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I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to their
homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on multiple
computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long time,
because I carry it around on an external drive now.
As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
actually find such lists of extensions useful?
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"»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:9l7je4-6f1.ln1@goldry.remarqs.net...[color=blue]
>I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to their
> homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on multiple
> computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long time,
> because I carry it around on an external drive now.
>
> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> actually find such lists of extensions useful?
>
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> »Q«[/color]
In <news:q-2dnSyLUPJRm4rbnZ2dnUVZ_oCmnZ2d@mozilla.org>,
"Charles W Davis" <Anthemwebs@lvcoxmail.com> wrote:
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> "»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:9l7je4-6f1.ln1@goldry.remarqs.net...[color=green]
> > I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to
> > their homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on
> > multiple computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long
> > time, because I carry it around on an external drive now.
> >
> > As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> > whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> > actually find such lists of extensions useful?[/color]
>
> Start here: [url]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/[/url][/color]
I think you've completely misunderstood my question.
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»Q«
On 4/6/2007 6:10 PM, »Q« wrote:[color=blue]
> I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to their
> homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on multiple
> computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long time,
> because I carry it around on an external drive now.
>
> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> actually find such lists of extensions useful?
>[/color]
Not really. I infrequently use MR Tech Local Install Tools Menu option
to list the status of all my addons.
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Knowledge Base: [url]http://kb.mozillazine.org/Main_Page[/url]
»Q« wrote:[color=blue]
> I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to their
> homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on multiple
> computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long time,
> because I carry it around on an external drive now.
>
> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> actually find such lists of extensions useful?
>[/color]
I always find lists very useful, such as this one:
[url]http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/index.html[/url]
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In <news:uNWdnWHRV4U6sorbnZ2dnUVZ_hninZ2d@mozilla.org>,
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
<peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> > whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> > actually find such lists of extensions useful?[/color]
>
> I always find lists very useful, such as this one:
> [url]http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/index.html[/url][/color]
That one's a lot more useful than mine if you're looking for something
specific. Mine's only a list, not categorized. I think maybe the only
real benefit is that it's a list of 50+ extensions that don't have any
compatibility issues with each other. (Well, at least not any I've
noticed.)
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»Q« wrote:[color=blue]
> In <news:uNWdnWHRV4U6sorbnZ2dnUVZ_hninZ2d@mozilla.org>,
> Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
> <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
>>> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
>>> actually find such lists of extensions useful?[/color]
>> I always find lists very useful, such as this one:
>> [url]http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/index.html[/url][/color]
>
> That one's a lot more useful than mine if you're looking for something
> specific. Mine's only a list, not categorized. I think maybe the only
> real benefit is that it's a list of 50+ extensions that don't have any
> compatibility issues with each other. (Well, at least not any I've
> noticed.)
>[/color]
why don't you post a link and let the people decide?
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In <news:2dCdnQv824kJqorbnZ2dnUVZ_hSdnZ2d@mozilla.org>,
Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
<peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo@gmail.com> wrote:
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> »Q« wrote:[color=green]
> > In <news:uNWdnWHRV4U6sorbnZ2dnUVZ_hninZ2d@mozilla.org>,
> > Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo
> > <peter.potamus.the.purple.hippo@gmail.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm
> >>> wondering whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does
> >>> anybody actually find such lists of extensions useful?
> >> I always find lists very useful, such as this one:
> >> [url]http://www.econsultant.com/i-want-firefox-extension/index.html[/url][/color]
> >
> > That one's a lot more useful than mine if you're looking for
> > something specific. Mine's only a list, not categorized. I think
> > maybe the only real benefit is that it's a list of 50+ extensions
> > that don't have any compatibility issues with each other. (Well,
> > at least not any I've noticed.)
> >[/color]
>
> why don't you post a link and let the people decide?[/color]
As it is now, it's too old to be useful. It'll take some work to
update, and I didn't want to spend the time if it wouldn't help anybody.
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Charles W Davis wrote:[color=blue]
> Start here: [url]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/[/url]
> "»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in message
> news:9l7je4-6f1.ln1@goldry.remarqs.net...[color=green]
>> I used to keep an online list of extensions I use, with links to their
>> homepages, so I could easily get to the ones I wanted on multiple
>> computers. It's still online, but not updated for a long time,
>> because I carry it around on an external drive now.
>>
>> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
>> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
>> actually find such lists of extensions useful?
>>
>> --
>> »Q«[/color]
>[/color]
Yes, I do, but I keep backup copies of the install files for the
extensions that I use, so it is much faster to reinstall them if I have to.
"»Q«" <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote in message news:0kqje4-[color=blue]
> As it is now, it's too old to be useful. It'll take some work to
> update, and I didn't want to spend the time if it wouldn't help anybody.[/color]
I looked at gmx.net and don't see a list, why not post the link.
You can use use the Infolister extension to generate a
list of what you have, and using a template you can document
such things as the extension home page, author, description
without any real work using a template.
[url]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/447[/url]
For instance you could automatically document: into columns
the following type of information for each of your addons
InfoLister
[url]http://mozilla.doslash.org/infolister[/url]
0.9f
Nickolay Ponomarev
Lists installed extensions and themes
An example of generated output using a template (my site)
[url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/infolister_listing.htm[/url]
On my webpage I document things for each extension that may
not be immediately apparent, after installing or using an extension.
[url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm#infolister[/url]
Examples of other infolister listings without their own template:
Use a Google search on: infolister "my firefox information"
[url]http://www.google.com/search?q=+%22my+firefox+information%22+infolister[/url]
To limit to updated in last three weeks add to the url above
&as_qdr=m3
One nice thing about infolister is that it is recreated everytime
I bring up Firefox, and that created listing gets copied over
with other updates when I update website.
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Firefox customizations/extensions notes, see
[url]http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/firefox.htm[/url]
In <news:Pbqdna6vk5DjqIXbnZ2dnUVZ_qSrnZ2d@mozilla.org>,
"David McRitchie" <nospam@nospam> wrote:
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> > As it is now, it's too old to be useful. It'll take some work to
> > update, and I didn't want to spend the time if it wouldn't help
> > anybody.[/color]
>
> I looked at gmx.net and don't see a list, why not post the link.[/color]
gmx.net isn't my domain. Again, I don't post the link because what's
online now is very outdated.
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> You can use use the Infolister extension[/color]
Thanks; not knowing about InfoLister's templates, I had been using the
output from ListZilla. Maybe with a some scripting to turn
InfoLister's output into valid html I'll automate the whole thing.
A couple of people have said they find lists useful/interesting, so I
may update and post when I have time. Thanks for the responses.
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»Q«
In <news:9l7je4-6f1.ln1@goldry.remarqs.net>,
»Q« <boxcars@gmx.net> wrote:
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> As part of cleaning up and reorganizing my web space, I'm wondering
> whether I should update it or just get rid of it. Does anybody
> actually find such lists of extensions useful?[/color]
In addition to getting a few replies from people who like seeing lists,
I remembered the other reason I had that stuff online in the first
place. The middleclicknocollapse extension has no maintainer since the
Firefox 1.0.x days, and I have modified it to work with Firefox 1.5 and
2. I doubt that it will work with places-enabled builds, so I am
hoping some extension developer will like it and either maintain it or
write an extension to replace it. (If you know of a replacement
already, please please tell me about it.)
middleclicknocollapse: <http://remarqs.net/firefox/bumped.htm>
(It's not just bumped. I also added a chrome.manifest to it.)
The list of extensions I use: <http://remarqs.net/firefox/extlist.htm>
Thanks to David's tip, it's generated using InfoLister and a cleanup
script. Generation details are linked from the page.
File under serendipity: The extension descriptions are in title
attributes, and some of them are longish, so I went to check on the
status of bug 218223, which has annoyed me for a long time. Turns out
the fix for it was checked into the trunk earlier today. :)
<http://mozillanews.org/bugzilla_warning.php3?id=218223>
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