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Work Offline

Introduction

Work Offline is a Mozilla Firefox extension which adds an icon
to indicate and switch online/offline mode on the status bar.

[Compatibility]
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 - 1.0.8, 1.5 - 1.5.0.12, 2.0 - 2.0.0.16, 3.0 - 3.0.1
This extension only support official release builds.
This extension doesn't support unofficial/optimized/third party builds.
*** This extension doesn't work properly on Firefox 1.0.x of Mac OS X. ***
[Locale]
en-US, ja(ja-JP), ja-JP-mac(ja-JPM), tr(tr-TR), fr(fr-FR), it(it-IT),
cs(cs-CZ), de(de-DE), hu(hu-HU), sk(sk-SK), ru(ru-RU), pl(pl-PL), zh(zh-TW)

Download

Download from Mozilla Add-ons.

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How to use

This extension displays an icon below on the status bar.
It indicates online/offline status.

Online
Offline

To switch online/offline mode, click this icon
or select "File" - "Work Offline" from the menu bar.

Drag
Drop

You can change the icon order by drag & drop.

Icon 1 Icon 2 Icon 3
Titlebar

And this extension can also change the icon
and display the offline message on the titlebar like Internet Explorer.

Setting dialog

You can change settings on the setting dialog.

Troubleshooting

Do you use any other extensions except Work Offline?
Other extensions may cause the problem.
Try deleting other extensions except Work Offline.
If you know what extension the problem, please tell me the extension.

Do you have a same problem in new profile?
If you have some problem in your profile, the extension may not work properly.
Try creating a new profile and installing Work Offline.
To create a new profile, see Firefox Support page.

Do you use on official release builds?
Unofficial/optimized/third party builds may cause the problem.
Please use on official release builds.

Do you want to add a online/offline icon to the toolbar?
Please install one of these extensions.
Toolbar Buttons / FireFoxMenuButtons

Do you want to use a keyboard shortcut?
Press Alt+F and then W to switch online/offline mode.
If you use keyconfig,
use this code: BrowserOffline.toggleOfflineStatus();

History

1.4 (Released on 2008/6/18)
  • [Firefox 3] Modified em:maxVersion to 3.0.* in install.rdf.
  • Fixed PrefListener was not deleted when a window was closed
    (Special thanks to Lewis Lv!).
  • Supported zh-TW locale (Special thanks to n kc!).
  • Fixed hu locale.
1.3 (Released on 2006/10/24)
  • [Firefox 2.0] Modified em:maxVersion to 2.0.0.* in install.rdf.
  • Localizable description of the extension manager.
  • Be able to show the offline message on the titlebar like Internet Explorer.
    (Reference: Build ID in titlebar)
  • Be able to select icon to show on the status bar.
    (Reference: XUL Apps > Tips - outsider reflex,
    Dev : Using preferences - MozillaZine Knowledge Base)
  • Added icons of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 or later.
  • Brought the icon of the Add-ons manager (Extension manager) back.
  • Separated JavaScript codes from XUL files.
  • Supported pl(pl-PL) locale (Special thanks to Teo!).
  • Modified other locale data (Special thanks to all translators!).
1.2 (Released on 2006/5/17)
  • Fixed Unicode escape problem (Special thanks to Balogh Tibor!).
1.1 (Released on 2006/5/5)
  • Supported sk(sk-SK) locale (Special thanks to Wladow!).
  • Supported ru(ru-RU) locale (Special thanks to Modex!).
  • Escaped locale data to Unicode.
  • Now you can drag & drop the statusbar icon to the most right side.
    (Reference: autoHideStatusbar)
  • Changed statusbar icons to Thunderbird online/offline icons (Special thanks to Balogh Tibor!).
  • Changed default statusbar icon position to the most left side (Special thanks to Balogh Tibor!).
  • Modified the Hungarian translation, it's such a Thunderbird online/offline label
    (Special thanks to Balogh Tibor!).
1.0 (Released on 2005/11/3)
  • [Firefox 1.5] Modified em:maxVersion to 1.5.0.* in install.rdf.
0.9 (Released on 2005/10/10)
0.8 (Released on 2005/9/24)
  • Supported hu(hu-HU) locale (Special thanks to KAMI!).
0.7 (Released on 2005/9/10)
0.6 (Released on 2005/6/4)
0.5.4 (Released on 2005/4/19)
  • Supported cs-CZ, de-DE locales (Special thanks to Georgo10, Joerg Klemenz!).
0.5.3 (Released on 2005/2/27)
  • Supported it-IT locale (Special thanks to andr3a (extenzilla.it)!).
0.5.2 (Released on 2005/2/26)
  • Supported fr-FR locale (Special thanks to Mori!).
0.5.1 (Released on 2004/12/28)
  • Supported ja-JPM locale.
0.5 (Released on 2004/11/25)
  • Took over from Motohiko.
  • Replaced icons.
  • Changed the license to GPL.

License

This software is distributed under the terms of
the GPL (GNU General Public License) Version 2.

ToDo

Help Wanted

I need your help because of the lack of XUL development experience.
I also need bug report.
Please contact me by e-mail (the e-mail address is listed below)
or Spread Firefox private message.

Presented by INOUE Naoto.
E-mail: leafy [at] multi [dot] nadenade [dot] com