Independent Status Reports (19 December, 2005)
By Brian King
It's been a while (August) since the last set of status reports, but this does not mean that we've been inactive here at mozdev.org. In fact, quite the opposite! As can be seen from this set of reports, projects owners have been busy. New projects are coming online all the time, and many existing ones have gone through the process of updating for Firefox 1.5. Behind the scenes, mozdev's infrastructure has been audited and many enhancements have been made. A new server will be in place for the new year, at a new hosting facility. More on that later. So all of us at mozdev wish you a great holiday season, and here's to another wonderful year for Mozilla in 2006.
Note: If anyone has an update that they would like included in the next report, go here, or have any feedback on the reports in general, feel free to contact us.
TrustBar - 0.4
(Both a web spoofing protector and a site credentials supplier)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Amir Herzberg
For: Mozilla, Firefox
Platform: All
Major new release for TrustBar (now 0.4):
1. We addressed user concerns - and in particular, not waste of chrome `real estate`.
2. Added `Hey!` button for reporting fraud sites. `Hey!` is not just a reporting tool... when user accesses their sensitive sites (e.g. login), Hey! will sometimes (randomly) present the correct site - but with location bar and other indicators presented as if you received a spoofed page instead.
Early feedback is that people find Hey! pretty cool. We _need_ people to use Hey! - and as soon as possible - since we use the detections as input to our research on secure usability.
Version 0.4 Highlights
- Hey! Training Mode
- Minimal chrome `footprint` (toolbaritem, optional elements,...)
- Supports Deer Park and Mac OS X (later based on user feedback, we don't have OS X handy)
- Identification also for unprotected sites
attributes - 0.5
(Displays attributes of xul objects within Firefox)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Mitchell Broome
For: Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX,
Initial public release
Notable Highlights
- This is the inital public release of attributes
ForwardFork - v0.1.2
(Save your forward history!)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Matthew Waymost
For: Firefox >=1.0
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX,
A newly released extension that keeps your most recent forward histories that otherwise would be lost.
Features
- Easily access forks through context menu.
- Supports modified clicking to open links in new tab/window.
Muzzled - 0.01
(Harness the power of mozilla)
For: Mozilla, Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX,
The latest developments in the muzzled projects is the completion of the intial analysis and research on the application . I had to basically understand XUL and the associated technologies required to complete the project , due to severe constraints in time (my semester has begun :-( ) very little useful code can be shown , the documentation will be uploaded.
Notable Highlights
- looked at chameleon
- working on proof of concept
Verbosio XML Editor -
(An Extensible XML Editor Architecture)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Alex Vincent
For: Mozilla XULRunner, SeaMonkey 1.0
Platform: Windows, Linux
The Verbosio project has been launched. Although there is no prototype editor yet, there are several items in the "grab bag", useful scripts & widgets which others may find useful.
soapsniffer - v0.9
(Debug SOAP service calls and responses)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Alexander Dolgy
For: Mozilla, Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
version 0.9 is ready
Features
- WSDL parsing
- SOAP call template creating
- Interactions with SOAP server
- Raw SOAP message editing
Fasterfox - 0.6.3
(Firefox extension which provides performance and network tweaks)
For: Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Fasterfox is a Firefox extension which provides easy access to performance and network tweaks. My goal is to further widen the speed gap between Fasterfox and IE. The Fasterfox extension and website are up and running on mozdev.org. Please check it out and give me your thoughts, suggestions and feedback.
Grab and Drag - v0.7.1
(Grab and Drag Scrolling for Firefox)
For: Firefox, Thunderbird
Platform: Any
Project is ready to go public as soon as the xpi goes live.
Notable Highlights
- First Mozdev release
Padma - v0.4.2
(Transformer for Indic Languages)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Nagarjuna Venna
For: Firefox, Thunderbird
Platform: Windows, Linux
v0.4.2 adds support for 4 Tamil fonts viz. Vikatan, Kumudam, Shree Tam 0802 and Elango Panchali used by http://www.vikatan.com, http://www.kumudam.com, http://www.dinamalar.com and http://www.dailythanthi.com respectively. Added support for Subak font (Marathi) used by http://www.esakal.com.
IE Tab - v1.01
(Open IE-only pages with IE in Tab of Firefox)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: IE Tab Team
For: Mozilla, Firefox
Platform: Windows
IE Tab, an new extension from Taiwan, features embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox. This extension is derived from the famous extension IE View, but they are quite different. While IE View always open IE-only pages in newly launched windows of Internet Explorer, IE Tab can open them in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.
Notable Highlights
- Easily switch between two different browser engine just like what Netscape 8 does.
- Add a button used to quickly change browser engine in toolbar.
- Add a status icon to indicate whether you are using Firefox or IE.
InfoRSS - 0.8.9.5
(RSS feed in the status bar)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Didier Ernotte
For: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Netscape
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
New in 0.8.9.5 : * New Finnish locale * New Hugarian locale * Updated Danish locale * Support for Firefox 1.5b2 and rc1 * Support for Thunderbird 1.5rc1 * Support for video podcast
Russ Key - 1.0.0
(Type in Russian and convert from Translit to Cyrillic)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Roman Mironenko
For: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird,
Platform: Windows, Linux
Now works in FireFox 1.5
Notable Highlights
- Supporting FireFox 1.5
PasswordMaker - 1.3.2
(One Password To Rule Them All!)
For: Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Flock, IE, PHP, Konfabulator
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX, *nix
PasswordMaker recently had *major* releases which included dozens of new features requested by YOU!
Please see https://passwordmaker.org/installation.html for a full list of new features and bugfixes.Sourceforge Direct Download - v0.1
(Automagically use your favorite SF download mirror)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Project owner
For: Firefox
Platform: Linux, Mac OSX, Windows
First release
If you frequently download files from Sourceforge projects, use this extension to automatically convert download links to use your favorite mirror (instead of having Sourceforge prompt you).easyGestures - v3.2
(Rediscover mouse gestures with a pie menu)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Ons Besbes
For: Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Now compatible with Firefox 1.5
Notable Highlights
- Added new 'Tranform into Linear Menu' option
- Added new locales (zh-CN, pl-PL, mn-MN and es-ES)
- Fixed a few bugs
mailTagger - v1.3
(Reclaim your smileys)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Ons Besbes
For: Thunderbird
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
Now compatible with Thunderbird 1.5
Notable Highlights
- Changed to new extension packaging
- Zoom settings and Category are now kept between usage
- Changed Image Browser width and height to be persistant
- Fixed a few bugs
LibX - v1.0
(LibX now available to libraries for customization)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: libx.org@gmail.com
For: Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
LibX now supports Millenium, Horizon, and Voyager in addition to all OpenURL resolvers. We also support CoiNS, xISBN, Google Scholar. Supported Off-campus proxies are ezProxy & WAM. Creating an edition for a library involves changing a <20 line config file in a straightforward manner.
To evaluate it, try the bleeding edge snapshot of the Virginia Tech edition.Flashblock - 1.3.3
(Blocks flash content from showing on webpages)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Flashblock Team
For: Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey, Firefox, Netscape, Camino, K-Meleon
Platform: All
Compatible with Firefox 1.5 and SeaMonkey 1.0a/1.5.
New in 1.3.3:
- New Locale sv-SE.
- Toolbar button for Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey.
- Workaround for the Flashplayer 8 bug.
- Yahoo Maps Beta problem fixed.
- Untested support for Flock
Previously on Code Lyoko 1.3.2:
Will Aelita's new Flashblock upgrade protect her from X.A.N.A.s increasingly
fierce attacks?
- New locales ja-JP, zh-CN, ar, fi-FI.
- Compatibility with Firefox 1.0.5, Deer Park Alpha1, Netscape 8.0.x.
- Blocks flash in frames, iframes and standalone flash.
- Text fallback for sIFR flash now controlled by the whitelist.
- Hidden preference to allow Flashblock to block flash in local html files.
Previously on Serial Experiments Lain 1.3.1:
Lain Iwakura installs a new version of Flashblock on her Navi.
Will this be enough to protect her against the Knights of Eastern Calculus?
- New locales es-ES, ru-RU, ro-RO, de-AT.
- Support for nsIStylesheetService.
- Allow port numbers in whitelist entries.
- No flickering when inserting placeholders.
- Catch additional broken flash objects.
- Fix for sites that try to disable flashblock.
- Experimental support for Netscape 8.0 (untested).
- Fix compatibility problems with the diggler extension
Leet Key - 1.0.0
(Type and convert 1337, hex, binary, dvorak, morse and more)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Roman Mironenko
For: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird
Platform: Windows, Linux
Now supports FF1.5 and has new to lower/to upper case functionality.
Notable Highlights
- FireFox 1.5 support
- To Lower Case conversion
- To Upper Case Conversion
FireFTP - v0.90.1
(FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Mime Cuvalo
For: Firefox
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
A lot's been goin' on... v0.90.1 will be released when Firefox 1.5 is released (there was a bug on the trunk dealing with SSL that's only fixed in 1.5)
Notable Highlights
- added SSL/TLS!
- added a site manager!
- added integration of ftp links from the firefox browser!
- added open with (program manager) for local files!
- added view as web page feature for remote files!
- added multiple file selection in properties window (recursive as well!) so you can find out total number of bytes for a number of files!
- added ability to perform CHMOD change on a selection of files, folders, subfolders and subfiles and to filter that the CHMOD only happens to files or folders or both!!
- added diffing of directories!
- added thumbnails for pictures!
- added permissions for local linux files!
- added custom commands!
- added option to change case of downloads/uploads!
- added pause button!
- added new preferences (keep alive function, log filter, overwrite disable, show bytes instead of kilobytes)
- added ability to change read-only property for local files
- added help button (help files still need to be written though :)
- added simple skin
- added new columns for file types
- better performance - should be faster ui, faster downloads!!
- better log control (filter out only errors and it only keeps like the last 200 lines around (otherwise memory gets hogged))
- better proxy interface
- and again, lots of bug fixes (it's almost perfect, folks - it's getting there)
- skipped version number .89 and went straight to .90 because this one kicks just that much more ass
- some software bloat by about 20KB. yes, painful, i know. but look above, you punk - that's like 1KB per feature! ah, i loves my fox.
- changed fireFTP to FireFTP - looks more official i guess, more sophisticated. it's almost all growns up
GBG Toolbar - v0.4
(Toolbar for integration with services and feeds of bulgarian web portals gbg.bg, netinfo.bg, abv.bg)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Bogomil Shopov
For: Mozilla, Firefox, Flock
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX,
You can read now latest 3 news using the toolbar. Also you've got impoved search and bulgarian language page with instructions.
Notable Highlights
- Read Latest news, directly from toolbar
- Make better search
- Localization
ConQuery - 1.6.2
(context sensitive web query extension)
For: Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird.
Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
One of the oldest context search Firefox extensions continues to develop and is getting more features.
Notable Highlights
- FF 1.5 and TB 1.5 compatibility;
- Support for search plugins directory in user's profile;
- Various bugfixes.
XUL Widgets - 0.1
(A collection of user-contributed widgets for XUL application developers)
- Home Page
- Install
- Contact: Alex Vincent
For: XUL applications
Platform: All
The XULWidgets project has been launched! This project offers a collection of useful XUL elements to extend mozilla.org's default XUL set.