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// check prefs to see if pings are enabled
nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs =
    do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID);
if (prefs) {
  PRBool allow = PR_TRUE;
  prefs->GetBoolPref("browser.send_pings", &allow);
  if (!allow)
    return;
}

We should try and do an experimental implementation of , to see if there are any unexpected real-world problems.

1. You are talking about a feature just added to a development tree, not something in a released version of Firefox.
2. This feature can already be disabled (if you happen to be running a development version) using the 'browser.send_pings' preference.
3. They didn't "quietly enable" a feature, they did it in front of everyone interested. There are plenty of bugs in bugzilla talking about the implementation of this feature. If you are running a development version of Firefox and can't be bothered to keep up with what is going on in the development community, that's your problem.

Check out: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31936 8

// check prefs to see if pings are enabled
nsCOMPtr<nsIPrefBranch> prefs = do_GetService(NS_PREFSERVICE_CONTRACTID);
if (prefs) {
PRBool allow = PR_TRUE;
prefs->GetBoolPref("browser.send_pings", &allow);
if (!allow)
return;
}

The menu for tabs when you have too many open,

Tab Mix Plus gives you several option to deal with too many tabs. I currently prefer the one where extraneous tabs are hidden and you scroll with the mouse wheel to determine which ones get shown. I'd also prefer that over a menu (zero clutter and lower perceived overhead, as there are no clicks necessary to go through all tabs).


the ability to remeber all web pages when you close and then reopen the browser. (Also works if you kill opera with task manager so Id assume it works in a crash.)

Tab Mix Plus also does that. If you don't like TMP you can use the traditional one, Session Saver.


the notes side bar,

I had one but removed it as it saw no use.

the IRC option,
...ChatZilla...


a better transfer manager.

I'm quite happy with Download Statusbar, which keeps all downloads in your sight without much clutter. If you prefer external download managers, FlashGot provides tie-ins for most popular ones. If you want to transfer something from your computer, Firefox also has an FTP client.

While Firefox might not be the most versatile browser out of the box it's extremely easy to install extensions and/or plugins which greatly increase its usefulness.
Besides, the stability and memory usage has much improved with version 1.5.

The menu for tabs when you have too many open,

Tab Mix Plus gives you several option to deal with too many tabs. I currently prefer the one where extraneous tabs are hidden and you scroll with the mouse wheel to determine which ones get shown. I'd also prefer that over a menu (zero clutter and lower perceived overhead, as there are no clicks necessary to go through all tabs).


the ability to remeber all web pages when you close and then reopen the browser. (Also works if you kill opera with task manager so Id assume it works in a crash.)

Tab Mix Plus also does that. If you don't like TMP you can use the traditional one, Session Saver.


the notes side bar,

I had one but removed it as it saw no use.

the IRC option,
...ChatZilla...


a better transfer manager.

I'm quite happy with Download Statusbar, which keeps all downloads in your sight without much clutter. If you prefer external download managers, FlashGot provides tie-ins for most popular ones. If you want to transfer something from your computer, Firefox also has an FTP client.

While Firefox might not be the most versatile browser out of the box it's extremely easy to install extensions and/or plugins which greatly increase its usefulness.
Besides, the stability and memory usage has much improved with version 1.5.

The menu for tabs when you have too many open,

Tab Mix Plus gives you several option to deal with too many tabs. I currently prefer the one where extraneous tabs are hidden and you scroll with the mouse wheel to determine which ones get shown. I'd also prefer that over a menu (zero clutter and lower perceived overhead, as there are no clicks necessary to go through all tabs).


the ability to remeber all web pages when you close and then reopen the browser. (Also works if you kill opera with task manager so Id assume it works in a crash.)

Tab Mix Plus also does that. If you don't like TMP you can use the traditional one, Session Saver.


the notes side bar,

I had one but removed it as it saw no use.

the IRC option,
...ChatZilla...


a better transfer manager.

I'm quite happy with Download Statusbar, which keeps all downloads in your sight without much clutter. If you prefer external download managers, FlashGot provides tie-ins for most popular ones. If you want to transfer something from your computer, Firefox also has an FTP client.

While Firefox might not be the most versatile browser out of the box it's extremely easy to install extensions and/or plugins which greatly increase its usefulness.
Besides, the stability and memory usage has much improved with version 1.5.

The menu for tabs when you have too many open,

Tab Mix Plus gives you several option to deal with too many tabs. I currently prefer the one where extraneous tabs are hidden and you scroll with the mouse wheel to determine which ones get shown. I'd also prefer that over a menu (zero clutter and lower perceived overhead, as there are no clicks necessary to go through all tabs).


the ability to remeber all web pages when you close and then reopen the browser. (Also works if you kill opera with task manager so Id assume it works in a crash.)

Tab Mix Plus also does that. If you don't like TMP you can use the traditional one, Session Saver.


the notes side bar,

I had one but removed it as it saw no use.

the IRC option,
...ChatZilla...


a better transfer manager.

I'm quite happy with Download Statusbar, which keeps all downloads in your sight without much clutter. If you prefer external download managers, FlashGot provides tie-ins for most popular ones. If you want to transfer something from your computer, Firefox also has an FTP client.

While Firefox might not be the most versatile browser out of the box it's extremely easy to install extensions and/or plugins which greatly increase its usefulness.
Besides, the stability and memory usage has much improved with version 1.5.

The menu for tabs when you have too many open,

Tab Mix Plus gives you several option to deal with too many tabs. I currently prefer the one where extraneous tabs are hidden and you scroll with the mouse wheel to determine which ones get shown. I'd also prefer that over a menu (zero clutter and lower perceived overhead, as there are no clicks necessary to go through all tabs).


the ability to remeber all web pages when you close and then reopen the browser. (Also works if you kill opera with task manager so Id assume it works in a crash.)

Tab Mix Plus also does that. If you don't like TMP you can use the traditional one, Session Saver.


the notes side bar,

I had one but removed it as it saw no use.

the IRC option,
...ChatZilla...


a better transfer manager.

I'm quite happy with Download Statusbar, which keeps all downloads in your sight without much clutter. If you prefer external download managers, FlashGot provides tie-ins for most popular ones. If you want to transfer something from your computer, Firefox also has an FTP client.

While Firefox might not be the most versatile browser out of the box it's extremely easy to install extensions and/or plugins which greatly increase its usefulness.
Besides, the stability and memory usage has much improved with version 1.5.

Most of the "Firefox memory leak" problems are turning out to be poorly coded extensions, such as Adblock. Adblock's memory management problems were fixed just a few days ago. Try the tips on reducing memory usage, and you'll almost certainly find that the "memory leaks" disappear.

Seamonkey is counted as Mozilla 1.8. Try the beta by the way Faster and better than FF.

Deploying Linux in business environments, I haven't seen a site that absolutely required IE in a long time. Even the banks I deal with have long supported Mozilla and Firefox.

But, just for fun, last week I did a little experiment. I made a list of as many sites with embedded videos that I could, mostly news sites, and tested them against Konqueror and Firefox. I came up with 18 sites in total. The results were that eleven sites worked with both Konqueror and Firefox, three more worked in Firefox only, and only four had absolute requirements that precluded any Linux browser. These ranged from Flash 8.0, which doesn't yet exist for Linux, to ActiveX detection routines.

So, from a small, completely unstatistical sample of the most popular sites I could find, 77% were compatible with Firefox on Linux. 61% were compatible enough to work even in Konqueror. And of the sites that required IE, one was msnbc.com, and two were Viacom companies, mtv.com and vh1.com, that excluded Linux intentionally, citing "Windows DRM" as the reason.

For the tests, I used KMplayer and Xine as the video player, with both Real and Windows Media codecs. I needed the KMplayer plugin for Konqueror and the MediaPlayerconnectivity and User Agent Switcher extensions for Firefox.

Deploying Linux in business environments, I haven't seen a site that absolutely required IE in a long time. Even the banks I deal with have long supported Mozilla and Firefox.

But, just for fun, last week I did a little experiment. I made a list of as many sites with embedded videos that I could, mostly news sites, and tested them against Konqueror and Firefox. I came up with 18 sites in total. The results were that eleven sites worked with both Konqueror and Firefox, three more worked in Firefox only, and only four had absolute requirements that precluded any Linux browser. These ranged from Flash 8.0, which doesn't yet exist for Linux, to ActiveX detection routines.

So, from a small, completely unstatistical sample of the most popular sites I could find, 77% were compatible with Firefox on Linux. 61% were compatible enough to work even in Konqueror. And of the sites that required IE, one was msnbc.com, and two were Viacom companies, mtv.com and vh1.com, that excluded Linux intentionally, citing "Windows DRM" as the reason.

For the tests, I used KMplayer and Xine as the video player, with both Real and Windows Media codecs. I needed the KMplayer plugin for Konqueror and the MediaPlayerconnectivity and User Agent Switcher extensions for Firefox.

Try my FireFox extension. It has DES encryption that can be used for email clients, forums, etc. Any text or binary actually. It is true that the other party has to know what password you used for encryption, but that can be agreed upon.

Mozilla & friends.

Pop unders? Haven't seen em in years.

Read more and download at, https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=433&application=firefox

A bigger growth market is, by far, offering a version for Java-based phones (e.g. Opera Mini) and for Pocket PCs.

It's called Minimo, I believe.

You are posting this to the wrong place. This is a great idea and would make a fantastic addition to firefox other options. But you should really suggest this to the firefox team.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product =Firefox&format=guided

You can enter the feature in bugzilla as a "Wishlist" item. You never know they too might think this is a great idea.

N.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24418

if anyone wants to copy paste it. I'm voting for it.

Anyone know why the slahsdot referer is blocked?

Most of these sounds come from Flash objects. You can block Flash with FlashBlock. It puts a play button where the Flash object is.

Of course, then, you either get no flash, or when you explicitly play the flash, you still get blasted away.

I asked about this ages (I think maybe even two years ago) for Mozilla. There's even a bug filed for it [and, OMB, it was filed almost exactly six years ago ]. It's got 53 votes, maybe it needs more: Bug 24418 - Allow user to turn on and off rendering of video/audio (disable sound).

What'd really be nice is a volume control in an easily-accessed space on the browser, so you could, if you want, leave the browser sounds enabled, but at a mix level you're comfortable with.

Use Firefox with https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=722&application=firefoxnoscript extension.
Noscript will block alle javascript, flash, and media files.
You can then choose which ones to enable.

Try it.

only to have some awful noise nearly blow out my speakers from one of their ads, for themselves.

only to have some awful noise nearly blow out my speakers from one of their ads, for themselves.

only to have some awful noise nearly blow out my speakers from one of their ads, for themselves.

only to have some awful noise nearly blow out my speakers from one of their ads, for themselves.

Is Mork to blame for the unscalability? This guy says yes...

There is no data. There is only XUL.

Not to mention a bug which has been around since the beginning: why can't messages read in one newsgroup be marked as read in groups to which they are crossposted?

Don't forget to install the Adblock Filterset.G updater.

To me it is like complaining about banner ads. It's just an unavoidable part of the internet ecosystem, like mosquitos.

You know, I don't know about you, but I tend to bring repellant when I go into the jungles we call the internet.

Ad Block

Almost 100% effect and is 100% lethal to banner ads.

Annoyances don't have to be. Well.. If you don't mind the DDT.

  Firefox 3 will develop on the trunk, which is in 1.9 alpha stage

        * The trunk hosts continuously integrated and tested rearchitecture work
                    o Graphics reimplemented on top of Cairo
                    o New XUL features and XUL box layout specification/standardization
                    o Embedding and XUL App API and implementation unification
                    o Layout "reflow" rearchitecture
                    o JavaScript1.9 leading to JS2 / ECMA-262 Edition 4.
                    o Python for XUL
                    o etc. -- see the Roadmap Scratchpad

Does it let me send return-receipts back to the requester without hanging? Bug 321139)

Still can't sell Thunderbird to friends if I cannot install a french dictionary. The problem has been reported over a year ago. With such a feature missing, I cannot convince friends to jump the band wagon.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26739 0

P.S. I must admit, I have not tried to install the dictionary manually. Maybe this can be done. Still, I feel that the software should be able to do it by itself.

I believe this is indeed the replacement name for what used to be known as "GRE" (Gecko Runtime Environment) and can be used for *any* XUL-based application, not just stuff coming out of the Moz development team. What's not clear to me yet is exactly when this will be complete enough to be used by Firefox etc. - maybe for 2.0, maybe not.

You mean something like SeaMonkey?

A calendar built in??

Not yet.

http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Lightning

What you really want is Lightning. Unfortunately, they appear to have missed their December 2005 target release date for v0.1

The Lightning project is Thunderbird with calendaring built-in.

If you like an integrated suite, be sure to give SeaMonkey a try. It's got pretty much the same features as Thunderbird 1.5, but also includes a browser and more.

Then you're going to hate this Firefox extension.

http://www.mozilla.org/firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/products/

http://www.opera.com/download/
http://www.opera.com/

http://www.theopencd.org/ Download the 650MB ISO image file and burn to CD share with your friends who have less bandwidth to the internet to install FireFox broswer and Thunderbird e-mail client on their Windows PC.

Make a WMF virus variant that pops open the http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ website to give the user an opportunity to click "Install FireFox" for windows. Hey I did not force him to install anything, but just pointed it out.

Remember, Its the thought that counts! I was just making it easier for the end user to use his or her computer Virus free.

Fred

to fix this problem http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin /MS06-001.mspx

At first I thought it might be that they all have wikis:
http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox:Home_Page
But I couldn't find one for XVid.

The list seems geared towards editing, viewing or transferring media.

And take advertising from companies offering browser plugins that automatically turn URLs back to links.

Not the one I used to use (which also "cleaned" links that included redirects), the name of which I've forgotten, but the Linkification Firefox extension does exactly what you want. URL-like text on a page automagically turns into a link.

Which only leaves one question - Will "they" try to ban Firefox, or just anything containing the magic word "http"?

Yeah, probably your are right. Although there is at least one wiki I know of (http://developer.mozilla.org/) this is not specifically firefox related. They just wanted to jump on the hype wagon and don't miss firefox on their list, I guess.

Their arguments sound a bit like, "we included it since this is the tool you can view websites with and use the editing facilities provided by the wikis and alike."

"Permit Cookies" is your friend : https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=44

They should do what developers for Mozilla did and create an extension called YahooSomething. I'm looking forward to using Yahoo! Thunderfoxfabulator.

IP theft from mozilla bugzilla server? poke

Why didn't he just install this...
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=115&application=firefox

I think Linux, Firefox and Openoffice are great, and having a lot of eyes look upon source code may make all bugs shallow, but it still leaves finding bugs to chance rather than systematically preventing them.

These people produce code with defect rates better than CMM level 5 (most companies aren't even at CMM level 2). Firefox, OpenOffice and Linux aren't anywhere near zero-defects.

Sorry, but I'd rather stick with something like this. It's the difference between swapping the rendering engine temporarily when required (eg. Windows Update) a shoehorning a massive security hole into Firefox. Your call :)

...from the truly foreign languages of SMS, TXT, or 1337? RUOK? TTYL!

For the Firefox users:
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php ?id=770