Doom9 Toolbar Extension for Firefox [v3.1]

unskinnyboy · 10th June 2006, 23:30

Presenting a toolbar extension for Firefox (hope everyone is using Firefox by now

) which should make your navigation around Doom9 easier and also give instant access to your UserCP, Profile etc amongst many other things :-

For download and install, go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2670/ and click on the 'Install Now' button there.

Initially, I wrote a cruder form of this extension for my own use. As I started using it, I figured others could also benefit from this. So I made few more changes/additions and made it more presentable in its current form.

If you find any bugs, broken links etc. please post here/PM me and let me know. I will try to fix it for the next build of this as soon as I get some time to work on it (something which I don't have much these days

). The next version will also have a built-in search bar to search the site.

Please also feel free to put forward suggestions and criticisms. I am also looking for help in the way of getting some good icon resources. Finding the right icon for the right option took me the most amount of time and nearly drove me nuts. If you think any icon is ugly and can suggest a good replacement, I will gladly take it. A note to the software developers of the tools featured in the extension - if you have a good 16x16 icon with a transparent background handy for your tool, please pass them onto me.

Enjoy! Hope you will find it useful.

danpos · 11th June 2006, 01:05

@unskinnyboy

WOW, it's great man!! I already downloaded it and I'm using right now!

I think that it will do easier the life of Doom9's users...

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Cheers,

sjakke · 11th June 2006, 02:41

This is great

tekNerd · 11th June 2006, 02:58

Wow, great!
First toolbar with real use!
Thanks man!

Peace out!

check · 11th June 2006, 04:29

Pretty impressive! One feature request, would it be possible to be able to use middle click to follow one of the links in a new tab? It's possible for 'normal' links, and I miss the ability :P

sysKin · 11th June 2006, 10:06

Not trying to sound negative - quite contrary - but does this do something that can't be solved with bookmarks?

BTW, works fine with current 2.0 nightly build too.

unskinnyboy · 11th June 2006, 10:23

@check, I will see if I can add that.

@sysKin, Not at the moment, but that would mean you bookmarking every single link in the whole site to match the functionality of the toolbar.

jggimi · 11th June 2006, 14:16

Unfortunately for me, it is Windows only.

MrTroy · 11th June 2006, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by unskinnyboy

(hope everyone is using Firefox by now

)

Nope. Opera for the win!

buzzqw · 11th June 2006, 19:14

Opera too here !
btw... is time to redo the browser pool ?

BHH

tomos · 11th June 2006, 22:45

thanks for this. wish i knew how to do these myself

p.s. used to use opera exclusively till 2 months ago when firefox took over

buzzqw · 12th June 2006, 21:58

for me is just the opposite

!

come from over one year of firefox (till 1.5.0) then switch to Opera. Never complain !

BHH

kohsaf1 · 12th June 2006, 22:06

fantastic....works good, thanks USB

SeeMoreDigital · 12th June 2006, 23:32

I knocked up some direct links to the various Doom9 Forum threads some time ago, which I've just tidied up....

Okay, it's not nearly as sophisticated as unskinnyboy's FireFox offering.... but whatever floats yer boat

Cheers

unskinnyboy · 13th June 2006, 02:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by jggimi

Unfortunately for me, it is Windows only.

Not anymore. I have made the extension available for all platforms now, even though I could test it in only Windows and Linux. If someone encounters some bug in other platforms like BSD, MacOSX, Solaris or even Linux for that matter, let me know.

jggimi · 13th June 2006, 02:52

Woo hoo!

TJeR · 14th June 2006, 21:49

Realy nice add-on ....

DarkZell666 · 15th June 2006, 13:57

Just being curious about this : are the menu items fed by an xml rss feed or something ? or simply hard-coded ?

You saw me coming right ? What happens if the forum gets reorganized ?

From your first post I would suppose "hard-coded" since you mention dead links ...

Nice idea indeed anyway !
Good job

tekNerd · 15th June 2006, 14:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkZell666

What happens if the forum gets reorganized ?

I guess he makes an update, right?

unskinnyboy · 15th June 2006, 14:11

@DarkZell666, It is hardcoded at the moment. Knowing Doom9, you would need more than a good reason to get a new *sub-forum* let alone rearrange the whole forum. Hence I don't anticipate any drastic changes. If there is, I might just go in and change the code. In the unlikely case that the forum keeps changing a lot, RSS feed it will be.

But actually, thank you for mentioning that. It gave me some other ideas to ruminate over..

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unskinnyboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NTSC R1 Posts: 2,046	Doom9 Toolbar Extension for Firefox [v3.1] Presenting a toolbar extension for Firefox (hope everyone is using Firefox by now ) which should make your navigation around Doom9 easier and also give instant access to your UserCP, Profile etc amongst many other things :- For download and install, go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2670/ and click on the 'Install Now' button there. Initially, I wrote a cruder form of this extension for my own use. As I started using it, I figured others could also benefit from this. So I made few more changes/additions and made it more presentable in its current form. If you find any bugs, broken links etc. please post here/PM me and let me know. I will try to fix it for the next build of this as soon as I get some time to work on it (something which I don't have much these days ). The next version will also have a built-in search bar to search the site. Please also feel free to put forward suggestions and criticisms. I am also looking for help in the way of getting some good icon resources. Finding the right icon for the right option took me the most amount of time and nearly drove me nuts. If you think any icon is ugly and can suggest a good replacement, I will gladly take it. A note to the software developers of the tools featured in the extension - if you have a good 16x16 icon with a transparent background handy for your tool, please pass them onto me. Enjoy! Hope you will find it useful. __________________ I encode, therefore I am. Doom9 Toolbar Extension for Firefox [v3.1] Last edited by unskinnyboy; 18th November 2008 at 14:58.

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danpos BDVD Team Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Rio de Janeiro - RJ/Brasil Posts: 306	@unskinnyboy WOW, it's great man!! I already downloaded it and I'm using right now! I think that it will do easier the life of Doom9's users... Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers, Last edited by danpos; 11th June 2006 at 23:41.

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sjakke Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bikini Space Planet Posts: 78	This is great __________________ What do you think rubber ducky? Quack. Quack. My thoughts exactly.

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check phjbdpcrjlj2sb3h Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Western Australia Posts: 1,692	Pretty impressive! One feature request, would it be possible to be able to use middle click to follow one of the links in a new tab? It's possible for 'normal' links, and I miss the ability :P __________________ CCCP \| MeWiki \| techouse's x264 builds \| Kovensky's mplayer builds

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sysKin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,167	Not trying to sound negative - quite contrary - but does this do something that can't be solved with bookmarks? BTW, works fine with current 2.0 nightly build too. __________________ Visit #xvid or #x264 at irc.freenode.net

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tekNerd just noobing around Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: now in Italy, but I am from Romania Posts: 67	Wow, great! First toolbar with real use! Thanks man! Peace out!

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unskinnyboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NTSC R1 Posts: 2,046	@check, I will see if I can add that. @sysKin, Not at the moment, but that would mean you bookmarking every single link in the whole site to match the functionality of the toolbar. __________________ I encode, therefore I am. Doom9 Toolbar Extension for Firefox [v3.1]

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jggimi Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The NW corner of Lake Erie Posts: 5,552	Unfortunately for me, it is Windows only.

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buzzqw HDConvertToX author Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cesena,Italy Posts: 6,552	Opera too here ! btw... is time to redo the browser pool ? BHH __________________ HDConvertToX: your tool for BD backup MultiX264: The quick gui for x264 AutoMen: The Mencoder GUI AutoWebM: supporting WebM/VP8

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tomos Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: UK Posts: 534	thanks for this. wish i knew how to do these myself p.s. used to use opera exclusively till 2 months ago when firefox took over

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buzzqw HDConvertToX author Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cesena,Italy Posts: 6,552	for me is just the opposite ! come from over one year of firefox (till 1.5.0) then switch to Opera. Never complain ! BHH __________________ HDConvertToX: your tool for BD backup MultiX264: The quick gui for x264 AutoMen: The Mencoder GUI AutoWebM: supporting WebM/VP8

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kohsaf1 Neuer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 13	fantastic....works good, thanks USB

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SeeMoreDigital Life's clearer in 4K UHD Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Notts, UK Posts: 12,142	I knocked up some direct links to the various Doom9 Forum threads some time ago, which I've just tidied up.... Okay, it's not nearly as sophisticated as unskinnyboy's FireFox offering.... but whatever floats yer boat Cheers __________________ \| I've been testing hardware media playback devices and software A/V encoders and decoders since 2001 \| My Network Layout & A/V Gear \|

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jggimi Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The NW corner of Lake Erie Posts: 5,552	Woo hoo!

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TJeR Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Italy Posts: 55	Realy nice add-on ....

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DarkZell666 aka XaS Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: France Posts: 1,122	Just being curious about this : are the menu items fed by an xml rss feed or something ? or simply hard-coded ? You saw me coming right ? What happens if the forum gets reorganized ? From your first post I would suppose "hard-coded" since you mention dead links ... Nice idea indeed anyway ! Good job __________________ Q9300 OC @ 3.2ghz / Asus P5E3 / 4GB PC10600 / Geforce 8600 GTS

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unskinnyboy Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NTSC R1 Posts: 2,046	@DarkZell666, It is hardcoded at the moment. Knowing Doom9, you would need more than a good reason to get a new sub-forum let alone rearrange the whole forum. Hence I don't anticipate any drastic changes. If there is, I might just go in and change the code. In the unlikely case that the forum keeps changing a lot, RSS feed it will be. But actually, thank you for mentioning that. It gave me some other ideas to ruminate over.. __________________ I encode, therefore I am. Doom9 Toolbar Extension for Firefox [v3.1]

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