| Version | Change log |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 2025 (25.1) Feb 3, 2025 |
All checks with the internal check technology or downloads are now executed in separate processes, hanging downloads or winsock operations will no longer cause side effects in the main application. This improves stability, especially when WebSite-Watcher is running 24/7. Tons of internal code reviews, improvements and performance optimizations. Especially when processing larger pages which can be multiple times faster now. Browser-Engine: Text-View. This engine displays the page content in a very simplified text version. It does not load the overhead of the Chromium browser and uses fewer resources and memory. Can be used if you run WebSite-Watcher 24/7 on a server and do not use the internal browser to read bookmarks. (Main menu + Tools + Browser-Engine). New command line option: /NoBrowser - Does not load the Chromium browser and uses an alternative, lightweight text view instead. Recommended if you are only starting WebSite-Watcher to perform a check run. Check technology Browser/Chromium and Browser/Edge: New option "Simulate user interaction". You can activate this option if a page requires user interaction (e.g. keyboard input or mouse movements) in order to load correctly. Only activate this option if necessary, as the page will take longer to load in this case. Bookmark action "Add to LWA": new option "Delete pages when bookmark is deleted". If this option is activated and you delete a bookmark in WSW, all archived pages of this bookmark are also automatically deleted in LWA. Chromium Macros improved: More steps can be recorded Edge Macros improved: More steps can be recorded Plugins: The function "ExecuteAndWait" introduces a maximum timeout of 300 seconds (5 minutes). If the executed program is not finished after 300 seconds, then the result of this function is -1 and the and the execution of the plugin is continued. However, the specified program continues to run and is not terminated by WebSite-Watcher. Plugins: Ab |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 2025 (25.0) Jan 31, 2025 | New bookmark action "Scraper": The Scraper action will extract content and structured data from a monitored page and save it to a file on your hard disk. Output formats are XML, CSV or a tab delimited file. (this feature is only available in the Business Edition) |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 2024 (24.5) Sep 9, 2024 |
Advanced connection rules: If the URL field is enclosed in quotation marks, it is treated as a top-level domain (for example: "domain.com") AutoWatch Countdown calculation improved Improved checking of PDF files with the technology Browser/Edge (especially when a file has to be downloaded with Save-As) The portable edition can now work with the WSW app Automatic detection and termination of hanging Chromium processes Performance improvements when processing pages Minor improvements and fixes |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 24.3 May 31, 2024 | |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 24.1 Mar 18, 2024 |
[+] Bookmark action "Run program": New option "Run minimized" [x] Bookmark check: Huge performance improvment when processing huge CSS files [-] Plugins: The function GetComparisonInfo did not return correct values. [x] Forum plugins improved [x] Plugin IDE: Smaller improvements when debugging a plugin script [x] Minor improvements and optimizations to the new plugin scripting engine [x] CloudSync: Synchronization via rclone improved [x] Improved handling of IFRAMEs [x] Filtering engine no longer uses title tag from svg images [x] Convert Instagram to RSS: compatible with the latest Instagram page source [-] Filter Assistant (and other windows with embedded Chromium browser) could be hidden behind the main window under rare circumstances [-] Plugins: Sleep command did not work correctly Smaller fixes and improvements |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 24.0 Jan 24, 2024 | |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 23.6 Sep 27, 2023 |
[x] Advanced connection rules: Modifications for fixed rules were not saved. It's now possible to adjust fixed rules via program tweaks. The names of the tweaks are: crTwitterPauseSec, crInstagramConnections, crInstagramPauseSec, crFacebookConnections, crFacebookPauseSec [-] Check by screenshot: WebSite-Watcher could crash when comparing images under rare circumstances [x] Improved compatibility with external installations of Local Website Archive (the included version of LWA is not affected) [x] Improved handling when using Chromium/Browser and Chromium Macros in Incognito mode [+] Opening archived pages in LWA will remember the last sort order Smaller fixes and improvements |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 23.5 Jul 17, 2023 |
[+] Check-by-screenshot: WebSite-Watcher will detect and alert an error when a server sends an empty page [+] Toolbar button "Browse" can be configured to open the online version in the external browser [+] Browser toolbar: "Version" menu contains new item "External browser (online page)" [+] Browser toolbar: New optional toolbar button "External browser (online page)" [+] Export bookmarks to CSV file (Tools + Import/Export + Export to: Excel/CSV) [+] Cosmetic filters work with the TBODY tag [+] New tweak: AutoWatchGuard=1 (checks every 5 minutes whether AutoWatch is running. If AutoWatch is disabled, then it will be started automatically. Useful if you sometimes need to disable AutoWatch and forget to enable it again.) [+] CloudSync via rclone: Special Debug-Mode that will help to identifiy problems or bugs of rclone. This mode will show the results after running rclone.exe and waits for a keypress to continue. |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 23.4 Jun 2, 2023 | |
| WebSite-Watcher 2010 23.3 Apr 25, 2023 |
Instagram RSS feed conversion supports latest version of Instagram (Meta has made internal changes to Instagram pages, which are now supported by this version of WebSite-Watcher) Improved high dpi support Cosmetic filter / automatic cookie class detection: huge performance improvements Technology check-by-screenshot improved If the special filters "Watch all changes in link addresses" or "Watch all changes in image addresses" are used, then defined ignore filters are now applied to the extracted addresses Performance improvements when loading bigger bookmark databases Smaller improvements and fixes |
