Firefox Extensions
One of the things I think I like most about the web browser Mozilla Firefox is the flexibility of using extensions to give you more features. Some of my current favorites are the Google Calendar extension that shows you’re calendar events in the status bar. The Gmail notifier is also a favorite of mine. It’s really the kind of thing that has saved me some time in my daily routine by putting information in plain view without having to open up a new web browsing tab and log in and then check. It helps me to use my time better.
I’ve toyed around with a few ideas for my own firefox extensions and who knows, this may be the page I post them in the future. For now though, I wanted to collect my references here for how to go about writing a firefox extension.
From lifehacker: how to write a firefox extension. Good general overview with links to a few other resources. Includes a great tip to manage separate profiles to do your extension developing so you don’t trash your default profile. (Plan for the worst, hope for the best…)
This how to is probably quite dated now that we’re up to firefox 3.0 but it was one of the first “how to create firefox extension guides out there and may still have some use.
Mozilla of course has a “building an extension” page. This really should be THE authoritative source…
There is a great extension wizard online that will help you construct a skeleton for a new extension which should make getting a new one started a bit quicker than a manual construction of the folder/file structure.
To make life easier there’s also an extension developers extension which packages some tools to make your life easier if you’re writing firefox extensions.
Here is a link to XUL Planet. XUL is the XML markup flavor that firefox uses to build the menu items and dialog boxes that you’ll see in the browser.
Mozillazine’s extension development tutorials.
Mozillazine also has a tutorial on getting started with extension development.
Some people have put together their lists of top firefox extensions.
“firefox extensions” – Google News
Firefox 4 beta 4 tackles browser tab chaos – CNET
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Firefox 4 beta 4 tackles browser tab chaos
CNET I felt like Mozilla was just telegraphing its intentions to start charging for Firefox extensions. Has anyone else gotten the survey? by 94fleetwood94 … |
Create Firefox extensions with the Add-on Builder – OnSoftware
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Create Firefox extensions with the Add-on Builder
OnSoftware I thought I would be able to create Firefox extensions just by dragging and dropping elements, like the Android App Inventor. Sadly it seems that the Add-on … |
How to hack your web browser in 7 easy steps – Techworld.com
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How to hack your web browser in 7 easy steps
Techworld.com "In Firefox, extensions get the same interfaces and level of access as the Firefox UI does, so they can do pretty much anything: access data like cookies … |
End-of-the-day links – Washington Post (blog)
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End-of-the-day links
Washington Post (blog) Haven't looked to see if there's one for WaPo comments, but I know some sites have GreaseMonkey Firefox extensions that allow you to do stuff like block … |
Music events, media converters, and GarageBand – NetworkWorld.com
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Music events, media converters, and GarageBand
NetworkWorld.com … a job you could do far more easily (and less expensively) with something like HandBrake, RipIt, VideoMonkey, or one of a handful of Firefox extensions. … |
CommentBlocker Hides Comments on Web Sites Automatically – Lifehacker
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CommentBlocker Hides Comments on Web Sites Automatically
Lifehacker … still participate in the comments on your favorite sitesâlike here at Lifehacker. CommentBlocker is a free download, works anywhere Firefox extensions do. |
Mozilla Thunderbird Vs Microsoft Outlook – Boosh News (press release) (blog)
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Mozilla Thunderbird Vs Microsoft Outlook
Boosh News (press release) (blog) For those not familiar with Firefox's extensions, they're basically community developed add-ons to the program that add or tweak functionality. … |
CRUM: To Race For SS Green Light At Bristol – TruckSeries.com
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CRUM: To Race For SS Green Light At Bristol
TruckSeries.com Firefox extensions, buy vmware when determined n implied, must affect cisco curved towards a battle upon the antipodal meridian (nor toward any specific … |
ICKLER: Self-Discipline Key At Darlington – TruckSeries.com
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ICKLER: Self-Discipline Key At Darlington
TruckSeries.com Firefox extensions, buy vmware when determined n implied, must affect cisco curved towards a battle upon the antipodal meridian (nor toward any specific … |
SADLER: Night Turns Ugly At Bristol – TruckSeries.com
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SADLER: Night Turns Ugly At Bristol
TruckSeries.com Firefox extensions, buy vmware when determined n implied, must affect cisco curved towards a battle upon the antipodal meridian (nor toward any specific … |
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