Archive for the ‘ software ’ Category

status

I made some changes to the Feed and Security icons in the Location Bar. I wasn’t quite happy with how they sat there in the bar, apparently all in the mix with the text of the URL. They’re actually in their own little box, but because the background color was the same, the edge between [ READ MORE ]

status

I tackled the feed icon in the Location Bar, and while at it, realized that i was also missing the security lock icon that goes there when you’re on a secure page. Also discovered that i had a double set of style rules for the status bar security button. Not sure if that has been [ READ MORE ]

the process

A lot of what is going on in this phase is basically synching with the 1.x changes to Firefox. The last release-quality version of LCD was during the 0.8 era. I maintained a working copy on the newer releases at home, but usually only hacked it up enough to get it working. The code was [ READ MORE ]

status

I picked up where i left off on the Software Update stuff, but found out that there were still a bunch of spots that were unfinished. It’s a difficult thing to test—you can’t directly initiate all of the possible states of the Update window like you can with a toolbar button. You just have to [ READ MORE ]

Link Posting Strategies

I have been trying to figure out the best (and easiest) way to feature the crap i stumble on and think people need to check out. I actually keep a dated linklog of sorts in my AIM profile to entertain all the away message stalkers. That works okay, but it’s not public and i can’t [ READ MORE ]

The Years