Category: firefox
Firefox 7 kills ‘window.resizeTo()’
Among my most useful bookmarklets are those I use to resize my main browser window. With Firefox 7, they no longer work. Some config changes made them work again, but only temporarily. This does not necessarily benefit the user. In some cases, it interrupts one’s workflow.
the illusion of trust
Fraudulent *.google.com Certificate at Mozilla Security Blog
Mozilla was informed today about the issuance of at least one fraudulent SSL certificate for public websites belonging to Google, Inc.
Related:
Google Online Security Blog: An update on attempted man-in-the-middle attacks
‘protecting against tracking’
a Firefox add-on designed to prevent third-party buttons (such as the Facebook “Like” button or the Twitter “tweet” button) embedded by sites across the Internet from tracking you until you actually click on them
‘aims to respect its users’
Instantbird » News » Instantbird 1.0 released in 11 locales!
As part of our belief in respecting our users, we give them an ad-free experience and respect their privacy by not collecting any information about them (Instantbird contacts our servers only when checking for updates, or in the unfortunate and uncommon event of a crash).
Note: This is not an endorsement.
4.0 now available
Note: A number of add-ons are not yet compatible with the new version.
dwt | quick Firefox tip
A useful home page for Firefox:
Copy and paste “chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul” into your address bar and go, then set it as your home page in Preferences>General (or Tools>Options>General on PC), as shown below:
As an alternative, you can create a bookmark to page to use as needed instead of making it your home page.