Category: Mozilla Firefox
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Reenact is back on iOS, baby!
Five years ago, I wrote an iOS/Android/Firefox OS app called Reenact that helped you reenact photos. Four years ago, I abandoned the apps in favor of a web app that only worked in Chrome and Firefox. Today (zero years ago), I’m happy to announce that the web-based version of Reenact works in all major browsers…
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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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Adopt an Add-on: TubeStop
Won’t you let this poor neglected add-on into your home?
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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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What do people type in the address bar?
An analysis of 7.5MM location bar inputs.
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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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Improving the browser extension localization process
In which I launch Interpr.it, a new localization tool for developers and translators.
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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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Ambilight for Your Browser or: Monetizing an Add-on with Fat Plug
Or, “Monetizing” an Add-on with Fat Plug