Changelog
v3.1.1 — October 21, 2024
- New
Browser Extension: Direct search from the URL bar and select a tab:
History:su :his
Favourites:su :fav
Lists:su :col
- New
Browser Extension: Show the list title in the favorites bar
- New
Browser Extension: Setting to hide or show the favorites bar
- New
Browser Extension: Sort list items by sort type from the app
- Fixed
App: Share sheet actions that require opening the app.
- Fixed
App: Recording in-app browser history
- Fixed
App: Hiding private tags and collections in the Unified space
- Fixed
Browser Extension: UI fixes
- Fixed
Browser Extension: Hide cover view on direct search
- Fixed
Browser Extension: Prevent adding multiple identical search tokens
- Fixed
Browser Extension: Show a notice if tags or collections are empty
- Fixed
Browser Extension: Hide private tags and collections
- Fixed
Browser Extension: Show localized time in cover view
v3.1 — October 3, 2024
- New
iOS 18: Dark and tinted app icons
- New
iOS 18: Control Center Actions: Open Search, Open Favorite URL, Toggle Record History, Toggle Run Web Trigger
- New
Pause recording browser history (setting, focus filter, browser extension UI)
- New
Item counter in list title
- New
Browser Extension: Settings panel with options to toggle record history and run web trigger
- New
Browser Extension: Cover view to optionally hide content
- New
Browser Extension: Show tag and collection items and improved list selection
- New
Browser Extension: Tags are sorted by last used
- Fixed
Issues in browser extension (Favourites, Add Tag)
- Fixed
Gallery View item could not be opened
- Fixed
Minor UI fixes
v3.0 — August 28, 2024
- New
Third-party browser extension for Chromium and Firefox browsers on macOS
Record your browser history with Chromium and Firefox browsers on macOS.
- New
Browser Dashboard
Set Surfed dashboard in browsers as the "New Tab" interface (customizable for every Space) and updated browser extension interface
- New
Set a custom URL as the "New Tab" action (customizable for every Space)
- New
Rename and delete devices
- New
New filter type application
- New
New web trigger actions
Add CSS to website, Append HTML to website, Replace website HTML, Search & Replace website content, Base64 decode, regular expression match all, regular expression replace, close tab, new tab, reload tab
- New
Enter multiple search tokens at once.
Example: u:foo.bar t:test :ld (searches for: URL contains foo.bar, title contains test, date is yesterday)
- New
macOS: Added a setting to hide the system menu bar item
- New
Web trigger list improvements
Filter by event type, Menu item to assign web trigger to space, Filter by value search
- New
Surfed Actions (Share Sheet)
Added edit URL action
- New
Command Line Interface (CLI): New parameter, Maximum number of results
- New
Third Party Extensions
Raycast Extension, Alfred Extension
- Fixed
Database migration crash
- Fixed
iCloud conflict (with long articles)
- Fixed
Minor fixes
- Deprecated
Web trigger JavaScript action
v2.0.2 — March 19, 2024
- Fixed
Activating purchase or subscription (Regular App)
- Fixed
Safari Extension: Popup loading (Pro App)
v2.0.1 — March 14, 2024
- New
New Copy Actions
HTML-Link, Title, Description
- Fixed
Startup crash
- Fixed
Safari extension: fixed rare bug, that some websites could not be added to history
- Fixed
Show Spaces menu to access private mode items
- Fixed
Issue that was hiding the sidebar column when the window was resized
v2.0 — February 27, 2024
- New
iCloud Sync
Synchronise your Browsing History, Smart Collections, Tags, Web Triggers, URLs, and App Settings across all your devices.
- New
Spaces & Profiles
Organise your items in different spaces. Compatible with Safari iOS 17 Profiles.
- New
New App Icon
Matthew Skiles has designed a fresh app icon.
- New
Multi-Select
Select multiple items in lists and perform actions.
- New
Focus Filter
Select your Space and Web Trigger behaviour with our new Focus Filter.
- New
Activity Widget
Monitor your daily browsing activity with a heatmap widget.
- New
Hidden Items
Hide items in history, smart collections and tag lists with custom filter terms.
- New
Location Filter
Filter lists by space or device with the new Location Filter.
- New
Web Trigger Action “Assign to Space”
Automatically assign browsing history to a selected space while browsing in Safari.
- New
Shortcuts Action “Listen Article”
Start listening articles with Shortcuts or Siri from a tag, collection or links.
- New
Shortcuts Action “Switch to Space”
Switch to a selected space with Shortcuts.
- New
Global Web Trigger Setting
Option to disable automatic Web Trigger actions.
- New
Import Bookmarks
Import bookmarks from browsers or third-party apps.
- New
Web Trigger
Added rules filter device, location, private mode and new article parameter reading time.
- New
Listen Article
Listen articles in a queue, use playback actions like next, previous, skip, change playback position and save the latest listening position and select your preferred voice.
- New
Share Article as Audio
Share an article as an audio file.
- New
Read Article
Font and Size settings, text selection
- New
Filter Rules
Added new rules filter device, location, private mode, session time, morning, afternoon, evening, at night, and article: listened, listening, read
- New
Global Search
Added context menu actions
- New
Session Time
Sort lists by the visited time or use the session time as filter rule in smart collections.
- New
CSV Export
Export your history, tag items and links as comma separated list.
- New
Print & PDF
Print or save lists as PDF.
- New
New Actions
Show URL parameters, Copy URL components actions, Listen all, From this domain, Reload Image
- Updated
Chinese translation by zshbleaker
- Updated
French translation by Fabrice Tesan
v1.5.1 — August 24, 2023
- New
added date search term "current day"
- Updated
Chinese translation by zshbleaker
- Fixed
date search term current month
- Fixed
add button in terms section
v1.5 — June 22, 2023
- New
Colours
Use colours for Tags and Smart Collections as the main color in list view. Choose your own accent color in Surfed.
- New
Tag-View and Share-View UI-Update
With the updated Tagging and Share Sheet view, it's now even easier to tag web pages in Safari or in Surfed.
- New
Tag-Search: New Filters*
With new filters it is now even easier to find the tag you are looking for
- New
App Accent Colour
- New
Coloured Tag & Smart Collection Lists
- New
QR-Code Action: Share URL as QR-Code
- New
Add URLs manually to Tags, Collections and Favourites
- New
Web Trigger: Syntax Highlight Editor and Find & Replace
- New
New "Add Tag" Button in Lists
- New
macOS: Use system accent colour
- New
French localisation
- Fixed
Web Trigger: Import Web Trigger from Gallery
- Fixed
"Open all URLs in Browser" Action
- Fixed
Alternate Icons on iPad
v1.4.1 — May 9, 2023
- New
Web Trigger Functions
Prepare actions with the new available Web Trigger functions: Search and Replace, Remove String, URL decode/encode, un-shorten URL New main Actions: Show Article, Listen Article
- New
Share Sheet Action
The share sheet has a new action extension to quickly run URL actions and Web Triggers on the current Safari website
- New
Share Sheet
Run Web Trigger, Article and AI Actions directly from the Share Sheet
- New
Latest Tags
Configure how many latest tags should be shown
- New
Show OpenAI errors
- New
Reset uncritical settings with URL scheme
- New
Safari Popup: Added flag action
- New
Web Trigger: Added support for nested custom parameters
- New
Web Trigger: new parameter "URL ID"
- New
URL parameter "auto-run-web-trigger=false" append to URL to prevent automatically run Web Triggers
- Fixed
Limit OpenAI API key length
- Fixed
iPad crash
v1.4 — April 24, 2023
- New
Full-text search, Article View, Listen Article
Prepare actions with the new available Web Trigger functions: Search and Replace, Remove String, URL decode/encode, un-shorten URL New main Actions: Show Article, Listen Article
- New
Share Sheet Action
The share sheet has a new action extension to quickly run URL actions and Web Triggers on the current Safari website
- New
Share Sheet
Run Web Trigger, Article and AI Actions directly from the Share Sheet
- New
Latest Tags
Configure how many latest tags should be shown
- New
Show OpenAI errors
- New
Reset uncritical settings with URL scheme
- New
Safari Popup: Added flag action
- New
Web Trigger: Added support for nested custom parameters
- New
Web Trigger: new parameter "URL ID"
- New
URL parameter "auto-run-web-trigger=false" append to URL to prevent automatically run Web Triggers
- Fixed
Limit OpenAI API key length
- Fixed
iPad crash
v1.3.1 — January 27, 2023
- Fixed
fixes a problem importing and running Web Trigger without valid In-App purchase or subscription
v1.3 — January 26, 2023
- New
Web Trigger is a new web automation feature in Surfed.
Run Shortcuts, open app schemes, perform background URL requests, inject JavaScript code, show notifications, copy to clipboard automatically, when browsing websites in Safari.
Checkout the gallery for easy to install pre-configured Web Trigger. Every web trigger can contain multiple actions which will be performed, when at least one trigger rule group is true.
A trigger rule group can contain multiple search terms, with a lot of options. - New
"On This Day" Search Action
Tap on "On This Day" action for a URL entry to show the history on this day.
- New
Shortcuts Action "Export Tag" with tagged URLs
Export one or more Tags with all tagged URLs into a file. This can be used to share a tag with others via iCloud file sharing.
- New
Copy URL as Markdown action
Get a formatted markdown link with title and link.
- New
New sort methods by flagged and favourite state
Now you can sort your lists by flagged and favourite state
- New
Toolbar Buttons
On iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura all context menu items are now available in the toolbar.
- New
All new Symbol Picker
With the new symbol picker UI it is easy to find the right icon for your tags, collections and web trigger. Now with a tons of new symbols.
- New
Preview Mode: added "Open in Safari" button
Now you can switch handover your Link from the Preview Mode to Safari
- New
Command line interface on macOS
On macOS you can now search your browsing history, URLs, tags and collections from the command line.
- Fixed
Global search: search for urls, which are not in history
- Fixed
fixed loading error in Safari popup
- Fixed
added a new preferences window
- Fixed
Blacklisting fixed
- Fixed
Search in Safari extension popup group results by URL
v1.2 — November 3, 2022
- New
Password Protection
Protect your browsing history and Surfed with your password. No one can see your browsing history, tags and collections.
- New
iOS 16: Lockscreen Widgets
- New
Widget "Search in Surfed"
- New
System Actions: Backup and Restore Surfed Database
- New
System Action: Delete all history items
- New
Shortcut Action "Backup Database"
- New
Added context menu to global search items
- New
Added user settings for show/hide tag/collection section in share sheet
- New
UI Improvements
- New
Chinese Localisation
- Fixed
Menu item "Add Tag…" was not available in Tag context menu
- Fixed
Private Browsing Mode alert was shown after closing release notes
v1.1.1 — July 6, 2022
- Fixed
„Pro Feature“ unlock was not valid in app extensions
v1.1 — June 13, 2022
- New
Collections Gallery
The Gallery offers preconfigured collections that can be used with one tap. („Add collection“ > „Gallery“)
- New
macOS version is available
- New
Search with regular expressions in smart collections
- New
New setting: save history in private browsing mode (default is not save)
- New
Global search: search term „#“ limits search to tags, „@“ limits search to collections
- New
Collections are now called „Smart Collections“
- New
Save collections and tags into Files App
- New
German localization
- Fixed
Some web pages were not added to history
- Fixed
Session time is ended when closing tabs and windows
- Fixed
Date and time conditions in collections
- Fixed
iPad: Open in new window
- Fixed
Shortcut: Get Metadata for URL
v1.0.1 — Mac 23, 2022
- Initial release