Sometime ago I created a Firefox extension called Translate. It was an extension that I initially created for my own needs. I thought some others might like my extension so I gave it some polish by adding a reasonable icon and some user friendliness. Subsequent versions of Firefox required bumping the version number in order to get things working. However, Firefox 2 rendered my extension completely broken. I simple version bump wasn't sufficient.
I get the odd mail now and then from people asking me if/when I can get it working in Firefox 2.0. Last weekend I spent a sometime on Translate. I've refactored a lot of the code, removed some nasty dynamic XUL building code and replaced it with nicer XBL. I've had to completely remove Translate from the tools menu, it was taking to long to debug. I'm guessing no one used that feature anyway.
Anyway, for the few remaining users of Translate, I just need to do some testing, make sure everything is working reasonably well, and release it.
4 comments:
Why do you say Translate is completely broken under Firefox 2.0? I use Translate 0.6.0.9 under 2.0 by forcing compatibility, and it seems to work fine, just like it did under earlier versions of Firefox.
The preferences are broken. Rebuilding of the Tools Menu is broken. I think that as long as you don't change any of the prefs it should work ok.
Glad to hear that you're still working on this. I've found that I don't particularly care for many of the other translation extensions available for Firefox. Translate exactly matches my needs. (Note: You're probably right about the Tools Menu thing. I don't use it at all.)
P.S.: The forced lower-case on the names in the comments is irritating.
For what it's worth, I've always found your extension very useful, and look forward to your revised version. (I didn't even notice the Menu wasn't working under 2.0, so obviously I do not use that feature much!!)
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