# Change Log

On 2016-02-12, SOOF was renamed to SOX and rewritten by ᔕᖺᘎᕊ and ᴉʞuǝ. The versioning was reset.

- 2019-06-04 - [v2.5.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.5.0+is%3Aclosed)
  - Only inject into Github issues if you are on the SOX repo
  - Fix bugs in various features
  - Deprecate the 'hide HNQ' feauter (now implemented natively)
  - Improve SOX's performance with many behind-the-scenes changes:
     - Reduce jQuery usage
     - Reduce number of API requests by caching them for a short period
     - Improve SOX's use of MutationObservers by specifying specific
  targets to observe in all uses
  - Improve SOX's Github Community Profile
  - Remove EOL RawGit dependency
- 2019-02-03 - [v2.4.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.4.0+is%3Aclosed):
 - Introduced 'feature packs' -- easily find and enable features that have been categorised into groups such as 'Major UI Tweaks' and 'Power User Features'
 - You no longer **have** to have an access token to use SOX; if you choose not to, then any features needing the API will simply be disabled. Thanks @Izzy for the suggestion.
 - Deprecated feature to paste images directly into the post editor (now native); feature to add notifications to your inbox when a post you downvoted was edited.
 - Added feature to hide the 'how to ask/format/tag' boxes that show when asking new questions
 - Added feature to add a link to the tag wiki page on the new tag popup boxes
 - Added feature to replace 'help' in the site-switcher to a link to the /on-topic page of the site
 - Added feature to add custom magic links to both posts and comments
 - Various bug fixes

- 2018-09-02 - [v2.3.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.3.0+is%3Aclosed):
 - Greasemonkey is no longer supported. Please use Tampermonkey
 - You can now import and export your settings from the SOX dialog
 - Added feature to paste images directly into SE textareas without using the image dialog
 - The old topbar is no longer supported (affects Area 51 mainly)
 - The feature that lets you watch posts for edits will soon be available as a separate userscript, and has been removed from SOX
 - Behind the scenes refactoring by @GaurangTandon
 - The fixed topbar feature has been deprecated as it is natively supported now!
 - Added feature to only show comment flagging/upvote buttons on hover (like it used to be)
 - Added feature to add the tag wiki link on the new tag popup box
 - Various bug fixes
- 2018-06-15 - [v2.2.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.2.0+is%3Aclosed):
 - lots of bug fixes (see milestone link above)
 - fixes major issue where SOX settings cog didn't show up
 - works on FF again
 - deprecated a few features
 - added a few features (`disableVoteButtons`, `addTimelineAndRevisionLinks`) 

- 2018-02-24 - [v2.1.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20milestone%3Av2.1.0%20):
 - various bug fixes
 - many new features added
 - updated to be compatible with the new topbar and site design changes made by SE
 - versioning changed to MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH style
- 2016-12-21 - [v2.0.2](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20milestone%3Av2.0.2%20):
 - revamped dialog to include info hover buttons
 - added `disableOwnPostVoteButtons`, `flagPercentageBar`, `replyToOwnChatMessages` (thanks @IStoleThePies), `hideCertainQuestions`, `inlineEditorEverywhere` (thanks @nicael) features
 - fixed `enhancedEditor` feature
 - fixed `downvotedPostsEditAlert` feature
 - fixed issues with certain features not working in Firefox
 - deprecated `addEllipsis` feature
 - reordered features in dialog and made more categories for easier searching
 - added debug mode to help SOX devs fix bugs quicker and easier
 - features no longer run on page where they weren't designed to run on, fixing lots of weird bugs
 - completely rewritten `fixedTopbar` feature to work on all sites without manual configuration (thanks @IStoleThePies!)
 - fixed design issues with features with their own dialogs (thanks @IStoleThePies!)
 - fixed long-standing bug where the fancy vote buttons caused tearing on Skeptics.SE (thanks @IStoleThePies!)
 - fixes bugs in various features, which can be seen in the v2.0.2 Github milestone

- 2016-10-01 - [v2.0.1](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aissue%20milestone%3Av2.0.1%20):
  - many more bug fixes
  - fixed major issue where script did not work at all on Firefox
  - fixed cross-browser compatibility issues with the access token
  - rewritten downvotedPostsEditAlert feature to make it easier to use and more functional
  - known bug: the downvotedPostsEditAlert feature is flaky right now
- 2016-07-02 - [v2.0.0](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+milestone%3Av2.0.0):
  - Completely refactored version fixing a lot of bugs
  - deprecated feature that hides the search bar, feature that removes excessive exclamation marks from comments, quickCommentShortcuts feature
  - removed Ace Editor from the enhanced editor feature
  - bug fixes
  - fixed timing issues
  - setting dialog UI updates
  - script now request oauth access after installing to prevent rate limiting on certain features
  - added alignBadgesByClass, quickAuthorInfo, warnNotLoggedIn, hotNetworkQuestionsFiltering, hiddenCommentsIndicator features
- 2016-04-05 - [v1.0.3](https://github.com/soscripted/sox/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed+milestone%3Av1.0.3):
    - SOX settings dialog now has a search bar and is a menu just like the inbox
    - new features
    - bug fixes
- 2016-03-06 - v1.0.2:
    - rewrote parts of script to allow better control over what features run when
    - bug fixes
    - added new feature (enhanced editor)
- 2016-02-28 - v1.0.1:
    - lots of bug fixes
    - rewrote some helper functions
    - built in error handling
- 2016-02-12 - v1.0: SOOF is now SOX.

Please see the revision history for this post to see the change log for SOOF, before it was renamed.