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Doesn't this piss you off? Doesn't it make you want to declare War on Spam, in the time-honoured fashion of the Bush Administration(TM)?

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Google searches now have an annoyingly strong bias to pointless sites running adsence making this https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=743 firefox extension pretty much compulsary.

ok, I'm playing devil's advocate:

If MS ceded the entire Mac market to Apple's safari browser and safari only has google searching capability by default, then isn't it safe to say that Google has a default monopoly on all searching in the mac market? This gets even more interesting if Apple ever does release an OSX86 (or whatever it would be called).

Isn't firefox getting over 100 million downloads mean that it's a viable alternative that is being adopted on a cross-platform basis? Doesn't the existance of such a viable and well accepted alternative make the argument that Microsoft is a monopoly next to void?

Macintels are a direct competition in the Wintel market and seem to be getting more mindshare in the US market. That and the fact that a VIABLE alternative to Wintel boxes exist and are comparable in pricing.

If MS continues to remain the the leader in Desktop operating systems by more than 80% in the next 5 years and Apple continues it's fight into the desktop market then the market has made its decision and MS shouldn't be considered a monopoly anymore.

ok, I'm playing devil's advocate:

If MS ceded the entire Mac market to Apple's safari browser and safari only has google searching capability by default, then isn't it safe to say that Google has a default monopoly on all searching in the mac market? This gets even more interesting if Apple ever does release an OSX86 (or whatever it would be called).

Isn't firefox getting over 100 million downloads mean that it's a viable alternative that is being adopted on a cross-platform basis? Doesn't the existance of such a viable and well accepted alternative make the argument that Microsoft is a monopoly next to void?

Macintels are a direct competition in the Wintel market and seem to be getting more mindshare in the US market. That and the fact that a VIABLE alternative to Wintel boxes exist and are comparable in pricing.

If MS continues to remain the the leader in Desktop operating systems by more than 80% in the next 5 years and Apple continues it's fight into the desktop market then the market has made its decision and MS shouldn't be considered a monopoly anymore.

I also thought it was pretty interesting that IE supports OpenSearch, an open standard to add search engines (unlike FF and Opera).

I also thought it was pretty interesting that IE supports OpenSearch, an open standard to add search engines (unlike FF and Opera).

Use the VideoDownloader extension for Firefox.

Yes, and a kitchen sink would be nice too.

and it's turned me off of firefox

look:

http://copia.ogbuji.net/blog/2006/Mar/06

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69799

There are already a few extensions on https://addons.mozilla.org/ that provide online bookmarks:
* Foxmarks, currently featured: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/
* del.icio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1153/
* de.lirio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1566/

Also, the Flock browser includes this functionality natively. http://flock.com/

There are already a few extensions on https://addons.mozilla.org/ that provide online bookmarks:
* Foxmarks, currently featured: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/
* del.icio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1153/
* de.lirio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1566/

Also, the Flock browser includes this functionality natively. http://flock.com/

There are already a few extensions on https://addons.mozilla.org/ that provide online bookmarks:
* Foxmarks, currently featured: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/
* del.icio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1153/
* de.lirio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1566/

Also, the Flock browser includes this functionality natively. http://flock.com/

There are already a few extensions on https://addons.mozilla.org/ that provide online bookmarks:
* Foxmarks, currently featured: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2410/
* del.icio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1153/
* de.lirio.us: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1566/

Also, the Flock browser includes this functionality natively. http://flock.com/

In case someone is looking for more information about the actual implementation of the "places" concept: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Places:Design_Overvie w http://wiki.mozilla.org/Places:Design_Overview

In case someone is looking for more information about the actual implementation of the "places" concept: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Places:Design_Overvie w http://wiki.mozilla.org/Places:Design_Overview

I think this was the site I was thinking of. (I go through a lot of these kinds of sites on the Mozilla Reporter)

For example, IE doesn't support PNG alpha channels.

You must not get out much on the web, especially in a corporate environment.

There are a list of some here: Sites that Make Mozilla Sad

And even more can be found here: Mozilla Reporter Database

But the worst sites are on corporate Intranets or behind logins.

At work I am expected to use Microsoft Project Server Web Access. This archaic piece of trash requires IE because it uses ActiveX. The webby app we use to manage our Outlook/Exchange profile info only works in IE. Our Exchange web access e-mail only provides a crippled interface to anything other than IE.

Then I get this thing in the e-mail about Oracles new web site with a link to a presentation here - but don't open this in Firefox or it will crash! that only works in IE.

I had to repeatedly e-mail certain folks when links with illegal backslashes showed up in links on the department web site. They finally fixed those but there are several apps on the site that require or claim to require IE. (What the hell: here , here, , here and the system that we now have to use to get our pay checks says here (login required) that "Internet Explorer (version 5.5 or higher) is the only supported web browser for Employee Self Service. Using any other browser may affect your ability to gain access." It mostly works but the the help system requires IE.

Then the other day I am trying look up info on my home warranty and I find this part of their site: Aon Home Warranty

So anyway yes they exist. Yes, real people run in to them all the time. And the Firefox community needs to do something to fight back.

I do: User Agent Switcher 0.6.8, but you're right, we shouldn't have to do this stuff.

Hehe :)

But you can put in a 'new tab' button on the tab-bar with this extension.

Saw them all through the Google Cache. (I can't function without the Add Mirrors Greasemonkey Script which IMHO is way better than the Slashdotter Extension.)

Anyway, I thought "This is hot" blew all the others away. High production value. Gets some of the firefox message across to a mass audience without getting buried in all the product details. Most of the others will just leave people confused.

There's also this extension for downleoading any embedded media with one click.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1993/

I couldn't agree more. However I've come across a really neat extension for Firefox that will help a lot. It's called unplug (and I'm not the developer either) available at https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=2254 Enjoy! (I do)

From your link:
System Requirements.
Windows, MacOS 7.6 or greater min. Internet Explorer 3, Netscape 3, AOL 3.0 or greater. Any Monitor.

I tried it with Firefox anyway, and I even used the User Agent Switcher Extension to fake using IE, and all I got was a stupid picture of a dog.

I really hate stupid websites that don't bother working correctly under Firefox.

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I don't think Firefox has had a "silent install" vulnerability yet."

I don't think Firefox has had a "silent install" vulnerability yet."

This does bring up a possible new (future) feature for slash - allow logged-in users to specify their own CSS URL, to be served instead of the standards.

If you use Firefox, then this is already possible.

*Please* don't select a winner that breaks the slashdotter extension.

I haven't had a look at the code for the slashdotter, but I hope it's robust enough to deal with CSS changes like this contest suggests without breaking.

Unfortunately, robustness doesn't seem to be the general rule with Mozilla extensions, which seem to break with every upgrade or site change. Sometimes it seems as if half of the Greasemonkey scripts don't work any more because the pages they were designed to work with have changed.

The one the surprizes me the most is the Venkman JavaScript debugger. Usually developer tools are the first things that get ported to a new version of any platform because the developers are using it themselves, but for some reason, the Venkman debugger is frequently non functional on the latest version of Firefox.

Oh well. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope this contest doesn't break slashdotter or that the extension gets updated quickly afterwards.

P.S. I hope you can't tell that SpellBound is broken on my installation of FireFox.

If you use the firefox web developer toolbar you can edit the CSS right there and see it applied instantly. This also gives you the flexability to view other pages with your CSS.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning /index.html
FTS: Lightning is a calendar extension for Mozilla Thunderbird. It offers calendaring features directly in the Thunderbird User Interface. Further integration features, such as e-mail invites or addressbook integration are planned for future releases.

It is easily on its way. Don't give up FOSS needs your input and suggestions. Go back to LookOOUT! is not helpful advice. Google Calendar/Gmail is a better Answer.

A fully scalable, vector-based browsing experience would be nice. SVG.

Toss in support for animation, SVG again.

full-motion video, foreignObject.

and client-side programming in something other than JavaScript, please. Python.

And 3D, while we've got the hood up. canvas + OpenGL.

Let's call it XAML. Is that good with everyone?
I'd prefer to call it a set of open standards.

A fully scalable, vector-based browsing experience would be nice. SVG.

Toss in support for animation, SVG again.

full-motion video, foreignObject.

and client-side programming in something other than JavaScript, please. Python.

And 3D, while we've got the hood up. canvas + OpenGL.

Let's call it XAML. Is that good with everyone?
I'd prefer to call it a set of open standards.

The list of vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 1.5.0.2 is also on the official Mozilla site. They're not providing full details of the vulnerabilities or exploit code yet, though (apparently to give everyone a chance to upgrade first).

I got half a paragraph into the article before heading over to bugzilla.mozilla.org and voting for bug 111373: don't allow animated site icons (favicons)

Ever heard of Filterset.G? https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/ Using that with Adblock Plus, I rarely ever see ads online anymore.

...I thought this was announcing one of the already-existing third-party Gmail-based drives, like GSpace or GMail Drive, both of which I use. They work fine, why do I need another one? Long live GMail! (And a fiery death to Google Earth...but that's a different discussion.)

Jacl is a fantastic scripting language for Java:
http://tcljava.sourceforge.net/docs/website/index. html

I also enjoy just using Javascript for this kind of thing. See the Rhino project:
http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/

There's probably even a Firefox extension for this

NSS (the crypto library used in Firefox, and some Red Hat and Sun products) is open-source, and FIPS-140 level 2 certified: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/f ips/ If you implement an application such as disk encryption using NSS for crypto, you'd be able to claim that it was FIPS 140 compliant. But, as far as I know, no such application currently exists. FIPS 140 is a US goverment standard for cryptographic implementations. Federal agencies/departments purchasing software with cryptography are required to buy FIPS-140 validated solutions if they exist. But, it's not only federal government. It's really the only such standard in the US, and so anyone looking for some product which has gone through some type of validation (such as financial industry) will probably require FIPS-140 valdiation.

There is a grain of truth. However the joke in it is one that goes back into the 70's with BSU. Oh and you might like this link

https://addons.mozilla.org/addon.php?id=444

That Tech Report article is so infested with Flash ads that it discourages me from reading it, or even taking Tech Report seriously.

It seems to me that a company has to be very, very stupid to believe that trying to force people to read ads is productive.

I was trying to do without the FlashBlock extension because Firefox developers tend to blame the instability and CPU hogging of Firefox on extensions. However, I've installed it now.

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Before, Saddam got Iraq oil profits & paid part to kill Iraqis. Now a few Americans share Iraq oil profits, & U.S. citizens pay to kill Iraqis. Improvement?

Regarding HTML, you may want to take a look at WhatWG.

Regarding JavaScript, the what's new in JavaScript 1.6 at Mozilla Developer Center might help, too (By the way, Mozilla CTO, Brendan Eich, created JavaScript while working at Netscape).

Fixed in: Firefox 1.5
    Firefox 1.0.8
    Thunderbird 1.5
    Thunderbird 1.0.8
    SeaMonkey 1.0
    Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

This is the one that I was looking for (Yahoo! Mail Beta randomly crashes, causing the loss of whatever email is being written)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32268 3

Actually, MFSA issues 09-19 were fixed before this release - the only new ones for the 1.5.x branch are 20-29.

Actually, MFSA issues 09-19 were fixed before this release - the only new ones for the 1.5.x branch are 20-29.

1.0.8 for many platforms is at: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/rele ases/1.0.8

I have the same problem with that. So I installed sessionsaver and it works great. Everytime I reboot or something goes wrong all of my tabs are saved and still open when I start firefox again. Check it out

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/436/

Neither is bug 279867 fixed which is older then a year.

This is why Mozilla restricts access to security bug information. It's only an issue if it becomes public. By the way, I only count seven security-related bug fixes. Where are you getting 21?