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If you’re using Google Chrome, and you’re running the developer version that allows extensions to be installed, you can now install TwitterBar for Google Chrome.

December 4, 2009

Feed Sidebar 4.0 Released

Beware! There’s a Feed Sidebar running wild!

June 18, 2009

TwitterBar 2.4, Now With 2% Longer Tweets

is.gd, yes?

June 11, 2009

Feed Suggester for Feed Sidebar?

Would anyone besides me use this?

May 15, 2009

Feed Sidebar 3.2 Beta 3: A Gentler Feed Updater

I’ve been working on decreasing the CPU consumption of my Feed Sidebar Firefox extension; one of its main problems is that when it’s time to update the feeds, Firefox can grind to a halt while the Sidebar starts to make tens or hundreds of HTTP requests. A solution I’ve settled on allows the sidebar to…

April 3, 2009

TwitterBar updated with OAuth, shorter URLs

Update: TwitterBar was sold to HootSuite and renamed HootBar in March of 2011. TwitterBar for Chrome was discontinued in October of 2012. Everyone’s favorite tool for posting to Twitter from your Firefox address bar (TwitterBar) has been updated to version 2.0. Changes in this version include: URL shortening Long URLs are now shortened by http://is.gd/…

March 23, 2009

TubeStop for Google Chrome

TubeStop was discontinued on December 25, 2012, and Firefox’s newly-introduced controls for managing auto-playing videos have since made it obsolete. When Google released a document today showing the design process for Google Chrome extensions, I thought it would be fitting to have one of the first third-party extensions for Chrome address a major shortcoming of…

March 18, 2009

Feed Sidebar 3.2 Beta Update

I’ve published an update to the beta of Feed Sidebar that I talked about here: Sort Your Feeds in Feed Sidebar. In this version (3.2pre2), I’ve made the following changes: Enhanced the sorting mechanisms so that updates occur more seamlessly. Added some accessibility fixes, courtesy of Marco Zehe. Fixed some security holes related to JavaScript…

March 14, 2009

Sort your feeds in Feed Sidebar

A lot of people have asked for the ability to sort the feeds that appear in the Feed Sidebar extension for Firefox, so I’ve taken some time to integrate some basic sorting options. I would like to get some feedback on this feature before releasing it to the general Feed Sidebar audience, so I’ve uploaded…

February 6, 2009

OAuth Support Added to Yammer Time

Yammer Time, the Firefox extension that reminds you to update your status on Yammer, has been updated to add support for authenticating via OAuth. You can install the update from Mozilla Add-ons. OAuth is basically a way to allow applications (like Yammer Time) to act on your behalf (update your status) without having to disclose…

February 5, 2009

Four More Fennec Add-ons

Update: TwitterBar was sold to HootSuite and renamed HootBar in March of 2011. TwitterBar for Chrome was discontinued in October of 2012. I got some great feedback after I updated URL Fixer to be compatible with Fennec, Mozilla’s mobile browser, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve been able to add Fennec compatibility to four…

November 6, 2008

URL Fixer now compatible with Fennec (Mobile Firefox)

Update: URL Fixer was acquired and is now hosted at http://urlfixer.org/ Fennec is the codename for Mozilla’s work-in-progress mobile browser for phones and smaller computing devices, and since it supports extensions just like Firefox, I’ve started adding Fennec compatibility to the extensions I’ve written (when it makes sense). URL Fixer version 1.5 is fully Fennec-compatible.…

October 29, 2008

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