Tag Archives: firefox
Firebug 0.4 Preview
firebug is one of the best tools I’ve seen for web development in Firefox. There’s a new version due out soon, and Encytemedia have put up a fantastic preview. I’m drooling with anticipation!
Cross Browser JavaScript Still Hard
Recently, I’ve been doing a reasonable amount of playing around with prototype and scriptaculous. They’re both really great libraries that give you loads of features and take a lot of trouble out of your hands. But they certainly don’t absolve … Continue reading
A useful setup for developing firefox extensions
Finally, after much trial and error, I have something approaching a usable development environment for a firefox extension. It’s based around roachfiend’s helloworld tutorial. Set up a separate development profile in firefox that you can play around with. The article … Continue reading
Firefox Extensions
After a bit of research, I’ve concluded that there are many different ways of developing extensions in mozilla / firefox. And they all vary over time. Most of the problems appear to surround the registration of chrome (the actual browser … Continue reading
Firefox Plugin Development
I’ve tried a few times to play with firefox (or it’s parent, mozilla) in order to write a plugins. There’s no shortage of ideas that I could implement… But every time I get stymied at the first step: getting the … Continue reading
Sage RSS Reader
If you use firefox, then sage provides a very useful improvement over the default implementation of RSS (“Live Bookmarks”). Some of the features: Tells you which items you haven’t read yet. Better feed autodiscovery. Proper OPML export. If you’re using … Continue reading
Firefox / Thunderbird Extensions
There are two things that I could really, really use: A firefox extension to summarize all live bookmarks by download time, so you can immediately see which ones have new items. A thunderbird extension to understand Mailing List headers, so … Continue reading
FireFox Extensions
Firefox is a fine web browser. But one of the best features is the ability to add in extensions. These are a few of the extensions that I have to install. AdBlock. Lets you switch off the annoying flashing adverts. … Continue reading