Christopher Finke writes about software, woodworking, and other creative endeavors.

Category: OPML Support

  • My Future of Developing Firefox Add-ons

    Mozilla announced today that add-ons that depend on XUL, XPCOM, or XBL will be deprecated and subsequently incompatible with future versions of Firefox: Consequently, we have decided to deprecate add-ons that depend on XUL, XPCOM, and XBL. We don’t have a specific timeline for deprecation, but most likely it will take place within 12 to…

  • 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…

  • OPML Support for Firefox updated

    I’ve updated the OPML Support for Firefox extension to be compatible with the latest Firefox 3 (Minefield) alphas. The compatibility changes were more than just bumping the maxVersion, since Firefox 3’s bookmark and history architecture has been completely reworked as Places, but the awesome new FUEL project (Firefox User Extension Library) is an incredible asset,…

  • Own a piece of history

    For the low, low price of $189,900, you could own this piece of Web software history: This is the very building where I worked on such projects as Slashdotter, Netscape Navigator 9, OPML Support for Firefox, ScribeFire, the Digg Top Users list, and most recently, Twits Like Me. If you act now, I’ll even throw…

  • OPML Support Updated (1.3)

    I’ve released version 1.3 of OPML Support for Firefox. What is OPML Support for Firefox? OPML Support is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that adds OPML import/export functionality to the Firefox Bookmarks manager. OPML is a file type that is widely used to distribute lists of RSS/newsfeeds. This version includes full support…

  • New Mozilla Addons site is was live

    Update: URL Fixer was acquired and is now hosted at http://urlfixer.org/ After a series of delays, the new Mozilla Addons site (codenamed Remora) went live late last night. Changes to the site include redesigned visual aspects, localization, and an overhauled discussion/comment system, but probably the biggest change you’ll notice is that new extensions do not…

  • Keyword export added to OPML Support

    I’ve updated OPML Support to include keywords in the exported file so that if you import back into Firefox, your shortcut URLs should be intact. Grab the new version (1.2.1) at either Mozilla Addons or my personal site.

  • Validation

    Just noticed from my referrer logs that Google is linking to my OPML Support for Firefox extension from its Google Reader FAQ. Neat.

  • Extension Updates

    Update: URL Fixer was acquired and is now hosted at http://urlfixer.org/ I’ve just updated all of my extensions to be compatible with Firefox 2.0. They’re all available for download at my site, and they’ll all eventually be available at Mozilla Addons as well. No new features for these updates, just compatibility fixes.

  • OPML XSL BLT BBQ

    I’ve updated the OPML XSL stylesheet that I mentioned a while back. It now creates collapsable folders, has icons for feeds vs. links, and allows you to open all links in a folder by double-clicking on the folder name. It works for me in both Internet Explorer 6 and the major Mozilla browsers. You can…

  • Kickin’ It, OPML Style

    As much as I love XML files and the way that browsers display them with their little plus and minus toggles, a file is no good to me unless I can read and utilize the data it contains. So while OPML is great for storing link and feed data, I can’t really navigate an OPML…

  • OPML Support 1.2

    So I finished the major changes I had in mind for the OPML Support extension. I added support for regular bookmarks, a few options (whether to import/export livemarks, bookmarks, or both; option to import/export livemarks as regular bookmarks; option to import/export nested vs. flat), and a few bug fixes. If you’ve had problems in the…

  • Updating OPML Support

    I’m in the process of updating the OPML Support for Firefox extension; I’ll be adding bookmark import/export to complement the Livemark support already there. Additionally, since the extension will have features that don’t require Livemark support in the browser, I’ll be making it compatible with browsers other than Firefox (depending on how much the bookmarking…

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