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I personally use Mozilla Seamonkey, which I've been using since 1.3, and even before with Netscape 6 and 7.

You "can" customize Firefox, if you know XUL well enough. Firefox has User Javascript (Greasemonkey) too, as well as Mouse Gestures and so on. But they've been there in Opera for a long time.

Firefox is popular because it is riding on a huge trend, spread via blogs, news sites and general grass-roots marketing. That's something that Opera doesn't have. And even though I'm a long-time Mozilla user and supporter, I'd personally still use Opera rather than Firefox. But I still have my trusty Seamonkey.

I personally use Mozilla Seamonkey, which I've been using since 1.3, and even before with Netscape 6 and 7.

You "can" customize Firefox, if you know XUL well enough. Firefox has User Javascript (Greasemonkey) too, as well as Mouse Gestures and so on. But they've been there in Opera for a long time.

Firefox is popular because it is riding on a huge trend, spread via blogs, news sites and general grass-roots marketing. That's something that Opera doesn't have. And even though I'm a long-time Mozilla user and supporter, I'd personally still use Opera rather than Firefox. But I still have my trusty Seamonkey.

any features that Opera would have that might distinguish it

they're installed by default in opera, easy to add on in ff.

very few people use

only because they haven't tried them. mouse gestures is one of the best features to come along in the last several years.

A plugin that would let Gecko-based browsers use quite possibly the most fundamentally-flawed piece of software ever to have been written?

Gee, who'da thunk it?

I run Bookmarks Synchronizer. Works pretty well.

Personally, it took me about ten tries before I "got it." Maybe we're both dense, I don't know.

delicious for Firefox rocks, by the way.

Adblock can be used to block flash resources on a server-by-server basis, but Flashblock can block all Flash by content type. If you're the sort of person who can live without Flash entirely, it's a very welcome extension.

Correct, but adblock will not stop you being hammered (the first time at least) by those website designers who assume everyone has a 10 Mbps link - that is I guess pretty much what the parent was trying to say.

Another handy plugin is RIP (remove it permanently)
http://rip.mozdev.org/ Does wonders for those annoying iframe banners and css based adverts that adblock and flashblock don't quite reach.

Don't forget Flashblock too. I still have to use Flash once in a while, but at least I can manually start the Flash components.

I'm using Firefox with Adblock extension. This blocks out unwanted images, and in addition, I block out certain elements of my internet banking provider, like uneeded images, and such. This speeds up browsing, as I'm on 56K modem. I don't see how browsing with images turned off or having privoxy or adblock do blacklisting is different from this new service... Seriously, it is not that kind of stuff that is needed. Modem is fine for surfing the web, but not for downloading. So if they want a ISO, loband won't help at all...

What is wrong with the adblock home page?

The whole page looks like it's a 50% opacity version of a regular web page. The colors are way too washed out to be readable. Repeated requests in the forums have all been met with, essentially, "go fuck yourselves."

Also, what would be the rush on adblock 0.6?

Whitelists.

As for Filterset.G, what problems do you have with the filters or the person who makes them?

The filters are decent, but the guy is just a douchebag. His replies to any questions about his filters are usually exceedingly rude "WFM, you must be an idiot" type responses or, once again, "go fuck yourselves."

Right now my filter has entries like:

http://*.ru4.*/*
http://*.2o7.net/*
http://*.dou bleclick.net/*

I've never actually visited those sites--I don't see why I have to receive images from them, especially if they are offensive. (That's offensive as in "Of, relating to, or designed for attack." I still see Google Ads, I still see the ads on Penny Arcade. They aren't presented in a manner that obtrudes. That's what matters.

What is wrong with the adblock home page? It gets the job done. Also, what would be the rush on adblock 0.6? Adblock 0.5.x works great and I have not had one problem with it. As for Filterset.G, what problems do you have with the filters or the person who makes them? I just started using Filterset.G and it blocks a boat load of crap in a small filter set.

rsadelle, there is a greasemonkey script that will add Neflix links to IMDb pages.

Firefox needs to disable third party cookies by default.

Maybe if Mozilla had better documentation I wouldn't visit it so often, hoping to find documentation to explain things. Firefox does provide local (F1) help but that often sends you to the web - which ups Moz's page hits.

Also, Firefox has all sorts of neat hacking potential which dovetails with increasingly exposed hooks into Google things like Google maps.

Sadly, some basic browser commands and options are poorly documented and advanced information (on hacking) is largely non-existant. Which kinda sucks because some people find it easy to extend Firefox with bookmarklets, extensions, and GreaseMonkey scripts.

For example, a full Firefox contains a DOM (Document Object Model) Inspector which can help in traking down say how a page hid something in a style sheet. However there is no official documentation for this DOMi. Some outside web pages have helped by explaining what some of the buttons mean, but I have yet to see any discussion of "evalute javascript" and I can't seem to get it to work.

I am someone well versed in programming in many languages, but professionally never learned javascript. Yet I have written a few bookmarklets by example (e.g. find some js code examples that do things similar to what you want and imitate them).

I wish I could find a good discussion of javascript "namespaces" and Firefox hacking. My guess is that there is some contium. Bookmarklets only give you access to DOM stuff, GreaseMonkey exposes certain hooks into Firefox, Extensions expose more Firefox hooks, and hacking Firefox lets you do anything.

Slashdot doesn't get any ad hits from me. I haven't seen an ad on Slashdot in months.

here's one version , which uses the following:
Portable Thunderbird - available at http://portablethunderbird.mozdev.org/
Portable Firefox - available at http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/
Portable Sunbird (Calendar) - available at http://portablesunbird.mozdev.org/

here's one version , which uses the following:
Portable Thunderbird - available at http://portablethunderbird.mozdev.org/
Portable Firefox - available at http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/
Portable Sunbird (Calendar) - available at http://portablesunbird.mozdev.org/

here's one version , which uses the following:
Portable Thunderbird - available at http://portablethunderbird.mozdev.org/
Portable Firefox - available at http://portablefirefox.mozdev.org/
Portable Sunbird (Calendar) - available at http://portablesunbird.mozdev.org/

Indeed. Perhaps they want to emulate bdeonline's work with Black Diamond Firefox.

Disclaimer: I'm one of the mods on The Extensions Mirror, which is now hosted by RoundTwo.

Folks, from what I have read on their site, RoundTwo is not appealing to geeks. They're not trying to force geeks to pay for stuff that they can get themselves, i.e. extensions and support and the like. I get the impression that they are offering extension support and bundling for corporations which want to adopt Firefox but also want a centralized entity that they can moan at when it doesn't work.

Their stance of 'adopting' extensions and providing infrastructure for the developers to leverage for that purpose is genius, IMO - it gives the extension authors the resources to improve and maintain their extensions, and it gives RoundTwo a direct line to the authors, which makes it far easier to get the author's attention if something is broken, which is critical if they really intend on creating Firefox 'distributions' with extensions bundled in, like what bdeonline is doing with Black Diamond Firefox.

Sure, they've got the usual amount of marketing jargon out there right now, but considering that they've been supporting Mozilla software for a while now, I suspect that this is going to be the core of their business model.

personally for me, I'd like a button up in the toolbar that when clicked, opens every link in the current window in a new tab.

... or every link in an area defined by Mouse Gestures?

CC.

I do the same thing, but I use the Sage FF extension to manage and auto update the Live Bookmarks. I also use Feedview.

What the article doesn't make clear is whether or not this means that any of these three publications will make plain-vanilla RSS readily available. If they will, they'll have a hard time convincing people to use their own branded software. If not (e.g. if their RSS feeds are somewhat proprietary), they're shooting themselves in the foot. RSS is an established, working standard. The main complaint of many content providers over RSS is that it's not quite as ad-friendly as regular HTML content (this is a feature, not a bug, if you're a reader).

The Denver Post hasn't had an RSS feed all this time; if they finally post one, I might start reading them more regularly. If, on the other hand, I have to use their proprietary software for their proprietary RSS feed (which almost certainly will be a Windows 2K/XP only application), they'll see my readership decline 100%.

Better idea for content providers: give your readers Firefox and Sage to read your feeds. You'll be giving them a great RSS feeder and be doing them a favor by also providing them with a secure, standards-compliant web browser.

I guess the syndication software market hasn't been fought over as much as the browser, mail client and messaging app (cue resentment after downloading MSN Messenger 7 last night and being shocked by now ad-packed it was)

I suppose what's needed is a newsreader which can selectively block domains or Regular Expressions in the way that adblock for firefox can

What should be promoted is widespread knowledge of availability, quality, and price of goods. Advertising doesn't to that (instead it implants false ideas about the above).

It's not that advertising *can not* do those things - it's just that today's marketing tactics do not. There's a big difference.

As a consumer, I don't mind being exposed to subtle, well-placed and well-targeted ads. For example, if I see a nice ad (as in subtle & not obnoxious) for a good deal on a Mac Mini from a new online seller trying to get new customers, I might be interested.

However, I'm not interested in seeing a huge flashing pop-up ad for Depends. Luckily I don't have to see those thanks to AdBlock. (Please note I don't know if Depends actually uses pop-up flash ads, but if they did I still wouldn't want to see them).

The point is, advertising itself does not have to be evil, but it can be used in evil ways. Advertising, used properly, can benefit both the consumer & the producer.

Are they also invisible, and not on the taskbar? Mine seem to be. If that's what the new popups are, I say bring 'em on.

PS, they're not under my browser. They're not anywhere. Drudge gives me no popups.

That could be because you're using Adblock ...

You mean like Adblock?

Using AdBlock combined with a good filterset took care of the Drudge Report for me.

Prefbar has a "Kill Flash" button, as well as allowing you to turn flash on and off in general.

They should make more of the settings in about:config accessible in an easier way.

Ask.. and ye shalt receive..

PrefBar lets you change your settings. I use it to filter out most flash, animations, JS and Java - then tick them when I need them. Combine that with Flashblock and Adblock and you've got a useful browser.

Bad HTML there. http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

That's why I use adblock.

Flashblock, aka Flash Click To View.

One of my favorite Firefox extensions. :)

Just remember that FlashBlock requires Javascript to be enabled to function (according to their Known Problems page). So, if you regularly browse with javascript disabled, FlashBlock probably won't work for you.

the one that already exists is for mozilla/ firefox. here

adblock for the win

Check out FlashBlock for FireFox. Not only should it prevent this whole PIE thing, it'll stop all MacroMedia ads from opening in your browser... unless you specifically want it to open.

Although I was initially shocked by reading this, I'm not too concerned because I already use FlashBlock Firefox extension.

From the site: "Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla and Firefox 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 a placeholder on the page that allows you to click to view the Flash content."

In most cases I've found this very handy, as ads on websites have recently been switching to a flash format (Yes, I could also be running the adblock extension).

For the few sites that I need it for (MBNA's Shop Safe Applet) I just click where the flash wanted to load, and it allows it.

I highly recommend this extension.

I now understand what those little flash icons trying to load in the corner of the browser were.

It gives you a reason to use

Flashblock

It is good.

There is a function where you can collect lists of patents, and do Set Unions, Intersections, Subtractions and the like.
My latest patent application is in the fields of crowd control, crowd safety. That was 3000 items that matched those terms. I could go through and sort out the misses.
You could have a little thumbnail, as this was invaluable, as you can tell from the diagram often that it is a dissimilar device, or that the patent referrs to some way of joining/constructing such a thing.

Web based Delphion is not perfect though. Nor any large web list checking application without powerful list management functions.

I would dearly have liked a capability to colour the table cells that you had visited. Viewing 25 by 25 of the resultset was too confusing. But if you chose to display 500 at a time, then you tend to also loose track.

But now salvation is at hand. Using Firefox, Greasemonkey and some hand written tailored javascript allows me to do exactly this.

I meant to add as well, if the lifetime of a patent is 25 years tops, surely they only really have to be kept for that long? Then prior art and commercialised products could cover the basis for it having been in the Public Domain previously.

Not if you use flashblock.

I've decided to personally boycott Google Adsense. I've switched over to Firefox and installed the Grease Monkey extension along with the Hide Adsense script. Works great. As far as other text based ad programs, AdBrite is a nice alternative with attitude. It's run by "Pud" from FuckedCompany.com

well, if not the history of FF we can at least appreciate the legacy of /. I can't read the story, the server's database is dead.

guys, it's really simple and I now do it when I post content anywhere: .nyud.net:8090

oh well, if not the history of FF, here is a link to my FF extension.

Name: Experts-exchange question
URL: http://www.experts-exchange.com/*/Q_*.html
XPath #1: /html/body/table[2]/tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/div/table[p osition()=3 or position()=4 or position()>5]
XPath #2: /html/body/table[2]/tbody/tr[1]/td[2]/div/table[2 ]/tbody/tr[3]/td/div

Wish there was a way to mark Roland articles so we could omit them and deny him his precious ad revenue.

Want to remove Roland-submitted articles from the Slashdot front page? Greasemonkey (FireFox) / GreasemonkIE (Internet Explorer) can do that. The script only applies to the slashdot front page by default (Roland entries will show up in subsections), but you can modify your includes to work on all pages.

block his advertisers and
slashdots advertisers
cancel your subscription,

if slashdot want to sponsor spammmers and website thieves let them, two can play at the revenue game

install
AdBlock
FF/MOZ

firewall his advertisers
209.25.128.0 - 209.25.255.255
69.20.0.0 - 69.20.127.255
66.102.11.0 - 66.102.11.255

firewall slashdots advertisers
66.35.250.62
216.73.80.0 - 216.73.95.255

then click all you like, he wont earn a dime
and dont forget if you see content on his site that he has copied email the original author and let them know their content is being sold

Ad revenue? We don't need no stinkin' ad revenue! Just use Firefox and Adblock and you can deny everyone their ad revenue.