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For one thing, that game was profitable as a native PC application years before it was ported to WebGL. For another, neither Firefox nor Mobile Safari supports WebGL.

Both Firefox and Firefox mobile support WebGL and have done for about a year. Learn more at Mozilla's hacks blog:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/webgl-for-firefox/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/three-more-webgl-demos/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/12/webgl-goes-mobile/

For one thing, that game was profitable as a native PC application years before it was ported to WebGL. For another, neither Firefox nor Mobile Safari supports WebGL.

Both Firefox and Firefox mobile support WebGL and have done for about a year. Learn more at Mozilla's hacks blog:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/webgl-for-firefox/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/three-more-webgl-demos/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/12/webgl-goes-mobile/

For one thing, that game was profitable as a native PC application years before it was ported to WebGL. For another, neither Firefox nor Mobile Safari supports WebGL.

Both Firefox and Firefox mobile support WebGL and have done for about a year. Learn more at Mozilla's hacks blog:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/webgl-for-firefox/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/09/three-more-webgl-demos/
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/12/webgl-goes-mobile/

The Bugzilla entry is now public.

The blog post that TFA refers to should be this one:
http://blog.armorize.com/2010/08/iframes-and-url-stringency-mozilla.html

(Yea, their typing skills don't impress me either.)

That in turn links to a BugZilla entry, though it's locked down at the moment.

Why pay $30 when Adblock is free?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/

Apart from Internet Explorer and ActiveX, how the hell can a web page infect a computer via a Web browser? AFAIK Javascript can't write files to the OS, so how are they doing it?

You haven't seen any of the entries in mozilla's bugzilla DB with "arbitrary code execution"? http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/
Run any browser as an Admin-priviledged user (as many-many ordinary home users do), and you're going to get owned at some point. Mis-type a URL, and you've suddenly hit a Network Solutions holding site. Or a Google-ad will get pre-fetched, or, or, or.
Javascript can't write to a file, but firefox can, and if it's made to run arbitrary code as a root/admin user, game over.

Correction: Firebird not Phoenix

the Certificate Patrol add-on for Firefox/Thunderbird does exactly that.

Well, it's not a paywall. Registration is free.

That said, it is still annoying.

For the NYTimes you can just use referrer spoofing (something you should be doing anyway to increase your privacy).

Get the RefControl add-on and set it to use "http://google.com/" as the referrer for anything at the site "nytimes.com"

I've doing that for many years without a hitch. For all other sites, I tell RefControl to default to "<Forge> (3rd Party)"

...thanks to Adblock

Blocking ads is one thing, not being tracked anymore is something else. I don't mind targeted ads when they are not annoying but you don't have to track people to be successful in your advertising. For instance, show ads for new games on websites that provide game review or better: ads for divorce lawyers on meetics (Lawl). This doesn't need tracking to be shown to the targeted audience. I see tracking as an offense.

I've spent a lot of time trying tools to protect my privacy: one can try privoxy along with Tor. There are also great add-ons for firefox such as BetterPrivacy and NoScript. There is Ixquick.com (AKA StartPage) which offer anonymous searches, an https proxy access to the search results and they are working on an email service that respects your privacy.

...thanks to Adblock

Well of course it depends on your definition of "charity", but under general US/IRS usage, yes they are.

I'm using the Lightning extension for Tbird 3, on x86_64. Works great for those pesky Exchange calendar announcements. I accept/deny, choose whether to email a response or not, and it alerts me when the event happens. You can sync calendars over webdav.

Here is the link to the x86_64 version, it is buried at the bottom of this page.

I'm using the Lightning extension for Tbird 3, on x86_64. Works great for those pesky Exchange calendar announcements. I accept/deny, choose whether to email a response or not, and it alerts me when the event happens. You can sync calendars over webdav.

Here is the link to the x86_64 version, it is buried at the bottom of this page.

The Mozilla Foundation, which is registered as a charity in the United States...

Source And, California registration by the Mozilla Foundation as a charitable trust.

"This is why all software you use must be open source, this wouldn't happen if people were able to get in and see the code that is actually causing the problems"

I am operating under the perhaps false assumption that you realize Thunderbird is Open Source, and you are trying to make a very ridiculous point using misplaced scarcasm. Apologies in advance if I misconstrued your post, and you were simply misinformed with regard to Thunderbird's openness.

Nobody who has a clue claims that an Open Source model guarantees that software will be bug free. The fact is that, since Thunderbird is indeed Open Source, anyone can do exactly that (get in and see the code that is actually causing the problems.) Most likely the Thunderbird developers will fix any actual issue if it turns out that there is indeed an issue. OTOH, if the Thunderbird developers cannot duplicate the problem, then the people actually experiencing the issue can indeed use Mercurial to grab a copy of the code and track the issue down and fix it. Compare and contrast that to the proprietary model where:

1. If the developer doesn't think the problem is important enough, you are screwed
2. If the developer does not have the resources to fix it, you're screwed
3. If the developer cannot reproduce the problem, you're screwed
4. If the developer goes out of business, or discontinues your product, you're really, really, really screwed.

It is 2010 and you read Slashdot. If you haven't figured out by now that Open Source is a far superior development model to proprietary then you may as well give up trying to understand this complicated software stuff.

The gloda database is a SQLite database named "global-messages-db.sqlite" and can currently be found in the user's profile directory.

So the question is, are they still using Mork concurrently? Why are MSF files being updated?

"...an excellent Firefox plugin to render this page's color scheme more bearable."

Yep. Color Toggle

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9408/

I have it set so Ctl-Shift-Z set light yellow background, black text, and blue links.

Tabs are 8 characters, and thus indentations are also 8 characters. There are heretic movements that try to make indentations 4 (or even 2!) characters deep, and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to be 3.

The "newer" standard is using spaces because the newer generation of developers are used to IDEs that does not handle vi and emacs style mode line well. Mozilla's code style guidelines is a prime example of this:

Indentation
Two spaces per logic level.

I, for one, would really rather the Firefox developers not be shot.

I don't know if you honestly expect Microsoft to add useful features to IE, but at least with Firefox that's what addons are for.

Excuse me? I somehow doubt you've ever submitted an addon to Mozilla before. I have, and a real person does indeed check your code.

From the Editor's Guide:

Every line of add-on code must be reviewed. The code validator can't detect all possible security or code quality issues, so we must always be in the lookout for bad code.

Hello? P3P where are you?

six feet under

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/

Meanwhile, Better Privacy routinely deletes all the asshattery of flash cookies that she didn't specifically authorize on her machine, and everyone is happy. Except the asshats, of course.

This, folks, is the important bit. Better Privacy is as essential as adblock and flashblock.

Its failure to allow plugins to circumvent cookie settings. It sucks that you have to use an addon like BetterPrivacy to delete flash cookies separately from regular cookies.

Use Better privacy.

I whitelist all the flash LSOs I want to keep, and have better privacy delete the others when I quit firefox.

Flashblock can also help.

I find noscript annoying.

I also accept all normal cookies for session only, and whitelist sites I want to stay logged in on using Cookie monster.

Use Better privacy.

I whitelist all the flash LSOs I want to keep, and have better privacy delete the others when I quit firefox.

Flashblock can also help.

I find noscript annoying.

I also accept all normal cookies for session only, and whitelist sites I want to stay logged in on using Cookie monster.

Use Better privacy.

I whitelist all the flash LSOs I want to keep, and have better privacy delete the others when I quit firefox.

Flashblock can also help.

I find noscript annoying.

I also accept all normal cookies for session only, and whitelist sites I want to stay logged in on using Cookie monster.

Pretty cool stuff https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8879/ It is very neat ... plus you can arrange your tabs in so many different ways

I use Tab Mix Plus in combination with TabGroups Manager. Typically I am running with 3000+ active tabs in 50ish group tabs, 6 windows (all I can keep track of in my head)-- but only 6 or 7 of those group tabs open and taking memory/processor-- TabGroups Manager suspends the rest.

TabGroups Manager is a "hidden gem." In comparison, Tab Candy seems simply purposeless to me!

My homepage is a fairly simple (but not unattractive) local html file with a table of about 20 (or so) most frequently used URLs represented by gimped-up transparent png icons (one of which leads me straight to Google's advanced search). This, in combination with the childishly simple New Tab Homepage add-on saves me lots of time.

I'm happy with bartab https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/67651/ and list all tabs menu https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12380/

I'm happy with bartab https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/67651/ and list all tabs menu https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/12380/

Perhaps the ietab2 or ietab plus addon would solve your problem?

Perhaps the ietab2 or ietab plus addon would solve your problem?

I read about what you want in a recent ghacks post, try this: https://addons.mozilla.org/z/en-US/firefox/addon/67651/
I just installed it and seems to be what you ask for, and I am liking it a lot so far.

After watching the video, there may be some good things about "tab candy" (it is nice to imagine that you could bunch tabs into little piles that would then form themselves into windows), but a lot of the downside is still there or has merely changed form.

If you pile several tabs into one lump and close that lump w/o thinking, you may realize that you just closed something that you needed--what was it? where is it? how do I get it back?

The problem of absent-minded browsing is always there, no matter how the windows/tabs may be rearranged.

Also--although Aza (at least as edited) was pretty smooth at his version of 3-card monte--amidst the blur of his presentation there seemed to be a lot of time spent doing what the (software) browser wants to do (i.e. configuration) and not what the (human) browser wants to do (like reading horoscopes, nattering away on /., viewing paparazzi produce, etc.).

After configuring speed dial, morning coffee foxtab, and all of the toolbars, and after managing bookmarks, and choosing skins, persona and theme, a person just needs to get up and go to the bathroom now and again.

After watching the video, there may be some good things about "tab candy" (it is nice to imagine that you could bunch tabs into little piles that would then form themselves into windows), but a lot of the downside is still there or has merely changed form.

If you pile several tabs into one lump and close that lump w/o thinking, you may realize that you just closed something that you needed--what was it? where is it? how do I get it back?

The problem of absent-minded browsing is always there, no matter how the windows/tabs may be rearranged.

Also--although Aza (at least as edited) was pretty smooth at his version of 3-card monte--amidst the blur of his presentation there seemed to be a lot of time spent doing what the (software) browser wants to do (i.e. configuration) and not what the (human) browser wants to do (like reading horoscopes, nattering away on /., viewing paparazzi produce, etc.).

After configuring speed dial, morning coffee foxtab, and all of the toolbars, and after managing bookmarks, and choosing skins, persona and theme, a person just needs to get up and go to the bathroom now and again.

After watching the video, there may be some good things about "tab candy" (it is nice to imagine that you could bunch tabs into little piles that would then form themselves into windows), but a lot of the downside is still there or has merely changed form.

If you pile several tabs into one lump and close that lump w/o thinking, you may realize that you just closed something that you needed--what was it? where is it? how do I get it back?

The problem of absent-minded browsing is always there, no matter how the windows/tabs may be rearranged.

Also--although Aza (at least as edited) was pretty smooth at his version of 3-card monte--amidst the blur of his presentation there seemed to be a lot of time spent doing what the (software) browser wants to do (i.e. configuration) and not what the (human) browser wants to do (like reading horoscopes, nattering away on /., viewing paparazzi produce, etc.).

After configuring speed dial, morning coffee foxtab, and all of the toolbars, and after managing bookmarks, and choosing skins, persona and theme, a person just needs to get up and go to the bathroom now and again.

Until recently, my internet experience called for no more than 10 tabs to be open, ever. I've started a new job which calls for a lot of browsing on a lot of websites. The other day I got up to 80 tabs open at the same time.

I'm a huge fan of the Tab Mix Plus Firefox add-on. It allows you to have multiple rows of tabs, and even set unread tabs and current tab to a different colors. Very helpful for visually seeing what's been read, where the new tabs are, where the actual tab is for the page you're on, etc. Especially when there's 20+ open tabs on your screeen at once.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122/

Tab Kit? https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5447/

Saw the video of TFA and it seems Showcase does The Job, and is 'mature' as well; while not requiring so much manual intervention (which others might value as a Good Thing). I've been using it for at least a year and really like Showcase.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1810

The "Tree Style Tabs" add on is great for managing your browsing. It gives your tabs context, lets you collapse groups of tabs and move tabs from one group to another. That, and having the tabs vertically arranged lets you have far more on screen at once and make better use of a widescreen monitor. Solving many of the problems addressed by Tab Candy.

I'm really surprised more people don't use it. It's the one thing now preventing me from switching to Chrome.

Not sure if you can turn it off; I know what you're talking about because after a couple months of browsing on Firefox 3 the URL bar feels slow... but it's fast and snappy in Firefox 4. I'm really really happy with the Firefox 4 nightly releases ... I had switched to Chrome for a while because of the speed issue (especially on Linux) but I'm using Firefox 4 now as my every day browser and often for development as well.

The only problem as such is that the plugins have been broken (so no firebug, web developer toolbar or adblock) but I can be a bit patient for those. If I had firebug I don't think I'd bother with Chrome except for the fact of ensuring that any pages I develop work on webkit.

But the best thing to do is just have a go : http://nightly.mozilla.org.

-Marcin

Already exists for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433/

I'd settle for restricting flash to site domain only.

What a novel concept!

not something i have to dl/compile..... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

A few reasons for Firefox:

- NoScript: mostly to block potentially malicious active elements like Flash and Java. Better safe than sorry, especially with Adobe products.
- CookieSafe: Fine grained control over cookies.
- RefControl: Blocks referrers for selected sites. I don't need to stuff tracking information down everyone's throat, especially not YouTube (embedded videos).
- Xmarks: Lets you synchronize your bookmarks using your own HTTPS protected WebDAV share.
- FoxyProxy Standard: Use different proxies for different sites
- Redirector: Rewrite http:/// links into https:/// links for selected sites that don't default to https.
- Web Developer: Dissect web pages.

Is all this available in Chrome* browsers already?

A few reasons for Firefox:

- NoScript: mostly to block potentially malicious active elements like Flash and Java. Better safe than sorry, especially with Adobe products.
- CookieSafe: Fine grained control over cookies.
- RefControl: Blocks referrers for selected sites. I don't need to stuff tracking information down everyone's throat, especially not YouTube (embedded videos).
- Xmarks: Lets you synchronize your bookmarks using your own HTTPS protected WebDAV share.
- FoxyProxy Standard: Use different proxies for different sites
- Redirector: Rewrite http:/// links into https:/// links for selected sites that don't default to https.
- Web Developer: Dissect web pages.

Is all this available in Chrome* browsers already?