Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 (edited) Neowin.net Firefox Toolbar 0.4.0 Neowin Firefox Toolbar is a toolbar extension for Mozilla Firefox users. The toolbar was created by Limit-Studios and provides quick and easy navigation around the Neowin website and its forums. The toolbar also has fading news feeds which cycle through each chosen RSS feed. This toolbar runs on Firefox 1.0.x and Firefox 1.5 and is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac OS X (Not tested) operating systems. Screenshot: Toolbar | Options Window Download for Firefox 1.5: Build 0.4.0(xpi) | Build 0.4.0(zip) Download for Firefox 1.0: Currently not available due to some locale problems Download for Mozilla/SeaMonkey: Coming Soon! Users are best to uninstall the previous version of the extensions before installing! Changelog 0.4.0 Added: Firefox 1.5.0.* compatibility Added: (fr-FR)French localization - Webgraph Added: (pt-PT)Portuguese localization - tiagosilva29 Added: (es-ES)Spanish localization - Louis Added: Options window Added: Toolbar button customisation Added: Neowin link on Neowin.net logo context menu Added: Toplist button; but set not to show by default Added: NFiles button; but set not to show by default Added: PowerUser.TV podcast website button Added: PM notification concept design to options Added: Working search for Neowin using Neowin's search function Added: Working search for Neowin using Google Added: Search history for search box Added: RSS Icons for all RSS feeds Added: Customizing Windows Vista and its subforums to the forums menu Added: Neowin Clans & Game Servers to Gamers' Hangout in the forums menu Added: Vista Beta Place to Windows Beta Discussion in the forums menu Added: Longhorn Server Beta Place to Windows Beta Discussion in the forums menu Added: Fantasy Sports to The Sporting Arena in the forums menu Fixed: When selecting which buttons not to show on the toolbar; restarting Firefox will add them again Fixed: Clicking Neowin IRC Chat produces two error dialogs instead of one when the user has no IRC client - tiagosilva29 Fixed: When you click any button and the website times out you get two error dialog Fixed: Options menu not showing/greyed out in the Extensions window - Yochanan Fixed: Improved RSS feed selection responsiveness Fixed: Duplicate search terms in search box Fixed: Removed dotted focus borders on checkboxes and buttons Removed: Deprecated code from the toolbar Removed: Double clicking neowin toolbar logo will now open Neowin.net frontpage in a tab Removed: Customizing Windows 98SE/ME/2000 in forums menu (Forum no longer exists) Changed: Extension location on my website so that I can provide the updates better in future Changed: Cleaned up alot of the code and made more organized Changed: All Neowin logos to the version 5 logos Changed: Version number format now compatible with the new Firefox 1.5 standards Changed: Neowin.net Home Page menu item now opens in existing tab instead of opening a new one. 0.3.4 Added support for Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Fixed bug when trying to open RSS items in tabs Fixed bug when trying to open Forum tabs Fixed DeerPark installation problems Improved Forums icon Added Neowin IRC Chat icon Removed Toplist Slowed down RSS item change a little Double clicking neowin toolbar logo will open Neowin.net frontpage Edited November 13, 2005 by Limit-Studios Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hasnt someone already done this idea...wait ill have a search..dunno maybe it was only done for IE so would be good for firefox too.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 latest posts and betas Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsnslaine Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 a forum search would be good, but if anyone wants to add a module to the search box that would be equally as good there Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Hasnt someone already done this idea...wait ill have a search..dunno maybe it was only done for IE so would be good for firefox too.. 586213125[/snapback] yep it was for IE only so i thought i'd make one for firefox Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted July 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2005 a search box pm notification :whistle: i had the idea a while ago to make something like this, just never got round to it, oh well :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 yep it was for IE only so i thought i'd make one for firefox 586213138[/snapback] sounds good then (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 PM notification sounds wicked Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 BETA won't be tonight as i have got work. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586213391 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Neowin.net Toolbar (0.2.3) Added Neowin Logos Menus for forums Search Bar (Can search here, MSNSeach, Google, Yahoo - suggestions for other searches are welcome) Button for Neowin IRC Chat Button for Toplist Button for NeoRequest Currently working on when i get back:- List to show the lastest news which is powered by RSS ...plus some other little stuff I expect to have the first BETA ready for testing tomorrow sometime; hopefully before mid-day Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxondale. Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 can you implement a PM notification? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Behelit Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Neowin.net Toolbar (0.2.3)Added Neowin Logos Menus for forums Search Bar (Can search here, MSNSeach, Google, Yahoo - suggestions for other searches are welcome) Button for Neowin IRC Chat Button for Toplist Button for NeoRequest Currently working on when i get back:- List to show the lastest news which is powered by RSS ...plus some other little stuff I expect to have the first BETA ready for testing tomorrow sometime; hopefully before mid-day 586214625[/snapback] Linux/Mac too? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 i'll try but its going to be tricky as i have never had a notification built into the toolbar. If you can find a firefox toolbar that has this PM me. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanmcv Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Sounds like a good idea (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214667 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Linux/Mac too? 586214651[/snapback] Hopefully it will be compatible with both Linux/Mac/Windows as thats my aim. We'll just have to see if there are any problems with it tomorrow. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Big News Got the rss feed reader for the toolbar to work in the latest release 0.2.5 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 jolly good :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 what feed/s would you want displayed? If we can make a BETA software rss feed for Neowin that will work to. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted July 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2005 yep it was for IE only so i thought i'd make one for firefox 586213138[/snapback] There was one for Firefox, called NeoBar But, it's dead now, so i cant wait to see yours. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 i would show screenshots but it looks a bit crap at the moment as i'm working on features first then design. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 14, 2005 Author Share Posted July 14, 2005 Added Update System (So when you get it for BETA you can just update to each BETA through Firefox's update system). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586214927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limit-Studios Posted July 15, 2005 Author Share Posted July 15, 2005 The BETA will be up at 12PM UK time. It won't have the search as it seems to be causing a few problems and will be fixed for the next BETA. Which may be late tonight depending on the amount of bugs found or features wanted. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586217035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted July 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted July 15, 2005 what feed/s would you want displayed? If we can make a BETA software rss feed for Neowin that will work to. 586214872[/snapback] active / new posts? maybe main news? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586217053 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj6ross Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 The BETA will be up at 12PM UK time. It won't have the search as it seems to be causing a few problems and will be fixed for the next BETA. Which may be late tonight depending on the amount of bugs found or features wanted. 586217035[/snapback] I'll help test. ;) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586217058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg098 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 i thought there was always a neowin toolbar kinda thing for firefox? The one i have lets u go to the main site, games, software and the forum. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/344242-neowinnet-firefox-toolbar/#findComment-586217073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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