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Creating a Customized Firefox Distribution

You may have heard of the the Firefox Build Your Own Browser Project. On the web page, it says it “is a simple way that your organization can create and distribute a customized version of Firefox.” I think BYOB is … Continue reading

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Customizing the Firefox Installer on Windows

One of the questions I get asked a lot is how to customize the Firefox installer on Windows and how to bundle extensions with it. I’ve spent the past few days learning a great deal about this subject, so I … Continue reading

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Hiding the CCK

In previous versions of the CCK, I provided the ability to hide and or/lock the CCK that is generated. Locking prevents the user from uninstalling the add-on, but it is rather useless since the user can still disable it. Hiding … Continue reading

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CCK Wizard Update and FAQs

I’ve updated the CCK Wizard for Firefox 3.6. It’s available here. It will be on AMO once the translations are done and if no one finds any major issues. Here’s a summary of the changes: Updated for new Firefox 3.6 … Continue reading

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CCK Wizard Status

With the release of Firefox 3.6, people are already asking me about a new CCK Wizard. I am working on an update. You can get a beta of that here. Primary changes are more information on the proxy page, ability … Continue reading

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I Couldn't Stay Away From the CCK

So it just so happens that some of the work I’m doing before I leave IBM involves the CCK, so I ended up working on it and fixing some bugs. In addition, a company asked for a feature that was … Continue reading

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CCK Wizard 1.2 Finally Available

The CCK Wizard for Firefox 3 is finally available. I had been holding off trying to get some translation work but finally gave up. You can get it from amo: CCK Wizard 1.2 Enjoy!

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Customizing Firefox with the CCK Wizard

New version with fix for search engines not working. FYI, I’m making a beta of the CCK Wizard available today for Firefox 3. If you are deploying Firefox in your enterprise, educational institution, or even your household, you’ll want to … Continue reading

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Simple Firefox Customizations: What Else Can I Do?

Before we get started on this next topic, I need to make one correction. In earlier posts, I said to use collapsed=”true” to hide XUL menuitems. A better option is to use hidden=”true” instead. Using collapsed doesn’t hide the margins, … Continue reading

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Simple Firefox Customizations: What Can I Change?

Now that we know where to add our XUL changes in a CCK XPI, let’s take a look at what we can change. You’ll remember from the previous post, we added this line: and we were able to disable the … Continue reading

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