Remote Tab Opener Manager 8.4.0 adds a secure inter-extension API for official RTO add-ons.

What changed:
- Added a native external add-on API for trusted RTO extensions.
- Added a Trust Policy that verifies the calling extension before accepting external requests.
- Added secure capability reporting for official add-ons such as RTO Project Bridge.
- RTO original remains the authority for RTO Lock, allowlist checks, capabilities and browser execution.
- Unknown external extensions are refused by default.
- Direct allowlist mutation is not exposed to add-ons.
- Normal RTO usage remains unchanged when no add-on is installed.

Compatibility:
- Existing RTO 8.x workflows remain compatible.
- Existing page helpers and SDK usage remain compatible.
- The new add-on API is additive and does not require users to install RTO Project Bridge.

This release improves reliability for visible, user-controlled browser automation while preserving RTO’s existing safety model.

Main changes

• Improved support for modern editable fields, including contenteditable areas and textbox-like controls.
• Improved prompt/text insertion reliability on complex web applications.
• Added faster generic extraction helpers for page automation.
• Added helper methods to extract first, last, nth or all matching values from a page region.
• Added generic helper methods to find safe input-like fields and clickable controls.
• Improved compatibility with pages using dynamic DOM updates.
• Preserved all existing helper APIs for backward compatibility.
• Included compatibility source files required by the publishing package.

Safety and privacy

• No cookie-reading permission was added.
• No webRequest interception was added.
• No native messaging was added.
• No remote code execution was added.
• No hidden background scraping was added.
• RTO continues to operate through visible browser tabs and explicit user-controlled actions.
• Sensitive fields such as hidden inputs, password fields, tokens, secrets and session-like values remain blocked by the helper layer and by the extension safety model.

Technical notes

• The new helper functions are generic and not specific to any website or AI provider.
• Existing scripts remain compatible and do not need to be rewritten.
• The package includes compatibility files for the RTO lock/domain guard source tree.
• Internal validation was performed to confirm that referenced source files are present and JavaScript files are syntactically valid.

Purpose of this release

RTO v8.3.3 focuses on robustness, compatibility and safer extraction primitives. It helps users automate visible browser workflows more reliably without expanding permissions or bypassing browser security.

Version 8.3.2 improves safety, transparency and reliability.

What’s new:

• Safer interaction with websites.
• Clearer separation between website content and RTO visual helpers.
• RTO visual overlays are now clearly marked, so users can always tell what was added by the extension.
• RTO no longer changes normal website text, button labels, links or page titles.
• RTO can still help fill ordinary visible form fields when the user allows it.
• Password fields, hidden fields, file fields and sensitive fields are protected.
• A controlled tab now remains limited to its authorized website domain.
• Websites can publish an RTO Lock policy to restrict or disable RTO interactions.
• Faster and safer page reading for supported workflows.
• Improved internal security alerts for attempted restricted actions.
• Documentation and changelog updated.

This release keeps the same general user interface while improving trust, safety and predictability.

Bug corrected : allowing the master-tab

The official website now points to https://remote-tab-opener.com/ as the canonical product home.

SDK references, helper packs, the bundled RTO.min.js file, examples, and documentation wording are now aligned on 8.0.1.
The popup description has been refreshed to reflect the newer extended interface, with clearer sections for everyday actions.
Allow-list guidance, tab reuse explanations, favorites wording, and examples continue to follow the current confirmation flow.
Outdated internal navigation leftovers and obsolete links have been removed from the site package.

Version 8.0.0

Major update focused on remote guidance, visual cursor workflows, and documentation consistency.

New
- Added full PNG overlay cursor support for remote guidance flows
- Added styled overlay labels with support for placement, dx, and dy
- Improved remote cursor choreography for guided demos
- Added clearer fast execution mode for LocalExplorer without visual cursor guidance

Improved
- Updated overlay commands documentation and examples
- Improved SDK examples for visible cursor walkthroughs
- Improved public examples and site documentation for cursor-based guidance
- Clarified overlayCreate, overlayMoveToWait, overlayLabel, overlayStyle, and overlayHide behavior
- Improved consistency across site docs, SDK docs, public KB, internal KB, and changelog

Changed
- Replaced outdated overlayLabel offsetY usage with dx/dy in examples and documentation
- Aligned examples with the final 8.0.0 overlay behavior
- Refined LocalExplorer demo mode vs speed mode wording and behavior

Fixed
- Fixed PNG overlay rendering path in guided cursor flows
- Fixed label styling support in overlayLabel
- Fixed lingering visual label behavior in fast non-visual flows
- Fixed several example inconsistencies around cursor overlays and labels