabbed browsing: Shift+Click, Ctrl+Click and Ctrl+Shift+Click work similar to other Internet Browsers
  • [+] Program configuration + Browser: Default zoom value
  • [+] Browser context menu: New menu item "Zoom"
  • [+] Shortcut: Browser / Zoom-In, Zoom-Out, Zoom-Reset can be configured (Options + Shortcuts)
  • [-] The tabbed browsing option "Show tab when only one page is opened" did not work correctly
  • [x] Button "Open bookmark" (main toolbar) was unavailable in the previous version
  • [x] Improved support for text inside SVG tags
  • [x] Send opened page by mail was not available in v20.5
  • [+] Send opened page by e-mail: PDF format added
  • [-] Changes side bar was not painted correctly under rare circumstances
  • Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2020 (20.5)-12-Oct-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)
  • [+] Support of webp images
  • [x] Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded
  • [+] Facebook RSS feeds: The function "Convert page to RSS" is compatible with Twitter pages
  • [+] Facebook RSS feeds: The function "Convert page to RSS" is compatible with the new Facebook layout
  • [+] Facebook groups: jobs pages can be checked via RSS feeds
  • [x] Performance improvements when checking Facebook pages
  • [+] YouTube Atom feeds show the media content in the articles
  • [-] Login to Google accounts no longer worked in previous versions
  • [+] Macro Recording: Button to add the command "Scroll page down"
  • [+] Macro Recording: Button to add the command "Wait 5 seconds"
  • [+] 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 bookmark is updated.
  • [x] Improved support of Brotli-compressed web pages
  • [x] Twitter feeds: Number of simultaneous checks is now limited to a single connection.
  • Minimum operating system is now Windows 7 (previous versions of Windows are no longer supported)
  • Many smaller changes and tweaks
Version 2020 (20.3)-26-Mar-2020
  • [-] Fixes some problems that were caused by Windows update KB4535996
Version 2020 (20.2)-23-Mar-2020
  • [x] Improved Facebook RSS feed conversion: More date formats supported
  • [x] WSW button works with the latest version of MS Edge
  • [x] Smaller improvements related to Chromium/Browser checks
  • [-] A Chromium helper window could falsely be displayed on certain systems
  • Smaller fixes
Version 2020 (20.1)-12-Feb-2020
  • [x] Chromium check technology improved
  • [x] The WebSite-Watcher Eye button is displayed larger on high DPI resolutions
  • [x] Improved compatibility when checking Twitter pages via RSS
  • [-] Monitoring PDF files with the check technology Chromium/Browser did not work correctly
  • [-] Pre-define bookmark properties: It was not possible to pre-define a delay or a scroll-down value when the Chromium technology was selected
  • [-] It was not possible to use Chromium related features when working with multiples instances of WebSite-Watcher
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2020 (20.0)-05-Feb-2020
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher is now identified as Chrome browser (instead of Internet Explorer). This will help to solve outdated browser messages with various pages.
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher supports web pages which are compressed via the Brotli algorithm
  • [+] Checking bookmarks with the technology Chromium/Browser runs much smoother and faster now
  • [+] Chromium Check-Macros
  • [+] Check technology Chromium/Browser automatically blocks ad and tracking scripts, so pages will load faster
  • [x] Check-Macros: new user interface and many improvements
  • [x] Checking method Chromium/Browser: supports a wider range of pages, especially pages with iframes
  • [+] App: New way to add URLs from WebSite-Watcher for Windows to the WebSite-Watcher app
  • [+] App: WebSite-Watcher will communicate with Dropbox directly, the external Dropbox client is no longer required.
  • [+] Browser integration: new (chromium based) Microsoft Edge supported
  • Many smaller improvements
Version 2019 (19.6)-08-Oct-2019
  • [x] Update on keyword feature improved for RSS feeds
  • [-] Update on keyword did not work correctly for Facebook and Twitter feeds
  • [x] Follow-Links: better handling of several edge cases, including when the URL of child bookmarks contains date variables
  • [-] PDF documents could not be detected correctly when the server added an additional header to the documents
  • [-] Certain bookmarks were not displayed correctly
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations
Version 2019 (19.5)-24-Jul-2019
  • [+] External browser configuration (via browser toolbar): New parameters {new} and {old}. This makes it possible and easy to open external comparison tools to highlight changes.
  • [x] Follow Links: Detecting duplicates in child bookmarks improved
  • [-] Sending PDF files by e-mail did not show images when the option "Use absolute image addresses" was turned on
  • [-] Clicking into the URL field of the internal browser selects the whole URL (was broken in v19.4)
  • Smaller stability improvements
Version 2019 (19.4)-12-Jun-2019
  • [+] External Browser Tabs: displays same toolbar buttons as the first browser tab
  • [x] Performance improvements when opening multiple Chromium tabs
  • [x] Performance improvements when checking bookmarks with the check technology "Chromium / Browser" simultaneously
  • [+] External browser tabs use the statusbar of the main window instead of an own statusbar
  • [x] Browser integration improved
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • [+] The two alternative PDF plugins "pdftotext" support Unicode characters and conversions
  • [x] Checking Facebook pages improved (compatible with latest Facebook changes)
  • [-] Internet Explorer browser integration was broken in v19.3
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations
Version 2019 (19.3)-30-Apr-2019
  • [+] Ransomware Detection: If WebSite-Watcher detects Ransomware on your PC, it will stop running WSW tasks, lock and protect as many important WSW files as possible, and you will get notified.
  • [+] Send status messages via Pushover, for example when e-mails could not be sent.
  • [+] Browser integration via WSW eye button: WebSite-Watcher can grab URLs from all main browsers without installing an extra browser extension. This new method works with Chrome, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, IE and Edge.
  • [+] Send e-mail: New option "Use absolute image URLs in HTML mails" (program configuration).
  • [+] Send e-mail: New subject variable {counter}.
  • [+] Twitter RSS feeds improved: WSW also tries to monitor the content of embedded objects
  • [x] Download Manager improvements to work around conflicts with Virus Scanners
  • [+] Download Manager: Clicking "Abort active downloads" will pause the Download Manager until you click the Continue button
  • [+] New option "Extract TITLE parameter from HTML tags" (Bookmark properties + Advanced + HTML)
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2019 (19.2)-14-Mar-2019
  • [+] The check technology "Chromium/Browser" uses the entered WSW proxy configuration
  • [+] External Browser Tabs with Chromium as browser engine use the entered WSW proxy configuration
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros improved: More types of links supported
  • [x] Twitter: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Chromium: Persist sessions cookies between checks
  • [x] Improvements to avoid conflicts with Virus Scanner for Chromium related modules
  • [-] Certain RSS feeds could display the status that no articles are available (the feeds were however monitored correctly)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2019 (19.1)-14-Feb-2019
  • [+] External Browser Tabs
  • [+] Use Chromium as browser engine when opening web pages (via External Browser Tabs)
  • [+] AutoWatch: New option "Automatic check interval"
  • [x] Facebook: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Check technology "Chromium/Browser" improved
  • [-] The bookmark action "Export page" was broken when the bookmark was checked by screenshot
  • [x] Chromium updated to version 72
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2019 (19.0)-17-Jan-2019
  • [+] New check technology: Chromium/Browser - This technology opens a hidden Chromium based browser window to check a bookmark. If the other check technologies fail, chances are high that the page can be checked with this new method. (Requires Windows 7 64 bit or higher.)
  • [+] Check-by-Screenshot: Area can be selected interactively with the mouse.
  • [x] Check-by-Screenshot method improved
  • [+] Facebook Groups can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [x] Facebook/Twitter/Instagram: RSS conversion improved
  • [x] Huge performance improvements when monitoring and processing larger web pages.
  • [+] New option "Prompt before stopping AutoWatch".
  • [x] Improved detection of IFRAMES when using the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2018 (18.3)-16-Oct-2018
  • [+] Facebook pages can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [+] Twitter pages can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [+] Instagram pages can be checked via RSS feeds.
  • [+] Update on Keywords - New option "Save page even if no keywords found"
  • [+] Record Internet Explorer Macros - New option "Ignore document CSS definitions"
  • [+] Action Send e-mail: New subject line variable {changes50a} and {changes50b}
  • [x] RSS feeds: Enhanced detection of the author field
  • [+] CSS based filters work in combination with the "section" tag
  • [x] Improved handling of errors in RSS/Atom feeds
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher App: The Phone-Mode is no longer required to get notifications on your smartphone
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher App: WebSite-Watcher reports error messages to the WebSite-Watcher App
  • [+] The bookmark action "Export page" works in combination with the check-by-screenshot method
  • Many smaller improvements and optimizations
Version 2018 (18.2)-23-May-2018
  • [-] Checking text files was broken in the 64bit version of WebSite-Watcher 18.1
Version 2018 (18.1)-22-May-2018
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting + Extract DATA parameter from HTML tags: Works generically for all data-* parameters
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting: New option "Extract image title"
  • [+] Plugins: New built-in functions for string comparison: StrCmp and StrICmp
  • [+] Keywords window: New function to find keywords
  • [+] sitemap.xml files supported, can also be used in combination with Follow-Links.
  • [+] CSS based filters work in combination with the "article" tag
  • [+] Phone bookmarks: It's possible to edit 5 bookmark lists (requires the WSW App 2018.2)
  • Smaller fixes and optimizations
Version 2018 (18.0)-09-Jan-2018
  • [+] "Phone Mode" - Read changed bookmarks on your Smartphone with our new WebSite-Watcher app.
  • [+] PDF plugins: pdftotext.exe is now deployed with WebSite-Watcher and must no longer be installed separately.
  • [x] PDF plugins are now compatible with the latest version of pdftotext.exe
  • [x] Repair database rewritten, is more robust against errors now.
  • [+] Add URL from Firefox: New technique to grab URL from opened page. Works also with Firefox 57+ and 32/64bit versions.
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Troubleshooting + Extract DATA param from HTML tags: Extracts the text content from various HTML tag parameters and inserts it into the page.
  • [x] Special filter "Sort words" improved
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2017 (17.2)-25-Aug-2017
  • [+] Troubleshooting: Convert to simple HTML version
  • [x] Various performance improvements
  • [x] Performance boost when checking very large pages
  • [+] Filter Assistant: Find function (Ctrl+F) works for Ignore and Watch filters
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Advanced / Open page: New options "Tile vertically" and "Tile horizontally"
  • [+] .xlsm files can be checked via Excel plugin
  • [+] Plugins: New function AddSlash
  • [+] Restore previous version also restores old change date
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved: More types of buttons supported
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2017 (17.1)-12-Apr-2017
  • [x] RSS/Atom feeds: More date formats supported
  • [+] RSS feeds: Black/Whitelist also searches in author field
  • [x] Checks with technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved
  • [x] WebSite-Watcher works now with the recent layout changes of LinkedIn pages
  • [+] New plugin to monitor XenForo Topic Lists
  • [x] Improved high dpi support
  • [x] Improved support for SVG files
  • Smaller improvements and reported bugs fixed
Version 2017 (17.0)-17-Feb-2017
  • [+] Ability to run multiple instances of WebSite-Watcher on the same PC.
  • [+] Cloud Sync: New feature to synchronize a bookmark database via the Cloud or a local/network drive. All data stored in the Cloud is encrypted with AES-256.
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced + Open page: Option to always open the checked bookmark in your external browser.
  • [+] The bookmark actions "Send e-mail" and "Open bookmark" no longer need the action "Mark as read" when the bookmarks aren't opened within WebSite-Watcher.
  • [+] Send e-mail in text format + attach files: WSW now creates a ZIP file with related CSS/image files and attaches the ZIP
  • [+] New option "Don't display images" (Bookmark properties + Advanced + Images)
  • [+] Script: New command CloudSync to synchronize bookmarks via Cloud
  • [+] RSS/Atom feeds - Black/Whitelist: Button "Test selected line"
  • [+] Tools + Test server: Ping and Trace Route commands to test the availability of a server
  • [+] LinkedIn pages automatically use the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser"
  • [x] Executing scripts: Script errors are displayed in the WebSite-Watcher main window
  • Smaller improvements and optimizations
Version 2016 (16.3)-03-Oct-2016
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher works correctly with High DPI displays that are using scaling
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros and IE/Browser: Filtering of scripts and comments significantly improved
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros and IE/Browser: Improved support for Windows 10
  • [x] RSS/Atom feeds: Improved sorting behavior when multiple posts have no or a similar pub date
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: improved form filling and more types of non-standard buttons supported
  • Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2016 (16.2)-13-Jun-2016
  • [-] Sending e-mails in text format didn't work correctly in 16.1
  • [-] Taskbar icon wasn't refreshed correctly
Version 2016 (16.1)-01-Jun-2016
  • [+] Add URL from Chrome: It's now possible to grab the URL from the currently opened Chrome browser tab (by installing a Chrome extension)
  • [+] RSS feeds / Black/White list: Support for wildcards and regular expressions with syntax: regex(...)
  • [+] RSS feeds / Black/White list: Supports whole-word feature when words are placed within quotes
  • [+] RSS feeds: WSW shows the author field (if available)
  • [+] Bookmarks that are monitored with the check-by-screenshot method can now correctly be sent as HTML e-mails
  • [+] New command line parameter: /EXIT - exits a running WebSite-Watcher
  • [x] Follow-Links: URLs that start with TEL: are no longer inserted as new bookmarks
  • Smaller fixes and internal improvements
Version 2016 (16.0)-26-Jan-2016
  • [+] Highlight keywords: Multiple keyword colors supported.
  • [+] Performance improvement: Bookmarks that use the check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" or Internet Explorer Macros can be checked with multiple connections.
  • [+] Performance improvement: HTTPS bookmarks from the same domain can be checked with simultaneous connections.
  • [+] Black/Whitelist for RSS feeds to include/exclude certain articles
  • [+] New option to ignore RSS feed article bodies
  • [+] Multiple Proxies. It's possible to define multiple proxies which can be used on a per-bookmark level.
  • [+] Internal Browser: Goto previous change
  • [+] SVG images supported (will be displayed within checked web pages)
  • [+] Bookmark properties have a Tweaks section
  • [+] Plugins: New function "DecodeHtmlChars" to decode all encoded characters
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2015 (15.6)-10-Nov-2015
  • [x] Follow-Links works correctly with .com.tr addresses now. General improvements to .com.** domains.
  • [x] AutoWatch optimizations from v15.5 reverted to v15.4
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" and "Internet Explorer Macros": Performance improvements on some Windows systems
Version 2015 (15.5)-27-Oct-2015
  • [x] AutoWatch countdown calculation improved
  • [x] Auto correction of HTML errors in web pages improved
  • [x] Performance improvements when checking pages with lots of meta tags
Version 2015 (15.4)-24-Aug-2015
  • [x] Internet Explorer Check-Macros improved (especially for pages with frames)
  • [-] Create Ignore/Watch filters with start/end text didn't work correctly
  • [x] Download-Manager: Internal timeout value increased
Version 2015 (15.3)-30-Jul-2015
  • [+] Windows 10 officially supported
  • [+] Improved support for Internet Explorer 10 and Internet Explorer 11
  • [x] Browser Eye doesn't overlap with the minimize button of Windows 10
  • [-] Follow-Links didn't work correctly with .com.au addresses
  • [-] Download-Manager could crash for certain URLs
  • Smaller improvements and fixes
Version 2015 (15.2)-30-Apr-2015
  • [-] Sending a test e-mail could fail under certain circumstances
  • [-] Scripting language: Sending an e-mail could fail under certain circumstances
  • [-] Program configuration / Pre-defined bookmark properties: Troubleshooting properties didn't work
  • [x] Internal browser: Improved handling of spaces in URLs
  • Smaller tweaks and fixes
Version 2015 (15.1)-07-Apr-2015
  • [+] Report/Export: New variable {wsw_url_checkurl} that is replaced with the URL that was used for checking a bookmark.
  • [x] Improved handling of character sets if web pages have errors in the HTML source code
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could hang when working with e-mail templates
  • [-] Private Plugins didn't work if the same database was used with the 32bit and 64bit version of WSW alternately
  • Minor bugs fixed
Version 2015 (15.0)-27-Feb-2015
  • [+] 64-bit version of WebSite-Watcher (combined setup for 32/64 bit version. The setup will automatically install the 64bit version on 64bit systems)
  • [+] CSS based watch filters
  • [+] Bookmark action "Send mail": Customized E-Mail templates.
  • [+] Report: New variable {wsw_url_removed_content(MAXLEN)} to show removed content
  • [+] Report: New variable {wsw_url_readstatus} shows if a bookmark has been read.
  • [+] Follow-Links: New option "Don't follow links inside filtered parts of a page".
  • [+] Follow-Links: New option "Name Prefix".
  • [+] Follow-Links: FTP protocol supported
  • [+] Download-Manager: FTP protocol supported
  • [+] Backups and AutoBackups can be aborted via a Cancel button
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: New option to use a customized User Agent
  • [+] Startup: WSW automatically detects if the configuration file is corrupted and can automatically restore a backup file
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2014 (14.3)-31-Oct-2014
  • [+] Atom feeds: enclosures supported
  • [x] Performance of AutoBackup/Backup improved
  • [-] AutoBackup could hang on certain systems
  • [-] Some FTP pages could not be checked in v14.2
  • Smaller fixes and tweaks
Version 2014 (14.2)-11-Sep-2014
  • [+] New option to optionally disable toolbar tooltips
  • [+] Plugins: "Bookmark_Setproperty" can read/write the bookmark note
  • [+] Checking PDF files with Internet Explorer Macros
  • [+] Scripting language: new function "GetLastCheckUpdatedBookmarkCount"
  • [+] json files are automatically handled as text files
  • [x] Improved detection if bookmarks with check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" have an error 404/page not found
  • Smaller bugs fixed
Version 2014 (14.1)-11-Feb-2014
  • [+] Automatically fix several invalid bookmark configurations after importing bookmarks from Excel
  • [-] CSS based ignore filters didn't work correctly in version 14.0
  • Smaller bugs fixed
Version 2014 (14.0)-30-Jan-2014
  • [+] Improved compatibility with Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer 11
  • [+] New program option "Always open links in external browser"
  • [+] New ignore filter: Filter content via CSS class names
  • [+] New special filter: Minimum number of new/changed words
  • [+] New special filter: Sort page content by sentences
  • [+] Pre-define bookmark properties / Ignore and Watch filter: New option "Add to existing configuration"
  • [+] Performance: Much better handling of the checking queue
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher can check pages and files which are encoded in UTF-16 format
  • [+] Import bookmarks from Chrome
  • [+] Statistics: Export statistic to Excel spreadsheet
  • [+] Statistics: Reset statistics
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2013 (13.2)-01-Oct-2013
  • [+] Export to Excel: If an export fails, then WebSite-Watcher shows the bookmark that caused an error
  • [-] RSS/Atom feeds: WSW used a wrong title ("NEWS") when a feed with no articles was initialized
  • [-] Renaming folders between upper/lowercase characters didn't work properly
  • Smaller tweaks and fixes
Version 2013 (13.1)-18-Jul-2013
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros / new option when recording new macros: Disable optimizations.
  • [+] Plugins / new function: DownloadPageToString
  • [+] XML files are now automatically handled as TEXT files
  • [x] Improved handling of external CSS files
  • [x] Improved keywords detection
  • [x] Performance boost: Certain bookmarks could take a very long time to open in the internal browser
  • Many smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2013 (13.0)-13-Feb-2013
  • [+] Options + Global bookmark pre-definitions: Assign pre-defined bookmark properties to new/existing bookmarks with certain URL specifications.
  • [+] Monitoring files on local network drives supported, eg. \\server\folder\filename.ext
  • [+] Browser integration: If the browser integration is enabled, then the WebSite-Watcher Browser Eye can also be displayed when WebSite-Watcher is not running.
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: Possibility to pre-define all special filters
  • [+] Internal browser / TEXT tab: filtered content is now also striked out in the TEXT tab
  • [+] Bookmark action / Send mail: New option to ignore CSS definitions
  • [+] PDF Plugin significantly improved (extraction and performance)
  • [+] New plugin: MS Excel (unformatted numbers)
  • [+] New plugin: Monitor all OPTION tags
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_MergePages"
  • [+] Plugins / new event function "Wsw_AfterCheck"
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically deletes successfully sent e-mails from the error log after e-mails could not be sent temporarily
Version 2012 (12.3)-25-Sep-2012
  • [+] New Plugin: Monitor file by checksum
  • [+] Update-Ticker: It's now optional to hide the Update-Ticker while another program is in full screen mode
  • [+] Folder properties: If settings are inherited from a parent folder, then a related message is displayed instead of disabled properties
  • [-] Download Manager could not download files under certain circumstances
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2012 (12.2)-17-Jul-2012
  • [-] Bookmark action "Export to file" didn't work correctly in version 12.1
  • [-] Update-Ticker (InfoWin) was not restored correctly after another program was in full screen mode
  • [x] Update-Ticker: Improved detection if another Window is in full screen mode
  • [x] Improved AutoWatch countdown calculation
Version 2012 (12.1)-05-Jul-2012
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher no longer shows the Browser-Eye or pops up the Update Ticker when another window is in full screen mode
  • [+] Excel Import/Export: All AutoWatch options can now be imported/exported
  • [+] Check technology "Internet Explorer / Browser": New option "Disable optimizations"
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Send e-mail: Alternative BCC
  • [+] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser": New option to scroll a page down automatically.
  • [+] Record Internet Explorer Macro: New command to insert a delay in seconds
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Minor improvements and reported bugs fixed
Version 2012 (12.0)-31-Jan-2012
  • [+] Bookmark properties / Merge pages: It's possible to merge the first x pages from search results to a single page.
  • [+] Check FTP folders: The directory listing is converted in a new format and the sub folders and files are sorted.
  • [+] Folder properties / Assign bookmark properties: New option "Apply settings to subfolders"
  • [+] Send e-mails: Advanced rules for sending
  • [+] Send e-mails: Global black list to suppress e-mail sending.
  • [+] Send e-mails: BCC (can be entered in program configuration)
  • [+] Virtual folders: New variables {added_age_hours} and {added_age_days}.
  • [+] Internal Browser / "Text" tab: The "Text" tab can now also show the new or old version of the checked page.
  • [+] PDF plugin: WebSite-Watcher can extract text from more PDF files
  • [+] Plugins / new built-in function: GetComparisonInfo
  • Smaller fixes, improvements and optimizations
Version 2011 (11.5)-18-Oct-2011
  • [+] Internal browser: WebSite-Watcher uses now IE9 (or IE8) instead of the compatibility mode (IE7). This should also fix the malformed display of various web pages.
  • [+] RSS/Atom feeds: New option "Ignore articles older than X days".
  • [+] Add to bookmarks via WSW eye: If a bookmark already exists, then WebSite-Watcher displays a different menu icon
  • [x] Extended Search: Extraction of found words improved
  • [x] Forum Plugins: WebSite-Watcher no longer alerts an update when only threads were deleted
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros improved
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2011 (11.4)-25-Jul-2011
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher automatically checks if the IE cache configuration is set to "Never" and offers a way to automatically change this setting.
  • [+] Send e-mails: Additional info fields can be used in e-mail subject and body
  • [+] New command line parameter /NODB to start WebSite-Watcher without a database
  • [+] Scripts / new special script: Execute after each AutoWatch check run
  • [+] Scripts / new special script: Execute after each manual check run
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • [x] "Internet Explorer Macros" improved: Better preservation of the page layout
  • Smaller bugs fixed
Version 2011 (11.3)-20-Jun-2011
  • [+] Bookmark properties + Advanced: New section "Forum"
  • [+] Forum-Wizard re-implemented
  • [+] Reopen last browser tab: WebSite-Watcher has now an internal history of closed browser tabs.
  • [+] Automatically select the correct checking method for Yahoo Groups
  • [+] FTP-Proxy - new option: FTP-over-HTTP for proxies that do not support the FTP protocol.
  • [x] Improved detection of new/changed RSS feed postings
  • [+] Script: The command "CheckFolder" can check virtual folders
  • [x] PDF plugin: Improved text extraction from certain PDF files
  • [+] Word plugin: WebSite-Watcher is now able to extract Unicode text from Word files
  • Many smaller optimizations, improvements and fixes
Version 2011 (11.2)-27-Apr-2011
  • [+] Automatically select the correct checking method for Facebook pages
  • [+] Automatically select the correct checking method for Twitter pages
  • [x] Plugins: Performance significantly improved
  • [x] Improved detection of new RSS feed postings
  • [-] RSS enclosures could not be downloaded under certain circumstances
  • [-] Installing WebSite-Watcher could fail under certain circumstances
  • [x] Internal improvements, optimizations and fixes
Version 2011 (11.1)-28-Mar-2011
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: New option to automatically delete cookies of the checked domain before executing the macro
  • [+] New Shared Plugin: Auto-Download binary files.
  • [+] New Shared Plugin: Monitor all link addresses.
  • [+] Virtual folders: New variables {last_change_age_hours}, {last_change_age_days}, {last_check_age_hours}, {last_check_age_days}
  • [+] Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support date variables
  • [+] Follow-Links: Include/Exclude filters support regular expressions with function regex(...)
  • [+] RSS feed postings are sorted by posting date/time
  • [+] Temporarily disable bookmark checking, eg. for a specified number of minutes
  • [+] Plugins: New built-in function "HtmlExtract" to extract all URLs from a web page
  • [x] Text extraction from PDF files improved
  • Bug fixes and smaller improvements
Version 2011 (11.0)-04-Feb-2011
  • [+] Virtual folders
  • [+] Internal browser: Changes bar (optional via "View" menu)
  • [+] Download Manager to automatically download RSS feed enclosures
  • [+] RSS: WebSite-Watcher supports multiple enclosures in RSS feed postings
  • [+] RSS: New option "Keep the most recent X articles"
  • [+] Import bookmarks (with pre-defined properties) from Excel (XLS) or CSV file
  • [+] Export bookmarks with certain properties to Excel
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros with CAPTCHAs supported.
  • [+] Bookmark check: truncated downloads are detected and handled automatically
  • [+] Excel Plugin rewritten: Conversion is now ultra fast + Support for protected excel files
  • [+] Database Repair Tool (dbtool.exe)
  • [+] Plugins / New functions: DownloadFile, ReplaceWildcard, DeleteAllWildcardMatches, AddStringToFile, Sleep
  • Tons of smaller improvements and optimizations
Version 2010 (10.5)-04-Nov-2010
  • [x] vBulletin 4 Plugin improved to support more modified v4 forums
  • [x] Keyword highlighting improved
  • [x] Update-on-keywords feature improved (more sensitive detection of new/changed content)
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 2010 (10.4)-15-Sep-2010
  • [+] Creating Ignore/Watch/Auto Filters: Detection of changing numbers is now more intelligent
  • [+] Browser-Integration: WebSite-Watcher Eye in the browser title bar works with Google Chrome
  • [x] Performance improvements (especially when working with large web pages)
  • [x] Several PDF Plugin improvements
  • Smaller improvements and optimizations
Version 2010 (10.3)-26-Jul-2010
  • [+] Browser-Integration: Opera 10.60 supported
  • [x] Improved performance when jumping to the first/next highlighted change
  • [x] Improved Javascript filtering
  • Smaller fixes/improvements
Version 2010 (10.2)-29-Jun-2010
  • [+] New function "Re-Create database from cache folder".
  • [x] "Repair database" improved
  • [x] Improved database stability
  • [x] Highlighting keywords significantly improved
  • [+] Extended Search: Save settings as default
  • [+] Plugins: New built in function "ReplaceRegex"
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements
Version 2010 (10.1)-08-Apr-2010
  • [+] New bookmark column: Creation date.
  • [+] Three new customizable bookmark columns.
  • [+] Import bookmarks from Firefox 3.x
  • [+] New Plugin: IFilter Text Extraction
  • [x] Many improvements and optimizations for large window fonts
  • Smaller fixes, optimizations and improvements
Version 2010 (10.0)-02-Feb-2010
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: The filter assistant can be called within the internal browser
  • [+] Filter-Assistant: New wizard to classify the type of the filter and the selected text
  • [+] Bookmark statistics ("View" menu)
  • [+] Keywords: Enhanced editor with sorting and spelling check
  • [+] Follow-Links: Automatically delete no longer linked files
  • [+] Windows 7: WebSite-Watcher shows the check progress in the taskbar icon
  • [+] New/advanced toolbar configuration
  • [+] Plugins: IPBoard 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: WoltLab Burning Board 3.x Plugins added
  • [+] Plugins: vBulletin 4.x Plugins added
  • Romanian user interface added
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes
Version 5.1.7-04-Jan-2010
  • [-] Aborting a check didn't work correctly
  • Smaller optimizations and fixes
Version 5.1.6-07-Dec-2009
  • [-] WebSite-Watcher could crash under Windows 2000
  • [x] vBulletin plugin improved
  • [x] Fixed a problem with HTTPs pages and invalid certificates (on systems with IE8)
Version 5.1.5-18-Nov-2009
  • [+] Internet Explorer Macros: Date variables can be used in the whole macro script
  • [x] Internet Explorer Macros: several internal improvements and enhancements
  • [x] Internet Explorer integration under Windows 7 improved
  • [x] Some stability improvements
  • [x] Improved codepage detection
  • [x] Plugin for phpBB3 forums improved
  • Smaller fixes/improvements
Version 5.1.4-05-Oct-2009
  • [+] Program configuration: Default zoom value for the internal browser
  • [x] Detection and better handling of problematic postings in RSS/Atom feeds
  • [x] Changed default settings for simultaneous connections
  • Smaller fixes
Version 5.1.3-14-Sep-2009
  • [x] If a bookmark is opened in the internal browser, then the bookmark name will be displayed in the browser tab
  • [x] Several stability improvements
  • [x] PDF Plugin significantly improved (layout should be preserved much better now)
  • [x] Excel Plugin: Automatically delete empty rows/columns at the bottom/right of a grid
  • Smaller fixes and improvements
Version 5.1.2-10-Aug-2009
  • [-] A check optimization was broken in v5.1.1 which could cause a change to be alerted with some delay.
Version 5.1.1-10-Aug-2009
  • [x] Jump to first/next change improved
  • [+] Microsoft Office must no longer be installed in order to convert Word/Excel files into web pages, WebSite-Watcher has now a built-in conversion routine.
  • [x] Plugins for Word/Excel/Pdf files are now always assigned automatically to new bookmarks
  • [x] PDF Plugin improved
  • [x] Many internal Unicode improvements
  • Smaller improvements and bugfixes
Version 5.1.0-14-Jul-2009
  • [+] Full Unicode support due to moving to a new compiler version
  • [+] Optimized and reduced memory usage
  • [+] Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for writing Plugins
  • [+] New checking method: Check by screenshot
  • [+] WebSite-Watcher can highlight changes in GIF/JPG/PNG images
  • [+] New PDF plugin with built-in solution to convert PDF files into web pages
  • [+] New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Word document into web page
  • [+] New Plugin: Convert Microsoft Excel document into web page
  • [+] Embedded videos are shown within web pages and blogs
  • [+] Internal Browser: Send page by e-mail
  • [+] New function "Repair Cache Folder"
  • [+] Scripts: Long lines can be wrapped if a line is terminated with the string: (+)
  • Many smaller improvements and fixes
Version 5.0-12-Jan-2009
  • [+] Completely new file format (everything is stored in a centralized database, up to 50% less disk usage, no reorganization after a crash, and much more)
  • [+] Plugin system that allows more individual programming for specific pages.
  • [+] Pre-defined Plugins for major forums (phpBB, vBulletin, IPBoard, SMF)
  • [+] IFRAME support
  • [+] Highlighting changes works more precisely
  • [+] FavIcons are displayed on browser tabs
  • [+] RSS feeds: New option to ignore changed postings
  • [+] Daily Auto-Backup: Backup the opened bookmark files once a day
  • [+] Compose Newsgroups postings: Spelling check
  • [+] Themes of Office XP/2003/2007
  • Tons of smaller changes, improvements and fixes
Version 4.42-21-Jul-2008
  • [+] Pages with gzip format supported
  • [x] AutoWatch / automatic time configuration: Smaller improvements and fixes
  • [x] Check technology "Internet Explorer/Browser" improved
  • Smaller improvements and fixes