What are the "Must Have" extensions for Firefox

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "
Good Lord, man, if you haven't run into a website that refuses to display with ad blocking turned on, I suggest you get out more. :dry: When you do, please come back and post the list, your experience will be more useful than your comment." }-

I have not either, I guess I do not visit the same sort of sites like you... probably some "free" pr0n? :P

[vasa1]

I came across a thread in the ABP forum (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7160) that indicated something similar and one site has been mentioned in the code provided by the third post from the top.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "... If you're having issues, and the developer himself or herself contacts you, and offers to help you test the issues....do it you numbskull! ..." }-

I wonder if this (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7229) was one.

But I thought Palant would have become a bit more thick-skinned over the years :D

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "I have not either, I guess I do not visit the same sort of sites like you... probably some "free" pr0n? :P" }-

Nah, pron sites are actually good about ad-blocking..script blocking is an entirely different matter. Most websites that require ads to not be blocked are streaming media sites, such as Live365 I posted in an earlier response, tv-film streaming websites, things like that. I'm sure you'll still run into the occasional tiny website that relies on ads to make money, but they seem to show up less and less. And, if they do, well, it's really too bad. If it weren't for tracking/malicious ads, there wouldn't be a need for these blockers (except for those rats that create scrolling ads that follow you down the page, or full-screen pop-up/Flash ads...there's a particularly hot rock in Hell for them).

@Mr PC: While you make a good point, in practical use trying to hunt down a troublesome filter on a website ABP is causing issues with, is a very large PITA

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "I wonder if this (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7229) was one.

But I thought Palant would have become a bit more thick-skinned over the years :D" }-

I highly doubt that thread caused the meltdown, lol. If it did, his skin is paper thin. I'm not even sure what the Lorenzo C thing was about, that person wasn't having the issue, another guy was. I must admit that there would be no fracking way I would allow some random dev to play with my system remotely. Anyway, bringing this back on topic ;D

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "I'm sure you'll still run into the occasional tiny website that relies on ads to make money, but they seem to show up less and less. And, if they do, well, it's really too bad." }-

Well, not coming back for sure to such site, if I ever hit it. There are zillions of others to browse. :P

[Daveski17]

Concerning Privacy Apps (http://www.abine.com/apps.php) for Firefox.

PrivacySuite @ Mozilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacysuite/)

@dw426 ~ "No, but I may give it a try. How is the Chrome version "simpler"? Less information given to users, or just simpler to set up?"

Basically less information given to users. It is more like Ghostery for Chrome (Ghostery for Firefox is also simpler). The Firefox version of PrivacySuite is much more comprehensive, take a look at the screenshots in the first link I posted here. I must admit it looks very sophisticated & effective (perhaps I should have spent more time with it). It's worth checking out. I may have a better look at it when I have more time. I'm a great fan of 'plug & play' & this probably needs a bit of time to get your head around it.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Concerning Privacy Apps (http://www.abine.com/apps.php) for Firefox.

PrivacySuite @ Mozilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacysuite/)

@dw426 ~ "No, but I may give it a try. How is the Chrome version "simpler"? Less information given to users, or just simpler to set up?"

Basically less information given to users. It is more like Ghostery for Chrome (Ghostery for Firefox is also simpler). The Firefox version of PrivacySuite is much more comprehensive, take a look at the screenshots in the first link I posted here. I must admit it looks very sophisticated & effective (perhaps I should have spent more time with it). It's worth checking out. I may have a better look at it when I have more time. I'm a great fan of 'plug & play' & this probably needs a bit of time to get your head around it." }-

I see, okay. Actually I did some searching and I don't see PrivacySuite over in Chromes extension library. Is it named something else? I'm using ChromeBlock on v10, from the same company. Would that be their Chrome version?

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "

A lot of websites which pay for themselves by ads will either not display or will display partially or will ask that you turn of ad blocking for obvious reasons." }-


That's where GreaseMonkey comes to rescue!

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "That's where GreaseMonkey comes to rescue!" }-

What script in GreaseMonkey do you use to solve such issues?

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "What script in GreaseMonkey do you use to solve such issues?" }-

I don't use any particular script for that purpose as I haven't run into such issues yet, but my point is it's the job of GreaseMonkey to solve that. If you search userscripts.org you'll see scripts written for specific sites, you might find one for the site you're experiencing that problem with. Infact I found one for live365, not sure if it still works! -http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8794

[Sadeghi85]

I used Locationbar² (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/locationbar²/) with Fx4 betas but it was buggy, smart text (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/smart-text/) works ok and looks like to have more options.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "I see, okay. Actually I did some searching and I don't see PrivacySuite over in Chromes extension library. Is it named something else? I'm using ChromeBlock on v10, from the same company. Would that be their Chrome version?" }-

Yes, it must be this. (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/epanfjkfahimkgomnigadpkobaefekcd?hl=en-gb) I believe Chromeblock actually includes Abine TACO. (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cadbkmipeldjmjfcpcjibfjgflahmphk?hl=en-gb)

I have been comparing Chromeblock with Ghostery on Iron. It's too early to come to any real conclusions yet, but I do like Chromeblock.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Yes, it must be this. (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/epanfjkfahimkgomnigadpkobaefekcd?hl=en-gb) I believe Chromeblock actually includes Abine TACO. (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cadbkmipeldjmjfcpcjibfjgflahmphk?hl=en-gb)

I have been comparing Chromeblock with Ghostery on Iron. It's too early to come to any real conclusions yet, but I do like Chromeblock." }-

Well, if I remember Ghostery well enough, they block a good deal more trackers than what seems to be in ChromeBlocks' list.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "I don't use any particular script for that purpose as I haven't run into such issues yet, but my point is it's the job of GreaseMonkey to solve that. If you search userscripts.org you'll see scripts written for specific sites, you might find one for the site you're experiencing that problem with. Infact I found one for live365, not sure if it still works! -http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8794" }-

I ended up just disabling AdBlock for Live365. There weren't really any ads being blocked there anyway, just a certain script that kept the stream from functioning. I've done this a few other places as well. It uglies up the pages sometimes with "Website cannot be found" messages where ads are supposed to load, but eh, it's better than doing the needle in a haystack way of sorting through what filter is causing what problem. With a few thousand entries, it makes dealing with NoScript look fun ;D

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "With a few thousand entries, it makes dealing with NoScript look fun ;D" }-

You can click on ABP icon > Open blockable items, it shows active filters on that page in red, there shouldn't be more than a few on any given page.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "You can click on ABP icon > Open blockable items, it shows active filters on that page in red, there shouldn't be more than a few on any given page." }-

So the red ones are the only scripts being blocked, and, therefore, the only ones I need to investigate? (I've never dug deep into ABP before, lol, I'm learning new stuff here. Up until lately, ABP never kept things from working.)

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "So the red ones are the only scripts being blocked, and, therefore, the only ones I need to investigate?" }-

Yes.

You can disable the red ones one by one, and when you find the one you want to unblock just right click on it and select "Disable filter xxxx", then enable all the others. If that filter is a general one(like /ads.php?) then choose "Add exception rule for item..." or simply hit Enter, customize the rule to your liking then click on Add filter.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Yes.

You can disable the red ones one by one, and when you find the one you want to unblock just right click on it and select "Disable filter xxxx", then enable all the others. If that filter is a general one(like /ads.php?) then choose "Add exception rule for item..." or simply hit Enter, customize the rule to your liking then click on Add filter." }-

Yeesh ;D I just went to a couple of websites that I had issues with. It was um, fun, clicking each one and refreshing the page, lol.

[Mr.PC]

-{ Quote: "@Mr PC: While you make a good point, in practical use trying to hunt down a troublesome filter
on a website ABP is causing issues with, is a very large PITA" }-
Why? It is just a 'Try & Error' process that doesn't take much time:
Disable all Filters and then Enable them (one-by-one) to see which one(s) cause(s) the trouble.
Each time, Refreshing the Page is essential.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "I used Locationbar² (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/locationbar%C2%B2/) with Fx4 betas but it was buggy, smart text (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/smart-text/) works ok and looks like to have more options." }-

Locationbar2 works well for me with FF4 but I like Smarttext better - thanks for the hint :thumb:

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Concerning Privacy Apps (http://www.abine.com/apps.php) for Firefox.

PrivacySuite @ Mozilla (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacysuite/)

@dw426 ~ "No, but I may give it a try. How is the Chrome version "simpler"? Less information given to users, or just simpler to set up?"

Basically less information given to users. It is more like Ghostery for Chrome (Ghostery for Firefox is also simpler). The Firefox version of PrivacySuite is much more comprehensive, take a look at the screenshots in the first link I posted here. I must admit it looks very sophisticated & effective (perhaps I should have spent more time with it). It's worth checking out. I may have a better look at it when I have more time. I'm a great fan of 'plug & play' & this probably needs a bit of time to get your head around it." }-

I tried it some time ago and it seemed too overloaded for me. Besides, the table in the first link is questionable. Opts-out of ad networks is natively supported by FF4 (and also by AdblockPlus and Noscript) - this feature is superfluous. Web trackers are blocked by AdblockPlus (chose the EasyPrivacy subscription) and Noscript (enable that feature under Options -> Advanced -> Untrusted). The details about BetterPrivacy are not correct, IMHO: BetterPrivacy doesn't block/manage HTTP cookies (you need something like the very good and flexible Cookie Monster for this), but it manages DOM cookies according to their documentation (and contrary to what the table says). Altogether, I don't need the Privacy Suite as all features are covered by other extensions (or by FF itself) which I use anyhow.

[mantra]

does somebody know when adblock reload the filters ?
every 5 days , is there a tweak to auto load every day (once at day)

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "Locationbar2 works well for me with FF4 but I like Smarttext better - thanks for the hint :thumb:" }-

:thumb:

-{ Quote: "(you need something like the very good and flexible Cookie Monster for this)" }-

Not that flexible though, it doesn't show what cookies are blocked, also the implementation is too simple, if you temporarily allow a site and then Fx crashes, cookies remain there and CM assumes you have permanently allowed that site. But still, I use it too as there isn't a better cookie management add-on atm.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Why? It is just a 'Try & Error' process that doesn't take much time:
Disable all Filters and then Enable them (one-by-one) to see which one(s) cause(s) the trouble.
Each time, Refreshing the Page is essential." }-

It was troublesome because that wasn't the way I was doing it ;D I sat there looking at the red blocked filters and was enabling them one by one.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "

Not that flexible though, it doesn't show what cookies are blocked, also the implementation is too simple, if you temporarily allow a site and then Fx crashes, cookies remain there and CM assumes you have permanently allowed that site. But still, I use it too as there isn't a better cookie management add-on atm." }-

Hm, what do you mean with "it doesn't show what cookies are blocked"?

With flexible I meant, that you can, e.g., chose if 2nd level domain names are used. I disabled this option and can very precisely define if cookies are (temporarily) allowed only for the subdomain or for the whole domain.

I haven't observed your problem after a FF crash - possibly because FF is running very stable here and actually never crashes.;D

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "does somebody know when adblock reload the filters ?
every 5 days , is there a tweak to auto load every day (once at day)" }-

I don't think so. This is explained here (http://adblockplus.org/en/faq_internal#subscription_update).

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "Hm, what do you mean with "it doesn't show what cookies are blocked"?" }-

Block all cookies, go to Youtube, observe that videos don't play, how would you know what's the problem? It would help if it did show a message about blocked cookies, just like NoScript.


-{ Quote: "
I haven't observed your problem after a FF crash - possibly because FF is running very stable here and actually never crashes.;D" }-

That was just an example, another example: You allow a website, after a few days the web site sets the expiry time to the end of session, when you close Fx the cookie is deleted, next time you open Fx and go to that web site you notice that it doesn't function correctly, after awhile you find out that cookies aren't allowed and you wonder who blocked that site, well that's because CM doesn't store list of allowed sites, if there is already a cookie for a website it's allowed otherwise it's blocked...


btw what do you think of Karma Blocker (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/karma-blocker/)? Looks like lightweight ABP alternative for advanced users.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "...
btw what do you think of Karma Blocker (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/karma-blocker/)? Looks like lightweight ABP alternative for advanced users." }-

And have you tried it? Sounds interesting and possibly a bit complicated but I'll give it a good look. Thanks for the link!

Edit: It's also being actively developed since it's supposed to work with Minefield as well.

Second edit: I need to be more careful :( . I mistook an open ticket (feature request) for a done-n-dusted feature. In other words, no good karma for Minefield users just yet. I even disabled compatibility checking.

[vasa1]

Let's see it (Karma Blocker) seems to have installed on Minefield. I've disabled ABP everywhere but I still have Privoxy on.

More later (after due head-scratching & nose-picking).

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Block all cookies, go to Youtube, observe that videos don't play, how would you know what's the problem? It would help if it did show a message about blocked cookies, just like NoScript." }-

Yes, that would be nice. On the other hand, if I block cookies and go to, e.g. Youtube, Cookie Monster tells me that that site wants to save cookies if I hover the mouse over the CM symbol, or that the site doesn't (example: adblockplus.org). (And you can also find out about 3rd party cookies via the CM menu.)


-{ Quote: " That was just an example, another example: You allow a website, after a few days the web site sets the expiry time to the end of session, when you close Fx the cookie is deleted, next time you open Fx and go to that web site you notice that it doesn't function correctly, after awhile you find out that cookies aren't allowed and you wonder who blocked that site, well that's because CM doesn't store list of allowed sites, if there is already a cookie for a website it's allowed otherwise it's blocked..." }-

Sorry, I haven't run into this problem so far ...

-{ Quote: " btw what do you think of Karma Blocker (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/karma-blocker/)? Looks like lightweight ABP alternative for advanced users." }-
Thanks, I will look into this.

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "On the other hand, if I block cookies and go to, e.g. Youtube, Cookie Monster tells me that that site wants to save cookies if I hover the mouse over the CM symbol, or that the site doesn't (example: adblockplus.org). (And you can also find out about 3rd party cookies via the CM menu.)" }-

Yes, you allow -www.youtube.com, but videos still don't play and the 3rd party menu is empty...You need to allow *.youtube.com but it's not immediately obvious.

~~~~~~~~~~~

I finally found a replacement for Tab History. :)

Tab History Redux (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-history-redux/)

[Mr.PC]

-{ Quote: "It was troublesome because that wasn't the way I was doing it ;D" }-
O.K. ;)

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Let's see it (Karma Blocker) seems to have installed on Minefield. I've disabled ABP everywhere but I still have Privoxy on.

More later (after due head-scratching & nose-picking)." }-

It needs a restart of the browser (Fx4 and Minefield) to implement changes :( .

[vasa1]

Karma Blocker is just a 45 KB download. Perhaps, that's the reason why the UI is virtually non-existent and you can't click on an image or ad to block. You just have to write a rule and restart the browser for the rule to take effect.

For me, the transition wasn't too hard since it resembles Privoxy to some extent in terms of writing rules and use of regex.

What would be really interesting (academically, if not practically) to know is the consumption of resources. I would guess that KB would be very economical compared to "fully-featured" blockers but I guess until there's a way to monitor processes, we can only guess.

[mantra]

does someone use the firefox sync feature ?

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "And have you tried it?" }-

Not that much, haven't had much time to play with it, sounds interesting indeed.


-{ Quote: "does someone use the firefox sync feature ?" }-

Yes, I do sync bookmarks and preferences.

[mantra]

-{ Quote: "
Yes, I do sync bookmarks and preferences." }-

i would like to do too but i'm worried about password

[Daveski17]

I am quite impressed with WikiLook. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wikilook/)

[vasa1]

Seems like a useful extension for controlling image loading:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/13/imglikeopera-load-images-selectively-to-speed-up-the-web/

[axial]

This looks like a form manager winner (though I dread finding out what is revealed). The description and screen caps are amazingly detailed.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/form-history-control/

[rolarocka]

Similar addon to ImgLikeOpera:
absolute load control
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/absolute-load-control/

[Dermot7]

"Disconnect"...to prevent tracking/web bugs, but might have limited capabilities? Haven't tried it myself yet.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/

[Dermot7]

-{ Quote: ""Disconnect"...to prevent tracking/web bugs, but might have limited capabilities? Haven't tried it myself yet.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/" }-
Think this may have been pulled by AMO now? Just getting "not found" this
evening? It wasn't in the experimental category, so presume it had been tested
and approved. Chrome version still available.

[mortl]

What flash player are people using???

[doktornotor]

-{ Quote: "What flash player are people using???" }-

You mean the browser plugin? Really the only usable one is from Adobe. >:(

[mortl]

Ok thanks for the input - I just downloaded firefox 4 the other day so i was hesitant to add new stuff

My addons

Adblock Plus
BetterPrivacy
Ghostery
Noscript

[vasa1]

The annoyance of add-on incompatibility with new versions of Firefox maybe soon mitigated to some extent:
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/04/19/add-on-compatibility-rapid-releases/ and http://www.browserscene.com/
-{ Quote: "Under the new proposal, add-ons hosted on AMO that are compatible with the previous major release will be automatically marked as compatible with a version just before it branches to Aurora unless we detect that the add-on is broken. Users of Aurora, Beta, and final releases should automatically have compatibility for the vast majority of their add-ons. Nightly users will still need to disable compatibility checking as they currently do, preferably by installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter." }-

[J_L]

-{ Quote: "The annoyance of add-on incompatibility with new versions of Firefox maybe soon mitigated to some extent:
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/04/19/add-on-compatibility-rapid-releases/ and http://www.browserscene.com/" }-
I think this s a good idea, because most "incompatible" extensions actually work fine if you enable them.

This seems to be similar to what Chrome has been doing.

[vasa1]

Here's a review of an extension that demystifies about:config entries to some extent. It offers a right-click link to Mozillazine's knowledge base.

It's for Fx4 and above.

Source:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/25/whats-that-preference-links-firefox-preferences-to-mozillazine-knowledge-base/

[Sadeghi85]

-{ Quote: "Here's a review of an extension that demystifies about:config entries to some extent. It offers a right-click link to Mozillazine's knowledge base.
" }-

Cool, thanks for sharing.

[vasa1]

I haven't tried this, but here's a restartless add-on that seems to combine the location and search bars and provide some enhanced "privacy" functionality:
https://mozillalabs.com/prospector/2011/04/27/awesomebar-hd-find-what-you-want/

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I haven't tried this, but here's a restartless add-on that seems to combine the location and search bars and provide some enhanced "privacy" functionality:
https://mozillalabs.com/prospector/2011/04/27/awesomebar-hd-find-what-you-want/" }-

Well, I tried it but it maybe that I've tweaked Fx to such an extent that it (the add-on) never stood a chance.

Anyway, I'm content with vanilla search from the url bar.

[Pedro]

Does it work like Omnibar?

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Does it work like Omnibar?" }-

A couple of reviews are:
http://www.browserscene.com/2011/04/mozilla-labs-releases-awesomebar-hd-for.html
and
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/28/firefox-awesomebar-hd-nothing-that-i-want/

[vasa1]

Part of today's activity is to take a look at this:
The 100 User Preferences Script, version 1.0.1 (http://mikaels.net/records/sitever3.3/loose/meta/user/index.html)

If anyone already has some feedback on this, do post :).

[J_L]

-{ Quote: "Part of today's activity is to take a look at this:
The 100 User Preferences Script, version 1.0.1 (http://mikaels.net/records/sitever3.3/loose/meta/user/index.html)

If anyone already has some feedback on this, do post :)." }-
Yet another false positive by Malwarebytes IP Blocking. Looks interesting and useful though.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Yet another false positive by Malwarebytes IP Blocking. Looks interesting and useful though." }-

(I have Norton DNS which didn't scream at me.)

The page does a bit of browser-sniffing and the first preference is tailored to your browser. So going with Aurora or Chrome will mentioned accordingly. I've still to see whether it makes a material difference or is just cosmetic.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Part of today's activity is to take a look at this:
The 100 User Preferences Script, version 1.0.1 (http://mikaels.net/records/sitever3.3/loose/meta/user/index.html)

If anyone already has some feedback on this, do post :)." }-

Okay, the information in this site relates to Fx 3 and was updated 08/01/2010.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Okay, the information in this site relates to Fx 3 and was updated 08/01/2010." }-
But I think most of it still applies to FF 4.

More generally, a user.js file is really a good idea - I've been using it for a long time. If you have specific settings which are important for you and you have to create a new profile (for whatever reason), just copy that file with your settings to the new profile directory - ready!

[vasa1]

A discussion is in progress (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7551&start=0) over at the AdBlock Plus forum which is a bit intriguing, if not puzzling. I wonder what the future holds for this extension.

[J_L]

-{ Quote: "A discussion is in progress (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7551&start=0) over at the AdBlock Plus forum which is a bit intriguing, if not puzzling. I wonder what the future holds for this extension." }-
It better not be permanent whitelists, or else I'm switching extension (along with many others).

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "It better not be permanent whitelists, or else I'm switching extension (along with many others)." }-
Well, I don't think that this will happen. Wladimir clearly writes:

-{ Quote: "... with the final goal of creating a list with ads that don't need to be blocked if the user agrees (details still being worked out)" }-
and:

-{ Quote: "This is of course only a question for people who think that some ads are allowed to exist to help webpages make money. The others will simply not use this new list." }-
Wladimir is not stupid. He knows that many users wouldn't use ABP with a permanent whitelist anymore.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "But I think most of it still applies to FF 4.

More generally, a user.js file is really a good idea - I've been using it for a long time. If you have specific settings which are important for you and you have to create a new profile (for whatever reason), just copy that file with your settings to the new profile directory - ready!" }-

Well, if just the user.js file is sufficient, that's great. I need more than that. I have important information in localstore.rdf and stylish.sqlite as well. Hence backing up the entire profile as frequently as convenient may not be a bad idea. Folks more familiar with the contents of the profile folder may prefer backing up just a subset of files.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "...
Wladimir is not stupid. ..." }-

I'm not sure that anyone remotely implied that he was or is :D

But that discussion certainly implies something fundamental is being re-evaluated. What that is, time will tell.

[vasa1]

I came across yet another "blocker" called, "Yet another remove it permanently".
The home page is here:
http://yarip.mozdev.org/
and is totally devoid of helpful information, AFAICT.

Not giving up so easily, I googled and found this:
-{ Quote: "Yarip allows removing elements by their XPath ... Yarip's features are whitelisting/blacklisting elements, mouse select/remove multiple elements and a XPath-manager." }-
Source: http://mac .softpedia .com /get /Internet- Utilities/Yet-Another-Remove-It-Permanently.shtml

I get the impression that Yarip is more of a content hider and will prevent display but not download. In other words, there maybe no saving of bandwidth. (But this impression could be totally wrong since there are several options involving terms I've never heard of.)

But it has a convenient point-and-click mode that may appeal to some users.

I tried it on Fx 4.0.1 portable. It's block-as-you-go. There aren't any pre-made blocking lists that I know of. If you choose the remember option, you won't have to block the same element the next time you visit the same site.

I didn't try on Aurora since I've got that already set up with Privoxy, Karma Blocker, and a bunch of CSS rules.

[vasa1]

Here's an article about how disabled plug-ins reappear in active form and how to combat this:
Block Firefox From Re-enabling Disabled Plugins (http://www.ghacks.net/2011/05/09/block-firefox-from-re-enabling-disabled-plugins/)

-{ Quote: "You can look-up the path of every active Firefox plugin by setting the parameter plugin.expose_full_path to true." }-

... and more useful stuff.

[vasa1]

This "no-restart" extension is attracting attention and quite a few positive comments:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/prospector-lessChrome-HD/

(I'm not using it because I already have things set up the way I want.)

[J_L]

Might be useful for my netbook, thanks.

[The_ChamP]

Check this one too...more features then lesschrome
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/minui/

[J_L]

It works with a keyboard shortcut like F11. Also can get in the way of Ctrl shortcuts. I prefer mouse-over.

[Zeena]

Hi :)

* Updated List Of Firefox Add-Ons...

WOT
NoScript
Adblock Plus
Secure Login
Flagfox
Toggle Private Browsing
New Tab Homepage
Tab Scope
IdentFavIcon
Undo Closed Tabs Button
British English Dictionary
Zoom Page
TinyURL Generator
Google Shortcuts
Gmail Watcher
CoolPreviews
Surf Canyon



* TinyURL Generator Newish!
Did used to have TinyURL Generator with Firefox 3.
But it wasn't available for Firefox 4 when it first came out.
Finally got this add-on back about a month ago... Still Love It! :thumb:

227287



* IdentFavIcon New Today!
My biggest pet hate is when a website doesn't have a Favicon - & - You get that horrid little white page icon instead.
This add-on makes that problem... No Problem! 8)

227286

* Undo Closed Tabs Button New Today!
One of my biggest niggles is when I've just closed a couple of Tabs - & - Seconds later realise that I want them back again.
This add-on solves that niggle... Perfectly! ;D




Zeena

[moontan]

i'm not a big addon fan but 2 i use are Autohide Bookmarks, which hides the Bookmark Bar, and Fire Gestures.

i tried a few mouse gestures addons but i settled on Fire Gestures because i thought it was the easiest to use and i can export and restore my settings.

[abu shofwan]

Just having 2 add-on. Too much will make browser start up longer,in my experiences.

Adblock Plus & DownThem All !

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "A discussion is in progress (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7551&start=0) over at the AdBlock Plus forum which is a bit intriguing, if not puzzling. I wonder what the future holds for this extension." }-

Are things clearer now (https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7551&p=47404&sid=c058a88686a613bb70d665aa44037494#p47414)? I'm happy I use Privoxy and have got the hang of Karma Blocker (at a very elementary level). I haven't been using ABP for about a month without any problem.

[skudo12]

I started using Karma Blocker and remove adblock plus. :D. Do you think the default setting is good enough?

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I started using Karma Blocker and remove adblock plus. :D. Do you think the default setting is good enough?" }-

I have never tried the default settings. I need it only for controlling content in secure sites (https://); Privoxy doesn't block content for such sites. Virtually all the rest of the content blocking I need is achieved through Privoxy.

[skudo12]

I'm loving karma blocker, :D

[brainrb1]

Can someone give out some info on how to setup karma blocker since i can not find anything(not much information) like fanboys list etc. for this blocker.How do you block specific adds you don't like on webpages. ....it would be helpful to all.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Can someone give out some info on how to setup karma blocker since i can not find anything(not much information) like fanboys list etc. for this blocker.How do you block specific adds you don't like on webpages. ....it would be helpful to all." }-

AFAIK, there aren't any ready-made lists for Karma Blocker. The user has to do it all.

I've unchecked the sync option and replaced all the stuff in the window with my own rules.

This what my list looks like:
-{ Quote: "[Settings]
threshold=1
cutoff=1
collapse=false

[Group]
name='Learning'
match=any
score=1

rule=$url=~'https://s.yimg.com/.*gif'
rule=$url=~'https://s.yimg.com/.*png'
rule=$url=~'https://s.yimg.com/.*jpg'
rule=$url=~'https://s.yimg.com/.*jpeg'
rule=$url=~'http://d.yimg.com/.*jpg.*'
rule=$url.path=~'.*avatar.*'
rule=$url.path=~'.*BankAway/web/L001/images/axislogo.gif'
rule=$url.path=~'.*BankAway/web/L001/images/navSubBg.gif'
rule=$url.path=~'.*BankAway/(.*)/web/L001/retail/jsp/user/images/.*'
rule=$url.path=~'.*BankAway/web/L001/images/icon_.*gif'
rule=$url.path=~'.*BankAway/web/L001/images/Placeholders/.*jpg'
rule=$url=='https://www.google.com/images/logos/mail_logo.png'
rule=$url=='https://www.google.com/accounts/google_transparent.gif'
rule=$url=='https://mail.google.com/mail/help/images/greybtn.png'
rule=$url=='https://groups.google.com/forum/clear.cache.gif'
rule=$url=~'http://.*mail.yahoo.com/ya/.*inline.*'
rule=$url=='https://www.google.com/accounts/groups/signin_screenshot_en.gif'
rule=$url=~'https://static-cdn.addons.mozilla.net/media/img/zamboni/app_icons/firefox.png.*'
rule=$url=~'https://static-cdn.addons.mozilla.net/media/img/zamboni/footer-logo-med.png.*'
rule=$url=~'https://static-cdn.addons.mozilla.net/en-US/firefox/images/addon_icon/.*png.*'

" }-

I'm not sure this will be of much help!

You'll also have to read the configuration.htm file to understand how regex is used.

I've mentioned that I use Karma Blocker mainly for https sites for which Privoxy, my main blocker, is ineffective.

In edit: For each change to be effected, Firefox has to be restarted :(

[brainrb1]

When i open Karma blocker options i only get this how do i set the rules? i don't see other options to setup rules to block and no right click options to block specific adds like addblock plus.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "When i open Karma blocker options i only get this how do i set the rules?" }-

That is the only window, I'm afraid. You have to type your set of rules in there (after deleting all existing content in the window). Alternatively, you can use the rules as they stand (with which I have no experience).

-{ Quote: "i don't see other options to setup rules to block " }-

Instructions are here: http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Support/KarmaBlocker/Configuration

-{ Quote: " and no right click options to block specific adds like addblock plus." }-
That is correct. The only way to interact is via the window and you need to restart the browser after each change or set of changes.

[skudo12]

Yup, you must use the built in "monitor" included in the karma blocker, then write the rule to block what you want, lighter than adblock plus but can break a lot of pages, lol! :D

[skudo12]

Local Load -https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/local-load/ , according to the reviews, it makes firefox faster, :D

[lordraiden]

Ghostery

-{ Quote: "DETECT
Ghostery sees the "invisible" web, detecting trackers, web bugs, pixels, and beacons placed on web pages by Facebook, Google Analytics, and over 400 other ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers - all companies interested in your activity.

LEARN
After showing you who operates behind the scenes, Ghostery also gives you the opportunity to learn more about each company it identifies, including links to their privacy policy and opt-out options.

CONTROL
Ghostery allows you to block scripts from companies that you don't trust, delete local shared objects, and even block images and iframes.

COLLABORATE
Ghostery also includes the optional, opt-in feature called GhostRank, which sends Ghostery servers anonymous information about the trackers you encounter and where you encounter them. This allows us to create a more comprehensive list of detectable items, and helps us create a more transparent behavioral advertising ecosystem through our partnership with Evidon.

PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY
Ghostery is built and maintained for users that care about their online privacy, and is engineered with privacy as a primary goal. Ghostery use is anonymous. No registrations or sign-ups are required. The Ghostery plug-in does not place cookies into your browser. Neither the Ghostery application nor Evidon receives any data from Ghostery users unless the user opts-in to participate in GhostRank. GhostRank data itslef is anonymous, is NEVER used for advertising targeting purposes, and is only shared in aggregated, non-personal, statistical form." }-

Ghostery:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/
http://www.ghostery.com/

I have made public my collection here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/collections/l0rdraiden/favorites/

[lordraiden]

-{ Quote: "Yup, you must use the built in "monitor" included in the karma blocker, then write the rule to block what you want, lighter than adblock plus but can break a lot of pages, lol! :D" }-

Would be nice to make a separated post for Karma Blocker, in order to make an un-official ruleset.

If somebody start it I promise read he configuration manual ;D

In the first post we can post the rules and will be updated there.

[skudo12]

I find it hard to maintain, sigh, reverted back to adblock plus. The default settings for karma blocker is fine. I tried to tweak the settings but some images are block as well. To much for me. But I bet someone with enough patience can do it:D

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Would be nice to make a separated post for Karma Blocker, in order to make an un-official ruleset.
..." }-

You mean a separate thread? I don't think that should be a problem.

So far, AFAICT, exactly five people have shown any interest at all in Karma Blocker. All the same, if I see that you haven't started a new thread, I will do so (later).

[malexous]

Testing Firefox 5. Firefox may become my primary web browser again.

Current add-ons:

Adblock Plus,
App Button Remove,
Mouse Gestures Redox (nightly),
NoScript.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Would be nice to make a separated post for Karma Blocker, in order to make an un-official ruleset.

If somebody start it I promise read he configuration manual ;D

In the first post we can post the rules and will be updated there." }-

;) Waiting.

[malexous]

Pressing Alt with Openbox does not show the Menu Bar. I am using Hide Menubar for this (it is also possible to show it on mouseover). I now have no need for App Button Remove.

[Daveski17]

I don't use Firefox a huge amount these days, although I find the portable very useful. However, I have discovered this (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/foxscape/) cool Netscape inspired theme. It's very redolent of the SeaMonkey #1 series which I was a fan of. I just thought I'd share it with you guys. Does anyone else think it looks dead cool? 8)

[malexous]

The one thing I missed after trying Opera a few months ago was having the file size displayed in the download dialog. I do not miss it anymore: Show File Size2 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/show-file-size2/).

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Pressing Alt with Openbox does not show the Menu Bar. I am using Hide Menubar for this (it is also possible to show it on mouseover). I now have no need for App Button Remove." }-

Isn't that a common issue with most Linux DEs? I don't have the Alt function with Mint 11 using Gnome (no effects). I'll check with Xfce as well later.

For now, I just press Alt+E (or F or T or H etc) to bring up the menu bar. I see no point in an extension for that.

-{ Quote: "Does anyone else think it looks dead cool? " }-
Keeping it simple, I now get most of my theme-ing done by the OS. The little more that I need, I do with the Stylish extension.

[malexous]

I could also just press F10 but:

With the placement of my touchpad, Alt on its own is much more convenient. I often have a finger resting on it.
I do not need another add-on to remove the Firefox button.
I have the location box on the Menu Bar. When using Hide Menubar, when I open a new tab, the Menu Bar pops down (and pops back up when I enter text then press Enter or click somewhere else on the screen).

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "...

With the placement of my touchpad, Alt on its own is much more convenient. I often have a finger resting on it.
" }-

True.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "Keeping it simple, I now get most of my theme-ing done by the OS. The little more that I need, I do with the Stylish extension." }-

I'll have to have a better look at 'Stylish' one of the days.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I'll have to have a better look at 'Stylish' one of the days." }-

You can look at the site and its forum to get an idea of what can be done:
http://userstyles.org/
and
http://forum.userstyles.org/

[J_L]

-{ Quote: "I don't use Firefox a huge amount these days, although I find the portable very useful. However, I have discovered this (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/foxscape/) cool Netscape inspired theme. It's very redolent of the SeaMonkey #1 series which I was a fan of. I just thought I'd share it with you guys. Does anyone else think it looks dead cool? 8)" }-
Maybe if I'm older...

-{ Quote: "I'll have to have a better look at 'Stylish' one of the days." }-
It works really well on sites as well.

[AlexC]

Adblock Plus; WOT; Download Helper; DownThemAll.

[rolarocka]

Awesome theme for FF:
http://soapyhamhocks.deviantart.com/#/d425ffz
with this together:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabs-always-in-titlebar/

[rolarocka]

This is very useful:
Search Tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/prospector-search-tabs/
-{ Quote: "This restartless add-on shows colorful search tabs when you select text or type in a text box." }-

Select text and click on search tab at bottom (it fades in) with desired search engine for results. Works with address bar too.

[acr1965]

Has anyone mentioned Collusion yet? http://collusion.toolness.org/ https://secure.toolness.com/xpi/collusion.html

-{ Quote: "Collusion
Visualize who's tracking you in real time. To get started, click on the Collusion icon in the bottom-right corner of your browser. (You may need to show the Add-on Bar to see the icon.)
Version 0.11
By Atul Varma
Published on 2011-07-28 14:09:45.419324
[ Install Addon | View Source ]" }-

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "Maybe if I'm older..." }-

LOL! SeaMonkey #1 series is all of three years old.

-{ Quote: "It works really well on sites as well." }-

Does it require any particularly special skills to use it?

Speaking of extensions, I quite like this dictionary (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionarysearch/) & Session Manager (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/).

[Daveski17]

Readability (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/readability/) is now compatible with Firefox 6. Oddly, I now prefer this. (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reader/)

[Daveski17]

I don't remember Mosaic, but I quite like this (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mosaic-fox/) retro Mosaic theme. I bet it brings back memories for some people.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I don't remember Mosaic, but I quite like this (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mosaic-fox/) retro Mosaic theme. I bet it brings back memories for some people." }-

The only retro stuff I like is music, Julie London being an example. I avoid Fx themes and prefer to get the appearance I need using the Stylish extension largely because this is one add-on that is being actively developed and has an active community. Further, themes affect a minor overall area of the visible area and so I don't quite get what the excitement over themes is. My loss to be sure ;) There's also a chance, however remote, of a theme not playing nice with something or the other.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "The only retro stuff I like is music, Julie London being an example. I avoid Fx themes and prefer to get the appearance I need using the Stylish extension largely because this is one add-on that is being actively developed and has an active community. Further, themes affect a minor overall area of the visible area and so I don't quite get what the excitement over themes is. My loss to be sure ;) There's also a chance, however remote, of a theme not playing nice with something or the other." }-

I just thought it might be fun. You're right, themes can sometimes not work with other extensions. This seems fine, apart from Webutation's icon being a little squished in appearance in the task bar. I thought it looked nicely 'retro' on my portable.

Julie London? Did she ever tour with Echo & the Bunnymen? ;)

[Corpse]

-{ Quote: "This is very useful:
Search Tabs
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/prospector-search-tabs/


Select text and click on search tab at bottom (it fades in) with desired search engine for results. Works with address bar too." }-

Man that one is very cool. Thanks!

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I just thought it might be fun. You're right, themes can sometimes not work with other extensions. This seems fine, apart from Webutation's icon being a little squished in appearance in the task bar. I thought it looked nicely 'retro' on my portable.

Julie London? Did she ever tour with Echo & the Bunnymen? ;)" }-

1: Fx themes shouldn't affect the task bar at all. Isn't that Windows territory?
2: I don't think so (http://youtu.be/DfANFQOLGKA).

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "1: Fx themes shouldn't affect the task bar at all. Isn't that Windows territory? " }-

Maybe I mean the 'add-ons' bar. It (Webutation's icon) is squished even without any theme in the GUI, I can't figure why. It is OK dragged from the 'Customisation' window down to the add-ons bar. I have other icons there: NoScript, Ghostery, Reader, ABP, Translator, Recently closed tab (session manager) etc.

The only other thing is that the Mosaic theme drags them all to the right of the bar, I normally have some on the left. Apart from that, they all work perfectly well in the Mosaic theme. I have discovered that I can't drag & drop URLs from the runbar to the toolbar, which you can in any other theme. Although, you couldn't probably do that with the original. So it makes the whole re-living the '90s thing have a verisimilitude of sorts LOL.


-{ Quote: "2: I don't think so (http://youtu.be/DfANFQOLGKA)." }-

Oh ... that Julie London. ;)

[vasa1]

This seems to be a very complicated add-on!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/event-spy/?src=discovery-learnmore

"Lets you watch JavaScript events as they occur."

[MrBrian]

Firefox 6.0.1 with:

Adblock Plus - strip out ads
Add to Search Bar - "make any pages' search functionality available in the Search Bar"
BetterPrivacy - "protect against special long term cookies"
Context Search - "expands the context menu's 'Search for' item into a list of installed search engines, allowing you to choose the engine you want to use for each search"
DownThemAll - download manager
FireGestures - use mouse gestures
Is It Compatible - "are your addons compatible with the next version of Firefox?"
LastPass - password manager
Menu Editor - edit menus, including context menu
NoScript - selectively block scripts per domain
OptimizeGoogle - change how Firefox interacts with Google
Organize Search Engines - "organize your search engines with separators and folders"
Perspectives - "securely bypasses Firefox HTTPS security errors by verifying certificates using a collection of Network Notaries"
QuickJava - "allows quick enable and disable of Java, Javascript, Flash, Silverlight, Images, Stylesheets and Proxy"
Resurrect Pages - see old versions of page from various archive services
Search Site - "searches current site from searchbar or context menu"
SearchWith - "search selected text with various search services"
Sidebar Bookmarks Search Plus - show location of a given bookmark in the bookmark tree
Site Information Tool - "provides information about a webpage (or website) including rankings, domain registration data (whois), IP information, server response and page data, thumbnail and more"
SortPlaces - "sorts your bookmarks in a variety of ways"
Tab Mix Plus - customize many aspects of tabs
VTzilla - "simplifies the process of scanning Internet resources with VirusTotal"
Web of Trust - "website reputation rating tool"
Xmarks - bookmark backup and synchronization

[niki]

eCleaner is an excellent addon. -{ Quote: "Clears preferences left by extensions after uninstallation" }-Since I do have most popular extensions installed (~10) and tried out quite a few extensions prior to deciding which ones to keep, it does what it claims.

[vasa1]

For the privileged:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/05/google-manager-for-firefox/

[J_L]

-{ Quote: "eCleaner is an excellent addon. Since I do have most popular extensions installed (~10) and tried out quite a few extensions prior to deciding which ones to keep, it does what it claims." }-
Looks mighty useful, thanks.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "eCleaner is an excellent addon. Since I do have most popular extensions installed (~10) and tried out quite a few extensions prior to deciding which ones to keep, it does what it claims." }-

An alternative which is more powerful, IMHO, is Preferences Cleaner (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/preferences-cleaner/).

[niki]

-{ Quote: "Looks mighty useful, thanks." }-You're welcome. It's simple yet powerful.

[niki]

-{ Quote: "An alternative which is more powerful, IMHO, is Preferences Cleaner (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/preferences-cleaner/)." }-Thanks, but since its description is not in English I will wait to try it out when/if the developer will be inclined to translate. Requests for translation (in reviews) were submitted months ago. Shows as being more complicated than eCleaner. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=eCleaner

[mrpink]

http://www.freewaregenius.com/2011/08/23/skip-introductory-video-ad-clips-with-adblock-video-firefox-plugin/

https://addons.mozilla.org/el/firefox/addon/grooveshredder/

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Thanks, but since its description is not in English I will wait to try it out when/if the developer will be inclined to translate. " }-
Yes, but the GUI of that extension is in English, and for the description on AMO you can use Google Translate or, e.g., Quick Translator (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-translator/).

[Daveski17]

Has anyone tried Trust My Web (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/trust-my-web/)?

[vasa1]

IPvFox, Display All Connections A Web Page Makes (http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/09/ipvfox-display-all-connections-a-web-page-makes/)
-{ Quote: "Ghostery is a similar add-on. The core difference is that IPvFox displays all connections, while Ghostery concentrates on advertising and privacy related connections." }-
and
-{ Quote: "This is essentially a Firefox version of Chrome's IPvFoo, which supplied both the idea and icons." }-
-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipvfox/?src=cb-dl-updated-

[JRViejo]

vasa1, thanks for that IPvFox add-on mention; excellent! 8)

[Pinga]

Silent Block - a dedicated 'hosts' file just for Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/silentblock/

Tip: Create a shortcut to contentblock-regex.txt for quick editing.

[J_L]

Some nice security ones being posted here.

-{ Quote: "An alternative which is more powerful, IMHO, is Preferences Cleaner (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/preferences-cleaner/)." }-
Even better, much easier than eCleaner and more features. Thanks.

[vasa1]

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/13/sharemenot-disable-automatic-social-media-button-information-sharing/
-{ Quote: "ShareMeNot is a new Firefox add-on that protects web users from those social media buttons. The add-on basically disables the button functionality until the user decides to interact with it. The extension does this without completely removing the buttons from the web pages." }-

[Keyboard_Commando]

I found a decent looking Bookmarks encrypt/hide extension. Seems to do the job, password protects, and names the link with a random address. Not tried it myself. Will give it a whirl and see what it's like.

A review here (http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/17/password-protect-firefox-bookmarks/)

Firefox extension page here (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/link-password/?src=cb-dl-updated)

[J_L]

Another new one, thanks.

[operamail]

Adblock plus
Tab mix plus
all-in-one gestures

That's all I got.::)

[Dermot7]

SSL Collection : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/ivanristic/ssl/

[TheMozart]

I run Firefox plus Adblock Plus, NoScript, RefControl (set to spoof), CookieMonster and BetterPrivacy.

[EboO]

I've heard about tracker block, a good extension for blocking trackers. Does somebody know it ? It works like ghostery ?

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "I've heard about tracker block, a good extension for blocking trackers. Does somebody know it ? It works like ghostery ?" }-

I'm using it myself. It lists far more trackers to block than Ghostery does, however, it does not list the same trackers either. I have found quite a few trackers Ghostery lists and blocks, that TrackerBlock does not, and vice versa. Right now I run the tracking protections lists in ABP, Tracker Block and Ghostery. It would be nice to not have to need 3 different extensions for taking care of the tracking issue, but it is what it is I guess.

[J_L]

I use it as well, although not with Ghostery since NoScript provides web bugs protection. Working fine with Adblock Plus.

[EboO]

Thanks. I'll try with the 3.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: " Right now I run the tracking protections lists in ABP, Tracker Block and Ghostery. " }-
Are you sure that EasyPrivacy and Fanboy's tracking lists do not cover everything? They are very comprehensive after all and combining them with forbidding 3rd party cookies and Noscript should be the perfect solution.

[Dermot7]

Calomel SSL Validation updated to 0.51 : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/calomel-ssl-validation/versions/?page=1#version-0.51

[EboO]

I think that ABP with easyprivacy, ghostery and tracker block is a little too much.

[JimboW]

-{ Quote: "I think that ABP with easyprivacy, ghostery and tracker block is a little too much." }-

I agree. I only use ABP with Easylist+Easyprivacy and add this filiter: ||google-analytics.com^$third-party. Google analytics was removed from Easyprivacy as it supposedly can break some websites. Therefore I manually add it and I haven't come across any problems with my browsing habits. I think Easyprivacy covers most. You could always add Fanboys Enhanced Tracking List -http://www.fanboy.co.nz/filters.html-. I don't think you need Ghostery etc, with these.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "Are you sure that EasyPrivacy and Fanboy's tracking lists do not cover everything? They are very comprehensive after all and combining them with forbidding 3rd party cookies and Noscript should be the perfect solution." }-

I no longer use NoScript, and Ghostery is still blocking quite a bit even with both Fanboy tracking lists and TrackerBlock. If ABP covers it all, Ghostery shouldn't be needing to block anything I assume.

[LockBox]

Not security related, but my "must-have" extension is Read It Later (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/read-it-later/).

[EboO]

For the moment i'm trying ghostery and ABP with esasylist and easyprivacy.
I use ghostery to view if the trackers are blocked or not.

[Dermot7]

HTTPS Everywhere 2.0.0 development 2 available : https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

2.0.0development.2 (2011-10-05)
* Enable YouTube by default
(also closes https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4032)
* Merge nsIContentPolicy disablement from stable
(closes https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3882)
* Context menu should work on error pages
(https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3815)
* Fix the ASN setting button in the observatory prefs
(https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4170)
* Make the Observatory much more efficient
* Ship 46 new rulesets
* Update for new Wikipedia HTTPS deployment
* Ruleset Fixes and Enhancements: Yandex, Identica, SBB, Polldaddy, XKCD,
Statcounter, Caltech, UCSD, FlickR, Android
* Disable broken: LastPass, Avast, EPEAT, Bloglines
* Improve the state of our translations-in progress
* Fancy new Python build scripts

[Pinga]

HTTPS Everywhere is great but its default rulesets (353 KB) are pure overkill. Fortunately it is possible to delete the default.rulesets file and only use one's own, which can then be enabled or disabled as needed.

[skudo12]

Preferences Monitor
-{ Quote: "Monitors your about:config preferences for unwanted changes..." }-
-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/preferences-monitor/?src=cb-dl-updated

[J_L]

Now that's different, ty.

[skudo12]

Review about preferences monitor -http://www.ghacks.net/2011/10/24/firefox-preferences-monitor/

[vasa1]

Add-on for Flash quality:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/11/04/low-quality-flash-improve-flash-performance-in-firefox/

[SirPeterPan]

One extension that is proving very useful for me after I disabled Firefox cache: Lazarus: Form Recovery (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/).

"Never lose anything you type into a web form again! Lazarus securely auto-saves all forms as you type, so after a crash, server timeout, or whatever, you can go back to the form, right click, "recover form", and breathe a sigh of relief..."

[progress]

-{ Quote: "
bugmenot
lets you login to places you don't have passwords for.
" }-

Is there an alternative to bugmenot? It seems to be outdated ... :-\

[rolarocka]

I like this addon:
Simplify Awesome Bar
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/simplify-awesome-bar/

-{ Quote: "Type anywhere and use the awesome bar straight away!" }-

[Daveski17]

Does anyone use Remove It Permanently (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/remove-it-permanently/?src=ss)? I've been experimenting on a portable, it seems to have a great potential.

[dw426]

What has happened to ABP? It looks completely overhauled, and I'm not a fan. Lists have to be updated one by one, the options seem..lacking, and a bigger issue is that blocking individual things now is completely awkward and sometimes doesn't even work. One thing I noticed in that regard is that the small "block" tab that shows up above block-able elements either cannot be clicked on or simply does nothing if you do manage to click on it. An example of what I'm speaking of http://www.wrestlezone.com/. There is an annoying video half down the page that always plays. Hover over with with ABP installed and see if you too cannot manage to get the "block" button to work. It "hides" itself when you try, leaving you to constantly being able to only click on the video itself and not the button.

Anyway, I've noticed these sorts of issues elsewhere, and pop-up ads are suddenly getting through, even with the "allow" ads filter shut down (by the way, as far as that idea goes, it's well intentioned but working poorly in my opinion.). This is the kind of behavior I've always seen and expected from Chrome ad blocking, not Firefox.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "What has happened to ABP? It looks completely overhauled, and I'm not a fan. Lists have to be updated one by one, the options seem..lacking, and a bigger issue is that blocking individual things now is completely awkward and sometimes doesn't even work. One thing I noticed in that regard is that the small "block" tab that shows up above block-able elements either cannot be clicked on or simply does nothing if you do manage to click on it. An example of what I'm speaking of http://www.wrestlezone.com/. There is an annoying video half down the page that always plays. Hover over with with ABP installed and see if you too cannot manage to get the "block" button to work. It "hides" itself when you try, leaving you to constantly being able to only click on the video itself and not the button. " }-

I can't see the block button either.

-{ Quote: "Anyway, I've noticed these sorts of issues elsewhere, and pop-up ads are suddenly getting through, even with the "allow" ads filter shut down (by the way, as far as that idea goes, it's well intentioned but working poorly in my opinion.). This is the kind of behavior I've always seen and expected from Chrome ad blocking, not Firefox." }-

I have 11 scripts blocked on that page with RequestPolicy!

I'm having almost as much trouble with Guy Fawkes' blog. (http://order-order.com/)

[dw426]

There's a lot of images on that blog that are normally wiped by ABP. I really do not want to have to start screwing with NoScript-like stuff again, especially considering I'd have to do it all outside of Sandboxie first and then each time I come across a page I need to have scripts on.

Bah, darn it ABP. Why'd he have to go and change what was an almost perfect addon so much? Some people need to learn that old saying "If it ain't broke...". On another note, I can see Piers Morgan is looking like a buffoon with his "testimony", lol.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "
Bah, darn it ABP. Why'd he have to go and change what was an almost perfect addon so much? " }-
dw426, have you looked into https://adblockplus.org/en/known-issues ? Might be helpful for your problems.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "dw426, have you looked into https://adblockplus.org/en/known-issues ? Might be helpful for your problems." }-

Thanks, but none of those are related to/caused by the issues I'm seeing.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "There's a lot of images on that blog that are normally wiped by ABP. I really do not want to have to start screwing with NoScript-like stuff again, especially considering I'd have to do it all outside of Sandboxie first and then each time I come across a page I need to have scripts on." }-

Yeah, I keep forgetting you are running Sandboxie. NoScript & RequestPolicy can be a serious pain in the arse to set up on a page. Especially if I have the tooltips turned off, like I often do in SeaMonkey.

-{ Quote: "Bah, darn it ABP. Why'd he have to go and change what was an almost perfect addon so much? Some people need to learn that old saying "If it ain't broke...". " }-

Yeah, I agree, it was almost perfect. That's progress for you.

-{ Quote: "On another note, I can see Piers Morgan is looking like a buffoon with his "testimony", lol." }-

Yes, he's good at looking like a buffoon. I suppose he has a career ahead of him in the Commedia dell'arte LOL!

[dw426]

I don't know about your side of the pond, but over here he managed to get a late night talk show. I've seen it a number of times when I just don't want to deal with sleeping pills ;D

But, yeah, Sandboxie is on here. I suppose I could allow access to the entire profile, that would solve me having to constantly fix settings. What it doesn't solve is the shell game that is white listing scripts and the fact that no one in this household can deal with it for more than a week. I can, but I surf enough that I just don't want to.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "I don't know about your side of the pond, but over here he managed to get a late night talk show. I've seen it a number of times when I just don't want to deal with sleeping pills ;D " }-

My TV has a Piers Morgan filter, so I'm OK. If only that was really possible eh? Or maybe a filter that could just be set to blocking annoying lying pillocks. ;)

-{ Quote: "But, yeah, Sandboxie is on here. I suppose I could allow access to the entire profile, that would solve me having to constantly fix settings. What it doesn't solve is the shell game that is white listing scripts and the fact that no one in this household can deal with it for more than a week. I can, but I surf enough that I just don't want to." }-

That sounds a tad on the complicated side. Are you sure it isn't just easier going back to NoScript?

[dw426]

It would be far easier to just allow access to the entire profile. Besides, even with NoScript I'd have to do that, just to keep the settings intact. Otherwise Sandboxie wipes them out every time it closes. The problem though is not allowing this or that, or whether NoScript is feasible or not. The core issue is that ABP has changed and/or having serious issues for me. I'm going to hang around its forums a bit and see what I can come up with.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "It would be far easier to just allow access to the entire profile. Besides, even with NoScript I'd have to do that, just to keep the settings intact. Otherwise Sandboxie wipes them out every time it closes." }-

I honestly don't have much experience with sandboxes. Perhaps I'll look into them one day when I get a bit more computer savvy.

[dw426]

I have found out rather quickly the "block tab" is not just a problem for me at their forum.

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I just wanted to publicise the fact that I have just released a new version (2.9) of
Zombie Keys, and I would like to invite you all to test drive it:

It makes it easy to type non-english diacritics by using easy to remember keyboard
shortcuts or the mouse.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/zombie-keys/ " }-
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.support.firefox/browse_thread/thread/acac4cf54cba2490?hl=en#

[tlu]

-{ Quote: " One thing I noticed in that regard is that the small "block" tab that shows up above block-able elements either cannot be clicked on or simply does nothing if you do manage to click on it. An example of what I'm speaking of http://www.wrestlezone.com/. There is an annoying video half down the page that always plays. Hover over with with ABP installed and see if you too cannot manage to get the "block" button to work. It "hides" itself when you try, leaving you to constantly being able to only click on the video itself and not the button. " }-

This was a bug fixed in ABP 2.0.3. It works now as it should (at least for the example you mentioned).

EDIT: Changelog (http://adblockplus.org/en/changelog-2.0.3)

[AlexC]

Hey guys,
Is there still any Keyscrambler extension for Firefox?
Anyone using it?

Thanks

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "This was a bug fixed in ABP 2.0.3. It works now as it should (at least for the example you mentioned).

EDIT: Changelog (http://adblockplus.org/en/changelog-2.0.3)" }-

Still not working on flash-based content, actually. Along with many ads showing up compared to a couple of weeks ago, even with acceptable advertising turned off.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Still not working on flash-based content, actually. " }-

It does work here as it should.

-{ Quote: " Along with many ads showing up compared to a couple of weeks ago, even with acceptable advertising turned off." }-

I can't confirm that either. I assume that something is screwed-up on your system. Have you tried deleting your old filters completely and re-importing the subscriptions? You can also try a new profile with

firefox -p

and test if ABP works there.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "It does work here as it should.



I can't confirm that either. I assume that something is screwed-up on your system. Have you tried deleting your old filters completely and re-importing the subscriptions? You can also try a new profile with

firefox -p

and test if ABP works there." }-

Already done and no change for either issue. It wouldn't be a system issue anyway, as my system hasn't changed in a couple of months, and nothing on it would affect an extension. But yeah, tried all that and no dice.

[Hungry Man]

A bit off topic, but I know you're interested DW. In Chrome 17 beta you no longer need the experimental extensions API to use the proper adblock iirc.

[dw426]

-{ Quote: "A bit off topic, but I know you're interested DW. In Chrome 17 beta you no longer need the experimental extensions API to use the proper adblock iirc." }-

Yep, I am interested, thank you Hungry. I'll be moving to it once I get my main system back up and running.

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Already done and no change for either issue. It wouldn't be a system issue anyway, as my system hasn't changed in a couple of months, and nothing on it would affect an extension. But yeah, tried all that and no dice." }-

I don't know what to say. I can only repeat that I don't have your problems.

Some questions, though:
1. Have you tried the new profile with only ABP installed and did you newly subscribe to filter lists (rather than import the ones from your old profile)?
2. What filter subscriptions are you using?
3. Can you give some examples for ads not being blocked?

[Lanny1276]

ABP,ghostery,noscript,betterprivacy

httpsfinder,https everywhere

keyscrambler

hidemyass proxy ext, stealthy

My 2 favs are ABP with (easylist+easyprivacy+malwaredomains filters)....also the stealthy add-on wich is the best tool for finding working proxies that I have ever used.

Since adding the malware domains filter to ABP, I have not gotten infected in a looooooong time- at least as far as I know and by doing multiple scans. IMO ABP is one of the best virus/antimalware blockers I've been able to find for free.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: " IMO ABP is one of the best virus/antimalware blockers I've been able to find for free." }-

I agree with you, but you would be amazed how many people don't actually count ABP as a security measure.

[niki]

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noverflow/?src=search
-{ Quote: "Ever noticed the behavior when Firefox starts "hiding" tabs, leaving you with around 7 or 8 visible tabs and two arrows in the tab bar. Use this addon to let the tabs shrink to a smaller size before going into overflow. This prevents overflow from happening easily and frequently.

Hiding the blank favicon and close button from tabs lets you see more of the tab title on low tab widths. Slimmer pinned tabs saves some space in the tab bar if you have lots of pinned tabs. See individual change logs for further details. Please share your feedback for further improvement.
" }-Love it!!

[SirPeterPan]

Thank you niki, the extension is indeed very good.

[niki]

You`re welcome SirPeterPan. Very nice when using lots of tabs. Was released Feb 3, 2012 so very new extension.

[Dermot7]

Could be useful, haven't tried yet (using FF 3.6.25 & Pale Moon 3.6.29) :

-{ Quote: "HTTPS Finder is most powerful when used side-by-side with HTTPS Everywhere to create rule sets tailored to your browsing habits. Used alone it's better than nothing but it's important to realize that limitation." }-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-finder/?src=search

[Dermot7]

-{ Quote: "San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) launched the 2.0 version of HTTPS Everywhere for the Firefox browser today, including an important new update that warns users about web security holes.

The "Decentralized SSL Observatory" is an optional feature that detects encryption weaknesses and notifies users when they are visiting a website with a security vulnerability – flagging potential risk for sites that are vulnerable to eavesdropping or "man in the middle" attacks." }-

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/new-https-everywhere-version-warns-users-about-web-security-holes

[Dermot7]

Calomel SSL Validation 0.52 : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/calomel-ssl-validation/

-{ Quote: "Latest Version: 0.52

The add-on is compatible with Firefox 11.0 (all beta revisions) and earlier.
Disabled OCSP checking since it has a soft fail condition. According to Google, "So soft-fail revocation checks are like a seat-belt that snaps when you crash," he said. "Even though it works 99% of the time, it's worthless because it only works when you don't need it."
When an option is turned off it will now be reset to browser defaults instead of being manually defined to a default value. This cleans up the code and purges any extraneous configuration options.
An option which is disabled will never modify a config value. If the option was once enabled and then disabled the config value will be reset to the browser default on browser restart and never touched again." }-
https://calomel.org/firefox_ssl_validation.html

[Dermot7]

-{ Quote: "The February 2012 update to the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) included a patch to correct a critical vulnerability that can permit the loading of arbitrary code on an end-user’s computer.

This vulnerability—present in the older versions of the JDK and JRE—is actively being exploited, and is a potential risk to users. To mitigate this risk, we have added affected versions of the Java plugin for Windows (Version 6 Update 30 and below as well as Version 7 Update 2 and below) to Firefox’s blocklist. A blocklist entry for the Java plugin on OS X may be added at a future date." }-
https://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2012/04/02/blocking-java/

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "Calomel SSL Validation 0.52 : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/calomel-ssl-validation/


https://calomel.org/firefox_ssl_validation.html" }-

It's a shame that this isn't ported for SeaMonkey.

[rinem]

Anyone knows an addon that "expands/displays" the personas themes to below the adress field when pressing a "new tab" button?

[agua102]

What do you think about this firefox extension :

http://www.rightinbox.com/

[moontan]

i tried NoScript a few years ago and hated it to no end.
now, i would not want to surf without it.

the way i like to use it is to keep the Whitelist almost bare and just temporarily allow pages/sites on the fly.
very convenient because your permanent Whitelist is not modified.

i tried NotScript and ScriptNo but i think NoScript does a much better job.

[berryracer]

-{ Quote: "What do you think about this firefox extension :

http://www.rightinbox.com/" }-

sounds nice. Just installed it!

[Dermot7]

MemChaser 0.3 :
-{ Quote: "The add-on allows you to follow the memory usage and garbage/cycle collector activities of Firefox directly in the add-on bar. There is no need to poll 'about:memory' or scrape GC/CC messages in the Error Console. You experience strange behavior? Then enable the logging and all activities will get written to a log file inside the memchaser sub folder of your Firefox profile." }-
-{ Quote: "Version 0.3:
Released April 4, 2012 147.5 KB Works with Firefox 10.0 - 14.0a1
Allow user to specify where logs are saved (#119)
Add panel options to access log folder and start/stop logging (#115)
Add panel items for triggering a GC or CC, and Minimize Memory Usage (#114, #118)
Updated logger to write out valid JSON (#110)
Fixed invisible appearance in toolbar palette (#111)
Added targets for 'run' and 'test' (#109)
Pass-through all GC/CC information and extract values in widget.js (#107)
Add support for the new SpiderMonkey GC Statistics API (#99)
Implemented asynchronous logging (#55)
Fixes widget onclick handler for logger out of sync issue (#105)
Added a release target to the build script (#98)
Refactor usage of preference names and constants (#102)
Added tooltips to widget elements (#84)
Fix properties in garbage collector message for Firefox 14 (#93)" }-
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memchaser/?src=ss

[TheWindBringeth]

-{ Quote: "What do you think about this firefox extension :

http://www.rightinbox.com/" }-
Its two main features appear to be:

1) Scheduling the sending of email through your Gmail account

Based on just a very brief look, it sounds to me as though a RightInbox server would receive OAuth information for your Gmail account and email message IDs so that at the scheduled time it can command your Gmail account to send those emails. I'm not familiar with RightInbox's exact design or for that matter the strengths & weaknesses of OAuth. However, I would point out that providing another entity with even limited access to one of your online accounts is a potentially dangerous thing from both a security and privacy point of view. If this solution appeals to you, I would suggest you study the details and think things through very carefully before using.

2) Email read tracking and also emailed link click tracking

Based on just a very brief look, I suspect the email itself as well as links are "web bugged" so the recipient's browser or email client will report the read/clicks to a RightInbox server which in turn sends the activity report to the email originator. Note: doing such a thing without the recipient's express consent before hand demonstrates that the sender of the email is not respectful of the recipient. I would be very selective about its use.

[Daveski17]

I tried Abine's DNT+ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/?src=search) as it works quite well on Chrome/Iron. Unfortunately it just didn't work well on Fx at all. It probably actually does block trackers, but the GUI button wouldn't open for me & was totally unresponsive. I eventually uninstalled it.

Has anyone had anything similar with this extension?

[syk69]

-{ Quote: "I tried Abine's DNT+ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/?src=search) as it works quite well on Chrome/Iron. Unfortunately it just didn't work well on Fx at all. It probably actually does block trackers, but the GUI button wouldn't open for me & was totally unresponsive. I eventually uninstalled it.

Has anyone had anything similar with this extension?" }-

I've been using in for months with no issues. Might be conflicting with another addon.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "I've been using in for months with no issues. Might be conflicting with another addon." }-

Yes, I have a feeling it is. I don't really need it anyway. I may investigate it at a later date when I'm feeling a little less lazy. ;)

It works well on Chrome though, I prefer it to Ghostery these days.

[skudo12]

uPassword
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/upassword/
-{ Quote: "In uPassword, only the password rules are saved. And all passwords are calculated real-time after the master password is inputted. No account information, no password information, nothing to leak." }-

[mack_guy911]

i have

noscript, cookie monster, download them all, download helper, wot, tab mix plus, better privacy ;D

[skudo12]

NoTrace
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/notrace
-{ Quote: "NoTrace implements a supportive, comprehensive and improved approach for privacy protection to allow users to be aware of the risks of their navigation and to give them full control on effective actions to address online privacy threats.
NoTrace exhibits the following features:
1) Supportive privacy protection: it provides support for (novice and expert) users, awareness about privacy loss and personalized recommendations to limit it.
2) Comprehensiveness: it addresses several malicious activities by providing, all in one, opportune countermeasures, whereas each of them is singularly provided by other popular extensions in this field. It also provides techniques to discover harmful activities through content-based filtering mechanisms and to limit the diffusion of personal identifiable information.
3) Effectiveness: Detection of malicious objects and awareness about their privacy infringements. The tool is based on a detailed analysis and implementation of different privacy protection techniques to limit the diffusion of various bits of information to third party sites." }-

[vasa1]

Not a Must Have but it's coming along quite nicely: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdfjs/
The main thing I miss is that it currently cannot open password-protected files. But once I unlock pdf files permanently using qpdf (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=322184), they can subsequently by opened with pdf.js.

[tpro]

-{ Quote: "Not a Must Have but it's coming along quite nicely: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdfjs/
" }-

Do you think it's securer than Foxit or Sumatra? :doubt:

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "Do you think it's securer than Foxit or Sumatra? :doubt:" }-
Sorry, no idea.

[Daveski17]

I thought I would post this in case anyone else tries Abine & has any problems with it.

Regarding Abine's DNT+ (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/?src=search) for Fx, I have finally managed to convince it to work on a Portable Apps Firefox version.

I had problems before & thought it may be some conflict with another extension, however, I have discovered a probable reason why it would not open properly when clicked on. I had moved it on the GUI in 'Customise' mode to be to the left of WOT, which I normally prefer to be at the extreme right of the GUI.

I am not running WOT (or NoScript) on the portable & installed DNT+ primarily as a way of speeding page loading. I would normally have used Ghostery, which is probably more effective, but I have stopped using that for a variety of reasons.

When DNT+ installs it places itself to the extreme right of the GUI. If not moved, it should work. I think the Abine guys should take note of this 'bug' because they have a relatively decent alternative to Ghostery with DNT+ IMO.

I had a screenshot, but I think that gremlins ate it. :wacko:

[moontan]

-{ Quote: "
I am not running WOT (or NoScript) on the portable & installed DNT+ primarily as a way of speeding page loading. I would normally have used Ghostery, which is probably more effective, but I have stopped using that for a variety of reasons. " }-


would you mind going in more details?

[tlu]

-{ Quote: "Do you think it's securer than Foxit or Sumatra? :doubt:" }-

Well, I tried it and found that I had to allow JS in FF in order to load a pdf. That's not what I want.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "would you mind going in more details?" }-

I used Ghostery for at least a couple of years. Back then it was light, unobtrusive & did its job without bugging me. Now it seems way too complex & updates (& needs to tell me about it) every other day or so. One of the reasons I like *MSE so much is that it is simple & doesn't bug me. I use DNT+ now on Chrome instead of Ghostery. It does its job (stopping bugs) & doesn't bug me.


*In case this is moderated as being off-topic, I would like to point out that my comparison with MSE is an analogy. (http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/features/chref/chref.py/main?query=analogy&title=21st)

[moontan]

-{ Quote: "I used Ghostery for at least a couple of years. Back then it was light, unobtrusive & did its job without bugging me. Now it seems way too complex & updates (& needs to tell me about it) every other day or so." }-

tnx dave.

i tried Ghostery and thought it was pretty good.
there seems to be some overlap with NoScript though.

by overlap, i mean pretty much the same tracking companies appears in both apps for the same site, in general.

[Daveski17]

-{ Quote: "tnx dave.

i tried Ghostery and thought it was pretty good.
there seems to be some overlap with NoScript though.

by overlap, i mean pretty much the same tracking companies appears in both apps for the same site, in general." }-

Yes, Ghostery is an excellent educational tool, but if you are pretty savvy with NoScript Ghostery is a bit redundant. I think Ghostery finds & blocks more trackers than DNT+, especially in Firefox. However, I have tried to keep my portable Firefox (primarily for our work laptops) as light & simple as possible. NoScript tends to complicate things for it, although I do use NS normally.

[moontan]

tnx for the input Dave! :thumb:

[tpro]

-{ Quote: "Well, I tried it and found that I had to allow JS in FF in order to load a pdf." }-

I see but do you think it's a good alternative to avoid PDF exploits? :-\ As we know there are several exploit kits for Adobe PDF plugin ...

[vasa1]

-{ Quote: "I see but do you think it's a good alternative to avoid PDF exploits? :-\ As we know there are several exploit kits for Adobe PDF plugin ..." }-
It's still under heavy development. And it is called pdf.js.