I've just uploaded a new revision of TiddlyFox that incorporates a fix for problems running under Windows XP. Please update to the new version and report any issues,
Many thanks, Jeremy On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:18 PM, Jeremy Ruston <[email protected]> wrote: > Firefox 15, which is currently in beta but scheduled to be released on > August 28th, finally disables the trick that TiddlyWiki uses for > saving changes to itself (see [1]). From a general security > perspective, this is probably a good thing - especially if you've > watched a less computer-literate friend or relative deal with random > yes/no dialogue boxes; that familiar confirmation dialogue isn't much > protection. > > So, I've started work on a little Firefox extension called "TiddlyFox" > that can save files on behalf of TiddlyWiki. > > TiddlyFox stays in the background until you load a TiddlyWiki 2.x.x > document from a file: URL. It then patches the TiddlyWiki document on > the fly to have it invoke the extension to save files on it's behalf. > > I've tested the extension on Firefox 14 (the current version) and the > beta of Firefox 15. > > To install the extension, navigate to [2] in Firefox. You should be > prompted to install the plugin. Then, if you navigate to a TiddlyWiki > document on a file: URI you should get an alert notifying you that > TiddlyFox has patched the document. Save changes should then work in > the normal way. > > Right now, the extension is very basic, without a full user interface. > The plan is to add a proper confirmation dialogue, and to extend it > with functionality something like TiddlySnip for clipping bits of web > pages into a TiddlyWiki document. It will also work with TiddlyWiki5 > (it doesn't yet). > > I'd be very grateful for any testing, and ping me here with any > feedback or questions. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > [1] https://github.com/TiddlyWiki/tiddlywiki/issues/101 > [2] > https://github.com/Jermolene/TiddlyWiki5/raw/master/tiddlyfox/extension/tiddlyfox.xpi > > -- > Jeremy Ruston > mailto:[email protected] -- Jeremy Ruston mailto:[email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWikiDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywikidev?hl=en.
