Saturday, July 30, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
WYSIWYG Editor for Firefox 4.0.1 - Write Area 1.0.1 beta 4 (Review)
My Firefox is a portable one, because I need to carry to and fro among various places, friends' houses, schools, companies, etc.
I tried BBComposer 3.2, it appeared to be successful at first. But when I opened Firefox at another computer, BBComposer was disabled saying it is incompatible with Firefox 4.0.1. Well, I must say I have used it with the same browser before, and it worked. But now it wouldn't.
So I decided to tried another WYSIWYG Editor called Write Area, now in beta, which is also a Firefox add-on.
It seems, the problem is not unique to BBComposer 3.2. What I do is, I zip up the whole Firefox portable (from PortableApps.com) application folder from the hard drive to my pendrive, carry it to another computer, unzip it to the hard drive and launch. Then I find the Write Area add-on to be disabled, saying incompatible with Firefox 4.0.1. But, I've installed and used it successfully before on another computer. I have to reinstall the add-on to re-enable it for every zip/unzip even on the same computer (within the same session, without booting). (See Solution below)
Anyway, I decided to stick to it for the time being while holding on to the workaround. In the meantime, I left a message on the author's blog in hopes of a solution in the near future.
Have a peek into my browser add-on page.
Write Area works on multiple-line text area, like Bloger's new-post edit window (see below). It doesn't work on text boxes. To use Write Area, right-clicking the mouse in a text area while the editing cursor is in it. Then from the popup menu, choose "Edit in a Write Area".
Compare Blogger's editing functions and Write Area's editing functions:
Other WYSIWYG editors add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/nfroidure/wysiwyg/
Look at the above pages. It doesn't say whether BBComposer is compatible with Fire 4.0.1. Unlike Mozilla Editor, it specifically states that it is not available for Firefox 4.0.1.
Write Area provides more functions and better control. By all means, try it. It uses CKEditor core.
And the author replied 5 hours after I left the message, offering a simple solution.
I tried BBComposer 3.2, it appeared to be successful at first. But when I opened Firefox at another computer, BBComposer was disabled saying it is incompatible with Firefox 4.0.1. Well, I must say I have used it with the same browser before, and it worked. But now it wouldn't.
So I decided to tried another WYSIWYG Editor called Write Area, now in beta, which is also a Firefox add-on.
Problem:
It seems, the problem is not unique to BBComposer 3.2. What I do is, I zip up the whole Firefox portable (from PortableApps.com) application folder from the hard drive to my pendrive, carry it to another computer, unzip it to the hard drive and launch. Then I find the Write Area add-on to be disabled, saying incompatible with Firefox 4.0.1. But, I've installed and used it successfully before on another computer. I have to reinstall the add-on to re-enable it for every zip/unzip even on the same computer (within the same session, without booting). (See Solution below)
Anyway, I decided to stick to it for the time being while holding on to the workaround. In the meantime, I left a message on the author's blog in hopes of a solution in the near future.
Have a peek into my browser add-on page.
Write Area works on multiple-line text area, like Bloger's new-post edit window (see below). It doesn't work on text boxes. To use Write Area, right-clicking the mouse in a text area while the editing cursor is in it. Then from the popup menu, choose "Edit in a Write Area".
Compare Blogger's editing functions and Write Area's editing functions:
Other WYSIWYG editors add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/nfroidure/wysiwyg/
Look at the above pages. It doesn't say whether BBComposer is compatible with Fire 4.0.1. Unlike Mozilla Editor, it specifically states that it is not available for Firefox 4.0.1.
Write Area provides more functions and better control. By all means, try it. It uses CKEditor core.
Solution
And the author replied 5 hours after I left the message, offering a simple solution.
- Instead of installing directly from the Mozilla server, download the installation file (XPI file) for the add-on. The name of the file could be "write_area-1.0.1beta4-sm+fx.xpi" or something else with extension XPI.
- Rename the extension to ZIP. The XPI is a zip file anyway.
- Unzip just one file named "install.rdf". Open the RDF file with a text editor. Find this section:
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- The maxVersion for Firefox was originally 4.0. I changed it to 5.0.
- Save the file and copy it into the zip file overriding the original version.
- Rename the extension back to XPI.
- Then install the add-on from this file.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
BBComposer 3.2 & Kompozer 0.8b3
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Testing BBComposer 3.2. This this a Firefox Addon.
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Finish testing. Experice with BBComposer isn't smooth. Removed it and keep Kompozer.
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Finish testing. Experice with BBComposer isn't smooth. Removed it and keep Kompozer.
Friday, March 25, 2011
首相纳吉到访
首相今日莅访麻坡。早上八点半左右，就听到直升机低空飞行的声音。而就在我写此篇时，位于丝丝街，二马路和三马路之间的那一段，搭棚摆席设宴，闲人勿近。一些路段封了，机动交通工具不准入，却不知脚踏自行车如何？畜力驱动的呢？原本在那儿摆卖的路边小贩，今天休业。一些商店照开，客人只得将车子停放得远些，步行光顾。
Monday, March 21, 2011
网誌封了三天，今天发现，解封了
上个星期六，部落格遭封，所以，匆忙搬到 http://skexjujp.wordpress.com/ 。今天回来，发现解封了。可是，还是有个疑问，那就是，到底在多少时间内，贴多少留言，才被认为可疑，而触动保安，进而遭封呢？留言数与时间的比，2分钟10个留言，算不算可疑？除了机器自动化留言，难道就没有人可能在两分钟内留言十则吗？^^ 谷歌的试探算法，还有瑕疵。
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