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train-2011.10.06:
* full site & dialog redesign: (many, many closed issues are related to this, including #269, #343, #342, #347, #354, #356, #357, #350, #349, #364, #346, #336)
* improved debugging, all network callbacks are invoked asynchronously: #276
* MYSQL SCHEMA CHANGE: passwd field no longer in staged table (password is now set after verfiy link clickthrough)
* MYSQL SCHEMA CHANGE: add index to emails table: #209
* WSAPI CHANGES (to support new UI): https://github.com/mozilla/browserid/commit/b6ee51
* WSAPI CHANGES: a mis-set client clock no longer causes invalid assertions to be issued (wsapi changed to minimize network requests): #329
* disallow re-registration of existing account: #333
* (non-visible) namespacing in dialog code: #275
* API BREAKING CHANGE: verifier no longer supports GET requests: #98
* significant performance / UX improvment - keys are generated and certified when needed, not all upfront at sign-in: #278
* remove 'download printable format' language from privacy policy: #280
* faster keygen via crypto optimizations: https://github.com/mozilla/browserid/commit/778433
* improvements to mobile layout & usability (specific to the new UI)
* more user visible error messages to improve community sourced problem reports: #335
* IE8 improvements (still not fully supported): #246, #361, #346
* cookie fixes revisited, now on upstream version of connect-cookie-session: #310
train-2011.09.29:
* shortly after dialog is spawned, we remove the four random chars in the fragment (aesthetic)
* fix bug where session duration had an upper bound of 7 days - the time the server was running: #310
* fix bug where a user could go longer than 1 week without re-authenticating: #309
* fix link on /developers page to verfier source: #326
train-2011.09.22:
* migrate to browserid signed certificates rather than keypairs where browserid hosts the public key: https://github.com/mozilla/browserid/issues?milestone=6
* IE9 support
* partial IE8 support (not yet usable, several small remaining bugs, and abysmal performance)
* development harness (./run.js) now respects an IP_ADDRESS env var to bind to a specific address (other than 127.0.0.1)
* improved first-time development experience: `git clone && cd browserid && npm install && npm run`
* initial support for running locally under virtualbox via vagrant: issue #261 (thanks ozten!)
* (fix 2011.09.23) fix race condition between relay iframe and window introduced with IE9 support. issue #287
* (fix 2011.09.23) fix blank popup on second sigin invocation in same session in FFX: issue #286
* (fix 2011.09.23) explicitly disable caching for /wsapi calls, prevents unwanted caching of CSRF and friends. issue #294
train-2011.09.01:
* /ws_api/set_key always returns returns value instead of HTTP 204 response: #219
* update javascript mvc to 3.1.0.
* major interframe/window communication change using a hidden relay iframe to facilitate IE: #97(still open)
* link colors on browserid.org are consistent: #227
train-2011.08.25:
* created command line load generation tool and performance analysis work: #125
* beginning unit/functional tests for front end: #183
* front end refactor to facilitate unit/functional tests and UX iteration: #183
* error messages are shown on front end: #184
* users must now verify account ownership before attempting a key sync.
* manage page date format: #191
* manage page button only displayed if user is currently authenticated: #195
* manage page emails are synced on page open: #181
* wsapi_client created for clients needing programatic access to wsapi.
* harden set_key against duplicate keys.
* fix new email addresses added not being synced on client: #199
* upgrade to bcrypt 0.2.4.
* minify include.js by default: #206
* more than one email address can be added per dialog lifespan: #215
* verifyier no longer verifies assertions issued by another server.
* (2011.08.31) no error message displayed if you try to authenticate with an invalid u/p: #222
* upon clickthrough of the email link, don't have the browser window close itself: #162
* passwords must be between 8 and 80 chars: #155
* improved handling of emailing & verification urls during local development & testing: #88
* language changes in dialog: #150
* many improvements to unit tests: #171
* forgotten password flow was broken with port to mysql, fixed: #170
* improved metrics reporting abstraction: #168
* moved all server logging into a single file: #169
* all files created at execution time are now in one location: #172
* developer ergonomics - improved colorized logging with terse webserver output to console
* always require a user to authenticate if they don't have an active session: #74
* improved CSRF protection to fix race conditions in previous train: #173
train-2011.08.12:
* massive zero-user-visibile refactoring of dialog javascript.
* fix cancel button in "waiting for verification state" (issue #147)
* all browserid source is now tri-licensed (MPL1.1/GPL/LGPL). (issue #141)
* fixes for mobile firefox (fennec). (issue #140)
* mysql support implemented for browserid (default persistence production) (issue #71)
* json persistence support added - a standalone dead simple persistence layer which is the default for local development and requires no external software.
* email secrets are now persisted in the database, so upon server restart outstanding verification links are no longer invalidated (issue #91)
* (website) styling changes - like fix issues where links on dev page were being displayed white on white.
train-2011.08.04:
* when user closes dialog without clicking "cancel", properly return 'null' to the webpage (via getVerifiedEmail callback) - issue #107
* improve checks to warn developer that prerequisite software is missing. issue #110
* parameterize software to support multiple deployment environments (dev/beta/prod) issues #102 & #52
* documentation updates.
* improved logging (using the winston logging framework for node.js)
* [website] fixed inclusion of youtube video (now over https to keep browsers from getting scared about mixed mode resource inclusion)
* (2011.08.03) include youtube video embedding over https (issue #112)
Lloyd Hilaiel
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* (2011.08.04) fix mozillalabs.com link in dialog (issue #116)