Exploring Firefox Extensions

Gary writes "If you haven't made the switch to Mozilla Firefox it may be because you aren't aware of the great benefits Firefox has over IE. Flexbeta has posted a nice HOWTO guide on Firefox extensions; my favorite is the Target Alert extension which displays a small graphic next to links that are not web pages. For example a mailto: link will display a small envelope, a link to a PDF file will display a small Adobe icon, etc."

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first post failure due to cmdrfago

[Anonymous Coward]

Slashdot only allows a user with your karma to post 2 times per day (more or less, depending on moderation). You've already shared your thoughts with us that many times. Take a breather, and come back and see us in 24 hours or so.

I'm a student of Darwin. I believe that we should stop supporting such
obviously inferior countries and let them self-destruct without
intervention. It's Nature's way. The US, et al, seem to think that if they
dump enough money into this dodo-bird of a continent that it will somehow
recover, but the truth is that we're only delaying the inevitable
extinction. Instead, use the money to help developing countries that at
least have a chance of succeeding, like those in Latin America.

Also, once the dodo bird is dead, we can use the newly-empty continent to
store our garbage and nuclear waste. It's a win-win situation.

Does it warn about known "work-unsafe" links?

[Anonymous Coward]

Quick test: harmless link.

Great features, huh?

[Danj2k]

"If you haven't made the switch to Mozilla Firefox it may be because you aren't aware of the great benefits Firefox has over IE."

What, like crashing when I try to import Saved Form History and Saved Passwords from IE using Firefox's import wizard? Or maybe you mean the way that every new version is incompatible not only with the settings and profiles of the old one but the extensions too, forcing me to uninstall and delete the old version before upgrading? Yeah, those are some really cool features... hey look! It even has an Error Report thing that comes up when it crashes! Oh wait, IE has that too...

technewslive

[Anonymous Coward]

There is a good follow-up article over at Tech News Live!. Check it out.

your step-daughter's a what ??

[Anonymous Coward]

> my step-daughter's girl friend

Did you really mean "girl friend" or are you just an irresponsible step-father ? (of course, you might be irresponsible to NOT admit she was ....)

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Re:this fp si mine

[Anonymous Coward]

OK, I'll *properly* shoot them in the ass.

Why drag an Indian Doctor in to this??

[raj2569]

You might have lost a job due to outsourcing, but blame it on your president/congress/CEO and spare the poor Indians!

raj