April 29, 2010

ScribeFire for Chrome 1.0 Beta 1 Available for Testing

Filed under: Announcements, Google Chrome, Releases, ScribeFire -- Christopher Finke @ 03:38pm

The first beta version of ScribeFire for Chrome is now available for testing. If you are running Google Chrome, you can install it by clicking on the scribefire-0.1.2.0.crx link here. (If you already installed the second alpha, it will auto-update to this release. If you installed the first alpha, you will still have to install this version manually.)

Changes in this update include:

  • Insert Image button in the editor
  • Cleaned up code that is generated by inserting images or linsk
  • Allowing manual blog configurations if ScribeFire can’t auto-configure your blog.
  • Quote button
  • Xanga support
  • Support for scheduling posts
Because this is a beta, I will be focusing on bug fixes only until the release of ScribeFire 1.0 for Google Chrome. New features will be addressed after that release, but you can still suggest them at any time.

If you have any problems with this version, report a bug by filling out this form at the ScribeFire for Google Chrome project website. To request a feature for a future version, fill out this feature request form.

5 Responses to “ScribeFire for Chrome 1.0 Beta 1 Available for Testing”

  1. 1
    exe sys
    May 7th, 2010 at 7:13 am

    great! chrome is really small and powful, open websites quickly . now have such great plugin, I love it!

  2. 2
    Justin
    May 8th, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    First off, good job in releasing this plugin for Chrome. If it pans out well, I will probably switch from Firefox to Chrome. But Scribefire has stopped me from doing this because I depend on Scribefire for blogging, and there isn’t anything out there that is better than Scribefire, and I commend you for that.

    I know it’s in beta, but I can’t configure different settings with the plugin, and I wish that Scribefire will have a similar expansive interface just like the one in Firefox does. I always used the half-page interface in scribefire. I love how it makes blogging a lot easier on subjects. The bar which allows Scribefire to increase, or decrease in size is also awesome.

    Theme and interface support — In linux, especially Firefox, when I expand scribefire another 2/3s of a size to incorporate a lengthy interface to read, the interface right sidebar, and top of editor will go white leaving translucency, or no buttons available. I then have to close, and reopen in hopes my post is still there and it is — most of the time. Hopefully this similar support is in the Chrome version of Scribefire.

    Icon — Bottom right icon has always been deemed useful in Firefox. It doesn’t clog up the top bar full of icons that I use whether daily or not, it is in the way up top. Not entirely sure if I can configure Chrome to have a bottom bar or not.

    One final thing — Please, when you configure the editor, make it very similar to the one Scribefire for Firefox has. It’s great, and possibly one of the best in contrast with any other editor in Linux along with the sidebar. I’ve yet to configure Scribefire in Chrome, but I do not like how it is a full-page editor.

    Thanks.
    If you need anyone for the QA team for both Scribefire in Firefox, and Chrome for Linux. I am for hire.

    Have a good one.

  3. 3
    Dave Field
    May 16th, 2010 at 10:14 am

    Keep up the good work, this is working fine with squarespace on Google Chrome for the Mac.. Great job, thansk much appreciated..

  4. 4
    labatterie
    June 28th, 2010 at 9:48 am

    It doesn’t clog up the top bar full of icons that I use whether daily or not, it is in the way up top.

  5. 5
    sam
    July 2nd, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    Would really like the right click to blog this page feature SF has on firefox.