Kevin A. Freitas

Firefox Extensions

TickerFox 0.2.6

Keep on top of the latest Firefox download count while this extension ticks away in your browser's status bar.

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Credit Where Credit's Due
Thanks to Paul Grave for stepping up to help overhaul my code in favor of that already written by the kind folk over at Infocraft.

Known Issues (in order of importance)

• when multiple window open, TickerFox shows different counts
• Styles defined in extension override chosen theme (see GrayModern theme)
• pixel-based counter width cuts off counter text in Linux (Ubuntu) - will change to em-based width for flexibility
• ticker get pushed aside when loading progress bar or secure site info present
• resync time too small
• "No chrome package registered for chrome://measureit/skin/measureit.css" error

Future Features

• ticker interval options (e.g. 1 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, 1 min, 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, 1 hour)
• notice announcing download milestones (e.g. every million)
• Thunderbird ticker (suggested by Gary over at The Rumbling Edge)
• graph of last days worth of download rates (I hear SVG calling...)
• small icon (FF logo with green download arrow) instead of "Firefox Downloads:" text
• hover tooltip with text "Firefox downloads to date"

Updated 12/11/2005

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