Archive for 2008

I have made a few updates to Chapter 7 in the Firefox Toolbar Tutorial at this site. Several typos have been corrected, and I have posted a brand new version of my Googlebar Lite build script, which I recently rewrote. The new script now uses the standard Unix zip tool (instead of WinZip), it automatically updates the chrome manifest for me, and it has generally been simplified.

I have finished preparing both CoLT and Googlebar Lite for Firefox 3. Since the official add-ons website is not accepting extensions with a maxVersion of 3.0.*, and in the interest of trying to reduce the number of releases I have to make, I’m going to wait and release these updates when Firefox 3 beta 5 is officially released. The official release shouldn’t be too much longer from now, seeing as the source tree has already been frozen in anticipation for a new beta build.

Stay tuned for further updates. I’m really excited about Firefox 3 … I hope you are too!

Yesterday, I made a few updates to the Firefox Profile Tutorial here at this website. It turns out that the -P command line option is case-sensitive (as it should be). Firefox 2 apparently doesn’t care about case, but the new Firefox 3 builds do.

All of the official documentation I read also mentions the -ProfileManager command line option. I’m not certain if Firefox 3 wants the camel-case, but I’ve updated the tutorial to reflect this information. Let me know if you see any other errors in the tutorial.

Version 9.32 of Paper Plus is now available. The change log for this release is shown below:

New Features

• Drag and drop support is now available for adding files to the current list

Bug Fixes

• The “Add Files to List” action could incorrectly add file entries that were already in the list (causing duplicates)
• Files with a “jpeg” extension weren’t always being handled correctly
• The “Globally Set Position” dialog box did not have an appropriate access key for the drop-down menu

Miscellaneous Fixes

• When removing a file from the wallpaper list, the next item in the list is now automatically selected
• The accelerator for applying the selected wallpaper is now the Enter key instead of Ctrl + A
• The “Save wallpaper list automatically on exit” option is now disabled by default
• Changed the default button in the “Recycle File” confirmation dialog to “Yes”

In addition to the extension updates that I’m working on, a new version of Paper Plus is under development. This release will fix several annoyances, add a new feature or two, and generally improve the application. Thanks to all Paper Plus users who have suggested changes (and keep them coming)!

Updates to both CoLT and Googlebar Lite are in the works. I hope to release these new versions in several weeks. The new release of CoLT will include a new feature. Googlebar Lite will feature a small bug fix and a new localization. Firefox 3.0 support will be added to both extensions.