Show Location 0.4.8
FIREFOX ADDON SHOW LOCATION
Mac OS X is not supported. It can only use online query for ChunZhen. Linux is well supported, Show Location is tested and working on Ubuntu and Fedora.
For English users, you need GeoLiteCity IP database, which can be downloaded from:
http://www.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz
After download, extract "GeoLiteCity.dat.gz" by using winrar or gunzip, then in Show Location Options, check GeoLiteCity and set the database path to the file "GeoLiteCity.dat". GeoliteCity is updated officially in the beginning of every month.
For Chinese users, you are encouraged to use local ChunZhen IP database, which can be downloaded from:
http://update.cz88.net/soft/qqwry.rar (Simplified Chinese)
or
http://update.cz88.net/soft/qqwrybig5.rar (Traditional Chinese)
After download, extract "qqwry.rar" by using winrar, then in Show Location Options, check Chunzhen and select GB2312 or Big5, and set the database path to the file "QQWry.Dat". ChunZhen IP database is updated officially every 5 days.
(In linux, your system must support zh_CN.GB2312 or zh_TW.BIG5, use "locale -a" to check that. If not supported, type"sudo gedit /var/lib/locales/supported.d/zh" in the shell and add "zh_CN.GB2312 GB2312" or "zh_TW.Big5 Big5" to the file then save and exit, and run "sudo locale-gen", now your system supports GB2312 or Big5)
If it shows XPCOM error in Ubuntu linux, please download the official edition of FF3 for linux from Mozilla website and create a new FF profile and try again
Tips (v0.4.8):
1. Middle click to open options
2. Double click text area to open Google Maps Tool
3. Double click flag to open IP Query Tool
4. Press "ESC" to close Google Maps Tool or IP Query Tool
5. Database path can be set as relative path (to firefox.exe)
6. Without GeoLiteCity, only "Server IP" and "ChunZhen" are available
7. If you want to hide right click showmap, just input "about:config" in address bar and set "show_location.hide_rightclick_showmap" to "true".
8. If you want to show tooltip in multiple lines, please add the following to "profile/chrome/userChrome.css":
#show_location_tooltip{-moz-box-orient:vertical !important; -moz-box-align:start !important;}
#show_location_tooltip_icon{margin: 0px 6px; !important;}
Bugs identified (v0.4.8):
1. There may be a little bug when showing flag in tooltip in FF3, especially when you set the tooltip in multiple lines, I am trying to fix it for the next version.
What is new in 0.4.8 software version? - [*] Updated IP Query Tool
[+] Added Google Maps Tool
[+] Added both tool icons to toolbar
[+] Added showing server time
[+] Added showing server IP
[*] Chunzhen settings are improved
[+] More flexible position settings now
[+] Right click to search selected text in Google Maps Tool
[*] Fixed the bug causing FF3 crash accidently
[+] Supports FF3 in linux now
. What is expected in the future? Newly-made Show Location 0.5 be downloaded from current page, we also looking forward to unconfirmed 0.6 release build. You may download addon-5549-latest.xpi directly, estimated download time by ISDN or CDMA [~128 kbit/s] is 0:00:17. Just write the reviews of the Show Location. System requirements are Firefox:1.5–3.0.*. Program has been scanned and verified by the several antivirus and anti-spyware applications and Show Location found to be clean. The following languages are supported by Show Location: English.
