Firefox Trimming The Fat....

system · 2007-02-11T21:49:51.000Z

Mozilla has announced that they will be relaunching the Firefox Add-ons site on Monday with only a handful of the extensions that are currently available. In fact, they are said to be trimming down the list of available add-ons to just several hundred, which means they could be cutting 80% to 90% of the ones listed on the site.
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/02/10/mozillas-trimming-the-fat-from-the-add-ons-site/

polonus…i think you have too many add-ons ;D
http://tech.cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/Firefox200/Fullscreen.jpg

polonus · 2007-02-11T23:24:50.000Z

Hi drhayden1,

Hi, that is why I only use Flock nowadays, go to the Burning Edge to see what patches to install to keep up security wise. Flock has the ability to enforce add-ons. I have no surplus of extensions/add-ons, only those that help me a lot security wise.
Maybe the forces that be do not like secure browsers that much, and are in need to fill them up with ads, track browser users, make browser users completely visible.
Well I won’t touch a browser where I cannot deny script running, or nuke ads or pop-ups that I do not want, I want to regulate what I see, what referrels I sent, what cookie information is sent back to them. I want to change useChrome in such an extent that history forward and history back two examples of javascript in Mozilla that does not subject to the same origin policy, so this is in my userChrome :


 /* Remove Back button when there's nothing to go Back to */
#back-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

/* Remove Forward button when there's nothing to go Forward to */
#forward-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

So I have my own version of Flock with those security add-ons that are valuable to me, with component js files that means some extra security or speed: getElementsbyClass, collapse.js etc.
What is the basic line for me in browser security is no script running on certain sites (main malware vector even in zero exploits), possibility to use a browser in stealth mode (stealther), cleaning cache, cookies, search history etc. etc.
If they make that more difficult with Firefox, it is bye bye. Well I experienced with the Firefox test version, the 0.3 Minefield, that with the nightly test versions only McAfeeSiteAdvisor worked, way too dangerous for me.

polonus

TedNelly · 2007-02-12T04:11:09.000Z

http://tech.cybernetnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/Firefox200/Fullscreen.jpg
A new slant on browsing!! browse the addons

system · 2007-02-12T07:43:50.000Z

tednelly my friend look above in my post under-polonus…i think you have too many add-ons…it’s the same link ??? :

system · 2007-02-12T08:25:58.000Z

polonus post:2:

I want to change useChrome in such an extent that history forward and history back two examples of javascript in Mozilla that does not subject to the same origin policy, so this is in my userChrome :
 /* Remove Back button when there's nothing to go Back to */
#back-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

/* Remove Forward button when there's nothing to go Forward to */
#forward-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; } 

* Remove Stop button when there's nothing to Stop */
#stop-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

/* Remove Reload button when there's nothing to go Reload to */
#reload-button[disabled="true"] { display: none; }

I have these lines as well. I am another who likes to keep “working place” clean and simple. I also use Searchbar Autosizer and Menu Editor extensions. A funny thing is that it is somehow contradictory for me to install extensions in attempt of keeping things simple, though.

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