Today we introduced the Hatena Star Extension for Firefox that lets you add Stars to any website.

In the past you could add Stars only to blogs that had installed Hatena Star. From today, Firefox users can add Stars to any website just by installing an extension. To install the extension, click on the link below.

Install Hatena Star Extension for Firefox now

This extension is only for Firefox, but we hope to expand the use of “Hatena Star Everywhere” for other browsers as well in the near future.

Set up websites using SiteConfigWiki (for the technically inclined)

With the Hatena Star Everywhere function, you can add Stars to any site by editing the Hatena Star SiteConfigWiki. You will need some technical knowledge to edit SiteConfigWiki using the instructions at the top of the page.

SiteConfigWiki - Hatena Star

We hope you enjoy using this new function.

The following pages describe how you can customize Hatena Star images and icons.

Hatena Star Diary – Let's customize your blog some more

You will learn how to change the icons for the Star (), Add Star button (), and Comment button (), as well as how to change the appearance of the figure that lets you know the number of Stars you have received. All the instructions are included in one page for your convenience. We hope you will try it soon.

From today, every time an ID is written in a Hatena Star comment, an ID call will be sent to that person.

Every time a Username is written in the “id:hatenastar” format in a Hatena Star comment, an ID call will be sent that person if he/she is able to access that comment.

We hope you enjoy using this new feature.

Today we introduced the Hatena Star Favorites API (application programming interface) that lets you gather information from your Favorites. As you know, Favorites are other Users who you have added Stars to within the past one month.

By going to the following page, you can access a list of all your Favorites in JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format.

http://s.hatena.com/username/favorites.json

This feature is also compatible with JSONP. You can specify the function by defining the callback parameter in the following way.

Example: http://www.hatena.com/username/favorites.json?callback=callback

We hope to expand this feature in the future by providing similar APIs for other Hatena services. You will be able to compile a list of all of your Hatena Favorites at the following page.

http://www.hatena.com/username/favorites.json

By introducing this new feature, we aim for better connection between Hatena Users.

We hope you enjoy using this new feature.

With this new update, you can now set the font style of the figure that lets you know the number of Stars you have received.

For example, the setting below will make the figure larger.

.hatena-star-inner-count {
  color: #f4b128;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 200%;
  padding: 0 8px;
}

When you set your font style on the .hatena-star-inner-count selector, your selection will become your default style and will be applied to all of your entries.

Since the release of the image selection function on Hatena Star, many of you have enjoyed customizing your images, and there have been requests to add the same flexibility to the contraction number as well. With this new update, you can now modify the appearance of your Hatena Star.

We hope you enjoy using this new feature.

From today, you will receive a daily Star Report in your Hatena Message

The Star Report compiles the number of Stars you received on each entry on that day, and lets you know the number of Stars that were added by each User in an easy-to-read chart.

If you have set up your account to forward your messages to your e-mail, you can view the report at your registered e-mail as well.

In the past, it was difficult to track the Stars that you received for your entries, and Users often missed recently added Stars on their older entries. Now you can see all the Stars you have received at a glance in your daily Star Report.

We hope you find this new feature useful.