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my first firefox extension! a NATO phonetics converter

My paid job is doing tech-support work and I often have to convey information to users over the phone.  To make sure we’re on the same page with spellings, I use the NATO phonetic alphabet.  But, I can never remember certain letters.  One solution would be to just remember the NATO alphabet.  Or, I could just write a Firefox extension that lets you select text, click on “Show NATO Phonetics” in the context menu, and get a popup of the phonetics for the selected text.

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2 Responses to “my first firefox extension! a NATO phonetics converter”

  1. Patrick Says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

    NICE!
    This should be part of every helpdesk’s configuration.

  2. Chris Says:
    February 8th, 2007 at 4:32 pm

    Can you bump the versions so that it supports Firefox 2.0.0.1 (which is what I’m running) so I can try it out without too much work?

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