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I just wanted to leave a quick note that I have updated the Hide Find Bar Firefox extension to include support for Firefox 3 now that it is in beta. Not a whole lot changed in the extension except that I’ve added support for secure updates which is a requirement of Firefox 3.

If you’ve never heard of the HFB, it’s an extension I’ve developed that will automatically hide the find bar, hard to derive from the name I know, after a certain interval of inactivity. This is handy when if you find yourself constantly forgetting the find bar open or if you’re just to lazy to click the close button, either way it’s handy.

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I’ve decided on a bi-weekly segment (a loosely defined deadline) for jmcom highlighting a specific Firefox extensions that I enjoy. I dislike all the “Top X extensions you will have a mob come and rape you to death if you don’t have it” articles, the whole point of extensions are that they are not necessary for everyone, but are useful to at least someone. I want to focus on one extension at a time as I feel some extensions don’t get the exposure they should. The first installment it going to focus on a wonderful little extension called Stylish.

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I created the Hide Find Bar extension earlier this year as a means of getting rid of the find bar without any hassle. I often found myself browsing, using the find feature, finding what I want and continuing to read, later finding the bar still open but having no purpose. I am also a real estate whore, I try to maximize the space I have for viewing websites, so this seemed like an ideal task for me to get my feet wet in the extension business for Firefox, something I’ve wanted to do for a while.

I recently updated the extension to fix a couple bugs, and with the moving of my new site lost all the history (forgot to zip it up.) So it’s now at it’s new home and on a rather unappealing webpage right now (I’ll make it look pretty one of these days I promise.) If you have any suggestions or comments please feel free.

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