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These extensions also give the message: "Disabled, not compatible with Firefox 1.5"

• Add Bookmark Here 0.5.3
• AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.5.2
• Bookmark All 1.1.1
• Cookie Toggle 0.8.1
• CookieCuller 1.2.0
• FLST 0.8.3
• Gcache 0.2.1
• Greasemonkey 0.5.3
• MiniT+ 20050216.6
• Objection 0.2
• Permit Cookies 0.6
• Print It! 0.3.6
• Scribe 0.21
• SecurePassword Generator 0.5.2
• StumbleUpon 2.02
• Super DragAndGo 0.2.4
• SwitchProxy Tool 1.3.2
• xMirror 0.2

Wish I would have waited a couple of weeks before I upgraded.

This can happen for two reasons.

(1) the server uses content-disposition: attachment. In this case, the server is arguably telling the browser "do not open this file automatically". I'm not sure why Firefox cares that the server says that, though. See bug 236541.

(2) the server uses content-type: application/octet-stream. In this case, I think it's a browser bug. I'm not sure this still happens.

You might be able to tell which it is using web-sniffer.net or LiveHTTPHeaders.

You may want to check out Fasterfox. It blocks some pop-ups Firefox doesn't by default.

That is not a 'popup', it is a flash ad.

Install Flashblock. Use it for a week and you will not know how you lived without it.

IE View is a Firefox extension for Windows that opens the current page in IE. It usually solves the "last site" problem, when all arguments contrary to Firefox have been shortened to "But I must use site xyz and Firefox breaks it" (still a fairly common situation specially with Internet banking applications).

Once in a while, on a website with a flash banner ad, I'll firefox taking up 35% of my cpu.

One word: Flashblock

Here endeth the lesson.

I'm not sure to what extent Firefox is to blame for how Flash runs; I wouldn't be surprised if, being proprietary software, the plugin didn't get much priority, or if fixing integration issues was difficult. I don't know if IE handles Flash any better, but given that IE is still very much the dominant browser, it wouldn't surprise me if Macromedia heavily customized Flash for it. I guess the main reason there's no popular open source Flash engine is that people place similar hopes in SVG. What I've seen of SVG in Firefox 1.5 looks promising for sure.

I believe there are a few extensions which seriously affect stability, performance and memory usage. If you use a lot of extensions, check the comments on the addons site. Chances are one of them has a memory leak. Should extensions be able to affect the browser in that way? No, but I'm not sure it can be done differently.

The fundamental problem with the extension approach (as opposed to a monolithic browser) is that when you have lots of modules with different maintainers, module quality can be quite low, which can affect the combined whole. It might be a good idea for Mozilla to "officially" provide a home for some extensions (including a quality review process), similar to the way the KDE project integrates mature applications.

I do believe that Firefox, due to its surrounding hype, is faced with a lot of pressure to innovate from version to version, and that this pressure can take energy and resources away from integration and consolidation. If it becomes too much of a problem, we'll see a very, very small fork of Firefox being hyped up, and Firefox becomes the new Mozilla.

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This is an extension I found a few days ago, and though YMMV in the few days I've been using it it works pretty damned well (in the latest 1.5 RC to boot!) Enjoy!

One word, but okay.

Teh 1337 boxen was hax0r3d und
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Sounds interesting.
 
Who are "we"?
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... there were a few news stories about the Slashdot effect losing its power...

• ion | ratpoision; Pane-based (v. window-based) window managers. Little to no wasted screen real estate. Significantly reduced mouse usage.
• emacs: Wickedly powerful text editor/operating environment.
  • WhizzyTeX: Updates DVI in another window as you edit TeX/LaTeX.
  • AUCTeX: Very powerful emacs extensions for TeX/LaTeX.
• fetchmail + procmail + mutt + spamassassin + msmtp: No-nonsense mail reading and sending.
• bash completions: Quasi-telepathic tab completion.
• Firefox
  • Adblock: Saves an astonishing amount of screen real estate.
• screen: Among many other abilities, screen+ssh can provide VNC-like capabilities for your terminal sessions.

You don't need the $400 backup system until you've got the $400 worth of music, and by then you've already spent your money :)
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No, we Americans have zero billionaires.

When you break the sound barrier, you don't hear anything except the vibrations of your container (usually engine noise). You leave all of the other sound behind.
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The house-burning-down situation is how one of my friends lost a 3,000 CD collection.

Of course, his computer was destroyed, too.
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Slashdot needs a "+1, Haiku" mod.
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Too bad I don't have mod points today.
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...and he is crazy good. When people say "he's not human", they're not kidding.
 
Most people that went against him couldn't stay alive for more than five seconds.
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WD released this drive at least 3 months ago, and other drives with 16mb caches have been out even longer.

This is just another useless anonymously submitted article by Sal Cangeloso that may in fact be a slashvertisement. Notice the price listing on the first page, unless of course you have your ads blocked.

Anyone knows a solution to this (besides turning off Flash and Javascript)?

1. Install FlashBlock -- no need to fully disable Flash.
2. Open up your about:config and add a new value as per this page -- prevents plugin popups.

I think I've seen only one popup-ad in the last 3 months.

FlashBlock is the solution! In their own words, Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content.

Are there adverts on the internet then? WTF...

True enough though, for a while I couldn't be bothered to filter Google's ads. Nowadays I find RIP and CustomizeGoogle keep the interface nice and clean.

Useful links for those that like to make their own mind up:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
http://www.customizegoogle.com/
http://rip.mozdev.org/index.html
http://adblock.mozdev.org/
http://www.pierceive.com/

And for those that might bleat "without advertising, many sites would fail" I say Good. Let those sites fail. Give me micropayments and an honest relationship.

Are there adverts on the internet then? WTF...

True enough though, for a while I couldn't be bothered to filter Google's ads. Nowadays I find RIP and CustomizeGoogle keep the interface nice and clean.

Useful links for those that like to make their own mind up:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
http://www.customizegoogle.com/
http://rip.mozdev.org/index.html
http://adblock.mozdev.org/
http://www.pierceive.com/

And for those that might bleat "without advertising, many sites would fail" I say Good. Let those sites fail. Give me micropayments and an honest relationship.

VoIP not only needs to catch up but also be open like email, and unlike the divided IM space.
Unfortunately Skype is not the application which connects to an open network.

Only applications like Gizmo http://www.gizmoproject.com/ and many other ones (which I don't use) connect to the International Standard-compliant Protocol known as SIP.

If you want voice chat (VoIP) on Linux then you have a good selection too (I don't know which are SIP compliant and which are not though):

http://www.phonegaim.com/
http://cockatoo.mozdev.org/
http://www.gizmoproject.com/
http://www.linphone.org/
http://www.wirlab.net/kphone/
http://www.minisip.org/
http://www.sflphone.org/
http://www.sipfoundry.org/
http://www.twinklephone.com/
http://www.openwengo.com/
http://yate.null.ro/
http://www.divmod.org/projects/shtoom

Popups from flash embedded objects are not blocked. There is a preference in mozilla's firefox extension, however, that allows you to block them.

http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/

If you use Firefox, you can do this. Install Greasmonkey and the Secure Gmail script. It forces every Gmail access to https.

Greasemonkey:

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/

Direct link to Secure Gmail script:

http://novemberborn.net/greasemonkey/secure-gmail. user.js

Other useful Gmail Greasemonkey scripts here:

http://dunck.us/collab/GreaseMonkeyUserScriptsSpec ific

--Pat

You want Fasterfox for this:

Block Popups:
A popup blocker for popups initiated by Flash plug-ins is also included.

Fasterfox

BTW, anyone know a way for me to toggle link text format fron standard (blue w/ underline) to normal (black no underline) and back, quickly?

Perhaps the LinkVisitor Firefox plugin is what you're looking for. Among other things, it has context menu options for "mark all links as (un)visited".

Greasemonkey + WGA Workaround

If I needed a calendar app, I could just fire up KOrganizer, it came with KDE as part of the Kontact suite.
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The ad sponsors for the link are IBM, EMC and Redhat.

Ads? You need http://adblock.mozdev.org/ my friend.

Hurrah!
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Damn BBCode reflexes.

Slow down cowboy! Slashdot requires you type at the speed of a retarded giraffe.
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[blockquote]The current GDP of Vietnam is about $300.[/blockquote] Actually, it's $227,200,000,000 but probably about $0 goes into private hands (unless you consider the top executive hands' private) so your point is taken.
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Starsiege: Tribes and its sequel Tribes 2 in my opinon, are two of the best online FPS titles ever.

Tribes 1 would have recieved several GoTY awards, but it was overshadowed by Half-Life. Tribes 2's release was plagued by lots of bugs and patches, and many of the T1 vets didn't like the "new stuff".

Both games were also very easily modded, (there was amazing freedom and ease, but secure so there was almost no hacking) and I actually started learning how to program by modding and tweaking a server I ran off my home connection. It was also made for 56k connections, so bandwidth usage was low. (I ran a server for three years without my ISP caring) I played Tribes 2 for a long time, but then high school came along - last time I checked, there were only about 60 servers left, and only a few actually had people playing.
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WMV != teh viewable

A torrent would be a good idea also...
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You're not being very clear. What do you need those languages for exactly?

To work on the page, the xpath thingy is amazingly strong, for example (http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/authoring.html).
And AJAX is quite fun, with the xmlhttpRequest method.
Did you see SVG for making 'living' scriptable images? http://overstimulate.com/projects/canvas/

I cannot imagine PHP has much value on the userside, especially with security in mind.
Check this project though:http://www.moztips.com/wiki/index.pcgi?page =XulPhpMySQL

Is there a Greasemonkey plugin that filters out posts made by people who can't tell the difference between using NAT and using a firewall?

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

[RECOMMENDED]
[f + t + m] - conquery (context-menu searches) + mycroft plugins
[f] - openbook
[f + m] - optimoz: tweaks (sidebar autopopout)
[f] - translate

[OPTIONAL]
[f] - autohide & tbx for better fullscreen
[f + t + m] - chromedit
[f] - copyurlplus
[f] - customize google
[f] - extended statusbar
[f + m] - image zoom
[f] - keyconfig
[f + m] - launchy
[f + t + m] - optimoz: mouse gestures
[f + m] - paste and go
[f] - permit cookies
[f + t + m] - preferential
[f] - target alert
[opt] - calendar

dozens more extensions available here: Update.Mozilla.Org and Extension Room and Pike's and Roachfiend and Extensions Mirror

Prefbar (configure settings in Web browsers), FilterSet.G for Adblock (and Plus) [more ad strings to block and always updated by the author -- can send in requests), and TinyURL Creator (duh, make tiny urls. I use these in Mozilla suite, not Firefox.

The only one I really use and install immediately after a fresh Firefox install is the Webdeveloper toolbar extension - easy access to CSS, image control, outlining of HTML elements, form information etc...fantastic during web development.