Archive for May, 2008
· May 12, 2008 at 6:30 am · Firefox Usability
Isn’t it about time you gave your right button on your mouse a break?
Starting of the week with a simple, yet effective addon for anybody in the Firefox user base. The Auto Context extension for Firefox will automatically right-click any text that you highlight.
The fun doesn’t stop there though. This add-on also lets you customize that right-click context menu with what you want, need and love. Also, no need to worry about if it works with your current context menu changing extensions. Here are some of them that it should work with:
Plain Text to Link, Open-Tran, BabelZilla Glossary Extension, SearchWith, Organize Search Engines, Add to Search Bar, Nuke Anything Enhanced, DownThemAll! and Define Word
Auto Context will save your right mouse button a lot of work through the day.
Tags: addons, extentions, firefox, highlight, right-click, time saver
· May 11, 2008 at 4:59 am · Firefox Usability
Taking a look at some of the “experimental” add-ons for Firefox, this one caught my eye. ErrorZilla Plus looks like it is a refreshed version of the original ErrorZilla with a few more perks.
Here is a little more information from the developers…
This extension is a mod of the ErrorZilla Mod extension. I added a “Proxify” function into it. When error page shows, you can choose a web proxy from a list and browse the unreachable network address via it. From Chinese users, it is especially useful because of the GFW’s cutoff. When hit a blocked website, just click “Proxify” and you will surf the forbidden area.
To use ErrorZilla you will need to register and login to the add-on’s specific page to gain access to it.
Tags: 404, addon, error, errorzilla, experimental, firefox, gfoc
· May 10, 2008 at 4:47 am · Firefox Security, Most Wanted
I have had several questions sent into me lately all about proxy surfing.
When you get into proxy surfing, this is when the request you send into the browser goes to another service, then that other service sends your request from another location and pulls it back to you. Most of the time this is used to provide a means to deny access to certain URLs in a blacklist, thus providing content filtering.
Firefox does deliver a fix though with several add-ons you can install…
FoxyProxy is probably the most widely used, but the others have advantages too. Which one is your favorite?
Tags: addons, anonymous, firefox, firewalls, proxy, surfing
· May 9, 2008 at 6:00 am · Firefox Security
Taking a deeper look at the new site identification button inside of Firefox 3, dria.org does a good job at taking it apart and showing you what it is all about. Honestly, it takes the padlock in browsers past and puts a whole new useful spin on it. No longer is it just a yes or no answer on if a site is safe. You get all kinds of useful information delivered right to you in a way you have yet to see in a next generation browser.
Check out more about Firefox 3: Site Identification button!
Tags: features, Firefox Security, Firefox-3, protection, Resources
· May 9, 2008 at 4:35 am · Firefox Security, Greasemonkey
Like many of the rest of you out there, I love hacking around with web sites and adding functionality to Firefox by plugging in a few Greasemonkey scripts. Do you know what to watch out for when Greasemonkey scripts go bad? You have probably seen the warning up on UserScripts.org but I wanted to touch base to let you know what you should be looking for.
The main problem is that people are writing scripts that steal your cookie. With your cookie, they can grab other information such as your login and other sensitive information. They say these are two things you should search any script for before installing:
.php?cookie=
and
encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)
For more tips on how to stay on the safe side, I would recommend reading through this thread via the UserScripts.org forums. It has a lot of handy information if you install and uninstall a lot of Greasemonkey scripts.
Tags: addons, cookies, firefox, safety, scripts, stealing, userscripts
· May 8, 2008 at 6:29 am · Bookmark Help
Over at CyberNet they have posted a great guide on how to create your own smart bookmarks. Smart bookmarks are the new feature to Firefox 3 that allow you to bring up your saved links in new, unique and useful ways. For example, you could browse through your most recently bookmarked links, your most recently visited links, and so on.
Check out Create Your Own Smart Bookmarks in Firefox 3!
Tags: create, customize, Firefox-3, Resources, smart bookmarks
· May 8, 2008 at 4:35 am · Firefox Security
The fact that Firefox’s show passwords option is so easy to reach is often a godsend for me because more often than not I forget which login I used with which web site.
If your PC is used by more than one person though there is a security issue you may need to worry about when it comes to showing others your login information.
By default, if you go under Tools, then your Options and then the Security section, anybody could get in there and look at your user names and passwords - as long as they had access to your PC. To fix that you want to set a master password.
First go to Tools and then Options. From there your Firefox options window should pop up and you want to go to the Security tab. From there check the box that says “Use a master password”. Now another box should come up asking you for your master password - type it in twice, and make sure you remember it.
Now when you go to Tools, Options, Security and then under the Passwords section hit the “Show Passwords…” button it should ask you for your master password before showing all your saved password information.
Tags: firefox, login, master password, password, protection
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