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A Most Wanted Monday

Most Wanted

I figured today I would post some of the most wanted Firefox Facts that I have gotten and have not been able to answer. This way at least, we can get the ideas out there so that if there is a solution – we can find an answer. On the other hand, if there isn’t a solution, then at least we have created a place for extension writers to gain some inspiration.

Bob – how about being able to type an email now for a specified later delivery? (via Google’s gMail)

Ken – This is a simple one, but… I’d love it if the mouse-over tab color were different than the active tab color. Right now they’re the same. And if the mouse is over the [X], then it’s lit up the same way. I keep closing what I think is the active tab I’m currently looking at when it’s merely the one my mouse happens to be over. Frustrating.

Zeke – Need an easy way to resize the font for the “bookmarks” sidebar.

Evgeny – I would really like to have an extension for quick sending e-mail from GMail.

Jens – I want to know what week it is, in my statusbar. That feature is for some reason not included in “date & time” in Windows, not even in Google calendar, and not in my mobile phone. Why?

Seymour – What I would love to find is an extension that would display Bookmark folders in several columns next to each-other even filling up the whole screen; then I could more easily mouse over to the appropriate folder which then would expand when I moused over to it.

Have an answer to any of these requests? Leave a comment!

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  • Jens, you can find the extension on http://firefox.gate303.net/ now =)
  • Ken -
    Also, if you install an extension called tab mix plus, you can designate the current tab to have a certain color font, with bold or italics. You can do the same for all unread tabs. That works for me, with no code editing, and it's always clear what tab I'm on.
  • Jens: I have a week number extension that is ready for release. I'll upload it on Mozillas site as soon as possible
  • Ken - This is a simple one, but… I’d love it if the mouse-over tab color were different than the active tab color. Right now they’re the same. And if the mouse is over the [X], then it’s lit up the same way. I keep closing what I think is the active tab I’m currently looking at when it’s merely the one my mouse happens to be over. Frustrating.

    Zeke - Need an easy way to resize the font for the “bookmarks” sidebar.


    Both can be done by adding the following CSS codes to userChrome.css or Stylish extension

    For Ken:
    /* change the color code to suit your needs */
    .tabbrowser-tab:hover > hbox {
    background-color: red !important;
    color: white !important;
    }

    /* for active tab /*
    .tabbrowser-tab:hover > hbox[selected="true"] {
    background-color: blue !important;
    color: white !important;
    }

    For Zeke:
    #bookmarksPanel treechildren {
    font-size: large !important;
    }
  • Jens, I think you're looking for the "week number"? I have a Google Calendar Gadget V2.0 on my desktop (running via Google Desktop Search), and that's one of the options you can turn on for it. Not very "firefox-y", but you did mention Google Calendar.
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