I have just finished getting Wizz RSS running on Firefox 4.0b2. I have not done compressive testing, so please report any bugs or funnies you may find, so that they can get fixed!
Here is a list of some of the things that have changed in Wizz RSS 4.0: -
1. The HTML sanitization has been made a little smarter, which should, I hope, make feed reading a little faster.
2. For some weird reason (attempting to understand the workings of the Firefox core developer’s mind is usually a waste of time) the Wizz RSS context menus, on Firefox 4.0b2, suddenly got a transparent background without any border. I have hard-coded the styling of the context menus to have a white background and a 1px solid #a0a0a0 border.
3. Of course the Places code changed, AGAIN (so what’s new?), so the Wizz RSS 4.0 code has been changed to tie into these changes.
4. Prefs, that Firefox has used since the beginning of time, to indicate enabled or disabled history, and to indicate if browsing history should be deleted on shutdown, were changed in Firefox 4.0. Wizz RSS uses these prefs to display warnings that the read/unread status of feed items (when these options are disabled/enabled) will not work correctly (otherwise the brain-dead constantly report bugs with regard to Wizz RSS’ inability to correctly record the read/unread status of feed items). The Wizz RSS 4.0 code was changed to reference the new prefs.
5. The Wizz RSS Nag Page has not been disabled in the beta. Once we have finished beta testing, and are fairly confident that the code is stable, I’ll make a no-nag version available in the same way as I have done in the past.
If you’d like to test Wizz RSS 4.0 beta, you can get it here.
Please remember that this is a beta, and that I rely on YOU to report bugs!
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Known issues: -
The scroll bar in the items pane doesn’t work properly. Even if there are items listed below the bottom of the list pane, the scroll bar indicates that there aren’t any. I assume this is a bug with Firefox 4.0b2, as I have seen the same behavior in other add-ons that use the Firefox listbox widget.
Quick fix: Scroll up and down in the item pane using the scroll wheel on your mouse – Assuming that your mouse has a scroll wheel.
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When I have “Menu bar” disabled, but Wizz RSS sidebar enabled, the text in the sidebar is very blurry. If I turn on the menu bar, the text in the sidebar becomes very sharp and easy to read.
Am I doing something wrong?
I love your rss reader btw, it’s great!
obviously, as soon as I posted I found out how to make the blurry-ness go away, at least temporarily. It seems to only be blurry at launch. If you quickly switch to the history sidebar, then back again, you will get crisp fonts.
cheers.
@leper: I can’t replicate that one. Are you talking about the main menu bar, or the mini menu bar near the top of the sidebar?
BTW, the vertical scroll bar weirdness has been confirmed as a Firefox regression. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=584703
It’s working fine with FF 4.0b2 here. Thank you for this great add-on. I’m going to consider a donation knowing that you are working on future releases.
You guys don’t test very well
I’ve just picked up a bug with adding feeds. The Places constant DESCRIPTION_ANNO is no longer defined in Firefox 4.0b2, which causes a problem when trying to add feeds.
not sure what’s causing it then. i made a quick screenshot of how it looks. it’s not a great difference between the two shots, but you notice, especially in the top window of the feed (i.e. gametrailers.com) where it’s really blurry.
maybe it’s the personas addon that goes on top of everything else?
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9228/wizzrss.png
oh. and sorry about the typo
@leper: I just installed a persona to test. I couldn’t find exactly the same one that you are using, but I assume that all personas work in pretty much the same way. I still can’t replicate the problem.
Don’t worry about typos. We don’t care about typos here
I’m using Firefox 3.6.13 which seems to be the latest version. Wizz RSS will not add on. Where do I find Firefox 4.0b2, please?
@Ros: If you are using Firefox 3.6.13 you should install Wizz RSS Ver. 3.2.0, which you can find here – http://www.wizzrss.com/Welcome.php
Thank you, Mike. I think it was my fault that I didn’t read all the versions available – too impulsive, as usual!
Hi,
The tabs with saved or find and the toolbar on my sidebar have disappeared. I’ve tried updating firefox to the latest 3.6 version after uninstalling wizz rss but it hasn’t made any difference.
I’ve even tried uninstalling Wizz Rss and selecting remove Wizz RSS folder to see if that would remove any saved settings. No luck at all.
When I first install Wizz RSS after uninstalling now I get a quick glimpse of the tabs/toolbar as I switch on the sidebar but I can’t find a way to make it stay on.
Help, please!