BBO Helper version history - 18 versions
BBO Helper by Matthew Kidd
BBO Helper version history - 18 versions
Be careful with old versions! These versions are displayed for testing and reference purposes.You should always use the latest version of an add-on.
Latest version
Version 1.4.13
Released Mar 16, 2025 - 2.02 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterFixed display of player names and field strength for tournament results (broke after BBO made changes). Add additional information to the new BBO player popup for the tournament results pages. Field strength is now based the March 2025 ACBL masterpoint database. Updated cheater database. Added "Top and Another" as an auto alert option for direct cue bids. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-13 for details.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Older versions
Version 1.4.12
Released Feb 3, 2025 - 2.01 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterFixed various issues with the double dummy display not appearing, most stemming from changes BBO made to their client code in May 2024. Also, double dummy display is now supported for Challenge events. Corrected double dummy caching failure regression in BBO Helper 1.4.11. Now demangle alerts in non-Latin languages, working around a BBO database bug. Updated player database (over 6,000 new players, ACBL masterpoints, WBF mapping, Royal Awards, and convicted cheaters). See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-12 for detailsSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.11
Released Sep 9, 2024 - 1.88 MBWorks with firefox 58.0 and laterUpdated player database (over 6,200 new players, ACBL masterpoints, EBU NGS ranks, WBF mapping, and convicted cheaters). Added LIN format download. Added link to ACBL Player Memo form. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-11 for detailsSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.10
Released Feb 15, 2024 - 1.75 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterFixed name tooltip in the People pane of the BBO application (it broke after a BBO change). Field strength is now based on February 2024 ACBL Masterpoint database. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-10 for details.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.9
Released Feb 5, 2024 - 1.75 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterFrench translation (merci, Bruno Alexis). Updated player database (ACBL masterpoint, EBU NGS ranks, and convicted cheaters). Now keep auction timing pinned to lower right even for long auctions (bug fix). Enabled PBN download and Session HTML support for Daylong events. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-9 for detailsSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.8
Released Aug 16, 2023 - 1.73 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterPlayer database improvements. Fixed two corner cases where double dummy display did not appear. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-8 for detailsSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.7
Released Jun 23, 2023 - 1.58 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterGerman translation (Danke, Klaus Krtschil), one more small PBN generation related fix to address changes in BBO 6.8.0, and a new option to flag BBO Helper generated auto alerts. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-7 for detailsSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.6
Released Jun 16, 2023 - 1.56 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterFixes to address changes that BBO made in version 6.8.0 of the BBO application which caused BBO Helper's board extraction from the History Pane to fail, breaking the double dummy display, the BSOL launch (Alt+D), and the board copy-and-paste aid (Alt+H). See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-6 for details.Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.5
Released Jun 12, 2023 - 1.56 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterPlayer database improvements. English Bridge Union (EBU) events hook into the National Grading System (NGS) database for individuals and field strength calculation. Roughly 1,500 players are now linked to the WBF masterpoint website See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-5Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.4
Released Apr 23, 2023 - 1.45 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterRomanian translation (Mulțumiri, Mircea Giurgeu), further enhancements to player database, ACBL masterpoint view and links to ACBL Live and ACBL Live for Clubs for ACBL players, minor bug fixes and cleanup. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-4Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.3
Released Feb 25, 2023 - 1.3 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterChinese Simplified (zh-CN) translation, enhanced player database, frequency table of raw scores add to travellers, localization cleanup, and minor bug fixes. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-3Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.2
Released Oct 15, 2022 - 1.2 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterSpanish translation (Gracias, Hanoi Rondón) and picayune bug fixes. See changelog: https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-2Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.4.1
Released Sep 21, 2022 - 1.19 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterDanish translation (Tak, Thorvald Aagaard). Localization in board copy-and-paste aid for all languages that do not use AKQJ for honor cards and correct invocation of BSOL in such cases.. Other small improvements. See changelog : https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-4-1Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.3.1
Released May 11, 2022 - 1.18 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterMinor bug fixes for the major 1.3 release. See changelog : https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-3-1Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.3
Released May 8, 2022 - 1.18 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterFull support for Teaching and Bidding tables and various robot events, Session HTML (new feature), more complete BSOL invocation, and various other improvements and bug fixes. See changelog at https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-3Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.2
Released Feb 15, 2022 - 1.17 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterBug fixes and traveller page improvements. See changelog at https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-2Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.1
Released Dec 15, 2021 - 1.13 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterChanges for compatibility with Google Chrome and multi-language support. Italian translation (Grazie, Pierluigi Sessolo). Bug fixes, see https://lajollabridge.com/Software/BBO-Helper/revhist.htm#ver1-1Source code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only
Version 1.0
Released Nov 25, 2021 - 1.11 MBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterSource code released under GNU General Public License v3.0 only