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Of course I can’t understand a single word that the guy is saying, so I’ve no idea how good the info is. The tutorial is also pretty old; I see they are using 2.1.9 in the video, but hey, it might be useful to our Russian speaking friends

Be warned: The video doesn’t cover very much of the available functionality.

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I’ve put an updated version of 3.0.0.2 online. In the updated version I have resurrected the feed handling interface, which a few people have asked about.

3.0.0.2 now has an option to set Wizz RSS as the default feed handler (In versions of Wizz RSS for Firefox 2 this had to be done manually by hacking about:config).

I’ve also massaged the feed handling interface a tiny bit.

For more info (And a download link) on 3.0.0.2 please see http://wizzrss.blat.co.za/2008/07/23/wizz-rss-3002-preview-please-test/ or http://www.wizzrss.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=122&p=575#p575

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Something I’ve been messing with over the last day or two: Blowfish encrypted bookmarks for Firefox. I think that it’s more-or-less working, and I thought it might be cool to make it available for testing. Take note, I did say testing!

If you want to test it, please take very careful note of the following: -

1. There might be bugs! You have been warned!
2. The extension uses Blowfish to encrypt and decrypt bookmark titles and associated URLs. If you forget your encryption key, I can’t help you!
3. Only the contents of Bookmarks Toolbar and Bookmarks Menu are encrypted.
4. Live Bookmarks are NOT encrypted. This is due to the fact that Live Bookmarks with an encrypted feed URL causes errors when Firefox starts up.
5. Bookmarks of type RESULT_TYPE_QUERY (e.g. Most Visited) are not encrypted, mainly because I can’t work out how to change the place: URI.
6. If you have a lot of bookmarks, the decryption process can cause a delay of a few seconds when Firefox starts up.
7. As above, the encryption process can cause a delay of a few seconds when Firefox closes down.
8. Encryption will only take place when Firefox is shutdown from the main browser window. In other words, if you, for example, have the Error Console open and close the main browser window before you close the Error Console, no encryption will take place.
9. Just in case you missed it, if you forget your encryption key, I can’t help you!

Before you install and test the extension, I very strongly recommend that you make a backup copy of places.sqlite. If you don’t know where to find places.sqlite, please DON’T install the extension! If you don’t know how to make a backup copy of places.sqlite, please DON’T install the extension! If you install the extension and end up screwing up your bookmarks, if you didn’t make a backup copy of places.sqlite, I don’t want to hear about it!

Apart from all of the above mentioned exceptions, if you test the extension and find bugs or have recommendations for improvements, please report them back into this blog posting.

You can get Encrypted Bookmarks for Firefox here.

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About two years ago I wrote a little crossword extension for Firefox. I made it available through the Wizz RSS forum, but never uploaded it to AMO. In the meantime, having the wonderful memory that I have, I forgot all about it, until a few days ago when someone emailed me asking if it was still available. I dug through various backups and found the code

Anyway, I’ve made a few changes to the code and I’ve uploaded it to AMO. Not that it’s anything mind-blowing, but maybe a few people will find it entertaining.

Crosswords is in the AMO sandbox and can be installed from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8372

If you install it, please take the time to review it, as reviews are (Seemingly) the only way of getting an extension out of the friggin’ sandbox.

The extension hooks into an online database of crosswords. Currently there are only three crosswords in the online database. I’ll add a few more crosswords to the database soon. As new crosswords are added to the online database, they will automatically become available to the extension.

Here is a preview of what Crosswords for Firefox looks like (Click to view full size): -

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