v0.44.0

Automattic/harperv0.44.0Jun 20, 2025by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on significant performance improvements for the Chrome extension, introduces a build system for Firefox support, and adds several new grammar and style linter rules.

Key Highlights

Major performance improvements to the Chrome extension
Setup of build system for Firefox support
Added linter for '5am in the morning' redundancy
Grammar fixes including 'shoot oneself into a leg' and 'grey' vs 'gray'

New Features

Firefox build system for Chrome plugin
Linter for issue #346
Grammar rule for '5am in the morning'
Chrome extension input event dispatching fixes

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* feat: split affixes and properties and support propagating properties by @RunDevelopment in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1251
* fix: missing words in #1401 by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1402
* fix: ensure grey is suggested when gray is wrong by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1403
* feat: take sth. serious→take sth. seriously by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1405
* feat(core): add linter for #346 by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1407
* feat(web): show Firefox link to applicable users by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1409
* feat(chrome-plugin): set up build system for Firefox by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1408
* feat:Shoot oneself into a leg → oneself in the foot by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1391
* chore: re-sort phrase corrections by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1410
* docs: add page for Firefox + update FAQ by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1412
* feat(core): cover case from #381 + remove useless rule by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1416
* feat: add types of determiner by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1415
* Major performance improvements to the Chrome extension by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1417
* feat: handle the recieved→received part of #1411 by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1418
* fix(chrome-ext): dispatch input events on form els by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1330
* fix(core): use POS tags for `PronounKnew` accuracy by @elijah-potter in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1413
* feat: Implement #405 - the "5am in the morning" redundancy by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1414
* feat: add "except if" and "except when" for "unless if" by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1318
* feat: touristic → tourist / tourism / touristic by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1345
* fix: some very important adverbs were not marked by @hippietrail in https://github.com/Automattic/harper/pull/1420


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/Automattic/harper/compare/v0.43.0...v0.44.0