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Unicode installer and updater available soon

Submitted by Ehsan Akhgari on January 10, 2009 - 14:54

Until now, localization projects which did not have a Windows code-page assigned to them were out of luck for localizing the installer and updater user interfaces for all Mozilla-based applications.  We all know that code-pages are evil; here are the main problems encountered with code-page based localization of these two applications:

Mozilla Wallpaper Collection

Submitted by Ehsan Akhgari on July 13, 2008 - 23:02

Here's a precious collection of Mozilla related wallpapers.  I always wanted such a collection, and I thought I'd share this.  Thanks to Frederic who originally posted this.  Oh, and in case you're wondering, here's my new wallpaper.

Find In Numbers now public

Submitted by Ehsan Akhgari on June 22, 2008 - 12:47

I just received an email stating that my Find In Numbers extension has gone public on AMO.  This means that now you can install it without having to log in, and you'll be notified of any updates.  Thanks to all of those who had reviewed this extension.  This is my second public extension on AMO, after IranZilla (which I'm going to write about soon).  You can download this extension here.

Find In Numbers: now available for Thunderbird, Songbird and Flock!

Submitted by Ehsan Akhgari on June 14, 2008 - 19:15

I knew that porting extensions from one Mozilla-based application to the other should be easy, but I didn't know it was that easy!  Today, I updated my Find In Numbers extension to work in Thunderbird, Songbird and Flock!  It was mostly the process of finding the correct XUL file to overlay, find the GUID used for each application, and then editing the install.rdf and chrome.manifest files accordingly.

How to test your Mozilla patch in RTL mode

Submitted by Ehsan Akhgari on May 31, 2008 - 13:01

I'm happy to announce the availability of the Force RTL extension!  This extension allows you to test Firefox and Thunderbird's user interface in RTL mode, without needing to download a Hebrew, Arabic or Persian version, without changing the user interface language, and without restarting the application (if you're running a recent version of the application).  You can read more here.

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