All of my videos on chrispederick.com are uploaded to YouTube and then displayed on my site using the YouTube API. This works well since it allows me to deliver the videos through Flash so that they can play on the majority of computers and reduces the bandwidth usage on my site, while the loss in quality is not a big issue since the videos are not exactly stunning works of art!
However, in the last year I have had three videos removed by YouTube for copyright infringement under the DMCA.
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Version 1.1.3 of the Web Developer extension has been released. This is another patch release containing what I hope are the last major issues that were discovered in the previous version. With the major issues resolved this version has also been uploaded to Firefox Add-ons.
Version 1.1.2 of the Web Developer extension has been released. This is another patch release containing a few more fixes for bugs that were discovered in the previous version.
Version 1.1.1 of the Web Developer extension has been released. This is a patch release containing a few fixes for bugs that were discovered in the previous version.
I am pleased to announce that version 1.1 of the Web Developer extension has been released. The complete list of new features and bug fixes can be found in the history with the biggest change being the replacement of the sidebar with something I am calling the “dashboard”.
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I am somewhat of a perfectionist and I love to tweak. The first thing I do when I get a new computer is go through every option in the control panel or system preferences. If I start using a new application I spend the first hour configuring all the options and any toolbars to my liking.
This is great for applications running on my computer, but what about the numerous websites that I have no control over? Previously I had to live with whatever customizable options were exposed by the site, but using Greasemonkey and Stylish I can tweak any site as much as I like.
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Web Developer Beta 1.1 — a preview release of the next version of the Web Developer extension — is now publicly available. This release is for testing purposes only — for a fully supported version of the extension or localized builds please see the latest official release.
The full list of new features in this release is in the changelog, but the biggest change is the replacement of the sidebar with something I am calling the “dashboard”.
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The User Agent Switcher and Web Developer extensions have been updated to be compatible with the upcoming release of Firefox 2.0.
If you are having problems installing the extensions please try downloading and installing again from this site following the suggestions in the installation troubleshooting section of the documentation.
Version 0.6.9 of the User Agent Switcher extension has been released. This is a minor update fixing memory leaks and optimizing the code.
Sorry for the lack of updates recently, but work and the World Cup have been taking up most of my time.
Since I have been busy I had fallen behind on Web Developer localizations, but I just caught up and added a number of new and updated translations to the build. Let me know if you see any problems and thank you to the people taking the time to provide these localizations.