Remove unicode() calls, change loader
Precompile regex pattern
Update README
Fix README (remove dead links, add bugtracker link, retarget to jonleighton's master tarball)
Bump version to 3.3.0

A lot of different versions are floating around, thus omit the 3.2.x series which were spotted in the whild.
Merge pull request #12 from drahnr/master

Fixes to make it work with current gnome and cinnamon.