Independent Status Reports (25 April, 2004)Sunday April 25th, 2004 By Brian KingMouse Gestures — have you ever used them? Well now is your chance. mozdev.org hosts not one but two excellent gestures projects. The first, Optimoz Mouse Gestures, is featured in this report. Second is easyGestures for Firefox, in focus as mozdev Featured Project at the moment. Be sure to check it out. Note: If anyone has an update that they would like included in the next report, go here, or have any feedback on the structure of the reports in general, feel free to contact us. LookAhead — v0.1(Uses Google web service to fetch URLs in multiple tabs)
This is my initial report, so it might not be top-notch... Although my project is new, I have worked on and off on it for over 4 months. Notable Highlights
Upcoming Features
Dictionary Search — v0.5.1(Looks up or translates words in a Web page or an email using an online dictionary)
Dictionary Search 0.5.1 has been released on the 17th of March. It fixes the fact that the help dialog wasn't shown in version 0.5. OneClick Sidebar(The "many applications in one" bar) The content of the sidebar has been updated as well as a few bug fixes. A new version of the in-build HTML editor is also expected with some new features. Notable Highlights
We are also looking for articles for the sidebar. If you can contribute, are interested in translating the sidebar or have a project you think deserves credit email me at MozillaMan AT linuxmail DOT org. Mouse Gestures — v0.4preview 2004-04-16(Elegantly control your browser by drawing gestures)
The Optimoz team has released a new nightly build of its popular Mouse Gestures extension for Mozilla 1.x/Firefox. Changes include:
... and many improvements to stability and compatibility. Our gesture sharing page continues to grow. Browse Gesture Exchange to import gesture mappings other users provided, or post your own custom functions there. DownloadWith — v0.0.7(download files with external programs)
DownloadWith is an extension for both Mozilla and Firefox that allows you to use third party download managers like Getright, Leechget, and Download Accelerator. Features
QuickReply — v0.5.3(QuickReply extension for Thunderbird)
QuickReply has been revived! It now works on Thunderbird (builds from 20040322 on). v.0.5.3 was released on April 11, 2004. Other changes include: Resizable input box (with persistence), 'Stay open' pref, encoding support, line wrap support, progress bar support (as opposed to incrementing numbers for progress) Improvements to come v. soon now in v.0.5.4
Please get in touch if you have any queries or comments. Launchy — v2.3.0(open links and mailto's with external applications) Loads of new stuff! Notable Highlights
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