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My Firefox Extensions

Published by Rich on March 14, 2006 08:05 pm under Firefox, Flickr Sidebar, Forecastfox, Location Navigator

I thought I would give a quick run down of what Firefox extensions I’ve created, work on, and are currently maintaining. Just so you have an idea of what I work on, what I have worked on, and what I’ve abandoned.

Forecastfox: Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable and unobtrusive extension.

This extension is one I am actively working on. Version 0.8.5 has been released, and work on 0.9 is well under way.
Location Navigator: Location Navigator is an extension that lets you grab a location, select a portion of the location that varies, and then navigate up or down from that starting spot.

This is is actively maintained as well. Probably not as frequently as Forecastfox though. Version 0.6 has been released, and I’ve made design plans for version 0.7
Flickr Sidebar: This Flickr sidebar is used for viewing and searching photo lists. You can access it by the command key Ctrl+Shift+F, the toolbar button, or clicking on the menu option View|Sidebars|Flickr Sidebar. Once you have authorized the extension to work with your flickr account, you can search through or view a full list of your photos, your favorites, everyone’s photos, your individual contacts, or your groups. Double clicking a photo opens it’s page in the current tab. You can also use all the standard link modifiers to open in tabs and windows.

This is an extension I’ve just started. Version 0.1 has been released, and I have some ideas for future version.
Tip of The Day: Adds a “Tip of the Day” bar to the bottom of the window. The reason I created this extension is to implement bug 19463.

I have not released a new version of this since Firefox version .10. I’m currently reworking this so a new version should be available soon.
Rsszilla: This extension was going to implement an RSS reader for mozilla applications. I never released any code for it, and it is now abandoned.
Finder: Finder was going to be used to integrate an extension lookup web service with Firefox. I never released any code for it, and it is now abandoned.