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What do you like about the seesmic sidebar?

April 23rd, 2008 · 10 Comments · desktop application, firefox, open source, prism, seesmic, seesmic sidebar, sidebar

This is both a question to the community and a test of seesmic’s new WordPress video conversation plugin, so please do reply using video if you can!
Currently there’s 73 sidebar users, so I thought it would be good to ask…
To get the ball rolling, I like the sidebar because I can leave it open while [...]

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seesmic sidebar as a desktop application using Mozilla Prism

April 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · desktop application, firefox, prism, seesmic sidebar

Did you know you can have the sidebar as a desktop application?
Mozilla Labs Prism enables you to create desktop applications from webpages and works particularly well with the seesmic sidebar as it is a webpage displayed in your sidebar.
If you have Firefox 3 then you can install Prism as an extension otherwise you can download [...]

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Firefox 3 users: How to get the seesmic sidebar working

April 8th, 2008 · · firefox, seesmic sidebar

Firefox 3 is now up to beta 5 and nearly ready for release!
Until version 0.2 of the sidebar code comes out, here’s how to get the sidebar working (and many other extensions) working in the beta version:

Type about:config into Firefox’s address bar and click the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button.
Right-click anywhere. Choose New>Boolean. Make [...]

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Effects of the new seesmic API

April 8th, 2008 · · seesmic sidebar

On Sunday the seesmic API server went down and a new server was brought online earlier than expected along with an updated version of the seesmic API.
In-house infrastructure developer Bear helped me get the sidebar functionality working as much as possible with the new API but we still haven’t figured out getting the Inbox timeline [...]

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Thanks to web designer Tracy Apps!

April 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · seesmic sidebar, website design

Thanks to seesmic resident and graphic designer Tracy Apps we have a new header image.
Tracy literally pulled out the stops as she is currently migrating ISPs and delayed her ‘unplugging’ in order to help out!
I’m also grateful we don’t have to look at my ugly mug with my eyes closed and now have [...]

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Welcome to the seesmic sidebar website!

April 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments · seesmic sidebar

At last, a whole site dedicated to everyone’s favorite sidebar for firefox, flock, and now seamonkey!
The sidebar allows you to watch conversations from seesmic whilst you continue to browse other sites. It’s also got some extra features like the ability to add website links to your posts, hide qik videos, and soon it will be [...]

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