FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader v0.5.4 Released!

Diana and I (pictured here) have finished putting tohether v0.5.4. We’ve completely revamped the code, and simultaneously beefed up our JavaScript skills. This update should be completely compatible with Mozilla’s standards. I’ll post another update once I find out if our extension was moved from the sandbox to Mozilla’s public downloading domain. I’d also like to give a special shout out to shadoefax, ake79, and brody from Mozilla Forums for all of their assistance, especially ake79.

The release info for 0.5.4 is below. FacePAD is now available for download from lazyrussian.com & mozilla.com.

General Information
FacePAD, better known as the Facebook Photo Album Downloader will allow you to download your friends’ facebook albums, en masse, with the click of a button. This extension was originally developed by Nic Holliday. I took the liberty of updating this extension for Firefox 3 since he didn’t. In the process, I’ve revamped his code and made it compliant with Mozilla’s standards & Facebook’s new interface. As of v0.5.4, this project is now shared between myself and Diana Jaunzeikare.

Functionality
To download photos from the an album, right-click (with your mouse) on the name/link of a facebook album and click the Download Album with FacePAD option. If you did this properly, a JavaScript pop-up will appear telling you to wait a moment while it initiates the download process. Press OK and the photos will be downloaded to Firefox’s default download directory. If their are more than one page of photos, then more than one JavaScript pop-up will appear (one for each page, where 1 page = 20 photos). Example of alerts below image.

Example: 55 Photos
Alert 1: Downloading 20 Photos from page 1
Alert 2: Downloading 20 Photos from page 2
Alert 3: Downloading 15 Photos from page 3

Download
Download from Lazyrussian – Version 0.5.4
Download from Mozilla – Version 0.5.4 (This add-on is still in the “Sand-Box” and is awaiting approval from Mozilla)

Release Notes
Version 0.5.4 (December 29, 2008)
1. Revamped Code (from head to toe).

–Taken from the Official FacePAD Project Page

FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader v0.5.3 Released!

Aloha!

About 10 hours after I released version 0.5.2, I made a few internal (code) changes and released 0.5.3. These changes were the first of two (hopefully) that will bring my extension out of Mozilla’s sandbox, and into the public arena. Part two (v0.5.4) is almost done. I’m in need of a bit of help on the code since my JavaScript knowledge is lacking (hey, I’m a physicist, not a programmer =p). A few people at the Mozilla Forums are currently helping me out, so hopefully I’ll have v0.5.4 released before new years!

Here’s the release info for 0.5.3, which is available to download from lazyrussian.com & mozilla.com.

General Information
FacePAD, better known as the Facebook Photo Album Downloader will allow you to download your friends’ facebook albums, en masse, with the click of a button. This extension was originally developed by Nic Holliday. I took the liberty of updating this extension for Firefox 3 since he didn’t. In the process, I’ve revamped his code and made it compliant with Mozilla’s standards & Facebook’s new interface.

Functionality
To download photos from the an album, right-click (with your mouse) on the name/link of a facebook album and click the Download Album with FacePAD option. If you did this properly, a JavaScript pop-up will appear telling you to wait a moment while it initiates the download process. Press OK and the photos will be downloaded to Firefox’s default download directory. If there are more than one page of photos, then more than one JavaScript pop-up will appear (one for each page, where 1 page = 20 photos). Example of alerts below image.

Example: 55 Photos
Alert 1: Downloading 20 Photos from page 1
Alert 2: Downloading 20 Photos from page 2
Alert 3: Downloading 15 Photos from page 3

Download
Download from Lazyrussian – Version 0.5.3
Download from Mozilla – Version 0.5.3 (This add-on is still in the “Sand-Box” and is awaiting approval from Mozilla)

Upcoming Features
The only feature I’m currently working on is allowing the user to specify a custom download directory upon downloading a photo album. I’ve got about 50% of this feature coded already, but I’ve been running into issues in a couple places. Check back periodically for updates.

Release Notes
Version 0.5.3 (December 26, 2008)
1. Removed all global/loose variables within the code.
2. Download dialogue now states which page it is downloading photos from.

FacePAD: Facebook Photo Album Downloader v0.5.2 Released!

Hello everyone!

My (programmer) girlfriend and I spent the last three hours debugging FacePAD v0.5.1 and have finally ironed out all of the kinks. The new version, v0.5.2, is compatible with the New Facebook and will download all photo albums in their entirety! Version 0.5.2 was submitted to Mozilla, but has yet to be appear in the sandbox. If you can’t wait, download it from Lazyrussian.com (link below).

Functionality
To download photos from the an album, right-click (with your mouse) on the name/link of a facebook album and click the Download Album with FacePAD option. If you did this properly, a JavaScript pop-up will appear telling you to wait a moment while it initiates the download process. Press OK and the photos will be downloaded to Firefox’s default download directory. If there are more than one page of photos, then more than one JavaScript pop-up will appear (one for each page, where 1 page = 20 photos).

Example: 55 Photos
Alert 1: Downloading 20 Photos
Alert 2: Downloading 20 Photos
Alert 3: Downloading 15 Photos

Download
Download from Lazyrussian – Version 0.5.2
Download from Mozilla – Version 0.5.2 (This add-on is still in the “Sand-Box” and is awaiting approval from Mozilla)

Release Notes
Version 0.5.2 (December 25, 2008)
1. Extension is now fully compatible with “New Facebook”.
2. All photo albums should download in their entirety.

-Taken from the FacePAD Project Page

The (MacHeist) Giving Tree!

Anyone who went to the Giving Tree today, and took a look at the presents under the tree, saw that MacHeist finally unveiled the apps they were giving out this year. The following mac apps were included:

1Password – Stores all of your identities/passwords in one app.
Headline – Small/Sleek RSS reader (but nothing beats Google Reader).
SantaSnaps 2 – PhotoBooth style picutre-app for the holidays!
Synergy – Extend iTunes functionality
iConquer (Game) – Risk (the Game), for Mac. Play online, with friends, or against the computer.
Engimo 2 (Game) – Ported to the Mac from the iPhone (looks like a puzzler).
Lugaru (Game) – Play as a ninja rabbit in a 3D adventure game!

Personally, I’m stoked about Lugaru and 1password!

All of these apps come with free licenses and are free to use forever! (updates are not included). If you have a mac, go to the Giving Tree now! The apps are hidden in the presents below the tree.

Happy Holidays!

New layout packaged with a PHP str_rot13() encryption

I figured after 18 months it would be nice to get a new layout. I settled on AquaNova by NattyWP. After a few minor adjustments of the content, CSS, and orientation, I have a pretty nice new layout. One thing that I disliked about using this layout was that the footer came preloaded with a STR_ROT13() encryption, sort of like a caesar cipher/shift cipher. For those of you who don’t know, shift ciphers shift each character in your input by a given amount, obscuring the code. PHP’s str_rot13() function does the following:

The ROT13 encoding simply shifts every letter by 13 places in the alphabet while leaving non-alpha characters untouched. Encoding and decoding are done by the same function, passing an encoded string as argument will return the original version.

NattyWP preloaded their footer.php file with one of these ciphers so that users couldn’t remove all of the “Created by NattyWP” links plus all of the other mumbo-jumbo they add to the list. Well, after a quick google search, I was able to decipher the cipher using Josh’s Random Non-Sense Blog (Big Thanks!).

Also, on a similar, bu t different note, I’ve decided to include Google Friend Connect on this site. I’ll do some more reading about it soon, and make a post about it in the near future.

Happy Holidays!