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First, you'll need to track down your installed scripts. They're in your Firefox profile, under the "gm_scripts" sub-folder. Or, if you'd prefer, you can skip the search and download any script from the online script repository. Next, you need to change the file extension from .js (Javascript) to .txt (plain text). After you've changed the extension, double-click the file to view the code. Copy and paste the code into the User Script Compiler and hit "Generate." Voila! Your new Firefox extension (.xpi) is complete. To install in Firefox, simply drag the new extension onto the Firefox interface and follow the prompts.

Donc pour modifier les paramètres par défaut de l’extension, il vous faut 1. télécharger le fichier XPI au lieu de l’installer sur Firefox (donc aller sur le site d’Openly, et faire un clic gauche “Enregistrer la cible du lien sous…” 2. dézipper le fichier (changer l’extension .XPI en .ZIP si nécessaire) 3. modifier les fichiers (XML) nécessaires pour que les paramètres par défaut soient différents 4. rezipper tous les fichiers, remettre une extension .XPI au ZIP obtenu 5. charger le fichier XPI sur un serveur 6. pointer vers ce fichier depuis une page du site de la bibliothèque, vantant les mérites de cette extension Le plus difficile évidemment, c’est l’étape 3. Je vais essayer d’être le plus clair possible, car il me semble que le XML fait peur à certains.

Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily. The overall goals of Ubiquity are to explore how best to: * Empower users to control the web browser with language-based instructions. (With search, users type what they want to find. With Ubiquity, they type what they want to do.) * Enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs. (In other words, allowing everyone–not just Web developers–to remix the Web so it fits their needs, no matter what page they are on, or what they are doing.) * Use Trust networks and social constructs to balance security with ease of extensibility. * Extend the browser functionality easily.

Explications pas à pas sur la construction d'une extension pour Firefox.

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Everyone has a good idea at one time or another to implement a new feature in a web browser. Well, with the goodness that is Mozilla Firefox, now you can do just that. You need to have a vague understanding of XUL and Javascript, but you certainly don’t

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