MetaFilter posts tagged with firefox

Trying to even out the false middle

lumpenprole — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:15:55 -0800

Can a firefox extension extend rationality? Wherein intel labs attempt to add rationality to the web. Good freaking luck. One of the things that has always driven me crazy in media, is when they call a dispute covered by putting on two people who disagree without considering the truth of either claim. Sometimes referred to as False Dilemma or The Fallacy of the Excluded Middle. That's why I was interested to hear an interview (from the excellent On The Media) with a researcher from Intel who's trying to solve that problem. Dispute Finder scans what you are reading and tries to point out alternative information from a source you are likely to trust. It's raising considerable interest. On the other hand, it could just make the problem worse.

Quizbook

chuckdarwin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:45:04 -0800

Run Firefox with greasemonkey and Facebook Purity to free yourself from the Tyranny of Facebook Quizzes. It's the nuclear option, and it works... like the bomb. BOOM. No more quizzy.

Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom!

sloe — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:14:55 -0800

Windows 7 will ship without Internet Explorer in Europe "Microsoft said it made it’s decision following an anti-trust investigation by the European Union." "This means that computer manufacturers and users will be free to install Internet Explorer on Windows 7, or not, as they prefer" - Dave Heiner, deputy general counsel for Microsoft. Related: Bing (6% market share launch) and the Browser Wars which are still being won by IE or pretty much a dead heat between IE and FF depending on who you sample. Apple nod: Safari's come from behind upset?

Pulp browsers

slater — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:58:27 -0800

"What" ain't no rendering engine I ever heard of! They support CSS3 in "What"?!

Add-Art: replace web ads with art

Foci for Analysis — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:01:38 -0800

Add-Art is a free FireFox add-on which replaces advertising on websites with curated art images. The art shows are updated every two weeks and feature contemporary artists and curators.

Zero-Day

chuckdarwin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:33:52 -0800

BBC: Users of the world's most common web browser (good old IE!) have been advised to switch to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed. Microsoft Security Advisory 961051. Microsoft Corp. has tipped off its users of a “huge increase” in hacking attacks exploiting a critical unpatched vulnerability in some versions of its flagship web-browser Internet Explorer (IE), and notified that some of these attacks have originated from hacked porn websites. In addition to IE7, other versions like IE 5 and IE 6 have also been found to be vulnerable to the flaw, which on proper exploitation could enable a hacker to seize complete control over victim’s computer, the company added. The flaw essentially originates from the improper handlings of DHTML data bindings due to a memory corruption error. Though the hackers have been exploiting the vulnerability for more than a week, the company notified an upswing in attacks over the weekend. Researchers Tareq Saade and Ziv Mador in one of their postings on Malware Protection Center blog said, “Based on our stats, since the vulnerability has gone public, roughly 0.2 percent of users worldwide may have been exposed to websites containing exploits of this latest vulnerability”. The researchers purported that the hackers have now changed their methodology of attacks, as instead of using malicious websites for attacks, they are now using compromised legitimate websites to trick the users. Incidentally Trend Micro Inc has estimated that around 6,000 websites have been infected so far to exploit the vulnerability, with the count “quickly increasing in number”.

Read It Later

WCityMike — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:31:35 -0800

Given that you're a Metafilter user, if you're also a Firefox user, you may want to check out the Read It Later extension. It's not an unfair assumption to assume that Metafilter users tend to do a lot of online reading (who, us?), and the Read It Later extension is well-suited to help you manage your online reading while not cluttering up your bookmarks. It began as a bookmarklet but now has its own online site, RSS feed, intracomputer syncing, caching of pages for offline use, integration with Google Reader, and customizable keyboard shortcuts, and has really matured into a really great (free) extension. Not Pepsi Blue -- just a recommendation of a really nifty extension.

Experience the censored Chinese internet at home!

chunking express — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:48:18 -0800

China Channel Firefox Add-on: Experience the censored Chinese internet at home! The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It's open source, free and easy.

History of the browser user-agent string

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:31:46 -0800

History of the browser user-agent string

They're already using Ubiquity as a verb

sveskemus — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:39:16 -0800

Ubiquity is a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily. Check out a video demonstration of Ubiquity. And here's a tutorial. Ubiquity 0.1 (xpi link, Firefox required!) lets you map and insert maps anywhere; translate on-page; search amazon, google, wikipedia, yahoo, youtube, etc.; digg and twitter; lookup and insert yelp review; get the weather; syntax highlight any code you find; and a lot more. Ubiquity "command list" to see them all.

Pluribo

matthewr — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:15:23 -0800

Pluribo is a way-cool Firefox extension that automagically summarises Amazon product reviews.

Firefox 3: Hot or Not?

spock — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:57:08 -0800

A major new release: Firefox 3 is now out in your language. (RC3 is said to be identical to the Final 3.0.0.0 version). Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Upgrade to Firefox 3. Firefox 3 Versus IE 8 Beta An opposing view: Hold Off on Firefox 3 (the chicken!). Alternative view? Flock catches up with Firefox 3. PS: (As you might expect from something expected to set a World Record for number of downloads today, he Mozilla sites are currently getting crushed, apparently ).

I feel pretty!

Wolfdog — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:45:25 -0800

Gmail Redesigned is a really slick CSS makeover for - you guessed - Gmail. It uses the Stylish Firefox add-on. (So yes, this is something you would need a computer, firefox, and gmail to care about.)

Firefox = bad for the Internet?

zardoz — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:57:03 -0800

"You've reached this page because the site you were trying to visit now blocks the FireFox browser". Because Firefox has endorsed and allowed the Ad Block Plus plug-in, which is "is an infringement of the rights of web site owners and developers," some folks aren't too happy. With links to How to Block Firefox, Firefox Myths, and The Firefox Cult.

Zotero -- a free, open source research tool

cog_nate — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:55:25 -0800

Zotero is one of several free, open source research tools developed by the previously mentioned Center for History and New Media. It runs within Firefox and allows you to easily capture bibliographic information from a variety of online databases and catalogs, insert in-text citations and generate properly formatted bibliographies... if you're into that. (Also check out CHNM's fantastic projects page.)

Block time-wasting websites using the Invisibility Cloak

russilwvong — Wed, 16 May 2007 22:34:55 -0800

Gina Trapani's Invisibility Cloak is a GreaseMonkey script for Firefox that blocks time-wasting websites while you're working. Conveniently, MetaFilter is included by default. Previously: Temptation Blocker.

Google's Firefox Browser Sync

talldean — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:10:28 -0800

I use several different computers in the same day; my work machine, my laptop, my home machine. I've bitched for years that I shouldn't have to struggle to keep my bookmarks synced between machines. Google to the rescue with the best Christmas present ever.

The Firefox Cold War: “Mr. Mathowie, we must not allow an extension gap!”

rfbjames — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:11:47 -0800

Firefox really is amazingly extendable, but perhaps WAY too much so. [previously]

Microsoft Firefox

AstroGuy — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 12:08:18 -0800

Microsoft Firefox! (It's better now... like seriously!)

The second coming.

Mr_Zero — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:40:30 -0800

Get Firefox 2.0 a day early. (mirror) via slashdot

firefox day

reklaw — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:36:50 -0800

It's Firefox Day!

Opera 9 - it's good.

grahamwell — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 06:24:35 -0800

Opera version 9 - "The browser that everyone forgets about .. " has just been released - and it's good. Why should you care? Two suggested reasons [+ inside]

New browsers and tools

hockeyman — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:16:37 -0800

Revamping the browser Browser add ons such as Browster for IE and Firefox or entirely new browsers such as Flock (limited info) promise to rework the way browsing has been done during the IE only years from 1997 to 2004. More inside...

pbbbbttt.

loquacious — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:06:19 -0800

Wheeeeeeee! Na na na nah (warnings: embedded video, firefox, extreme retardity)

I Want to Be Your Dog

billysumday — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:07:07 -0800

New version of Firefox revealed.