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https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/743/
http://www.customizegoogle.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CustomizeGoogle

I use it as well. It is WONDERFUL. (If you install it; check the options - TONS of hidden not-default-enabled options)

Googlepedia link

1 How does the Phishing Protection feature work in Firefox 2?
Phishing Protection is turned on by default in Firefox 2, and works by checking the sites that you browse to against a list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated within Firefox 2 when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled. Since phishing attacks can occur very quickly, there's also an option to check the sites you browse to against an online service such as Google for more up-to-date protection. This enhanced capability can be turned on via the Security preferences pane.

Firefox 2 currently has a similar feature but its just a list of sites.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/anti-phish ing/
Much like what spywareblaster and spybot uses to "immunize" your system.
I can't see why Opera doesn't go that route.

Having Opera check Opera's site for every website will kill their server, no doubt. And seeing as Opera is now free, without any banner advertising (free since version 8.5), I can't see them recouping that cost very well.

If it does check every site I visit (without any way to turn it off), I -will- stop using Opera.

Go to Youtube.com and search for "galactica webisode" and you'll find they've all been posted. If you use the Firefox browser, you can install the Videodownloader extension and that will let you save youtube videos to your harddrive. So say we all.

By your command.

Didn't Debian (TM) force people to stop using the word Debian (TM) ?

Another shining example of Debian (TM) pettiness.

It's architected around Windows and ported to UNIX and other systems almost as an after-thought.

Here is the complete cygwin package list for building Mozilla. You can use it to double-check your packages, or to understand and customize the build process:

* ash -- UNIX-like command line interpreter shell (Base category)
* coreutils -- GNU core utilities (includes fileutils, install, sh-utils, and textutils) (Base category)
* cvs -- concurrent versions system (Devel category)
* diffutils -- file comparison utility (Base category)
* findutils (Base category)
* gawk -- pattern matching language (Base and Interpretors categories)
* grep -- text search tool (Base category)
* libiconv -- character set conversion (Devel category)
* make 3.80 (not 3.81!) -- dependency analyzer for software builds (Devel category)
* patchutils -- a small collection of programs that operate on patch files (Devel category)
* perl -- a scripting language used to control parts of the build (Interpreters category)
* sed -- a search and replace language (Base category)
* unzip -- zip file extraction (Archive category)
* zip -- zip file creation (Archive category)

...and Reveal for Firefox?

For Firefox, you can use the SearchStatus extension (download from either the Firefox add-ons page or their home page). It's actually a somewhat useful tool also, in that it displays Google PageRank and Alexa rank for each site you visit, and has a few decent tools for showing various search engine related information for a given page. It also feeds data on every page you visit to Alexa as a byproduct of looking up their Alexa rank, which may be a positive or a negative for you. I personally verified that Alexa rankings change as a result of this Firefox extension, based on the fact that a couple of my personal pages (which I generally look at several times a day) were unranked prior to me installing the extension and then had a large spike in traffic not long after I installed it.

I pointed out to my boss awhile back when he was complaining about our Alexa rank that if he actually wanted the rank to improve, probably the easiest way to do it would be to have every person in the company install and use either the Alexa toolbar for IE or the SearchStatus extension for Firefox. If you're not one of the top hundred sites (or so), then Alexa ranks seem pretty easy to manipulate. Having company employees install their toolbar isn't even gaming the system per se, it's just making sure that people who are likely to be visiting the sites you care about are "well represented". As for why people put so much stock in Alexa rankings despite the obvious facts against their reliability, it's simply because there's nothing better out there. I'm sure Google could do what Alexa does much better if they felt like it, based on both search engine traffic and the Google toolbar users (has to be a LOT more of those than Alexa toolbar users). Then marketing drones would be watching those ranks obsessively instead. They take what they can get.

Please report the incorrect use of dlopen to Adobe. I already filled in a bug report, hopefully if enough knowledgable people do it then it will get past their QA people to someone who will understand the problem.

The most annoying bugs you mention are actually bugs in Mozilla(tm): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95541 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87383

Please report the incorrect use of dlopen to Adobe. I already filled in a bug report, hopefully if enough knowledgable people do it then it will get past their QA people to someone who will understand the problem.

The most annoying bugs you mention are actually bugs in Mozilla(tm): https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95541 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87383

That is a Firefox(tm) bug.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95541
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87383

That is a Firefox(tm) bug.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95541
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87383

Most of IE 7 seems to be functionality already found in Firefox, but I do like the new Quick Tabs feature (Ctrl-Q). This shows a mini version of all the tabs currently open and allows you to select one, in a similar way to Expose on OS X.

I must confess to not having tried IE7, but is this "Quick Tabs" feature like Showcase in Firefox?

Are you sure? There are a number of technologies available for Linux & Mac which could easily be (and in many cases have been) attack vectors of the "download and run arbitrary code" type.

heh, me again. i just found the bug on bugzilla and it looks as though the guy who made that has gone dormant but someone else has something in the works (last comment was the 13th of oct) so perhaps it will be in the trunk sooner rather than later. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12599 5

Places was too buggy to make it into Firefox 2. It will be in Firefox 3 though.

Well, they've fixed some memory leaks in all but one of the 1.5.0.x releases (check the release notes). And they have fixed more memory leaks in 2.0.

If you're interested, there's a page detailing Mozilla's tools to find memory leaks. It was originally posted in 2001, but as you look through it you'll find a bunch of sections updated in summer 2006.

Adblock, baby. Adblock Plus, that is. Oh, and AdBlock Updater. And Flashblock. And TargetKiller.

I, for one, have long ago said good riddance to our filthy, spamridden web overlords.

Adblock, baby. Adblock Plus, that is. Oh, and AdBlock Updater. And Flashblock. And TargetKiller.

I, for one, have long ago said good riddance to our filthy, spamridden web overlords.

Adblock, baby. Adblock Plus, that is. Oh, and AdBlock Updater. And Flashblock. And TargetKiller.

I, for one, have long ago said good riddance to our filthy, spamridden web overlords.

Adblock, baby. Adblock Plus, that is. Oh, and AdBlock Updater. And Flashblock. And TargetKiller.

I, for one, have long ago said good riddance to our filthy, spamridden web overlords.

it would be nice to install RC3, but the download page http://www.mozilla.org/projects/bonecho/all-rc.htm l just links to 1.5.0.7 even though it is supposed to be 2.0RC3. I tried the us and uk english versions and they're both 1.5.0.7. The same thing happened when i tried to install RC2 a week ago.

You cna check out the roadmap or download the alpha.

Compose message to context works for me on Linux in 1.5.0.7. Are you running the official 32-bit build or an unofficial 64-bit build? Have you tried a fresh profile? If so, did you report to bugzilla?

It's a bit obvious from the number of major additions described, but the "phishing protection" and "new Windows Installer" are just new features of 2.0, which were already in earlier release candidates. Compare the announcements of RC3 and RC2 on the developer blog.

The release notes page itself seems a bit misleading, since they specifically talk about "Firefox 2 RC3" even in places where they mean Firefox 2 - perhaps someone saved time with a search & replace.

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So while this announcement probably means they fixed bugs and are another step closer to the final release, the major features aren't news.

It's a bit obvious from the number of major additions described, but the "phishing protection" and "new Windows Installer" are just new features of 2.0, which were already in earlier release candidates. Compare the announcements of RC3 and RC2 on the developer blog.

The release notes page itself seems a bit misleading, since they specifically talk about "Firefox 2 RC3" even in places where they mean Firefox 2 - perhaps someone saved time with a search & replace.

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So while this announcement probably means they fixed bugs and are another step closer to the final release, the major features aren't news.

• Large Amount of Memory Issues Fixed.

My all time favorite Firefox extension, Noscript, blocks Javascript in a flexible way that allows whitelisting by domain either permanently or temporarily. It's really fun to click and be able to turn on Javascript for just the site you're interested in and none of the advertisers on it.

(3) there is absolutely NO REASON to disable it unless you are a whiney /. reader

> I would like these FORCED into new tabs

There's already a pref for this. See http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozill a/browser/app/profile/firefox.js&rev=1.164&mark=25 1,254#250

No UI, but you can set this with about:config.

If it's just the name you want, you should try the Firesomething extension.

I think it came out around the time that the Firebird -> Firefox announcement was made (only months after the Phoenix -> Firebird transition happened).

There is an addon called "distrust" that is supposed to do this. I haven't tried it, but here it is:

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1559/

Actually, I'd like to take a look and see what suggestions there are regarding Extension rollbacks. I know I've had the problem where a poorly-formed or incompatible extension will disfigure Firefox's main view until I wipe the Profile completely. A safety-net backup when extensions are installed would be a nice addition.

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http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#spell-a bbreviate

There is already an extension for this.

It is called Session Manager. It does exactly what you want: a history of closed tabs.

It also has the nice feature of saving the entire session (all windows, all tabs) so when you restart you can go back to what you were doing ...

An interative javascript debugger, that includes the ability to run scripts in a 'step mode', override/block the execution of specific js statements (or force conditional branches), and change the contents of variables.

Have you tried Venkman? That does stepping and lets you change variables, though I don't think it helps with your second point. There's also FireBug, as a lighter-weight way to set breakpoints and step through code.

Try the morning coffee extention.
This extension lets you organize websites by day and open them up simultaneously.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2677/

The slashdot extension ought to have an OMG Ponies theme built into it

Slashdotter

One of the many selectable styles is called "OMG !!! ..."

Maybe this could be a firefox extention. Hmm.

It is. It's called TabMix Plus. There you go =)

I do agree that it's a feature that would be good to have in the base product though.

There were show-stoppers that had to wait for 3-4 years. Soft hypens? Who cares?

How about supporting id on client-side image maps when the pages that they're on are served as text/html? It's the only major browser that doesn't support this.

And for anyone making the "It's got n votes argument," it's worth keeping in
mind that there are over 60,000 people that have Bugzilla activity (and so every
opportunity to vote for any bug). That would mean this bug has the support of
approximately 0.073% of Bugzilla users. Then it's worth noting that Bugzilla
users are approximately 60,000 of the most advanced users of the 740,000,000
people connected to the web. That certainly isn't much of a case for real support.

So why even have the vote feature in Bugzilla at all? What they're saying, in essence, is "We don't
give a f%!k about votes, we know what's best for you, QED."

More choice isn't always a great idea.
1,880 extensions is waaaay to much for any computer n00blet to wade through.
Even if you assume that 75% are dupes, 470 is still a lot of discreet options to wade through.

More choice isn't always a great idea.
1,880 extensions is waaaay to much for any computer n00blet to wade through.
Even if you assume that 75% are dupes, 470 is still a lot of discreet options to wade through.

More choice isn't always a great idea.
1,880 extensions is waaaay to much for any computer n00blet to wade through.
Even if you assume that 75% are dupes, 470 is still a lot of discreet options to wade through.

build in functionality to hunt down every little extension that covers all that extra functionality.

Use the above suggestion or try NoScript In the options, there is an option to block flash and other plugins as well.

PDF Download Choose what you want to do with PDF links.

Linkification. Can't live without it.

This has several options to handle plain text links..
Linkification

It's right here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2324/