I've just uploaded a new release of Open With to AMO, with some major new features.

First, and probably more importantly, Open With now works on OS X and Linux. However, on those platforms all browsers need to be added manually, as I've no way of looking for installed browsers as I can with the Windows registry. Yet.

Second, and also important, you can now add browsers manually. This is a really handy feature which was requested a fair bit. Now you can add Open With menu items for browsers without them being listed in the registry. Which is especially useful if you don't have a registry, like if you're a Mac user.

If you use Open With, get to AMO and get the new version, it won't auto-update (see rant below). And drop me a comment saying you think it's cool.

According to AMO, 700 people use my addon, Shrunked. Despite the fact that it's been a month since release, less than 20% of them use the latest version, which is far superior to the previous versions. Here is why:

• The addon is 'experimental'. No it isn't, it long since stopped being an experiment. 700 people use it without problems.
• People who install 'experimental' addons apparently don't deserve to know when a newer version is available. Surely these users are more likely to want to know that.
• AMO reviewers keep finding things wrong with it without giving me any useful information about how to replicate their problems. I can't progress from 'experimental' without a reviewer's approval.

Like a lot of Mozilla things, I think AMO has a fair amount of potential. If only they'd spare the person-hours to make something decent of it.

A few changes added in recent days:

• Now compatible with Firefox 3.5's Private Browsing mode - won't offer to remember site-based preferences for you
• Cleans up after itself - won't leave files lying around in your temporary files folder
• An icon!

If you're wondering what happened to beta 2 (and I bet you're dying to know), I fixed up a flaw in b1 which could have damaged your profile. Probably wouldn't, but could.

Anywho, same link as before.

[edit] Shrunked 1.0b1 for Thunderbird 3 is also now available, get it from https://s19367.gridserver.com/software/addons/shrunked-tb@darktrojan.net.xpi.

Hellooo!

I've almost completely rewritten Shrunked, it should now work on any website - including Facebook and GMail which previously had known issues.

I'm currently testing and polishing it. You can get a beta of the new version from https://s19367.gridserver.com/software/addons/shrunked@darktrojan.net.xpi. It's missing a few icons and things and needs a bit more work, but so far it has been pretty good. Try it out.

It seems my Firefox addon Shrunked has been getting some attention on the interwebs.

• LifeHacker: Four Experimental Firefox Extensions We're Into
• CNet: Shrunked resizes images before you upload them
• And some Czech guy I can't understand but thanks to the internet I get the idea: Zmenšení obrázků v prohlížeči (If you speak Czech and English and would like to translate this for me...)

Just wanted to say hi and thanks for the positive reviews.

Hi!

Thanks!

Ok, I'm done now.

I've just finished copying all the appropriate Shrunked code over to Thunderbird and plugging it in. Works great IMHO.

Get it from here.

Shrunked is my latest addon for Firefox. It resizes photos before they're sent to a website, saving on upload time and server processing.

There's good stuff here for users and web-devs, so check it out. If you've got a brilliant idea or even a mediocre idea about Shrunked, email me.