Bible Toolbar 3.6.0

January 27th, 2010

I updated Bible Toolbar for compatibility with Firefox 3.6, submitted it to Mozilla Add-ons, and received the following reply below. Installations should be updated automatically over the next few days.

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Bible Toolbar 3.5.0

June 25th, 2009

Bible Toolbar has been updated for compatibility with Firefox 3.5 and has been made public by a Mozilla Add-ons editor. The icons for launching it have also been given a newer, more modern look.

Looking at the original code makes one want to spend some time updating it for easier addition of features and such. Maybe a complete re-write is in order!

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Out of the sandbox

February 1st, 2009

While no new functionality has been added to the Bible Toolbar, the version number has increased. After taking Sid Kalra’s suggestions on wrapping “loose” Javascript variables, it has been re-packaged / re-nominated and the Mozilla Addon reviewers promoted it out of the sandbox.

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Status on Bible Toolbar nomination

July 23rd, 2008

Here’s an email received regarding Bible Toolbar’s public nomination status:

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:53 PM

Your nominated add-on, Bible Toolbar, has been reviewed by a Mozilla Add-ons editor who decided to retain your add-on in the sandbox.

Review Information:
Reviewer: [censored]
Comments: In order to prevent conflicts with other addons that may be installed by users, you need to wrap your “loose” variables and functions within a JavaScript object. You can see an example of how to do this @ http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2007/10/respecting-javascript-global-namespace.html.

Thanks.

While the reason for rejecting Bible Toolbar’s public nomination doesn’t seem like a big deal, especially seeing how the Webdeveloper extension (which is extremely popular) had over 439 instances of this issue (according to the linked article in the email), it would be good to follow best practices in the Javascript community.

The linked article from the email has the information needed to do the proper variable cleanup in Bible Toolbar. If anyone would like to tackle this project and get things moving along, please use the contact form or leave a comment and let it be made known.

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Nomination

July 15th, 2008

A small screen capture from the Developer Tools page @ Mozilla Addons. Bible Toolbar was nominated for “Public” status a few days ago.

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On the road to nomination

July 3rd, 2008

Bible Toolbar 3.0.3 has been uploaded to bibletoolbar.net as well as addons.mozilla.org.

Changelog:

• Updated toolbar icon
• Changed toolbarbutton label to display “Bible Toolbar” instead of “BT”
• Removed “centerscreen” option when opening options.xul

It needs to be tested a litte further to be sure of it’s bug-free status. Then it will be nominated for it’s “public-ness”. Hopefully that will go well. Please report any issues you may see at the contact page.

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Updating Bibletoolbar on Firefox

June 28th, 2008

In the 3.x versions of Bibletoolbar the install ID has been changed.

If it is updated in Firefox from the version 2.x series to the version 3.x series, a manual uninstall of the older version will be in order.

Within Firefox click “Tools > Addons”… The Add-ons manager will look something like this:

Uninstall the old version.

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Contact form available

June 27th, 2008

Feel free to send questions or comments to the new contact page: http://bibletoolbar.net/contact/

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Between experimental and public

June 25th, 2008

Version 3.0.1 of the Bible Toolbar extension has been uploaded to bibletoolbar.net during this transitory phase so that people can download it without registering at Mozilla Addons. However, If you would like to see it public on the Mozilla Addons site, please do the following:

• Register at Mozilla Addons
• Goto the Bible Toolbar’s public Mozilla Addons page and click the “Log in” link
• Finally, review Bible Toolbar

Read more on the Firefox Add-ons Policy and the Sandbox Review System… Once reviews are available for the extension, it can be nominated to become public. As it says on the nomination page, “Reviews are required to become public.”

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Bible Toolbar 3.0.1 submitted

June 22nd, 2008

Version 3.0.1 of Bible Toolbar has been submitted to the Mozilla Addons site and is in the sandbox. It should be ready to nominate soon, but will require a little more testing… and of course a changelog will be posted soon.

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