Monthly Archives: November 2007

Wizz RSS “trusted” on AMO

November 29, 2007
By Mike

So what is it about being trusted that is so important? Well, I guess it’s more a case of my not liking being distrusted In the three years that Wizz RSS has been around, I have tried to ensure the “safety” of all Wizz RSS users. Of course there have been many bugs in...

Read more »

2.1.9.8 Released

November 29, 2007
By Mike

Version 2.1.9.8 has just been released through AMO. The release version of 2.1.9.8 contains two additional bug fixes that weren’t included in the preview release. The two additional bug fixes are detailed below: - I’m not 100% sure about this, but I think the first bug is/was only related to Firefox running on a...

Read more »

2.1.9.8 Available for testing

November 24, 2007
By Mike

I wasn’t planning to release further versions for Firefox 2.n, but because of two bugs that have been causing problems for a few people, I decided to release 2.1.9.8. 2.1.9.8 is available for testing and it can be installed from – http://www.wizzrss.com/XPIs/wizzrss2198.xpi The bug fixes are detailed below: - The first bug fix is...

Read more »

Three years old

November 23, 2007
By Mike

In the context of “normal life” three years isn’t a very long time, but in the context of “things Internet” three years is like a lifetime. On 19 November 2007 Wizz RSS was three years old! Over the three years it has grown and evolved into a pretty useful tool. Something which I hope...

Read more »

190 000 Users in a day

November 22, 2007
By Mike

On 14 November 2007, Wizz RSS passed a tiny milestone: 192 259 people used Wizz RSS in a single day. Perhaps I need to qualify that number. Many people who use Wizz RSS, use more than one instance. i.e. They might have it installed on an office PC and on a home PC. So...

Read more »

Extend Firefox 2 Contest

November 9, 2007
By Mike

In my usual way of being a few months behind the rest of Internetkind (That part of humankind that inhabits the Internet), yesterday I became aware of the Extend Firefox 2 Contest. It’s kinda strange that, with the imminent release of Firefox 3, that Mozilla would be running an extend Firefox 2 contest? I...

Read more »

Feedback from New York Times

November 8, 2007
By Mike

Over the last few months I have received complaints from various people with regard to “misbehaving feeds” from the New York Times. I haven’t really taken the complaints as seriously as I should have. I did take a cursory glance at the NYT feeds, and they seemed fine to me, so I just left...

Read more »