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HOWTO: Uninstall Firefox UVA Search Bar Add-on

By Suman Kar
Actually this should have been here much earlier. Just that I couldn't figure out how to get javascript working with blogger :( Also, managed to put up some html on a free host and get a site up and running. So anyone who wishes to install the searchbar has to (unfortunately, for now) go there and get it done.

Ok. The uninstall HOWTO:
  1. Go to the directory where Mozilla Firefox is installed
  2. Get into the searchplugins sub-directory
  3. Delete the files called guva.src and guva.png
 

Firefox UVA Search Bar Add-on

By Suman Kar
Test

Here's something I managed to whip up in almost no time (copy-pasting can be such a delight). Its basically an useless searchbar extension you can have in case you're using firefox. You can simply install the searchbar and start searching uva without actually having to go to the site (or the board, the place you really keep looking at).

I know the icon is really really bad. Help me if you can.

Install guva from here!

 

Bug fixed, added preferences

By Suman Kar
I didn't have much time so only a few minor fixes.
  1. preferences: Click on Options tab to change user id.
  2. restart mozilla
By default it would fire up my stats ;) -- so you'd better change it.
And oh! the link to get it is here. And thanks to all who took the
time to actually try it out!

The opinion poll can be found here (along with misc. comments).

 

Installer uploaded on rapidshare!

By Suman Kar
So thanks to nukeu666 I finally found enough inspiration to actually put it here1. Still working on some more interesting add-ons to this -- a toolbar to actually search uva using their new search page.

Happy downloading!

1 The link at rapidshare will probably go off in a few more days, till then
lets have it here ;)
 

A time to kill, a time to write extensions!

By Suman Kar
Yes, I know you know its a plagiarised version of that verse quoted somwhere in Zahir; I know you read Coelho. But this is not about Coelho. Not even remotely so, except maybe _this_ paragraph.

I have been into UVA for some time now; solving problems or rather pretending to do so. In short, spending a hell of a lot of time there. And, gaining a bit of knowledge about a few things under the sun in the meantime.

I have also only recently started working (yes as in a professional environment) on Mozilla stuff. Firefox has long been my favourite browser; this turned out to be a great oppertunity thus to play around with really cool geek stuff. And I met extensions. And fell in love. And tried writing a few of my own. And wanted to do something for the guys who hang out at the uva board. And thus created uvacntr!

The idea's kinda' simple: display how many problems you've solved (I'll assume most programmers are egoistic enough to not be interested in how many someone else has solved :)) on the status bar at the right bottom corner of you Firefox browser window.
Here's a small snapshot of what it looks like. Only problem is I'll need some space to put the installer up. Till then, seems like I'll have to ask people to mail me with the subject like uvacntr at skarpio AT gmail DOT com for the xpi file.

Bug reports are welcome (I am still working on this). So are feature requests.

Known issues:
  • every time a new window is opened it'll ask for the user id.
  • works for quite a few firefox versions (haven't tested where it doesn't :)
  • not all bugs are known at the time of writing this post :D

Wishlist:

  • should have an options tab
  • apart from number of 'Solved' problems add ??