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2011 Firefox add-on developers survey

The 2011 Firefox Add-on Developer Survey has been posted and Justin Scott, who is Product Manager for Add-ons at Mozilla, is asking for as many add-on developers to fill it out as possible. The survey only takes 5-10 minutes. It is a great opportunity to make our concerns heard.

You can fill out the survey at: http://qsurvey.mozilla.com/s3/3e8411bd5c3e

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Web Goodies on-line!View first tutorials! + Secret project reveal!

This blog should be Firefox theme related only but it's mine and I decide what shall be posted here.

I'm not sure how many people know about this but I've been working on a new site for web design,programming,how to earn money that stuff.There's a link on my themes download pages and I'm not sure how many people visit it.It's still in it's baby days.I've been developing it for less than a month but it's growing because every day I put a new video tutorial or article.Last one was how to earn more money from adsense.So be sure to check it out if you want.

Link to my new site - http://web-goodies.comli.com/

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Another thing I want to talk about is this new project idea which I have.I haven't started work on it yet but maybe I will in the near future.
Since there's no Firefox Christmas theme any more I'll probably try to be the hero of Christmas and make a special edition of Purple Fox and maybe Blue Fox as well.Not sure about Blue Fox but Purple Fox will have a Christmas special (I hope). It's still early to talk about Christmas and I haven't come up with all the design yet but I'll keep you updated if I start work on something.

That's all I have to say for now.Thanks for visiting Firefox Goodies and Web Goodies : )

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Bloody Red Lava released for users who donated?

Guys I'm a bit confused.A few days ago I released new version of Green Fox which has this awesome lava effect (image below) but things with downloads didn't go as I thought they would.I thought that there'd be more downloads since Green Fox is awesome and this new lava effect adds more to the awesomeness.
At the moment Bloody Red is on page 1 in the most downloaded themes of the week table and I just don't want to lose it's popularity and users by taking the risk with this version.Sure it's nice but who knows if people will like it.

That's why I'm making it a version for premium users.In other words those who donate 2$ or more for the Bloody Red theme will have the chance to try Bloody Red Lava.You can donate for the Bloody Red theme project from here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-bloody-red-theme/ I'll be sending the theme to people who didn't read this post and to those who donated more than 2$ before.

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Important:If Green Fox gets enough weekly downloads I'll be uploading Bloody Red Lava to the Firefox add-ons page! 

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New versions of Green Fox ,iAqua Fox and Toy Factory are now available!

Green Fox Lava RC1 7.0.20.08.11 is now available for you to download!Latest version includes the following changes ;

Compatible with Firefox 4.0b12 - 8.0a2
*Added new and improved design
*Fixed bug with tab groups
*Fixed url color bug in Firefox 6 and above
*Fixed bug with add-ons such as video download helper,firebug and more minor bug fixes


If you guys like the new design and if this gets popular I've prepared the same changes for Bloody Red as well.(image on the right).Hope you like the changes! :)

iAqua fox 7.0.21.08.11 is now available!
New version includes the following changes!
Works with Firefox 4.0b12 - 8.0a2
*Fixed bug with tab group
*Fixed bug with navigation button
*Fixed bug with drop icon
*Fixed background bug with add-ons manager
*Fixed categories bug in Firefox 6,7,8
*Fixed pop-up window background
*Theme size scaled from 660Kb to 610KB
*Added Firefox 8 support! 

iAqua fox 7.0.21.08.11 is now available!
New version includes the following changes!
Works with Firefox 4.0b12 - 8.0a2
*Fixed bug with tab group
*Added Firefox 8 support
*Fixed bug with categories in add-ons manage with firefox 6 and above
*Improved add-ons manage design
*Added smaller install window
*Fixed bug with url bar
*Fixed bug with navigation buttons

Also big thanks to  Ken B who reviewed my 3 theme versions in one day.He did a really really fast job and by fast I mean he reviewed iAqua for a hour or less.Good job Ken.Be sure to check his Classic compact theme as well https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/59053/

Download Green Fox Lava https://addons.mozilla.org/bg/firefox/addon/a-green-fox-theme/
Download Toy Factory https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/a-toy-factory-theme/
Download iAqua Fox https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/iaqua-fresh-water-blue-v36/

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Green Fox Lava!

What happens when you combine green fox and lava?Well the answer is simple Green Fox Lava.New version of Green Fox is coming soon but since I have my blog I decided to release a beta before the final release.
*New version of Green Fox includes new and improved graphics in other words I've added a few lava effects here and there and I think that the combination turned out to be good.
*Also the final version will include url color bug fix for Firefox 6 and above + tab group window bug.
More news soon!



Download Green Fox Lava from  HERE!

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Thanks for donating!

I haven't talked much about this but thanks for making small donations for my themes.It means a lot to me.Not many people have donated by far but thanks for appreciating what I've done with my themes.I've put a lot of hours in developing these themes and it's not easy to support them.For example I've put I've put 5 months in making all my themes compatible with Firefox 4 and above.Big thanks to all of you who donated.I won't mention names but those who donated should have received a thank you email.
Like I said donations are not that much.For example if all 3200 users who downloaded Blue Fox yesterday donate a dollar it'd be enough for me to invest the money in new equipment (PC) because this one is 6 year old and it runs really really slow.Sometimes it's a pain in the a** but for now I can't do anything about it.I don't have the money to buy a new one and hopefully some day I'll be able to buy with the donated money.
Education is another thing I'd like to invest but we'll see how much I'll earn in the future.Again thanks for donating and using my themes.It's been an awesome two and a half year experience.I'll try to keep them updated for latest versions of Firefox.

If you'd like donate a few dollars click on the donate button bellow.I feel a bit like a homeless person asking for money but I haven't made a post about that and I wanted to thank those who donated.Thanks! :)

 

Firefox 6 is out!What's new?

Mozilla released Firefox 6!It's definitely a step forward in the browser development if you ask me.It's faster than the previous Firefox 5 which was released a month ago.There are no design changes or improvements in Firefox 6 but hey speed is more important than design ,right?All my themes are compatible with Firefox 6 but I have to release new updates and fix few minor bugs here and there.Here's a list what's new in Firefox 6.


The latest version of Firefox has the following changes:

• The address bar now highlights the domain of the website you're visiting
• Streamlined the look of the site identity block
• Added support for the latest draft version of WebSockets with a prefixed API
• Added support for EventSource / server-sent events
• Added support for window.matchMedia
• Added Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
• Added a new Web Developer menu item and moved development-related items into it
• Improved usability of the Web Console
• Improved the discoverability of Firefox Sync
• Reduced browser startup time when using Panorama
• Fixed several stability issues
• Fixed several security issues

Mozilla unveils new Firefox interface for Firefox 9 and beyond

Mozilla’s user experience (UX) team has unveiled a new and very different look for Firefox. For now we only have some very pretty mockups to feast our eyes upon, but in a couple of weeks Firefox 8 will migrate from the Nightly channel to Aurora — and after that, the new interface will begin to emerge in Firefox 9, 10, and 11. An exact time line isn’t yet known — Mozilla hasn’t actually started implementing the new interface yet — but we are told that the overhaul should be complete in the Nightly and Aurora channels before the end of they ear.
At first blush the UI mockups undoubtedly resemble Chrome, but if you take a moment and actually look at the new Firefox you will find a much richer, feature-rich interface than the spartan, one-button-fits-all Chrome — and in fact, it actually looks quite a lot like Internet Explorer 9. For a start, notice the Home icon that seems to have a permanent, very visible location on the left of the tab bar. This button will bring to the foreground Firefox Home, a new feature that will take a similar form to Chrome’s new tab page, but with more functionality. You’ll be able to open your favorite sites and launch web apps, but you’ll also be able to access other areas of the browser like the contact and account manager. The green Christmas tree to the right of the Home icon is what pinned tabs will look like.
Next, instead of a single star icon, the new Firefox interface has mashed together the “bookmark this page” button and the current bookmark drop-down list. It’s not obvious, but the Forward button has also disappeared (or it can be disabled), and the refresh button has joined the Awesome Bar — just like with IE9′s Omnibar.
The most significant change, however, is the new Settings (Action?) menu, which you can see in the screenshot below:

 This will be an entirely new menu that provides easy access to add-ons, web apps, and primary surfing functions, and it completely replaces the Big Orange Firefox Button. This is a beautiful and graceful solution that removes the awful bottom-hugging add-on bar that plagues current incarnations of Firefox — but more importantly, it also provides a new home for every important feature that used to be found in the overloaded, dual-column, Firefox menu. As far as we know, the contents of this menu will change depending on the features that you most commonly use — and you’ll be able to add new buttons to it (if you want to access browser preferences, for example).

It isn’t shown in the UX mockups, but it looks like the space above the new menu, next to the unified Bookmarks button, will become the new add-on toolbar — very like Chrome, in fact. Unlike Chrome, however, this area will be able to house any Firefox button; not just add-ons. You will be able to drag the Print button into this add-ons area, for example, or Find, or Sync — or just populate it with icons for your favorite add-ons like Adblock Plus.
  But why is Mozilla overhauling Firefox’s interface just a year after Firefox 4′s huge UI shake-up? To make Firefox more usable, basically. The vast majority of surfers only use a web browser’s primary interface: the address bar, tabs, refresh, the back button, and bookmarks. A smaller (but sizable) portion use features hidden behind menus, and a tiny fraction use add-ons or change off-by-default settings. The idea behind this new UI (which is called Australis, incidentally) is to make surfing very easy for the majority, but to also expose the features that surfers want to use but were previously buried behind the Orange Button of Doom. From another point of view, the new interface is very simple, but at the same time it retains Firefox’s legacy of complete customizability, with the new add-on bar allowing users to tailor the UI to their exact needs.

Finally it’s important to note that while the new UI looks very different, many of its fundamental features are in the same place: tabs, pinned tabs, the new tab button, the back button, and the bookmarks button are all similarly located. The only major change is the removal of the standalone search box — and yes, that might take a bit of getting used to.
View the entire set of Firefox 9 (or 10 or 11) UX mockups — and in other news, Firefox’s developer tools have also been overhauled by the Mozilla UX team — and boy do they look good. Presumably these too will start to appear in Nightly builds in the next few weeks.
Update: If you can’t wait to get your hands on the new UI, there’s a third-party Australis theme that you can install. Functionally it is nothing like the new mockups, but if you like the rounded tabs…

Source: www.extremetech.com

New project reveal!

I'm happy to announce my new project!I started work on a new site.It's still a spark in the darkness but I hope that I'll be able to make it huge in the next 1-2 years.

Here is the site http://web-goodies.comli.com/
I'm using some of the code from my Firefox site and the design is the same.
The idea is to help people learn how to create their own site without paying for site making products in other words learn html,css,css3,javascript and so on.
It's still in very early development.All I've done is the homepage (posted above) and the first html video tutorial http://web-goodies.comli.com/htmltuts/html-lesson-1.html This way I'm helping youtube users gain a few more views as well.

I might make how to make a Firefox theme from scratch video tutorials of my own but the problem is that my PC is really really slow and I don't have the money to buy and new one.This 6 year old machine can't handle the video recording program,text and image editing and browser programs at the same time.I'm hoping for more donations so that I can buy a new one.

I'll mention more news for the Christmas Firefox themes project somewhere in October when I plan to start work on that.It WON'T be a new theme.

Hope you like what I've done. :)

I'm back!

Me and snow

Back from the high,windy,sunny and snowy here and there Rila and Pirin mountains!I was away for 5 days.After all everyone needs to relax for a few days right? ; ) Anyway everything went well and I got inspiration for future projects and Christmas but it's just a plan.I'll reveal it if I start work.It won't be a new theme!!!That's all I have to say for now.I'm feeling a bit tired and I saw that new versions of purple fox,toy factory and iaqua couldn't pass the editors review because of a tiny problem.Anyway I'll fix them soon.Here are a few more pics.

After all magic lives in Bulgaria!It's beautiful trust me! ;)