PMOG News

We update PMOG every few weeks (check our version history, no lie!). So it’s not normally a newsworthy item. But this latest version, version .415 is exciting.

Too many folks were having login issues. Working with Mark Daggett we looked at some awesome extensions like Twitterfox to see how they handled multiple users. Now the PMOG toolbar shows you your last successful login, it makes switching easier, and you can clear out previous records so PMOG logins don’t get confused. All of this means fewer folks should ever notice logging in to the PMOG toolbar!

We integrated a bunch more help. Now, right-clicking on a tool give you a “Learn about…” link. There’s a Help menu with a Reset command, handy for switching skins after changing your preferences. There’s a Report a Bug window, so anyone having trouble can help us tease out their PMOG’s confusion. And, you can browse deep into the Codex, discovering the difference between a bedouin and a benefactor, a portal and a lightpost, and a ready link to the Appendices for even more strategy.

And, there’s more icons in our toolbar, courtesy of the skilled cursors at Turbo Milk in Latvia.

As of today, we’re listed publicly on the Mozilla site for extensions: Firefox Add-ons: PMOG - out of the sandbox! Alex Polvi sighted a final bug - players who are veterans of the February and March 2008 PMOG wars who have been away from the toolbar for a while would find a preference error. Fixed now in .416!

Polvi has been working on favicoop:

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favicoop - an extension which collects the tiny little web icons from each site you visit and contributes them to a shared mosaic. A Mosaic of the web! It’s about time.