Category: Browser Add-ons
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Interpr.it Will Be Shutting Down
In which I give up on my favorite domain name.
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Major RSS Ticker Update Coming: What You Need to Know
RSS Ticker has been an alternative to Web-based feed readers since 2006, displaying feed updates directly in users’ browsers. It hasn’t seen significant change in a while, but some of the internal Firefox code used by RSS Ticker has changed enough that in order for it to remain functional in Firefox 22, its entire architecture…
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OPML Support updated for Firefox 20
I’ve just published an update to my OPML Support Firefox extension for the first time in three years. The extension previously added an OPML button to the toolbar in the Bookmarks Manager, but as of Firefox 20, the button disappears because of a change to the way that the Bookmarks Manager’s toolbar is assembled. Version…
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URL Fixer Has Been Acquired
They made me an offer I didn’t refuse.
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FireFound Shutting Down
They say all good things must come to an end. And also FireFound.
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Using Google Chrome locale files in Firefox extensions, updated
A generalized method that works in recent all versions of Firefox.
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How to use Google Chrome extension locales in Firefox 4 extensions
An updated implementation of my API for using JSON locale files in Firefox extensions.
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Discontinuing Slashdotter
In which I discontinue Slashdotter.
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Announcing Typo.js: Client-side JavaScript Spellchecking
In which I spend lots of time on something that will eventually be made obsolete by a Chrome extension API.
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YouTube Comment Snob is now Comment Snob
In which I write a Brita filter for the Web.
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Improving the browser extension localization process
In which I launch Interpr.it, a new localization tool for developers and translators.
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Tapsure: Better password input on mobile devices
In which I develop an alternative password input method for touchscreens.
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Using Google Chrome-style locales in Firefox extensions
In which I simplify cross-browser extension translation.
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My experience with developing a freemium browser add-on
In which I discover that selling something that used to be free is hard.
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YouTube Comment Snob in the news
YouTube Comment Snob got some press from the BBC.
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ScribeFire for Google Chrome
In which I give in to hundreds of email requests.
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Ambilight for Your Browser or: Monetizing an Add-on with Fat Plug
Or, “Monetizing” an Add-on with Fat Plug