2old2play Firefox Toolbar v3.0 Released

Whether you've been using the 2old2play Firefox Toolbar for a while, or if you haven't tried it yet, this latest release is the most streamlined version yet.

Since the initial release of the 2old2play Firefox Toolbar there have been several iterations of user comments taken into account and many new features added. The only remaining thing I wanted to deal with was the fact that when 2old2play was down and/or busy, the toolbar would hang, and that would subsequently end up hanging all of Firefox. Needless to say, that was a bad thing.

Version 3.0 of the toolbar fixes that problem once and for all. All of the client server calls have been rewritten using advanced AJAX and are no longer blocking, so the toolbar will never end up slowing down or killing Firefox ever again. The other change in this release is minor, changing the location from where the new videos come from. The full changelog is below.

Download the 2old2play Firefox Toolbar v3.0

As always, please let me know if you have any comments, suggestions, etc.

Thanks,

Derek

Changelog

Version 3.0
October 8, 2007

Changes include:

Rewrote entire networking portion to use non-blocking advanced ajax calls. This means when 2old2play is down the browser will no longer hang

Updated new videos dropdown to link to latest YouTube videos tagged with 2old2play , since we no longer host videos locally

Version 2.2
October 4, 2006

Changes include:

Added dropdown for latest videos

Added Settings --> Notification options choice for New Videos

Version 2.1
September 26, 2006

Changes include:

Minor update to make the toolbar Firefox 2.0 compliant

Version 2.0
July 25, 2006

Changes include:

Boss-key: Pressing F12 will instantly close all of your 2old2play.com tabs. Pressing F12 again will bring them back.

Alternate boss-key mode: Settings --> Boss-key Behavior has an option to just open a new tab with your homepage and switch to that instead of closing tabs.

Hide toolbar option: Settings --> Boss-key Behavior has an option to also hide the toolbar in addition to the tabs themselves

Blogs dropdown added. 6 Most recent blog entries are available via the dropdown menu.

Notification added. From Settings --> Notification Options you can now select to be notified of new News, Podcasts, Magazine Issues and Blog postings (if you are using Icons or Text & Icons). When the toolbar refreshes the icon will change if there are new items in the categories you selected.

Animated notification icons. Enabled by default, or you can set them to static icons in Settings --> Notification Options

Mark all as read: Under Settings --> Notification options you can choose to mark all "new" items as read without having to click on each of them

In Settings --> Display Preferences there is now an option to have all of your toolbar links opened in new tabs instead of the current tab

In Settings --> Refresh Interval there is now an option to always show the refresh button, not just when you have Manual Refresh selected.

Now that there are notification icons, if you have Icons Only mode chosen, there is no longer text next to the Messages icon. The icon will change if you have new messages.

Site Navigation button renamed SiteNav.

Version 1.2
June 29, 2006

Changes include:

New version notification. Toolbar will now let you know when a new version is available.

Icon added to "Site Navigation" button for true "icons only" viewing

Podcast dropdown now lists dates with each podcast entry

Magazine dropdown now lists the issue month

Site Navigation dropdown now has flyouts for all public forums

Site Navigation dropdown now has Tournaments / Ladders flyout for all aspects of ladders, including login box for team management

Version 1.1
June 23, 2006

Changes include:

Improved overall look of toolbar

Added Settings menu with configurable refresh time and button options

Updated code for better handling of hung updates when the site is unreachable

Version 1.0
June 19, 2006

Initial release