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polvi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:35:16 +0000

In a weird mix of sorrow and excitement, I’d like to announce that I have chosen August 22nd as my last day with the Mozilla Corporation. While you may not have to deal with me in the office anymore, you’ll still have to deal with me in the community! :)

Shipping Firefox 3, 2, and 1.5 have created some of my best memories to date. I’m excited to see what is in store next (of which, I’m still sorting out).

Again, thank you for all the good times — I couldn’t have asked for a more seriously amazing experience!!

State of the Addons Report: 80% compatible by usage

polvi — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:46:03 +0000

Earlier this week, sometime around Sunday (June 22nd), our add-on compatibility hit 80%. This was our goal through out the launch, so it’s exciting to hit it!

A big thank you to all the developers who helped make 1800 Firefox 3 add-ons (as of writing) available on AMO.

If you are still hanging on to Firefox 2 because you are afraid that your add-ons are not compatible, now is the time to try Firefox 3! Let us know how it goes.

More on the Firefox 3 Robot

polvi — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:55:53 +0000

The guys over at webmynd did a nice write-up of the Firefox 3 Robot construction. Check out the write-up! Oh, and digg it, if you get the chance. :)

Built a Robot

polvi — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:26:14 +0000

The build a robot party went very well. Full details coming soon… but wanted to share a photo:

Google Toolbar is updated for Firefox 3

polvi — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:54:15 +0000

Check it out! Google just updated toolbar for Firefox 3! Hit toolbar.google.com from Firefox 3 to install.

Firebug 1.2b3 on AMO

polvi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:45:35 +0000

Just a note that Firebug 1.2b3 can be found on AMO. Firefox 3 users, enjoy!

Google Browser Sync not coming to Firefox 3

polvi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:33:46 +0000

Buried in the comments of Lifehacker’s last add-on report, Todd Homind was able to get a direct response from the Google Browser Sync team:

Thanks for trying out Google Browser Sync and for all of your feedback. It was a tough call, but we decided to phase out support for Browser Sync. Since the team has moved on to other projects that are keeping them busy, we don’t have time to update the extension to work with Firefox 3 or to continue to maintain it.

For those of you who want to continue to use Firefox 2, we’ll maintain support for old versions of Google Browser Sync through 2008. After that, we can recommend a few other products that scratch a similar itch. We hope that one of them works for you:

Mozilla Weave from Mozilla Labs- Offers bookmark and history synchronization across computers.

Google Toolbar for Firefox - Store your bookmarks online and access them from any computer online. [although, this is not 3.0 compatible as of writing]

Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer - Synchronizes your bookmarks across all computers where it is installed.

Regards,
The Google Team

State of the Add-ons Report: June 12th

polvi — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:59:21 +0000

We are now 5 days from the Firefox 3 release. Lots of good news.

Last week we setup a survey to ask which add-ons were blocking users from updating to Firefox 3. This survey was advertised on twitter and Lifehacker, with a few re-postings by proactive users. There were about 1200 responses all said and done, here is what we found:

Since that survey, I’m happy to report that Greasemonkey, Delicious Bookmarks, and Update Notifer are ready for Firefox 3! Hot on their heels, expect to see Tab Mix Plus, Firebug, FireFTP (and many others) before next Tuesday.

Status of survey add-ons

Tab Mix Plus - 3.0a5 (bug) - Got word from the developer. He hopes to upload a 3.0 compatible version this coming weekend. Lets hope he finds copious amounts of time, and few bugs.

Greasemonkey - 3.0.* - Updated and ready for Firefox 3!

Firebug - 2.0.0.* (bug) - ~~As soon as getfirebug.com comes back to life, the plan is to push a 3.0 compatible version to AMO.~~ Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

Delicious Bookmarks - 3.0.* - Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

FireFTP - 2.0.0.* (bug) - ~~Mime, the developer, plans to upload to AMO on Monday, June 16th. Just in time for Firefox 3!~~ Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

All-in-One Sidebar - 3.0b5 - ~~I have not been able to track anything down about this. Cross your fingers!~~ Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

FEBE - 3.0b2 - Beta available. No word on addition to AMO.

ColorfulTabs - 2.0.0.* - ~~Beta available. Hopefully will be added to AMO soon.~~ Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

Mouse Gestures - 0.3 (bug) - Sadly, Mouse Gestures will not be updated by the time Firefox 3 release.

FoxyTunes - 2.0.0.* (bug) - ~~Final version to be released with Firefox 3.~~ Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

Update Notifier - 3.0.* - Updated and ready for Firefox 3.

MinimizeToTray - 2.0.0.* - Developer still working out a few kinks. Probably going to miss the Firefox 3 launch, but it is on the horizon.

All-in-One Gestures - 2.0.0.* - Developer is “working on it”.

Tab Effect - 2.0.0.* - Status unknown. Any information appreciated.

Not included in this chart, but still noteworthy. Gears is now available for Firefox 3 users. Grab it at their homepage.

That’s it. Onward to Firefox 3!

Party Time: Mozilla Party #0

polvi — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:43:42 +0000

It’s on! We had or first Firefox Party last weekend at the Traverse City FragFest in Michigan!

Over here at Mozilla, we’re getting ready to ship out party packs (firefox buttons, stickers, tattoos, shirt, etc) to many of the registered of parties. If you want in, be sure to register your party over a Mozilla Party.

If you have any questions, or want advice throwing a party - please sign-up and send email to our party planner mailing list.

State of the Add-ons Report: June 5th

polvi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:16:15 +0000

With RC2 out, it is now or never for add-on compatibility. We have had 207 add-ons updated in the last week with Firefox 3 support. This week we’ll cover 5 add-ons that are now compatible, 5 that are not yet (with status), and a new section: Google Watch.

5 top add-ons updated in the last week on AMO
iMacros for Firefox - Automate Firefox. Record and replay repetitious work.

Screengrab! - Screengrab saves entire webpages as images.

Dictionary Switcher - Toggles between the installed dictionaries and displays the currently selected dictionary in the status bar

Cooliris Previews - Gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media faster.

Firefox Google Bookmarks - Creates a menu to access google bookmarks from any computer.

5 top add-ons not yet compatible with Firefox 3
Firebug - 2.0.0.* (bug) (beta) - going to roll out a 1.2 beta 2. Get it here!

Tab Mix Plus - 3.0a5 (beta) (bug)(beta) - developer updated the bug, saying “I hope to post a new version during next month.”

FoxyTunes - 2.0.0.* (bug) - The new add-on will only be Firefox 3 compatible, thus it has to wait until the release.

Update Notifier - 2.0.0.* - ~~No word from the developer when this add-on will be ready. See forum discussions.~~ [update] 3.0.* version on AMO!!

Delicious Bookmarks - 2.0.0.* (bug) (beta) - Beta available (although, I’m not sure if it works with RC2). An update to AMO should happen any time now…

Google Watch
Google Toolbar - Not (currently) supported. The team is working on it, keep your fingers crossed for support by the time Firefox 3 is ready.

Google Browser Sync - Not supported with Firefox 3. No official word on status, but here is one adventure trying to find out details.

Google Notebook - Updated to Firefox 3 RC. Thanks Notebook team!

~~Google~~ Gears - Beta out in the wild, not public yet. Seeing as it is an open source project, you should be able to build it on your own.

Whew! Till next week…