One of the best Bible
search tools for Firefox is Bibletoolbar,
which access the Biblegateway
site. Previous to version 2.0, Bibletoolbar also accessed the Crosswalk site.
Changes in how the sites functioned led to the dropping of Crosswalk.
While Bibletoolbar
1.5.x
can still be used for access to both sites, it lacks access to the
improvements at Biblegateway.
Since Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 and 1.5.x cannot coexist, with the consent of the Bibletoolbar authors, I hacked 1.5.x to create a version which can coexist with Bibletoolbar 2.0.1. This hack I call Crosswalk Toolbar Plus. My most recent customizations of the toolbar were to add the Interlinear NASV to the list of translations (the BST Greek and Hebrew fonts are required) and to add British/Anglicized versions of the NRSV, CEV, and TEV from oremus Bible Browser and BIBLIJA.net. Release 1.0.0.1 was a cosmetic upgrade, from 1.0, to the Options dialogue. Release 1.0.1 changes the View>Toolbar menu option to W from C, which removes the conflict with View>Toolbar>Customize. Release 1.0.2 upped the install version to 3.1.
I have also added the same customizations to the Mozilla version of Bibletoolbar 1.5.4, which I call MozillaBibletoolbarPlus. This I have tested on Seamonkey.
Biblegateway has translations which I use and are not included in 2.0.1. My branch, which I initially called Bibletoolbar 2.0.2 Plus includes the TNIV, Hebrew, and additional German translations. With 2.0.2 plus I have changed the installation routine to no longer seek updates because bibletoolbar.net is now rejected by Minefield as an insecure update site.
The Bibletoolbar authors, Jamison Stepan and Karl Herrick, have updated Bibletoolbar for Firefox 3.0 compatibility and changed the install ID, but, so far, have added no new features. My hope is that the authors will find the time to improve on their work. In the meantime because of the new install ID, I have rewritten my branch 2.0.2, so that it can coexist with Bibletoolbar 3.0.3. Since it is a branch of 2.0.1, I call it GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus and have numbered it 2.1.0.
Because people work in different screen resolutions and I personally prefer a wider passage entry, I have created installation XPIs with wider passages.
Note these toolbars are my working toolbars. Since I test them under Minefield (Firefox 3.x.x), the installations will install up to 3.0.1.
Right click to download the files and use File Open or Addons install extension to install them (drag and drop also should work).
Bibletoolbar2.0.2-Plus wide wider
GA Bibletoolbar2.0.1-Plus 2.1.0 wide wider
CrosswalkToolbarPlus 1.0.2 wide
MozillaBibletoolbarPlus 1.6.1 wide
In the case of the Firefox toolbars, I have found it best to install Bibletoolbar first and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus second. While I install my versions as updates without problem, it may be best to remove previous versions.
GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus have been tested with Firefox 2.0.0.x and Firefox 3 under Windows, OS/2, Linux, and MacOsX. Bibletoolbar2.0.2-Plus appers to work better with Firefox 2.0.0.x.
The only glitch I have found with my branches, is that under Firefox 3, installing both Bibletoolbar and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus causes the Bibletoolbar hotkey to stop working. This is why I have changed the Crosswalk Toolbar Plus to use left hand keystrokes for opening the toolbar. In GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus I changed the hotley to F9, which appears to have resolved some of the issues--both the F7 and F9 hotkeys will open which ever is installed first Bibletoolbar 3.0.1 or GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus.
Before my recent customizations, I accessed the British versions of the Contemporary English Version and Today's English Version, using searchplugins for BIBLIJA.net. The zip also contains searchplugins for accessing the American English version of the translations on the site. As well in the zip is a searchplugin to access The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition) on the oremus Bible Browser site.
A searchplugin for Today's New International Version is in its own zip. Additional searchplugins for the New International Version are in the same zip. All access sites of the International Bible Society.
Other plugins which I have generated or created are for the United Church General Council and Maritime Conference sites and for www.wordstar2.com.
CrosswalkToolbarPlus
Since Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 and 1.5.x cannot coexist, with the consent of the Bibletoolbar authors, I hacked 1.5.x to create a version which can coexist with Bibletoolbar 2.0.1. This hack I call Crosswalk Toolbar Plus. My most recent customizations of the toolbar were to add the Interlinear NASV to the list of translations (the BST Greek and Hebrew fonts are required) and to add British/Anglicized versions of the NRSV, CEV, and TEV from oremus Bible Browser and BIBLIJA.net. Release 1.0.0.1 was a cosmetic upgrade, from 1.0, to the Options dialogue. Release 1.0.1 changes the View>Toolbar menu option to W from C, which removes the conflict with View>Toolbar>Customize. Release 1.0.2 upped the install version to 3.1.
MozillaBibletoolbar
I have also added the same customizations to the Mozilla version of Bibletoolbar 1.5.4, which I call MozillaBibletoolbarPlus. This I have tested on Seamonkey.
Bibletoolbar-Plus
Biblegateway has translations which I use and are not included in 2.0.1. My branch, which I initially called Bibletoolbar 2.0.2 Plus includes the TNIV, Hebrew, and additional German translations. With 2.0.2 plus I have changed the installation routine to no longer seek updates because bibletoolbar.net is now rejected by Minefield as an insecure update site.
GA Bibletoolbar2.0.1Plus
The Bibletoolbar authors, Jamison Stepan and Karl Herrick, have updated Bibletoolbar for Firefox 3.0 compatibility and changed the install ID, but, so far, have added no new features. My hope is that the authors will find the time to improve on their work. In the meantime because of the new install ID, I have rewritten my branch 2.0.2, so that it can coexist with Bibletoolbar 3.0.3. Since it is a branch of 2.0.1, I call it GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus and have numbered it 2.1.0.
Because people work in different screen resolutions and I personally prefer a wider passage entry, I have created installation XPIs with wider passages.
Note these toolbars are my working toolbars. Since I test them under Minefield (Firefox 3.x.x), the installations will install up to 3.0.1.
Right click to download the files and use File Open or Addons install extension to install them (drag and drop also should work).
Bibletoolbar2.0.2-Plus wide wider
GA Bibletoolbar2.0.1-Plus 2.1.0 wide wider
CrosswalkToolbarPlus 1.0.2 wide
MozillaBibletoolbarPlus 1.6.1 wide
In the case of the Firefox toolbars, I have found it best to install Bibletoolbar first and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus second. While I install my versions as updates without problem, it may be best to remove previous versions.
GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus have been tested with Firefox 2.0.0.x and Firefox 3 under Windows, OS/2, Linux, and MacOsX. Bibletoolbar2.0.2-Plus appers to work better with Firefox 2.0.0.x.
The only glitch I have found with my branches, is that under Firefox 3, installing both Bibletoolbar and Crosswalk Toolbar Plus causes the Bibletoolbar hotkey to stop working. This is why I have changed the Crosswalk Toolbar Plus to use left hand keystrokes for opening the toolbar. In GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus I changed the hotley to F9, which appears to have resolved some of the issues--both the F7 and F9 hotkeys will open which ever is installed first Bibletoolbar 3.0.1 or GA Bibletoolbar 2.0.1 Plus.
Before my recent customizations, I accessed the British versions of the Contemporary English Version and Today's English Version, using searchplugins for BIBLIJA.net. The zip also contains searchplugins for accessing the American English version of the translations on the site. As well in the zip is a searchplugin to access The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition) on the oremus Bible Browser site.
A searchplugin for Today's New International Version is in its own zip. Additional searchplugins for the New International Version are in the same zip. All access sites of the International Bible Society.
Other plugins which I have generated or created are for the United Church General Council and Maritime Conference sites and for www.wordstar2.com.