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Write a Firefox Extension to Rotate Images in Mapping Apps

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 19, 2008

[ Thanks to jmalasko for this link.
]

“The rotation of images and extension processing
requires little CPU power. Anything manufactured after 2000 should
provide plenty of muscle for running the code presented here.

“In addition to Firefox, you’ll need the Imager Perl module, as
well as Perl itself (see Resources). Although tested exclusively on
Firefox V3 and Ubuntu V7.10, the code should work on older versions
of Firefox and any operating system that supports Perl.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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