Xircal

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Developer Information
Name Xircal
User since March 24, 2011
Number of add-ons developed 0 add-ons
Average rating of developer's add-ons Not yet rated

My Reviews

Edit Bookmark Plus

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Ever since the demise of OpenBook, I've been struggling with the tiny Add Bookmark dialog box and Edit Bookmark Plus seems to fit the bill.

However, when saving a new bookmark, it always jumps to the "Unsorted bookmarks" folder instead of to the last opened location which becomes a bit irritating after a while.

It's still an improvement on the default Firefox bookmarks menu, but needs to more work to iron out the kinks.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.3.0.1-signed). 

Carbone

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've been using Carbone for quite a while now and like the subtle lighting effect it creates. It also gives the Status-4-Evar add-on at the foot of the browser a solid look.

Coupled with the Stylish theme which reinstates the Firefox 13 button style, Carbone is my favourite Persona.

Thumbnail Zoom Plus

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Not only does the add-on work with the sites the developer listed, but by checkmarking the "Thumbnails" field in the setup options, it will enlarge images on news media sites such as BBCNews which aren't even thumbnails to begin with. It even adds the image description to the enlarged version even if that's not actually visible in the original. In fact, I've yet to find a site where it doesn't work.

This is truly an excellent add-on which is well worth adding to your repertoire.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.1.1-signed). 

Youtube MP3 Podcaster

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Beats all the Youtube audio extractors I've used until now. It doesn't link to a third party site as many others do and performs the conversion to mp3 from within the application itself.

I also like the Scissors utility which allows you to edit where the audio is extracted from. Anyone who has listened to Moby - "Mistake" will know that the video runs for 14 seconds without any audio before the track begins. The Scissors utility allows you to cut that blank part out altogether which is great!

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (2.6.1.1-signed). 

YouTube 2 MP3

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The site this add-on links to now requires Java to be installed to extract the audio from a YT video. This is a pity because Java is an application which is continually targeted by attackers and users run unnecessary risks by installing it. Therefore, I cannot recommend it anymore.

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YouTube 2 MP3

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Links to a third party online conversion site called "video2mp3" which launches immediately when you click the "Save as mp3" button. No time limit imposed by that site, but it is ad supported, so make sure you've got "Adblock Plus" installed otherwise you'll be drowned in ads.

Download YouTube Videos as MP4

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The button works just fine on the new Youtube layout provided it's the general channel. If you can't see it, delete the Youtube cookie and clear the cache.

However, it is missing in on any user's channel. I sent you a screenshot ialc.

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.3.2.1-signed). 

CookieSafe

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just as a matter of interest, why has the name of the developer changed? CS was developed by someone called Ron Beckman according to Wikipedia, not "csdev". Also, why does the "Updated" field still show January 27, 2009 if CS has been updated recently to work with FF4?

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CookieSafe

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Yes, I can confirm what others have already said namely that it doesn't work with FF4.

Actually, I was a bit surprised that it suddenly enabled itself today after being disabled during the FF upgrade. I thought there was supposed to be some sort of notification from Mozilla that an update had become available rather than the Add-on being able to enable itself. Could be a security issue there.

For the time being, I've switched to using Tony Schilling's "Cookie Monster 1.0.5" which works more or less the same way as CookieSafe did in case that's of any use to anyone.