The Changelog

This changelog covers only the modern WebExtension, beginning with version 2.0.0. It does not include the release history of the legacy Mozilla XUL Add-On (versions 1.x).

• 2026-08-04 ver 2.0.0 -- initial WebExtension release.
• 2026-08-16 ver 2.0.1 -- fixed Ancient Lexicons lookups for pointed Hebrew text.
• 2026-08-17 ver 2.0.2 -- updated the privacy policy.
• 2026-08-17 ver 2.0.3 -- increased lookup history size to 64 entries.
• 2026-08-24 ver 2.1.0 -- improved Cyrillic-language translation routing, added an option to force Cyrillic-to-Russian translation, and improved Google AI translation availability handling.
• 2026-08-24 ver 2.2.0 :
  • added a Google AI Mode browser-tab action for Google Search results.
  • added language-neutral word segmentation for unspaced scripts, preserving punctuation and choosing the appropriate Google AI or ordinary Google Translate route.
• 2026-10-09 ver 3.0.0 :
  • added direct SyriacDictionary results between Syriac and configured English or Arabic sources, and made Translate to Aramaic independently enable English-to-Syriac results.
  • added Forvo pronunciation lookups for any one-to-three-word query and improved their result positioning.
  • refined Google AI and Google Translate routing for mixed-script and Cyrillic text, so unreliable non-Russian Cyrillic detection is not treated as Russian.
  • added optional Google AI etymology requests and automatic Show More expansion, with fallback to ordinary Google Translate when Google AI is unavailable.
  • added a circular progress indicator while enabled lookup sources are being checked.
  • fixed Etymonline lookups for the provider's current search result pages.
  • improved Arabic transliteration of hamza, shadda, and final-letter handling.
  • fixed input dialogs to restore normal zoom after opening while preserving their classic 400x200 size.
  • added persistent zoom controls for the transliteration pane.
  • moved transliteration settings into a dedicated Translit Options tab.
  • fixed Wikipedia and Wiktionary lookups to keep original Arabic input and respect enabled Syriac-to-Hebrew compatibility routes.
  • made package builds print the current date.
  • added selectable transliteration-only, original-only, and combined display modes that keep every word clickable.
  • removed redundant Options headings and made Reset to Defaults available in the Other Options tab.
  • added configurable Living Arabic lookups across Classical and eight dialect dictionaries, with selectable root, word, meaning, and example searches.
  • refined Lookup Sources with two-column language options and a bordered Living Arabic group with a clickable title.
  • added a transliteration option for whether Hamza sitting on Alif is rendered with Hataf Patah.
  • improved one-word dictionary lookups by retrying same-script stem variants across lookup sources, while keeping multi-word text exact.
  • refined Google translation routing: ordinary Google Translate retains automatic source detection alongside enabled source-language overrides, while word lookups can use their paragraph's language context and Syriac is sent in its original script.
  • made lookup history show original input and script instead of transliterated labels.
  • improved initial result positioning for Forvo and SyriacDictionary.
  • added recovery controls for Google verification and rate limits, including retry, browser-tab, and skip actions.
  • improved Arabic transliteration of hamza, Alef Madda, honorific ligatures, contextual prepositions, and vocalized definite articles.
  • kept preview zoom independent for each lookup source, preserved direct preview refreshes, and prevented browser pinch zoom from changing result views.
  • made the browser-tab action open a preview's current navigated page while preserving the original POST submission when it has not navigated.
  • excluded pure dictionary sources from lookups longer than three words while keeping translation and combined sources available.
  • made Google AI results retry temporary failures and finish expanding when Google's Show More control stalls.
  • improved Arabic word analysis to distinguish final Ya from Alif Maksura and recover omitted Dagger Alif and article Shadda when the spelling supports them.
  • corrected Arabic transliteration of definite articles, silent Waw, Tanwin, missing Fatha before Alif, and repeated long-vowel marks.
  • added an option to render Hamza sitting on Waw with Hataf Qamatz, including in Hamza with Tanwin.
  • raised Shadda in transliterated Hebrew text for clearer display.
  • improved Hebrew-source routing for Syriac and Imperial Aramaic queries, including Daat and Hebrew Wikipedia.
  • recognized more temporary Google AI Overview failure messages so retries and translation fallback can run.
  • added the Use Shva for Hamza, WaW and Yud only option for Arabic transliteration while preserving reduced vowels and Shva produced by doubled consonants.
  • added a link to Principles of the Transliteration from the Translit options tab.
  • refined Hamza transliteration with Tanwin and following Waw or Yud, preserving long vowels and placing silent seat annotations before Hamza.
  • kept accusative Tanwin's supporting Alif silent and ignored standalone Maddah marks without changing Alif Madda handling.
  • corrected Alif and Yud vowel lengthening, including Dagger Alif on Waw and Shadda on Yud, and removed redundant long-vowel Alefs before vocalized Alefs.
  • improved definite-article analysis for ambiguous unpointed Arabic nouns and prevented an extra Fatha before Ta Marbuta when a preceding vowel is already present.
  • recovered lexical vowels for common Arabic particles, prepositions, and short nouns while preserving conflicting written vowel marks.
  • added recovery of missing Arabic long vowels using Hamza, Shadda, Tanwin, and Maddah evidence across the full original text, while preserving written vowels and pronounced initial Alifs.
  • recovered vowels on confirmed attached Arabic prepositions without guessing ambiguous word splits.
  • preserved a clicked word's displayed transliteration and original text context through new lookups, history, and preference refreshes.
  • kept each transliterated word together when text wraps onto another line.
  • kept automatic Google AI translation prompts and source labels language-neutral unless a source language is explicitly forced.
  • fixed Unicode information for supplementary characters, showing each character as one code point with correct hexadecimal references and secure character links.
  • fixed Sureth POST searches to stay in the result preview without opening an extra browser tab.
  • distinguished Syriac Marhetana and Mtalqana marks using written vowels and known word forms, showing reduced vowels or silent letters only when supported and leaving ambiguous pronunciation unresolved.
  • corrected Syriac Hbasa vowels to avoid an extra Yud, preserved letters bearing musical marks, and marked pronounced final Syriac He with Mappiq.
  • added optional Ancient Hejazi reading reconstruction, with research references and attribution in the Translit options tab.
  • added the option to treat word-initial Alef as always consonantal, enabled by default.
  • disabled replacement of Arabic Shadda by default.
  • improved Hamza and Alif Madda transliteration after consonantal Sukun and recovered missing pre-Hamza Sukun when supported by word analysis or spelling.
  • disabled Hebrew-to-Syriac compatibility lookups by default while keeping the option available.
  • fixed Iris previews to scroll to the requested article inside the provider's translation pane.
  • excluded Pshita results when CET redirects to its inactive-site page, without treating the redirect as a missing word.
  • clarified the lookup dialog with Enter a word or phrase and Look up wording.
  • expanded Principles of the Transliteration with updated Hamza, Alif Maqsura, and word-initial Alef explanations.
  • reduced spacing in the Translit options tab to accommodate its settings and research links.
  • switched ordinary Google Translate previews to the live desktop site, preserving loaded translations and scrolling below Google's fixed header.
  • made Syriac translation use the original Syriac text in Google AI at every text length, with automatic fallback to AI Mode when an AI answer is missing or disappears.
  • improved Google AI answer detection and verification recovery, and retried AI Mode language-availability refusals after removing Google's restrictive URL flag.