Archive for July, 2007

Speed Dial’s new release coming soon

Monday, July 30th, 2007

I’m actively working in Speed Dial, and I hope to have the new release finished in a week. However, before the release I’ll send it to the translators, so it should take 2 weeks.

Hopefully I’ll be able to include the ability to configure the number of thumbnails. This is something a lot of people have been asking me, but it’s not trivial to implement… Anyways, I’m quite sure I’ll be able to pull it out.

I already included some nice features: plugins are disabled by default in the background browser, and I added some buttons in the thumbnails for easy access to the different actions (although only “reload” will be visible by default).

Of course, I’ll take care of the reported issues, so I’m quite sure that people will be happy with the new release :)

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Firefox Showcase included in Zonbu

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

Today I found out in an article in MozillaLinks that Firefox Showcase is included in Zonbu, a new Linux-based PC that costs only $99. Showcase is the only included extension, together with an unnamed parental control extension (probably developed by them), and the Mostly Crystal theme.

It was a big surprise to find out about that in the news, and I’m really thrilled that they decided to include my software in their device. Now, can I get one of those boxes for “testing purposes”? :)

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Busy life…

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

I’ve been quite busy lately, but I found time to work on a new Speed Dial release. I planned to add customizable number of thumbnails for this release, but that will need new translations, and I think I would like to make a new release before that.  I really like the changes of the new version, and I’m sure that Speed Dial users will like them too :) Expect a new release this weekend.

This August I’m planning to update the mobile phone games on uWorks, and offer them for free! They’re simple and fun, so I hope people will enjoy them.

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New extension: Link Reporter

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Yesterday I posted a new extension to AMO: Link Reporter!

What it does is easy: place your mouse cursor over a link, and after a little while a tooltip will appear with information about that link. Usually it will be only the URL, but in the case the destination page is not an HTML page, other information will appear, like the type, size and last modification date.

It also adds a few more features: more information will appear as tooltip (by using the “ALT” attributes), and the link tooltip will change color in the case the destination site is a web forgery (”phishing”).

It’s a functionality I wanted to have and that I find useful, so I decided to publish it because probably someone else will think the same :)
To get it, go to the Showcase download site, or to the AMO extension’s page (although it will be in the “sandbox” for a long while, so you need to log in).

I’m already working in the new Speed Dial version. For now, I improved the “open in new blank tabs” functionality. Next I’ll add faster Speed Dial tab loading, and I will hopefully be able to add configurable number of thumbnails in the next release… Hopefully next weekend!

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Showcase and Firefox 3

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

After some tests, I can report that the bug I talked on the previous post is solved in 3.0a6. Still, I needed to add a few lines to make Showcase work well in Firefox 3, but it’s working… and really well! I was concerned about that, but next version of Showcase will have full support for Gran Paradiso betas :)

Also, I’ve been working in a new extension, and is almost finished. You may want to visit this blog on Sunday, since I’ll publish the first version by then. It’s something small, but quite handy!

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Long time no see!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Uhm… I really should post to this blog more often. In any case, I’ve been quite busy. For instance, I made a website for Speed Dial, and released a new version for it. That version contains some bug fixes, and some new locales!

Today, Firefox 3 Alpha 6 has been released! I spent some time using it, and it “feels” quite a lot faster than Firefox 2. Good job, Mozilla! I tested Firefox Showcase and Speed Dial on it, with mixed results. The current Speed Dial version shows an error message when using the background browser, but after some hacking I managed to fix it, so the next release will be 100% compatible. For Showcase there is a big problem with the thumbnail layout. This is because an issue that I reported in Bugzilla about half a year ago, but now the problem is even worse :( Oh well… I hope they’ll solve it. One way or another, Showcase will be available for Firefox 3 on release!

I’ve a couple of new extensions in mind… Speed Dial still needs a lot of work, so that will be my main focus, but I can use a change of pace :)

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