The Origin
I’m making an effort to add more content to this site so that’s it more than just a technical support page. I’d like to talk about process, too, and it seems appropriate to start at the beginning with LiveClick’s origin. Feel free to ignore this post if you’re only interested in releases and development discussion.
Posted by protejohnny on 12/10 at 03:54 PM
LiveClick •
Development •
Permalink
Weather.com Microsummary
Microsummaries were introduced in Firefox 2, but I’ve only found one instance in which a microsummary is actually useful: weather. I can display the current temperature in a bookmark (or on the bookmarks toolbar) and if I need details or a three-day forecast, I can click the bookmark to visit weather.com. It’s a nice way to make that particular bookmark multi-purpose. For two years I’ve been using a weather microsummary (found here), but it stopped working in the last couple of weeks because weather.com changed their template. Not to worry, I’ve made some minor changes to get the microsummary back on track. If you’re interested, you can view the new source or install it now. See update below.
Updated October 4, 2010: Weather.com made slight changes to the page again. To use this microsummary now, you’ll need to install the new code (view source here). You may also need to bookmark a new page: http://www.weather.com/weather/today/xxxxx (replace the xxxxx with your 5-digit zip code). Be sure to select the Live Title when you bookmark the page.
Posted by protejohnny on 12/08 at 05:54 PM
(0) Comments •
Permalink
Preview Tooltips
Good news! LiveClick 0.3.2.0 will include an oft-requested feature: preview tooltips. Currently when you move your mouse cursor over a live bookmark item, a tooltip (aka hover box) will appear showing the full title of the item (only useful if the title is so long that it’s cut off in the menu). In the upcoming version of LiveClick, you’ll see the full title plus a preview of the item:
Posted by protejohnny on 12/05 at 01:12 PM
LiveClick •
Development •
Permalink
LiveClick 0.3.1.0
Here’s an updated version of LiveClick that works on Firefox 3.1. The differences between Firefox 3.0 and 3.1 were small, but significant when it comes to LiveClick. Hopefully I’ve addressed the problems so that this version works on both 3.0 and 3.1. No major features in this update, but there a few bug fixes and some optimizations. With any luck, I’ll have a more interesting update before the end of the year that includes some of the more requested features.
Posted by protejohnny on 12/02 at 06:25 PM
Changelog •
Permalink