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Better yet, install the Firefox BugMeNot plugin and have at it.

What I want to know, which nobody seems to document, is how to create menus dynamically in Firefox. Instead of specifying the menus statically in XML, I want to create them at runtime -- specifically, I want to create a top-level menu item and populate its submenu at runtime based on HTTP queries or something similar. I know it's possible, but I have not figured out how.

It's targeted for Firefox extensions, but should serve your purpose pretty well.

The BugMeNot FireFox extension is also highly recommended, auto-fills the input boxes for us lazy types.

Here is the link to the bugmenot firefox extention.

install the BugMeNot plugin for FireFox.

Or, if you don't like registering to read NY Times articles, just go here.

Here's the Firefox Plugin

Try the Bugmenot extension for Firefox or Mozilla

Newest version of what, idiot.

He probably means Firefox.
Here is a firefox extension for bugmenot
Thanks OP!

Using Firefox?

Try BugMeNot. It is also available by doing Tools --> Extensions --> Get More Extensions in the browser.

I am in no way related to this extension. I just love it.

Someone already registered for you

If your lazy, get the firefox plugin

If you're a slow learner or at work, get the IE extension

http://extensions.roachfiend.com/bugmenot.xpi

And a related question: How can I find information on how to program a Firefox extention. I can't seem to find any links about coding one from the Firefox website. (And google didn't help either.)

who needs to register when you use firefox + bugmenot

http://extensions.roachfiend.com/index.php#bugmeno t

This site has some great extensions which aren't on update.mozilla.org for some reason. I find the following extensions from this site very useful:

Allow Right-Click
Alt-Text for Links
Always Remember Password
BugMeNot
Ext2Abc

Also look for their developers guide to writing extensions, it's good stuff.

Try this Firefox extension -- although if, like me, you are a Mac user, there is no "true" right button -- control-click still uses the left button to bring up the menu. So I don't usually run into this problem unless I'm using my gaming machine to browse the web. So if you're a Mac user, you probably don't need this.

Allow Right-Click 0.1

There's an extension called Allow Right-Click to accomplish just that. (Granted, it would be nice if this was integrated into the browser)

Why editors still don't point to BugMeNot, instead of just complaining about the compulsory registration?

There's even a nice Firefox extension. Last time I checked, it was not on the official extensions page anymore, but you can grab it from the original homepage. It's working here, with the latest (0.10.1) version of Firefox.

For those interested, here is a link to FoxyTunes;
http://www.iosart.com/foxytunes/firefox/ - an in-firefox mediaplayer control.

Find more (and some very cool ones like Bugmenot) here: Firefox extensions

"You can just use the Tools->Extensions->Update feature."

I wish. It never works here. For example, Adblock with the update detected an updated version but couldn't install it. All the other extensions weren't recognized as being updated but in fact did have updates.

Has it these feature *ever* worked for you?

BugMetNot 0.60 here: extensions.roachfiend.com (mozdev still has 0.50 version that is incompatible)

SessionSaver & Adblock from mozdev worked.

Here's some more extensions I use that I haven't seen mentioned.

Dictionary Search: Lets you set up various online encyclopedias and dictionaries (e.g. Wikipedia, M-W.com) so you can highlight any word in a website, right click and get a definition for it.

Allow Right-Click: Allows you to right click on sites/objects that have that option disabled.

IEView: Adds the option to open the page in IE to the right-click context menu for those few sites who won't come out of the stone ages and believe MS is the end-all, be-all of browsers.

Basics: Adds a button to the tab bar to open new tabs. This was available in Mozilla and I missed it when I first moved to Firefox.

Unclose Tab: Sometimes I'll close the wrong tab by mistake. This extension allows you to right click the tab bar and re-open a tab you just closed.

Just so you can read the article found a handy mozilla extension http://extensions.roachfiend.com/ third one down called bug me not, signs you into annoying sites that require registration with a large database of usernames....

Enough advertising now... Bye bye karma

BugMeNot.com was created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times). http://extensions.roachfiend.com/index.html#bugmen ot

Obviously you haven't visited firefox's extentions page latly. The Allow Right Click extention is tested in mozilla as well as firefox.

Or you could get the BugMeNot extention for Mozilla Firefox:

Roadfield extention page which includes the BugMeNot extention.

Soul-sucking registration no longer required to read the NY Times online! Check out BugMeNot.com for usernames and passwords -- there's even a Firefox plugin, or a JavaScript bookmarklet for those of you who haven't seen the light yet.