FactoidL version history - 3 versions
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Latest version
Version 2.6.1
Released Aug 19, 2026 - 144.44 KBWorks with firefox 58.0 and later, android 120.0 and laterRelease Notes (Aristotle, FactoidL v2.6):- Aristotle Strategy: Tighter specification of article/unimportant words and regex of negation. Slight co-reference resolution (2-3 fragments of text apart if original factoid can't resolve itself).
- Common algorithm/functionality code is now in factoidl-common.js files.
- Updated visual assets to be based off of a crisper SVG logo.
- Repaired broken and stalling API requests to default source (Wikipedia). Including revising service worker tasks.
- Optimized topic search by weighted term set of page title + all scraped factoids, with fallbacks on first sentence and then page title.
- Added verification bar that shows the amount of verified, verified false, and unverified factoids.
- Various minor code fixes like upgrading dependencies and script security. Upgrade to Manifest V3 for extensions as well as fixed extension functionality between tabs.
Source code released under Apache License
Older versions
Version 2.5
Released Aug 4, 2022 - 147.89 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterRelease 2.5 (Plato) Notes:
-Options for changing the source API url (note: still uses <extract> tags for xml source text results.)
-Each factoid is marked as verified as accurate (✔️) or inaccurate (❌), or unverified (❓).
-Slight boost in algorithm performance, although offset with new verified/unverified checks.Source code released under Apache License
Version 2.0
Released Aug 29, 2019 - 146.91 KBWorks with firefox 48.0 and laterSource code released under Apache License