[Ext] MR Tech's About:About 2.2 [4-20-2006]

[mrtech]

MR Tech's About:About 2.2

Homepage: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/
Install: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/776/
Download: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/about_about.xpi
Rate it Here: Mozilla Update Site
Localizations: cs-CZ, de-DE, en-US, es-AR, es-ES, fi-FI, fr-FR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja, ko-KR, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, ru-RU, sr-YU, zh-CN, zh-TW
Supported: Firefox 0.9 - 3.0, Mozilla Suite 1.7-1.8, Flock & Netscape 8.1

So what does this puppy do?
<li> Adds the following "about:" options to the Help menu:
about:config, about:plugins, about:about about:, about:buildconfig, about:cache, about:cache (Disk), about:cache (Memory), about:credits, about:license, about:kitchensink, about:mozilla & about:kitchen
<li> Adds Alt-C as a shortcut and toolbar icons for about:config
<li> Adds Alt-P as a shortcut and toolbar icons for about:plugins

<b>2.2 - 4/20/2006</b>
<li> Added: "about:about" as a protocol which will list all the currently available "about:" options in a webpage (ala old school Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey)
<li> Added: Officially added "about:kitchensink" protocol (only menu link is available in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey builds)
<li> Added: If current window/tab is "about:blank" links will load there instead of creating a new tab.
<li> Added: ro-RO and sk locale translations
<li> Updated: Now supports up to Firefox 3.0
<li> Updated: All existing locales have been updated
<li> Fixed: Default preferences for SeaMonkey and Mozilla Suite are not properly added

2.1 - 11/4/2005
<li> Added: Now supports Mozilla Suite
<li> Updated: Changed default target from current window/tab to new tab instead.
<li> Updated: Locale files should now be properly updated and encoded

2.0 - 11/2/2005
<li> Added: Toolbar icons for about:config and about:plugins
<li> Added: about:license to menu for newer Beta or test browsers (not available with 1.0.x releases)
<li> Added: A few more locales and options to localize all menu strings (Thanks to Teo for managing this)
<li> Added: Now supports Flock browser
<li> Updated: Now support all newer Firefox development builds up to 1.6
<li> Updated: Reorganized menus and added small icons to about:config & about:plugins

1.2.3 - 9/12/2005
<li> Updated: Now officially supports Firefox 1.5 Beta and 1.6 Trunk releases
<li> Fixed: Resolved compatibility issues with Compact Menus extension
<li> Fixed: chrome.manifest was not updated properly in previous version
<li> Fixed: de-DE & ru-RU file encoding errors

1.2.2 - 8/25/2005
<li> Added: Translations: cs-CZ, es-ES, fi-FI, fr-FR, hu-HU, ko-KR, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, ru-RU, sr-YU, zh-CN and zh-TW
<li> Updated: Now supports Firefox 1.6+ builds and Netscape 8.0.3.3
<li> Updated: Common code cleanup and enhancements
<li> Fixed: Main window overlay for About:About Help menu options was malformed and may have caused issues when selecting menu options

1.2.1 - 7/16/2005
<li> Added: Germany (de-DE) Localization, thanks to Armin C. Schneider
<li> Fixed: You can now middle-click on about:plugin & about:config in menu

1.2.0 - 7/6/2005
<li> Added: Italian (it-IT) localization added, thanks to Andrea
<li> Updated: Reduced Help menu clutter by moving all about: entries to current About:? menu
<li> Fixed: Potentional display issue with menu seperator and other Help menu entries

1.1.1 - 6/27/2005
<li> Updated: Now supports Netscape 8.0.2.

1.1.0 - 6/14/2005
<li> Added: Options dialog to select new window target: Current Window/Tab, New Tab or New Window are the current options available.
<li> Added: Localization files for translations, etc.
<li> Added: MR Tech favicon is now shown for About:MR Tech link, whoopie
<li> Updated: Menu entries are now in lowercase to match the actual commands, for example about:config is not the same as About:Config, so I shouldn't show it that way
<li> Updated: Major "common" code rewrite to avoid conflicts with my other extensions, this was a pain, enjoy

1.0.2 - 5/27/2005
<li> Added about:kitchensink spoof
<li> Bumped supported Firefox version to 1.0+ to allow installing with Trunk builds
<li> Added chrome.manifest for full Firefox 1.1 compatibility
<li> Tested successfully with Deer Park Trunk builds

<b>1.0.1 - 5/26/2005</b>
<li> Fixed: Now opens in current tab, not a new window.

[MLC]

Very useful, thanks!
Is there a way though to have it opening in tabs instead of new windows?

[mrtech]

I tried a few things to avoid this, but just couldn't wait to release this sucker.

The problem was that I could only get the links to open in the first tab if multiple windows where open, I'll try to play with this and see what I can dig up.

I'll make sure to make that my next goal.

[mrtech]

Ok, I'm heading to bed, I must be braindead, I thought about the code for 2 seconds, updated the code and got it to work. Version 1.0.1 is now ready for you to install, enjoy.

[MLC]

You were not braindead, it works perfectly!
Thank you again, I hoped much such extension existed.

[mrtech]

1.0.2 Released
# Added about:kitchensink spoof
# Bumped supported Firefox version to 1.0+ to allow installing with Trunk builds
# Added chrome.manifest for full Firefox 1.1 compatibility
# Tested successfully with Deer Park Trunk builds

[Old Makondo]

It's really nice but it opens in a current tab and no right click option (to open in a new tab?). Also, About Mozilla Firefox window is cut off at the bottom. Any ideas? Thanks!

[mrtech]

I'll see what I can do about adding options for targeting where to open, as for the About Mozilla Firefox I don't even touch that suckers, sorry.

[Old Makondo]

Thanks! Looking forward, Good Luck!

[mrtech]

1.1.0 Released
<li> Added: Options dialog to select new window target: Current Window/Tab, New Tab or New Window are the current options available.
<li> Added: Localization files for translations, etc.
<li> Added: MR Tech favicon is now shown for About:MR Tech link, whoopie
<li> Updated: Menu entries are now in lowercase to match the actual commands, for example about:config is not the same as About:Config, so I shouldn't show it that way Smile
<li> Updated: Major "common" code rewrite to avoid conflicts with my other extensions, this was a pain, enjoy

[Old Makondo]

Autoupdated - Great, thank you!
Edit: I hide Help from menubar. Is it possible to make a button for the extension (which can be moved to any bar, statusbar included)?

[mrtech]

Nice idea, let me see what I can dig up.

[Old Makondo]

Great! Thanks for your time and Good Luck!

[DMCrimson]

most of the things on Help menu's submenu do not work on Mac OS X (10.4.1), they do work when typed, byt the menu is not functional.
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

[mrtech]

hmm, have you tried changing the target window in the options for the 1.1.0 version to see if any of them work? I don't have access to a Mac, but I'll see what I can dig up, thanks.