Software As She’s Developed

Mahemoff’s Podcast/Blog – Web, Programming, Usability from the Author of ‘Ajax Design Patterns’ (AjaxPatterns.org)

Software As She’s Developed header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Extension'

More Adventures in Firefox Extension Land: Submitting to Mozilla

June 22nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · SoftwareDev

I recently explained how I created my first Greasemonkey script as an experiment, then converted it to a standalone Firefox plugin/extension/add-on using an automated tool. Official homepage here. The experiment continues, as I subsequently submitted it to Mozilla, and it’s now been approved as an official plugin.

I’ve been curious about the process people go through [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·······

Teleporter – From Greasemonkey to Self-Contained Extension

June 19th, 2006 · No Comments · SoftwareDev

<

p>My previous post outlined Domain Teleporter, a first attempt at a GM script. Continuing the experimentation (as I have a comlpetely different real example in mind), I wanted to see how easy it was to create a self-contained FF extension from the GM script … I figure there’s a significant population who have FF and [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ······

Flock: A Tribute to Unusability of Firefox Extensions?

October 9th, 2005 · 5 Comments · HumansAndTech, SoftwareDev

You’ve probably noticed the buzz around Flock, a browser built on Firefox. Information’s limited, but it seems to pick up on the “social” buzzword – tagging, annotations, RSS etc. Thing is, all of these things are possible in Firefox too via extensions. But extensions haven’t really taken off, and the reason is, quite frankly, poor [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·········