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Toolbar Tutorial

Aug 5, 2005

According to site statistics, my tutorial on creating Firefox toolbar extensions has become rather popular again (it originally surged in popularity after Asa Dotzler commented on it in his blog). It has shown up on a number of web sites recently, for reasons I do not fully understand. Regardless, I'm always appreciative of such linkage (so keep it up!). The more people that can benefit from the article, the better.

It has been quite some time, however, since I have actually updated the tutorial. I hope to remedy that in the next week or two. Since writing the article, I have improved my knowledge of Firefox toolbars a great deal (as evidenced by my Googlebar Lite extension). I think it might be interesting to add some information on how to move a toolbar item around, how to get notification that the customize toolbars process has ended, and other useful tidbits. I also intend to eventually zip up the article itself, so that people can view it offline. Good times.

Firefox 1.0.6

Jul 20, 2005

The latest official release of Firefox is now available on the Firefox product page.

I'm highly excited about version 1.1, which draws nearer every day. The fixes that have been going in to 1.1 keep piling up, as evidenced by the nightly logs over at The Burning Edge. Some of the coolest features being included in 1.1 include:

  • An improved automatic update system
  • Fast back / forward
  • Better cookie management
  • Better extension management

Stay tuned to sites like MozillaZine, The Burning Edge, and others for the latest in Firefox news.

Deer Park Alpha 2

Jul 11, 2005

Firefox 1.1 rolls closer and closer. According to the Mozilla Quality Blog, the latest trunk builds are now officially Deer Park Alpha 2. Fast Back is now enabled, bringing a welcome new feature to the greatest little browser on the 'net.

Update: I've been informed (in the comments below) that this is not an official Alpha 2, but that they are very close. Apologies for the incorrect statement.

Firefox Update System

Jul 3, 2005

Asa Dotzler has a new article up on the new update system coming in Firefox 1.1. This sounds incredibly exciting, especially considering that the update system in 1.0 basically didn't work. The coolest feature for testers is the ability to get nightly changes through incremental updates. Everyone who tests should find their lives to be much easier once this system is deployed.