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Unread tabs Firefox extension (otherwise known as the simplest extension ever)
A request: if you intend to link to this entry, please link to https://chuyeow.wtf/mozilla/unreadtabs/ instead.
As requested (by 2 people) in my previous entry, here's the Unread Tabs extension for Firefox:
Install Unread Tabs | Download Unread Tabs
Also available from the Firefox Add-ons site.
This extension italicizes the title of tabs that you have not yet read so that you can keep track of what you�ve read and what you haven�t.
I claim no credit for the extension: CSS comes from the Change the style of tab markers entry in the MozillaZine Knowledge Base. Thanks to an anonymous commentor, the CSS is just a single rule (rather than the 3 in the Knowledge Base entry linked to above):
#content tab:not([selected]) {
font-style: italic !important;
}This has to be the world's simplest extension with some boilerplate XUL, an empty stub JS file, and a single CSS rule. I simply stripped almost everything out of another extension that I was working on (I've hit a snag on that one though) and did some run-of-the-mill search and replace.
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Making unread tabs obvious in Firefox
Update: as requested: Unread Tabs extension
Saw this tip over at the MozillaZine Knowledge Base:
Change the style of tab markers.Adding those CSS rules to your userChrome.css file will italicize the titles of tabs that you haven't read.
Very useful for keeping track of what you've read and what you haven't (also helps prevent you from accidentally closing an unread tab).
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Firefox NYT ad, some disappointment
Update: Daryl responds, and so does Rob Davis, both from the Spreadfirefox team. Please do send an email to nytadcorrections@gmail.com should you believe your name listing to be in error or if it's not there.
So the Firefox NYT ad has gone out. Great-looking ad, great work everyone at sfx. Ooh so here's my name:
I must, however, express my dismay at how the exercise was handled. No communication with the donors as promised (we were supposed to get an email prior to the release of the ad), and no one will answer my comments on sfx nor my emails. After significant pimping and whoring, I think I got 13 donations, but no one at sfx has yet to reply to my emails when I requested that they run a check for me on whether I was a "Community Champion" (who get their names underlined, among other things that they may or may not get as promised). Surely it counts for something, insignificant as my efforts were in the greater picture.
Is there a lack of communication somewhere? I'd say so, and not just because I wasn't replied to, but because there weren't much in terms of updates on when the ad would have been released. There also wasn't a draft of the ad put up for review, meaning some people had their names reversed or they simply weren't there. Commendable, of course, that they offer to do this:
We will incorporate all requests for corrections we receive and, where we are responsible for the error, we will send out free, corrected posters of the ad autographed by some members of the Firefox development team. As appropriate we will also issue credits or refunds on a case by case basis.
Still, great ad, I can't imagine how much of a nightmare it must have been to get the names in there, and go Firefox! Awesome work, awesome fund-raising campaign for an awesome Web browser.
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Leaving a good company - muvee Technologies
Yesterday was the official last day of my 6 months tenure as Web Developer and webmaster at muvee Technologies. It was a good 6 months, with the first 3 months being great (it is my first job after all), and slightly tapering off towards the end as I started to realize that perhaps being a Web Developer is not quite what I want to do. The bosses found out about my doubts somewhere in the middle and were totally awesome to involve me in projects that would interest me and kept me going for the remaining months. Still, it was not to be and I needed to make the hard decision to leave. It was coming all this while (my leaving), so I wasn't surprised and I'd say neither were many people. I tendered my resignation a month ago.
I remember being rather impressed with the company during the interview process because of the questions asked (these included some creative aptitude questions which I sort of floundered on), the keenness, friendliness, and plain techie-ness of the CEO (Pete Kellock), the COO (Phil Morgan), the Chief Opportunities Officer (Terence Swee) and the VP of QA/Customization (biographies) at my 2nd interview. People were working, walking around, talking in a comfortable environment and dressed in jeans - this was something really different because I never expected such a relaxed atmosphere as there was at muvee. Crazily enough, I almost didn't want to go for the 2nd interview after the 1st one because I didn't think I'd accept their offer even if muvee made me one. But I did go and I did take up their offer, rejecting another offer as a J2EE software developer in a decision that I will never know whether was right or wrong. From the company's perspective, they have lost the investment they've put into me. From my perspective, I have lost the opportunity to be a software developer for the past 6 months, which I am now discovering I want to be, much more than I want to be a web developer.
I'll miss working at muvee, the great bosses (who never really acted that much as superiors but rather as equal colleagues), the "everyday is Friday" rule (in terms of office wear), and, most of all, the people (not everyone, I'll readily admit - in fact, just a few peeps).
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Homer Simpson uses tabbed browsing
I just watched the latest episode of The Simpsons and guess what? Homer uses a web browser with tabbed browsing!
It could be the Mozilla Suite, Firefox, Opera, or <insert browser that supports tabbed browsing here>, but it sure ain't Internet Explorer.
Since someone commented about my media player, I'd like to point out that I use Media Player Classic, which happens to be an Open Source product. It's Sourceforge project page is at http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/, but you'd do better to check out Neil Turner’s writeup instead. I hate Windows Media Player for its bloatedness, clunkiness and its tendency to be totally unhelpful or even go bust when required codecs aren't there.
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