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Note: before the tin-foil hats start screaming about Google using their cluster to brute-force decryption of encrypted mail. If enough people use encryption, brute-force becomes highly unfeasible.

Live HTTP Headers

True, and this is the google baar for mozilla, if you want one :)

You'd be interested in the Googlebar extension for mozilla / firefox then. It doesn't include blocking features since that's built in to the browser already. But it does provide all the nifty searching, highlighting, etc.

I'm sorry you're using an inferior web browser that allows for such invasive audio processing. Perhaps it's time to upgrade your browser to one that puts you in control of your web.

I wonder if people using this Mozilla plugin are vulnerable though.

Live HTTP headers for Mozilla is another option.

I used Ethereal for a while, sniffing simple HTTP traffic, sorting out cookie issues and so on (I'm not a netadmin -- mostly web app development)... and it was darned handy.

Of course, when I found the live http headers plugin for Mozilla it was exactly what I needed -- just the headers, scrolling by realtime, and no more sniffing needed.

Yeah, this is slightly OT (which may be good in a discussion that seems to be a long string of ethereal links, all +5) -- but I wanted to point out to those people out there who think they "need a sniffer" -- unless you're a network admin, you probably don't.

[Plus the Futurama quotes in the /. headers are entertaining]

You can switch to FireFox and get that functionality with the MozFBRH extension. It allows you to middle-click on the Forward and Back (Reload and Home also have extra functionality, hence the acronym) buttons to open up a new tab with forks of the history.

Really, I find firefox handles intense flash based ads really, really well

I've been thinking of creating some sort of virtual post-it that I can stick over the annoying animations.

If you're using Firefox, try Nuke Anything -- just right-click on the offending object, select "Remove This Object" and it disappears. Also very useful when dealing with badly designed pages where images and tables overlap the text.

No matter how you slice it, this is bad news.

It's good news for people who like making fun of people who use Windows.

The ad-killing features (popup blocking and the Adblock & Flashblock add-ons, specifically) in Mozilla work just as well with the Win32 version as they do with other versions.

No matter how you slice it, this is bad news.

It's good news for people who like making fun of people who use Windows.

The ad-killing features (popup blocking and the Adblock & Flashblock add-ons, specifically) in Mozilla work just as well with the Win32 version as they do with other versions.

... or get flashblock AND ad-removal in one with Adblock.

A combination of tab-usage (makes pop-ups easy to spot), plus image blocking and FlashBlock gets rid of the most offensive ones, for me.

Turning image animation off also makes the web far more usable.

Ooh! Ooh! Nominations for a slashdotting! Lemme think... Chatzilla or Cards, because then I might get more work done...

Ooh! Ooh! Nominations for a slashdotting! Lemme think... Chatzilla or Cards, because then I might get more work done...

I'm using the Optimoz mouse gestures in Mozilla now, not to mention the convenient password manager. The password manager is the only one that really saves me typing instead of just making clicking more efficient, but they're still nice... :]

Well, don't think this behaviour is exclusive to Microsoft. Every CEO and Marketing exec is saying exactly the same thing, and have been for years. Everyone wants their ad where the user is.

Luckilly for those of us who haven't completely devolved, and remain nominally human, we have the ability to eliminate nearly all pestering ads.

Flash click to view. Not perfect, but better than having to deal with flash ads.

Start with Mozilla:
Wood Theme
Walnut Theme

Start with Mozilla:
Wood Theme
Walnut Theme

What does cromulent mean? Dictionary.com informs me that word is a "premium" one so now I must know.

On an aside, for all you curious types, check out dictionary search for Mozilla. You simply right click a word, select dictionary lookup, and dictionary.com opens up in a new tab with the info.

Try the User Agent Switcher extension.

what would be a great plugin for mozila ...
To make the referer the actual link that you are going to

The Multizilla extension for Mozilla has this feature this. I get to select whether

1. Do not send a referrer
2. Send URL as referrer
3. Send fake referrer

There is also the RefSpoof extension

On a side note, in my webserver logs I noticed that someone was consistently sending the first couple of paragraphs from Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. I do not get the point.

what would be a great plugin for mozila ...
To make the referer the actual link that you are going to

The Multizilla extension for Mozilla has this feature this. I get to select whether

1. Do not send a referrer
2. Send URL as referrer
3. Send fake referrer

There is also the RefSpoof extension

On a side note, in my webserver logs I noticed that someone was consistently sending the first couple of paragraphs from Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. I do not get the point.

Ironically enough, I'm writing this using Firefox, 'cause my copy of IE is infested with some weird stealth popup engine that neither Ad-Aware nore Spybot can seem to corner. I'm very close to abandoning IE, going back to Mozilla permanently.

But I'm not quite there. Now might seem the right time to abandon IE, with its stupid security holes and lack of standards compliance. But Firefox still takes too long to download graphics and render complicated web pages. And the Mozilla version of the Google toolbar has a really stupid bug (actually more a case of overdesign) that makes search term buttons totally useless. I can't live without search term buttons!

From the GoogleBar FAQ:

Someone told me that this works in Netscape and Firebird. Does it?
The answer is both yes and no. The toolbar works best in most recent versions of mozilla, since this has been where development has occurred all along. Due to XUL changes in the mozilla versions following the release of Netscape 6.2, the Googlebar will not work at all in any release of Netscape 6.2.x or below. However, in Netscape 7, which is a close cousin of recent mozilla versions, the Googlebar works. It has also been tested to work in Phoenix/Firebird 0.2 and above.

If you are using something like MultiZilla, you can disable referrer sending from the QPrefs menu (about 3 clicks), then enable it again later (or just keep it off if you're that way inclined, but some sites use it to stop deep-linked downloads, such as doom9.org).

If your a windows user I suggest installing the IE View extension. It adds a 'View this page in IE' option to your context menu. That way if you ever do stumble across a non-compliant (but trustworthy) page you can view it with minimal fuss.

I made the mistake of installing the ActiveX plugin with mozilla at a friends place once. What a great plugin, you can make Mozilla just as susceptible to popups and adware as IE. Sheesh.

Oh, did I mention the mozdev googlebar doesn't work on firefox?

And no, being able type words in and have a google search done on them does not count as all the functionality of the googlebar.

The Mozilla PrefBar has a configurable checkbox option for sending referers.

Or get PrefBar. You can enable and disable on the fly. It works in Mozilla v1.6. :)

Along with Googlebar and MultiZilla, it's my favorite Mozilla plugin.

--Pat / zippy@cs.brandeis.edu

Along with Googlebar and MultiZilla, it's my favorite Mozilla plugin.

--Pat / zippy@cs.brandeis.edu

Along with Googlebar and MultiZilla, it's my favorite Mozilla plugin.

--Pat / zippy@cs.brandeis.edu

You may want to try the IE View extension. It would save you several clicks (cutting and pasting the URL and also opening IE)

I use Enigmail on Mozilla Thunderbird. Enigmail uses GNU Privacy Gaurd (GPG) to do the actual PGP related stuff (which means that other applications that also use GPG have access to the same keyring and trust rules). GPG is a little hard to use, but I don't typically interact with it except when I need to setup something. Enigmail takes care of all the signing, verifying, encrypting, and decrypting for me. When it needs my passphrase, it asks me. When it can't find a key to verify, it prompts to download it from the keyserver. The only thing it doesn't do is help manage trust relationships.

It takes a little to setup and understand, but once it's working, it is just as efficient as regular email, and certainly doesn't triple the amount of time I spend working on email. I'm sure there are other solutions for other mail clients, and if not then you should lean on the vendor to provide them.

I don't know why people are so averse to using security technologies when it comes to email. They don't have any problem accepting SSL to secure HTTP or using ssh over telnet (well, most people don't). But all I can say is that the solution begins with you. Only you can prevent spam, lophophore. Hmm... maybe that would make a good public service announcement :)

Hooray for Flash Click to View!

If you like icons, check out the CuteMenus extension. It adds icons for the menu commands and gives Mozilla a little bit of an Office XP look.

For Mozilla Mail, there is Enigmail.

Actually, whenever I did that Slashdot refused to show the link. I thought it was a filter, but perhaps I just managed to screw up simple HTML...

Better?

Just use Firefox/Mozilla and download the adblock plugin. Then you can block any content you want. If these ads are coming from http://ads.foo.com, you can block it with *ads.foo.com* or *.foo.com*, etc. If for some strange reason you want to use IE, you can still stop this junk. Under your internet options, go to the security tab and click Custom Level and select prompt for all the Active X options. Then when this thing tries to run just deny it. There are other ways as well. For example, you can put dummy entries in your hosts file for the servers that these ads are coming from, block it with a firewall, etc.

Apparently someone had time on their hands: adblock

It works great for getting rid of those annoying banner ads and inline ads on sites. Blocks flash or images based on a URL pattern. i.e. http://*.doubleclick.*.

since I use the Adblock extension for Mozilla and Firefox, the net has become practically adfree for me. I remember a time when ads didn't disturb the reading pleasure of a website with all sorts of motion and sounds. I even clicked on banners sometimes back then. But since all those flashbanners and whatnot appeared, I rather block them

Will Adblock be able to block these ads. It would be usefull if it did.

http://adblock.mozdev.org/ there you go

Firefox also has the mycroft plugin built-in, so you can actually use any search engine you want. Just press ctrl-K and type the search term. Many popular pages (like dictionaries, shops) can be searched quickly this way. I use the IMDB search all the time...

Yahoo Companion at mozdev:
http://companion.mozdev.org/

Google Toolbar at mozdev:
http://googlebar.mozdev.org/

Search plugins for Mozilla/Firefox
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html

WordReference.com search link:
javascript:Qr=document.getSelection();if(!Qr){void (Qr=prompt('Translate to Spanish:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://wordre ference.com/es/Translation.asp?tranword='+escape(Q r)

Just copy and paste that text all on one line into a bookmark and whala, you have a little popup box search that, with a little sophistication, can be tweaked to work for whatever site you want.

I did this for Amazon.com by going to their site, View HTML Source, search for "form", copy the link in that form tag, paste it over the WordReference.com link in my bookmark, search for "input" in the source, find the name of the input for the search term, and add this to the end of the boomark's URL "?searchterm=". Hope that makes sense! Unfortunately I can't demonstrate it directly because slashdot forbids javascript links (with good reason).

Amazon.com search link:
javascript:Qr=document.getSelection();if(!Qr){void (Qr=prompt('Search Amazon:',''))};if(Qr)location.href='http://www.ama zon.com/exec/obidos/handle-generic-form/ref=br_ss_ /103-8765421-6019820?websearch.field-keywords='+es cape(Qr)+'&start=0&search-option=search-amazon&sto re-name=all-product-search&Go=Go!&action-next-page =templates/web-search/encode.html'