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Modified: Firefox Sidebars Firefox/Thunderbird Extensions
Sub Projects: xSidebar for Thunderbird xSearchbar for Thunderbird 2
What's New
  • 2008-05-06: Uploaded Bugmenot 1.8.
  • 2008-04-28: Uploaded Unselect Message 1.3.
  • 2008-04-24: Uploaded ConfigDate 0.5.
  • 2008-04-19: Uploaded Scrapbook 1.3.3.2.
  • 2008-04-12: Uploaded ImportExportTools 1.6.1.
  • 2008-04-10: Uploaded Update Channel Selector 1.0.3.
  • 2008-04-05: Uploaded Nuke Anything Enhanced 0.67.
  • 2008-03-13: Uploaded ScribeFire 1.4.6, LJLogin 2.0.
  • 2008-03-04: Uploaded del.icio.us Complete 1.3.
  • 2008-02-13: Uploaded BugMeNot 1.5.
  • 2008-02-11: Uploaded SQLite Manager 0.2.25, Execute JS 0.2.
  • 2008-02-03: Uploaded FoxClocks 2.2.23.
  • 2008-01-30: Uploaded FullerScreen 2.3.3.
  • 2008-01-29: Uploaded PlainOldFavorites 1.0.1.
  • 2008-01-23: Uploaded Greasemonkey 0.7.2 (0.7.20080121.0 Security Update).
  • 2008-01-22: Uploaded Lookout 1.2.1 and ImportExportTools 1.6.
  • 2008-01-20: Uploaded Dictionary Switcher 0.8.2.
  • 2008-01-17: Uploaded View Dependencies 0.3.2.2.
  • 2007-12-29: Uploaded Flagfox 3.1.2.
  • 2007-12-26: Uploaded Neo-Diggler 1.0.3, View Cookies 1.6.
  • 2007-12-25: Updated Named Anchors 0.3.2 for the new Page Info window in Minefield and SuiteRunner.
  • 2007-12-21: Uploaded Folder Account 0.84, FullerScreen 2.3.1, ImportExportTools1.5.0.1.
  • 2007-12-18: Uploaded Nostalgy 0.2.15.
  • 2007-12-08: Uploaded Remote Image Cache 1.0.
  • 2007-12-03: Uploaded Viamatic foXpose 0.6.
  • 2007-11-28: Uploaded Tails Export 0.3.2.
  • 2007-11-20: Uploaded SQLite Manager 0.2.8.3.
  • 2007-11-18: Uploaded Google Page Rank Status 0.9.8.
  • 2007-11-16: Fix trunk breakage in Dictionary Switcher.
  • 2007-11-15: Uploaded ConfigDate 0.4.1, FullerScreen 2.2 and Flagfox 3.0.7.
  • 2007-11-07: Uploaded Paste and Go2 0.8.
  • 2007-10-04: Uploaded Copy Plain Text 0.3.3.
  • 2007-09-18: Uploaded QuickJava 0.4.2.1, Greasemonkey 0.7.0.
  • 2007-09-04: Uploaded InfoLister 0.9f.1.
  • 2007-09-09: Uploaded Image Zoom 0.3. (modded by deathburger)
  • 2007-09-11: Uploaded Gcache 0.2.4, User Agent Switcher0.6.10. (modded by deathburger)
  • 2007-09-09: Uploaded BBCodeXtra 0.2.5.6. (modded by deathburger)
  • 2007-09-09: Updated for SuiteRunner: ImageShack right-click 0.3.6, FlagFox 1.2, View Source in Tab 0.2.1 (modded by deathburger)
  • 2007-09-04: Uploaded Context Highlight 0.3.
  • 2007-09-01: Uploaded Menu Editor 1.2.3.3.
  • 2007-08-29: Uploaded NNWoDC 0.2.3.
  • 2007-08-25: Uploaded FireFTP 0.97.1.
  • 2007-08-23: Uploaded Dictionary Switcher 0.8.1.
  • 2007-08-22: Uploaded keywordManager 0.6.4.
  • 2007-08-21: Uploaded FoxDoc 1.0, XNote 2.0.1.
  • 2007-08-13: Uploaded Duplicate Tab 0.9.
  • 2007-08-09: Uploaded Lookout 1.2.
  • 2007-08-07: Uploaded FullerScreen 2.1, Jump Link 1.3.2 and Text/Plain 1.1.8.
  • 2007-08-04: xSearchbar for Thunderbird2 0.3 released.
  • 2007-08-02: xSidebar for Thunderbird 0.4 released.
  • 2007-07-28: Uploaded Show Anchors 1.51.
  • 2007-07-25: Uploaded Check4Change 1.6.
  • 2007-07-19: xSidebar-1.0.3 released. See the Change Log for details.
  • 2007-07-17: Uploaded FireForm 0.5 and DownThemAll 0.9.9.10.
  • 2007-06-28: Uploaded Email This! 2.0.0.
  • 2007-06-25: Uploaded View Formatted Source 0.9.5.0.
  • 2007-06-21: Uploaded rikaichan 1.00 and J/E dictionary for rikaichan 1.04.
  • 2007-06-14: Uploaded Foxclocks 2.1.80.
  • 2007-06-12: Uploaded Clines 1.2.2.
  • 2007-06-09: Uploaded Named Anchors 0.3.2 and FireFtp 0.96.4.
  • 2007-06-03: Uploaded Linky 2.7.1.
  • 2007-05-30: Uploaded InfoLister 0.9f.
  • 2007-05-23: Uploaded Tagzilla 0.066.1.
  • 2007-05-22: Uploaded Quote Colors 0.2.8 for SuiteRunner.
  • 2007-05-19: Uploaded Attachment Extractor 0.9.1.1, EditCSS 0.3.6, Folder Account 0.78.
  • 2007-05-17 to 2007-05-19 Updated most extensions for SuiteRunner 2.0a1.
  • 2007-05-17: Uploaded JSView 1.4.
  • 2007-05-03: Uploaded Foxclocks 2.0.20.
  • 2007-04-26: Uploaded Folder Flags 1.0.
  • 2007-04-19: Uploaded Sage 1.3.10.
  • 2007-04-16: Uploaded FireForm 0.4.
  • 2007-04-12: Uploaded No Squint 1.0.0, FireFTP 0.95.2.
  • 2007-04-10: Uploaded XNote 1.0.1.
  • 2007-04-07: Uploaded Resurrect Pages 1.0.7, MessageFaces 1.1.
  • 2007-04-05: Uploaded Tabs Menu 1.4.1.
  • 2007-04-03: Uploaded ProxyButton 0.2.7.
  • 2007-03-29: Uploaded Net Usage Item 1.2.127, Scrapbook 1.2.0.8.
  • 2007-03-27: Uploaded Folder Account 0.72, Folderpane Tools 0.0.5.
  • 2007-03-26: xSidebar-1.0.2 released. See the Change Log for details.
  • 2007-03-23: Uploaded Tidy Browser Button 0.1.6.
  • 2007-03-21: Uploaded DerBrowserTimer 0.4.
  • 2007-03-17: Upload Organize Status Bar 0.5.2.
  • 2007-03-10: Update Keywordbar 0.3.3 for SuiteRunner. Uploaded keywordManager 0.6.1, MboxImport 0.5.8.2, Dictionary (EN/DE) 0.0.4.
  • 2007-03-02: Update moji and moji dictionaries for SuiteRunner.
  • 2007-03-01: Uploaded Resurrect Pages 1.0.5, mozImage 1.4.5.
  • 2007-02-22: Uploaded Tabs Open Relative 0.3, Net Usage Button 1.1.90, Forecastfox Enhanced 0.9.3.1.
  • 2007-02-20: Uploaded Search Engine Wizard 0.2.2.
  • 2007-02-16: Uploaded Content Preferences 0.1.2, Statusable 0.9.
  • 2007-02-15: Uploaded LookOut 2007011003.
  • 2007-02-14: Uploaded MailClassifier 0.6.3.
  • 2007-02-08: Uploaded Date Picker/Calendar 1.0.82.
  • 2007-01-31: Uploaded ForecastFox 0.9.3.1.
  • 2007-01-30: Uploaded Context Search 0.2.3.
  • 2007-01-26: Uploaded Stylish 0.4.
  • 2007-01-23: Uploaded Dictionary Switcher 0.8.
  • 2007-01-22: Uploaded Flickrfox 1.3.0 and Fireflix 0.0.6.
  • 2007-01-20: Uploaded ConfigDate 0.3.8.
  • 2007-01-18: Uploaded Tab Effect 1.1.
  • 2007-01-17: Uploaded Tabs Menu 1.3.5.
  • 2007-01-10: Uploaded Flat Bookmark Editing 0.8.1.

xSidebar for Seamonkey

xSidebar is an extension that brings the look and feel of Firefox style sidebars to Seamonkey.

In addition, xSidebar also implements the infrastructure - the XUL elements and javascript APIs from Firefox - to make porting Firefox sidebar extensions to Seamonkey as painless as possible.

A discussion thread for xSidebar has been started in the MozillaZine forums:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2974887.
There is also a request thread ("Post the extensions you want compatible with SeaMonkey") located at: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=500361.
In any case you can contact me directly at this email address: philip.chee@gmail.com.

New: [2007-07-19] xSidebar 1.0.3 released. Install or download the latest version of xSidebar. Note: The Modified Firefox Extensions page has a list of Firefox extensions modified to work with Seamonkey when xSidebar is installed.
Latest additions (SuiteRunner Ready): BugMeNot 1.8, Unselect Message 1.3, ConfigDate 0.5, Scrapbook 1.3.3.2, Update Channel Selector 1.0.3, ImportExportTools 1.6.1, Nuke Anything Enhanced 0.67, ScribeFire 1.4.6, LJLogin 2.0, del.icio.us Complete 1.3, BugMeNot 1.5, SQLite Manager 0.2.25, Execute JS 0.2, FoxClocks 2.2.23, FullerScreen 2.3.3, PlainOldFavorites 1.0.1.

Motivation

My primary browser is Seamonkey. Unfortunately most of the cool sidebars that I want are only available for Firefox so I have to run both browsers on my system, switching back and forth whenever I need to access a specific feature. So I decided to see if I could port some of the extensions I wanted to Seamonkey.

Investigating the matter I found that the sidebar system in Mozilla Suite and hence Seamonkey is an arcane Heath Robinson conglomeration apparently designed and written by the Abenobashi scriptwriters when they were totally sloshed. In comparison the effort needed to hook a sidebar into Firefox is simplicity in itself. This means that most sidebar extension writers either don't know or don't care to reverse engineer the extremely obscure APIs needed to get their sidebar registered in Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey.

Hence the first step in getting Firefox sidebar extensions to run in Seamonkey was to port all the support hooks in Firefox to Seamonkey as an enabling extension. This eventually became xSidebar.

Usage

Install xSidebar into Seamonkey. Restart. A new submenu will be available. (View->Sidebar) with a list of available sidebars. This includes all the sidebars registered in panels.rdf as well as any Firefox style sidebars that you have installed.

Status

To Do

For questions or comments about xsidebar, please send a message to the xsidebar mailing list.
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