Hey Guys, The last time I wrote to this list about my Firefox front end, it was way back in November 07. It has been a long journey since with a ton of fundamental issues to deal with, but I believe I finally have something worth releasing.
I'm calling it FireBible (I know not really creative; another unrelated Firefox extension I write is called DataFox... :) ) You can get FireBible 0.5.1 here - http://thegoan.com/firebible FireBible is based on JSword, since JSword is both cross platform and easy to integrate with Firefox. You need to download and install JSword separately, I have tested / developed this with JSword 1.0.7. FireBible should work with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0 (including all the 3.0 betas). The installation process is probably a tad too complex for people not used to anything other than double click installers, especially because of the separate JSword download; but that makes the difference between a download 2.6MB or a mere 60KB which is how big the extension actually is. I'd like to make it simpler in the future, with perhaps an all inclusive download later. I've tried to keep scope down by supporting only Bible text modules for now, but can expand to support all modules rather quickly, depending on feedback received. Since most of the fundamental issues have been dealt with, I should now be able to concentrate on feature additions. FireBible does not have an interface for module management, nor does it have any display preferences yet, but these are the easier bits to handle. I did add search and indexing capabilities though, so you can search installed modules. The site should explain everything. I would really appreciate any critique and suggestions you may have on everything ranging from the site and the installation procedure to the actual extension itself. DM Smith, especially looking for critique from you; would this be the first non BibleDeskto use of JSword? Best regards, Brian. P.S. Minor bandwidth shortages at my host are currently being attended to, if the site is not responding, please try again at a later time. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
