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Poll: Which version of Ookong addon are you using?

If you use Firefox and have installed Ookong addon, please take this poll. Thank you.

You can install Ookong addon at

• ookong.com: http://ookong.com/downloads/ookong.latest.xpi
• Firefox addons:  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9308

New ookong.com goes live!

Ookong team has made another milestone: the new http://ookong.com.

Front Page:

• Check out the new theme, fresh as always
• Get search suggestions as you type
• Save more through Daily Drops, Weekly Drops

Search Results:

• Check price history for the right time to buy
• Refine the results by category
• See how many people are interested in the item

Ookong 1.3 is released!

You can get it from http://ookong.com or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9308/

Updates:

• Brand-new interface
• Export/Import Following List
• Recommend items you may want
• Search in Following List
• Check Price Drops in statusbar menu
• Customize price drop alert in Options
• Remove Shop As You Go feature
• Many more

Screenshots

• Following List

• Price Drop Notification

See more at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9308/

Ookong V1.3 is about to release!

In Ookong V1.3, we have re-designed the interface and added several most requested features, including

• more friendly interfaces
• configuring price drop alert threshold
• built-in search
• recommendation
• many more

You will be able to update to Ookong V1.3 next week.

Please help us test the release candidate at http://ookong.com/downloads/ookong.latest.xpi

If you find any bug, please report it to bug@ookong.com and include your Firefox version, intended operation and related items.

We appreciate your support. Thank you.

Ookong Team

My Friend Stars – First Facebook App from Ookong Team

Check out the first Facebook App from Ookong team:

My Friend Stars

Draw the friend map of your circle, find the most popular stars. Have fun!

http://apps.facebook.com/friend-stars/

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=95520579802

Ookong has passed Mozilla review

Cheers! Ookong has become an official addon for Firefox. You can get it from Firefox Addon website at http://addons.mozilla.org/addon/9308

Here is the letter from Mozilla:

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Ookong.com (beta) is up

Ookong.com (beta) is available for test . We add the most requested feature: Ookong Search for all browsers!

Test it at http://ookong.com/dev

Please post your feedback below this post or at http://ookongwiki.pbworks.com/Feedback

Thank you.

Howto: Find your own deals on Amazon with Firefox

http://ookong.com

How-to: Notification feature

After you follow an item, Ookong will show you a chart of historical data. What’s more, Ookong will follow its price update and notify you right away when its price drops.

You will see a notification like the following one out of the bottom right of the screen.

You can click on the link and buy the item right away. Or click on any area of the window without links, Ookong will think “Oh, you have known the price drop. I won’t annoy you any more unless I find new drop”.

If you leave it alone, the window will disappear in several seconds. Ookong will remind you again in one hour, in case you are not in front of the screen or you don’t see the notification.

How-To: What if “Follow this item” is not shown?

If you try to use Ookong to follow a video game, a pair of shoes, a sweater, or for young mum, a pack of diapers, you may find you can not find “Follow this item” box at its usual place.

Why?

On these pages, Amazon provides user an interactive way to customize the item to improve your shopping experience, such as the game platform, clothes color and size, and item package size. This convenient feature interferes the normal function of Ookong.

OK, how to deal with it?

• Ookong 1.3.*

Use the built-in Ookong Search feature. Click on the Ookong icon at the bottom right in the status bar, click it to select “Following List”, search the keywords in the the search box. Then you can see the price curve and the “Follow it” button.

• Ookong 1.2.* or lower

Use Ookong’s “1 Click Search – Shop As You Go” feature.

The image at the bottom shows how: select the product name (less than 25 characters), click on More, then click on “Follow this item” on the right of your item in the Ookong Search result page.

If you are interested in “Shop As You Go” feature, please read another post  at http://blog.ookong.com/2008/11/how-to-use-shop-as-you-go-feature/