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It is unfortunate that OpenSSL had its certificate revoked. Condolences to the developers, and good luck going through the revalidation process with NIST.

I would like to point out however that Mozilla's NSS (Network Security Services) library is also open-source, performs much of the same functions as OpenSSL, and has been previously FIPS140-1 validated several times - the first validation was over 5 years ago. A FIPS140-2 validation is ongoing. See http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/f ips/ for more information. NSS is used in Mozilla, Evolution, OpenOffice, Solaris, Sun Java Enterprise System, RedHat Linux, among others.

You can't place it on the tab bar where it (imo) belongs. This is the reason I still use Moz instead of FF.

It's the paste and go extension for Firefox. I found this doing a quick google for a paste and go extension. Might be others that are similar and/or work better... dunno.

Might help. Works a bit more like the original mozilla though FF gets confused if your search term has a period or slash in it (understandably)

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/tips#beh_se arch

Additionally, https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/ They make doing web development *so* much easier.

Additionally, https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/ and https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1843/ They make doing web development *so* much easier.

From TFA:

But all the themes we found merely changed the interface buttons and perhaps added an image to the top menu area; they don't change the window borders the way you can with WindowBlinds.

This statement is a little misleading. Perhaps they didn't find themes that change the whole UI, but Firefox fully supports this and there are themes that do exactly this, without the need for proprietary, system-wide applications.

PimpZilla is a good example for this: It even goes so far as to completely re-style the option menus.

Actually it's quite different... it allows you to see them all at once instead of one at a time.

Also QuickTabs (as well as the Firefox equivalent I mention below) update the images if the page is updated for some reason... so you can open several dynamic pages in tabs, switch to the summary view, then keep a view on the state of all of them at once, pretty nifty. And what the article states as a general case about extensions for Firefox is 100% true here... Viamatic foxPose puts exactly this functionallity into Firefox. And not to sound like a fanboy, but I'm looking at IE7 beta 3 and Firefox (1.5) on the same screen using these features and the foxPose images are MUCH clearer than the IE7 ones, the text in IE7 is so fuzzy I can't even attempt to read the regular headlines on CNN.com

Extensions are your friend.
Paste&Go
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/65/

Typical FF answer: "There is an extension that'll do that" :) The Tab Mix Plus extension will add a button and does lots of other cool tab functionality customization.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/

The default setting is to "Hide the tab bar when only one web site is open", so you still won't get the button until you open another tab. If you have the extension installed and uncheck that in the preferences...You will get the button there all the time.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9458

Voted.

SeaMonkey 1.0 It is the community release of what would have been Mozilla Suite 1.8.

Seems that Firefox 1.5 is a lot more aggressive at caching pages than previous versions... Also, the ammount of memory that will be used for this purpose depends on the total memory of your system.

You can find ways to configure that here.

Also, if you were using extensions (you already said you don't, but I'm adding this for reference) a good way to detect memory leaks is to use the Leak Monitor Extension.

That's how I got my name in it. (Even if it's only my first name and email address) http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvslog.cgi?file=mozilla/ browser/components/search/nsSearchService.js&rev=H EAD&mark=1.8#1.8 Besides, most of the people I know already switched to Firefox. Except for my parents, who feel they're perfectly fine with IE. (Even after they had to get their computer reformatted after some strange virus infecting it.)

Sometimes this issue can be solved by using the User Agent Switcher extension to mask your browser as IE. On Gap.com for instance, it appears they won't let you shop without IE--until you change your UA string to an IE one. Then it works just fine. Unfortunately this trick won't work for sites that require things like ActiveX, just for ones that are silly and require IE exclusively for no apparent reason. :(

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/

From the website: "IE Tab - an extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox."

It's also configurable in such a way where you can set it to automatically use IE's view of pages at certain locations instead of Firefox's, but use Firefox for the rest of the web.

http://userstyles.org/style/show/490 in combination with https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/

Can be usefull for other sites as well that you read often.

FYI, Firefox 2.0 will include a session manager, and there is the session saver extension for previous versions.

Development of the Mozilla suite has not stopped at all. The name of the project has been changed to SeaMonkey (meant to be spelled with StudlyCaps, unfortunately...) and project management has been turned over to a group of volunteers. SeaMonkey 1.0.2 (the most recent 'stable' release) is what Mozilla 1.8 would have been. There is a SeaMonkey 1.5 development series (which is quite a bit faster than 1.0.x) and a roadmap to move the whole suite to XULRunner (a move which will be made by Firefox and Thunderbird as well). I mostly use SeaMonkey now (instead of Firefox and Thunderbird, and before that Mozilla suite) because of the lower memory use and extra functionality the suite offers.

Development of the Mozilla suite has not stopped at all. The name of the project has been changed to SeaMonkey (meant to be spelled with StudlyCaps, unfortunately...) and project management has been turned over to a group of volunteers. SeaMonkey 1.0.2 (the most recent 'stable' release) is what Mozilla 1.8 would have been. There is a SeaMonkey 1.5 development series (which is quite a bit faster than 1.0.x) and a roadmap to move the whole suite to XULRunner (a move which will be made by Firefox and Thunderbird as well). I mostly use SeaMonkey now (instead of Firefox and Thunderbird, and before that Mozilla suite) because of the lower memory use and extra functionality the suite offers.

1. NoScript works with all versions of Firefox now and is available from the Mozilla Add-ons site.

AniDisable is available from the author's website, and is apparently compatible with versions 0.9 - 1.5, although I've not personally confirmed this.

FlashBlock is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.41 - 1.6. Again, I haven't personally tried this extension, but I've seen no comments that lead me to believe that it isn't compatible with the latest final version of Firefox.

Tab Mix Plus is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.0 - 1.6. Once again, I haven't personally tried this extension.

2. Incremental search? Do you mean "Find As You Type?" If so, this isn't exactly a new feature, and it can easily be disabled in the Options menu (Advanced tab).

3. As for this so-called "Nullplugin" thing — I have no idea what you're on about. It's not a problem I've come accross. Tried uninstalling Firefox, removing your userdata (remember to back up your bookmarks!) and then installing the latest version?

1. NoScript works with all versions of Firefox now and is available from the Mozilla Add-ons site.

AniDisable is available from the author's website, and is apparently compatible with versions 0.9 - 1.5, although I've not personally confirmed this.

FlashBlock is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.41 - 1.6. Again, I haven't personally tried this extension, but I've seen no comments that lead me to believe that it isn't compatible with the latest final version of Firefox.

Tab Mix Plus is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.0 - 1.6. Once again, I haven't personally tried this extension.

2. Incremental search? Do you mean "Find As You Type?" If so, this isn't exactly a new feature, and it can easily be disabled in the Options menu (Advanced tab).

3. As for this so-called "Nullplugin" thing — I have no idea what you're on about. It's not a problem I've come accross. Tried uninstalling Firefox, removing your userdata (remember to back up your bookmarks!) and then installing the latest version?

1. NoScript works with all versions of Firefox now and is available from the Mozilla Add-ons site.

AniDisable is available from the author's website, and is apparently compatible with versions 0.9 - 1.5, although I've not personally confirmed this.

FlashBlock is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.41 - 1.6. Again, I haven't personally tried this extension, but I've seen no comments that lead me to believe that it isn't compatible with the latest final version of Firefox.

Tab Mix Plus is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.0 - 1.6. Once again, I haven't personally tried this extension.

2. Incremental search? Do you mean "Find As You Type?" If so, this isn't exactly a new feature, and it can easily be disabled in the Options menu (Advanced tab).

3. As for this so-called "Nullplugin" thing — I have no idea what you're on about. It's not a problem I've come accross. Tried uninstalling Firefox, removing your userdata (remember to back up your bookmarks!) and then installing the latest version?

1. NoScript works with all versions of Firefox now and is available from the Mozilla Add-ons site.

AniDisable is available from the author's website, and is apparently compatible with versions 0.9 - 1.5, although I've not personally confirmed this.

FlashBlock is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.41 - 1.6. Again, I haven't personally tried this extension, but I've seen no comments that lead me to believe that it isn't compatible with the latest final version of Firefox.

Tab Mix Plus is also available on the Mozilla Add-ons site, and is apparently compatible with versions 1.0 - 1.6. Once again, I haven't personally tried this extension.

2. Incremental search? Do you mean "Find As You Type?" If so, this isn't exactly a new feature, and it can easily be disabled in the Options menu (Advanced tab).

3. As for this so-called "Nullplugin" thing — I have no idea what you're on about. It's not a problem I've come accross. Tried uninstalling Firefox, removing your userdata (remember to back up your bookmarks!) and then installing the latest version?

[...] so I can use firefox instead?

ietab? user agent switcher?

18% of our firefox users need to upgrade to the latest version

Another tip for Slashdot readers using Firefox... get the Firefox Slashdotter Extension. It expands hidden comments inline using AJAX, allows you to change skins, informs you via an icon on the status bar if you got mod points, displays links to Coral Cache, plus more.

Do you mean version 2?

introducing some functionality that Internet Explorer doesn't have might be the only way to accomplish that.

Are you kidding? The extensions bring so much extra functionality to the table that there's no comparison. True, the potential for security vulnerabilities increases if you install extensions willy-nilly, but the most popular ones are vetted for security. Perhaps the average browsing public can't grok mouse gestures, but once you start using them it's hard to go back to mousing up to the back button or using the keyboard. The session saving capabilities of Tabmix Plus would become immediately useful once introduced to any user. And if you need IE, there's always IE Tab. ; )

I could go on, but those right there should be enough to convince anybody of all the extra functionality of Firefox.

Oh, and if you want to Myspace . . .

introducing some functionality that Internet Explorer doesn't have might be the only way to accomplish that.

Are you kidding? The extensions bring so much extra functionality to the table that there's no comparison. True, the potential for security vulnerabilities increases if you install extensions willy-nilly, but the most popular ones are vetted for security. Perhaps the average browsing public can't grok mouse gestures, but once you start using them it's hard to go back to mousing up to the back button or using the keyboard. The session saving capabilities of Tabmix Plus would become immediately useful once introduced to any user. And if you need IE, there's always IE Tab. ; )

I could go on, but those right there should be enough to convince anybody of all the extra functionality of Firefox.

Oh, and if you want to Myspace . . .

introducing some functionality that Internet Explorer doesn't have might be the only way to accomplish that.

Are you kidding? The extensions bring so much extra functionality to the table that there's no comparison. True, the potential for security vulnerabilities increases if you install extensions willy-nilly, but the most popular ones are vetted for security. Perhaps the average browsing public can't grok mouse gestures, but once you start using them it's hard to go back to mousing up to the back button or using the keyboard. The session saving capabilities of Tabmix Plus would become immediately useful once introduced to any user. And if you need IE, there's always IE Tab. ; )

I could go on, but those right there should be enough to convince anybody of all the extra functionality of Firefox.

Oh, and if you want to Myspace . . .

introducing some functionality that Internet Explorer doesn't have might be the only way to accomplish that.

Are you kidding? The extensions bring so much extra functionality to the table that there's no comparison. True, the potential for security vulnerabilities increases if you install extensions willy-nilly, but the most popular ones are vetted for security. Perhaps the average browsing public can't grok mouse gestures, but once you start using them it's hard to go back to mousing up to the back button or using the keyboard. The session saving capabilities of Tabmix Plus would become immediately useful once introduced to any user. And if you need IE, there's always IE Tab. ; )

I could go on, but those right there should be enough to convince anybody of all the extra functionality of Firefox.

Oh, and if you want to Myspace . . .

Beta 1 is now in the releases tree, as of today: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/2.0b1/

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/1.0.8/

You can also get the latest bleeding edge build of Minefield, which is the alpha for Firefox 3.0. For practical use I find Bon Echo much more stable, but for example Acid2 is better in Minefield.

All hail Cookie Button. Install from addons. I also prefer to complement it with Cookie Button in the status bar

All hail Cookie Button. Install from addons. I also prefer to complement it with Cookie Button in the status bar

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/722/

There is a PDF extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/636/

I really love Firefox, and I'd definitely appreciate a spell checker, but I'm going to check out Opera tonight because I hate waiting nearly 30 seconds for it to open. (IE7 is even worse with closing tabs--takes like 5-10 seconds. . . well, maybe 2/3 but it feels like a minute.) There should be an option to start with Windows, or something.

It's not going to happen in Firefox 2, but maybe Firefox 3. A development branch (http://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko:Reflow_Refactoring) already passes the Acid2 test (http://flickr.com/photos/dbaron/126886608/), but needs more work.

That's not good enough. Firefox has been running on OS X for years, and it doesn't look like a Mac app. By this time, the controls were supposed to look like Mac controls.

Still no inline-block, and broken XMLHttpRequest. (Bugzilla links, so block those referrers.)

Still no inline-block, and broken XMLHttpRequest. (Bugzilla links, so block those referrers.)

Sorry, submitter. You've shared with us a link to RC3, not Beta 1. Beta 1 is in fact not released at this point. Note that 2 of the 3 release candidates were posted within the last 24 hours. That ain't the same as Beta 1 being available.

When (and if) Beta 1 is released today, it'll be here:

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rel eases/bonecho/

What you're looking for is already done. The extension "MR Tech Local Install" does that among other things.
When you install a new extension, and it's for an older version, it warns you and lets you bypass the warning.

You can donwload the extension here

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Luckily there are others that had before the same needs we have now

Yes, there are hundreds of leaks in Firefox. Gmail triggers several of them. The good news is that all but one of them is fixed on the trunk, so Firefox 3 should leak much less on Gmail. The other good news is that you generally need to run Firefox for several days before the leaks become noticeable, if you monitor the memory use number closely.

The article links to RC1.

You can aleady get release candidate 3

Or you could wait a few days an get the actual beta.

What we really need is a DNS system that can return multiple IP addresses and a code to indicate how to use them (ie, randomly select one or use the first unless it fails then fallback to the next one).

RFC 2782. I quote:

The SRV RR allows administrators to use several servers for a single domain, to move services from host to host with little fuss, and to designate some hosts as primary servers for a service and others as backups.

It doesn't require any DNS infrastructure changes, but clients need to support it. For example, Firefox and Mozilla don't support it.

What Opera really needs is something like Adblock Filterset.G Updater (https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/). I used to configure Adblock manually until I found this. Using this my adblock DB is auto updated. Try it for yourself.

the https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/433/flashblock extension for firefox seems to get rid of the biggest (only?) offender in wasting cpu time, and makes it easy to enable a flash you actually want. now if only there was an extension to identify and block "seizure gifs", i would never need another extension for dealing with ads