Tutorials
How to write Google Chrome extensions
So you’ve learned how to write your own Firefox extension. This tutorial will show you how to parlay your knowledge into creating a Google Chrome extension.
Enabling Extension Updates
So you’ve learned how to write your own extension. This tutorial will show you how to keep your users up to date with your latest version automatically.
Hack the crap out of Firefox for some useful error pages
I tried to get this to work in an extension, but it ain’t happening.
Update! It is now a working extension, mostly thanks to Nick, developer of InfoLister, and master of jedi XUL tricks. I’ll leave the original article as below for informational purposes.
How to create Firefox extensions
Everyone has a good idea at one time or another to implement a new feature in a web browser. Well, with the goodness that is Mozilla Firefox, now you can do just that. You need to have a vague understanding of XUL and Javascript, but you certainly don’t need to be a master of either. When I started, I knew nothing about either one, really. I had seen some bookmarklets here and there, and tried to figure out just how they worked. Well, that’s how I made my first extension, BugMeNot.
If you happen to have a Linksys WRT54G wireless router…
…and you use an alternative firmware, say, DD-WRT, and you tend to have to reset your modem and router a lot, then I have a possible fix for you. If you don’t know what the hell it is I’m talking about, then let me explain.
Update your extensions’ maxVersion with perl
Whenever a new version of Firefox comes out, there are invariably a few extensions that won’t work with it. Not because the extension’s functionality is no longer suited, but because of a value that is set too low- the maxVersion. That tells Firefox that the extension is only compatible with a certain version of Firefox. You can update the extension by opening it up, and changing the maxVersion to the current Firefox version, or even higher. The easiest way to do this is to use a perl script to do it for you.
Use your Mac laptop to utilize a Windows printer
I recently set up a wireless connection in my apartment, consisting of a Linksys WRT54G router, a Netgear CM212 cable modem, and a desktop running Windows XP Pro and a G4 iBook running OS X 10.4.2 Tiger. I have an Epson Stylus CX5400 USB printer attached to the Windows box, and wanted to get it working under the iBook wirelessly. Could it be done?
