Category: Mozilla
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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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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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Ambilight for Your Browser or: Monetizing an Add-on with Fat Plug
Or, “Monetizing” an Add-on with Fat Plug
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Uploading form data and files with JavaScript (Mozilla)
A code snippet that will be of great value to very few people.
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Extending the Web, not just the browser, with Twitter Filter
I don’t care that you’re the mayor of your bus stop.
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Lost and FireFound
Get it? Lost and FireFound??
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Add-On-Con 2009
If you know how to develop a successful add-on, please contact me ASAP.
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Abandoning Yammer Time
a.k.a. Quitting Time
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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.…
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Links Like This gets a facelift
Links Like This is a Firefox extension I wrote last year that allows you to automatically open multiple links from a webpage. I released the first version in May of 2007 but never really went back to update or improve it; that’s about to change. During a recent conversation about Links Like This, I realized…