State of the Add-ons Report: May 7th
May 7th, 2008After the wildly popular April 30th report, we have much to report. Here is the current update of the top add-ons NOT yet compatible with Firefox 3. Be sure to check-out the RedShift V2 theme report!
Skype Toolbar for Firefox - 2.0.0.* (bug) - beta shipping in their builds. They are not going to be hosted on AMO — so removing from the list.
Now for the most used add-on that is not yet on AMO…
Firebug - 2.0.0.* (bug) - Still waiting on Firebug performance issues that will be resolved in the Firebug 1.2 b1 release. No updates from last week.
Tab Mix Plus - 3.0a5 (bug) - development builds available over here. Still no direct contact with the developers. Any help here appreciated!
Noia 2.0 (eXtreme) - 2.0.0.* (bug) - No new news, just an indication that it will land with Firefox 3. No direct communication with the developer — help appreciated.
FireFTP - 2.0.0.* (bug) - Will be shipped with Firefox 3. Minimal contact with developer.
Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer - 2.0.0.* (bug) - got an email from Foxmarks, it has over 10k beta users — and is right around the corner. There is one blocking bug, once it is resolved they will be ready to ship.
FoxyTunes - 2.0.0.* (bug) - beta available here. Will be shipped with Firefox 3.
Blue Ice - 2.0.0.* (bug) - development homepage says “coming soon”. Need help figuring out status. Any details appreciated!
RedShift V2 RC1 - 2.0.0.* (bug) - this developer gets a gold star. He is having trouble getting updated to Firefox 3, so he opened his code. You can find the project over at google code. Redshift is the second most popular theme on AMO — and you have the opportunity to contribute. Please help make one of the most popular add-ons on AMO compatible with Firefox 3!
Note: Piclens was on last weeks list, but is now updated to 3.0pre. Thanks Cooliris team!
ColorfulTabs - 2.0.0.* (bug) - Updated to beta 3 at one point, no longer updated. If anyone knows what is going on with the add-on, help is appreciated!
MinimizeToTray - 2.0.0.* (bug) - This add-on is blocked on a bug that will not be updated before Firefox 3. Decent contact with the developer, but no action or known intentions to updating to Firefox 3. Could really use help testing / updating for Firefox 3.
That’s this weeks update. RedShift needs development help, check out the google code project if you can. MinimizeToTray needs a work around, and has not started development. PicLens got updated. The rest seem like they are on their way!
UPDATE: this post is available in Japanese. Thank you Amigomr!
May 8th, 2008 at 7:01 am
Anyone know the status of google toolbar?
May 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
I know they are “working on it”. No idea of schedule.
May 13th, 2008 at 6:31 am
What about Torbutton?
Thanks!
May 13th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I like imgLikeOpera also!
May 13th, 2008 at 9:29 am
About MinimizeToTray - 2.0.0.*, there is another extension implementing same functionality (i found it while searching for an minimizetotray alternative that worked with the ff beta):
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5462
It is still in the “sandbox” and is marked as beta5pre but it works great with beta5.
May 13th, 2008 at 10:08 am
I think
View Source Chart
is an addon to mention (”Draws a Color-Coded Chart of a Webpage’s Source Code”)
https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/655
Has anyone news about it ?
May 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I have used the Winamp Toolbar and RealPlayer Browser Record Plug In but haven’t seen FF3 compatible versions.
May 13th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
There is a problem trying to load items from the sandbox (experimental) it is themes and extensions. everything that is out of the sandbox installs fine. Is this a bug or a security issue???
May 15th, 2008 at 3:37 am
I can’t use FF3 without ImgLikeOpera support <_<
May 19th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I’ve just installed FF3 RC1, and browsing through the add-ons it seems most are listed as “this is for an older version of Firefox”.
Would it seem obvious to give the user an option (or in their user profile) to specify to only display addons for selection that are compatible with version 3.0
There are a few there that are 3.0 friendly, but it seems such a stupid idea to force users to wade through the older non-compatible stuff to find it.
1. Here’s something (but you can’t use it)
2. Here is another one (but yep, it’s only for 2.0)
3. Look at this (but don’t install - it needs to be updated).
4. This looks handy (but not for you).
If they can detect that the addons are for an older version of FF, then why not exclude them from the list to make the users job easier, and encourage the “excluded authors to update”??
May 19th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
In reply to Brassen :
For Torbutton, just download the current .xpi, rename it to .zip, extract the install.rdf file, edit the MaxVersion to 3.0.* then update the zip with the modified file. Then rename to .xpi and install, it just works great. Same for FoxyProxy !
June 8th, 2008 at 4:23 am
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