For anyone who has been waiting for any updates for my Firefox stuff, it won’t be happening for a while. My webserver is botched and I am trying to move to a new host. In the mean time, everything is still downloadable.
If anyone has tried registering on the forums lately and was presented with a security warning, the issue is now fixed. Seems I didn’t read the manual as good as I thought I did 
Great news! I have released the next version of the Glasser extension for Firefox 3.1 today. This one includes fixes for 3.1b3, which is on the only version it will work with now, and the address bar issues. This also the first version that will be supported from Sleeping Cats and not mozillaZine or Neowin, so remember to post issues in the forums here.
I’ve been working on this first version for a while now, and I think it is ready. The first release of TCL-R marks the beginning of what I hope will be a great project. This version is really minimal and can only be compiled on Visual Studio 2008 as a static library at the moment. It is only an interpreter in a library and isn’t designed to be used as a shell or full TCL distribution.
I am currently working on version 2.0 of the Firefox Preloader. Although I am a ways from it’s actual release, a beta version will be coming soon. You can visit it’s project page to find out more about it. It’s mostly to fix compability problems with newer versions of Firefox’s Software Updater utility, but the final release will finally include support for foriegn languages.
Well, I have moved hosts to one with more features and now I’m setting up a new blog so to say. It still uses all the old data so the old posts will remain but many new features are to come. Of those, I will now start hosting my software projects directly from my site. This includes any that I’ve hosted from SourceForge in the past that I plan to continue.
I will also be adding a forum for support requests for my projects soon, but I haven’t selected the software yet or anything. This will be where I will probably check more for bugs and feature requests and the such.
I have plans for many other features too so keep a look out.
Today Mozilla Firefox 3 has finally been released. This release, which has been in beta and RC for months, marks a great leap in the usability of Firefox. These improvements include better support for the look of native widgets, the new AwesomeBar which integrates with the bookmarks and history, better JavaScript performance and lower and more maintained memory usage. Also, under the hood changes now allow Firefox 3 to pass the infamous Acid2 test and history and bookmarks are now stored using SQLite.
Some of Microsoft’s Window Live applications seems to be redundant for Vista, but some really seem kind of cool. Take for instance Window Live Writer. I’ve seen similar functionality in Flock, and other dedicated applications, but I really like Live Writer, just feels better. This is actually my first post using it and I may continue using it for future posts.
It support most of the popular blogging software packages and of course Microsoft’s own Spaces. The look and feel really are much better than using the WordPress editor, and the application is definitely more responsive than any JavaScript based interface. (Except Firefox’s engine which powers it’s chrome)
Now, since my last post about the Firefox Preloader, I’ve gotten a few comments about it. I wonder if anyone knows how to replace the Preloader with MinimizeToTray. If not, I thought I might enlighten people who don’t know. Now for the record I am currently using the Preloader since MinimizeToTray is not compatible with Fx 3b5 yet, but for you people still using Fx 2, here is how MinimizeToTray can replace the Preloader.
First create a copy of the Firefox shortcut from it’s program group to your Startup folder. Now add the -turbo option to the command-line. This will start Firefox without showing any Windows. This does exactly what the Preloader does. It also will all allow Firefox to shutdown completely and restart correctly when using the update system.
Now since people do still want to use the Preloader, I will look into updating it with fixes for the automated update system. For the moment though, I am going to be working on the Glasser extension until Firefox 3 is finally released.
For all you people who have been looking for a way to get Vista’s glass effect in Firefox, look no further. Here is an extension for Firefox 3 that will do it. Please read this entire article before install this extension.
To get the latest version visit this MozillaZine forum post.
Please submit any support requests the the MozillaZine forum post. Any comments posted on Sleeping Cats related to support issues with Glasser will be deleted.