TMobile (USA) Minutes Used version 1.1 for Firefox 2.x
The new version now supports Firefox 2.0. There is also a few bug fixes for displaying last statement date and displaying the last date the data is colelcted by the extension.
You can download it here.
posted by Winston Huang @ 10/13/2006 04:13:00 PM
22 Comments:
Can't seem to DL it.
fixed. you should be able to download now.
Nope, download still busted.
Great extension.
Can you add text message/data info and a way to collapse the extension when the minutes fail to update so it does take up space?
Thanks.
For the last week, mine keeps getting stuck on "checking usage" and never actually updates it. It's weird, b/c it's working fine on my home computer with my wife's T-Mo account.
Like others, I love this extension. However, I think there are some compatibility issues between v1.1 and the new MyFaves plan on Tmo. Will there be an update for this soon? Or is there something I'm missing to get it to work properly?
(FYI, I have a MyFaves account and it tells me "failed to parse the minutes used.")
It seems like it is an windows only
extension. Doesn't work on a mac re: 2.0 FF.
I am also having problems with the extension. I have tried to install in on a Mac OS and Windows OS and each hangs on checking usage... and states that it failed to parse the minutes used. Unlike some of the others before, I do not have the MyFaves plan so that does not seem the issue.
sorry. I am also using Fifefox 2.0
I'd love to have the option to not show my maximum minutes, and just show minutes used, just to save room on the already-loooong toolbar.
It would be cool if it only showed the T icon when the minutes fail to load - to save space. You would still be able to see what is going on with the tooltip.
This is a great tool. I have 2 prepaid accounts in my family; it would be great if there were a way to run two instances of it to track both accounts.
Howdi... is there any way to get the t-mobile minutes used extension to work on netscape 8.1?
I also get the failed to parse message :(
It's me again. Just wanted to say that the extension no longer gives me the "failed to parse minutes" error. Apparently it can't get (or process, not sure which) the "minutes used" info until you've had at least one billing cycle posted on the MyTmo website. (I'm a new customer but have been out of the remorse period for a month now, so figured it would work. Obviously, I was wrong. LOL!)
1) How is "Projection for this month" calculated? Currently I have used 30 minutes, and my "projected" monthly usage is 26 minutes.
Although I haven't really looked at is closely, this is what is intuitive as the formula that you should use:
(Plan minutes used) / (Minutes elapsed since start of billing period) * 43200
The 43200 is approximately how many minutes are in a one-month billing period (30 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes). Basically, this formula looks at your actual usage as a percent of the total time that has elapsed and then multiplies it by a month to get an estimate.
For example, in my case I have used 30 minutes so far in the 1 day 22 hours since my billing period started:
(30 plan minutes used) / (2760 minutes since billing period started) * (43200 minutes in billing period) = 470 plan minutes projected usage for this month.
Maybe this is not the best formula, but it is much better than whatever you are using now...
2) Also, in order to both speed up the extension and spare T-Mobile's website, can you please cache the downloaded information ACROSS SESSIONS? For example, if I quit Firefox and then open it again five minutes later, don't connect to T-Mobile but rather use the same information from last time you checked. For this, the plugin would need to store what it downloaded and check to make sure the stored/cached information on the computer is not older than the timeout, but I think this would be worth it. I, for one, open and close Firefox dozens of times a day so the timeout feature is basically useless (for the purpose of "saving" T-Mobile's website from excess hits).
Nick,
the formular you proposed is the one currently used by the extension. are you using the latest version because i fixed a bug with previous versions. also your last billing day may be a little bit out of sync when you are on the border two billing cycle. the web site may still display your previous billing day as the last one, resulting the wrong projected total. is "last statement date" shown by the extension correct in your case?
as to save the state across session, i think it's a good idea. just need to get some time to work on that in the next version.
Awesome Ext. Would be great to also show Messages used. Is there plans for that in the future Winston?
Not working for me. It gets stuck "checking usage". Running Firefox 2.0 under Windows XP.
The answer is found here: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions_(Firefox)
Is this extension still available?
you need to check the latest version at http://optimize-it.blogspot.com
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