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Tue, 13 January 2009 06:48

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Whats your favorite Firefox ad ons that work well??
Theres so many to choose. Id like some recommendations..

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Tue, 13 January 2009 09:26

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The must-haves:

Deal

NoScript

Adblock Plus
Deal

Flashblock

The nice toys:

Cool

GreaseMonkey
Cool

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Tue, 13 January 2009 09:45

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I currently have no script,ad block plus, and tab mix plus..
Anyone ever use flash block and flash killer?
Id like to know which one is better to use.

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Tue, 13 January 2009 12:26

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slimdrag00n wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 05:48

Whats your favorite Firefox ad ons that work well??
Theres so many to choose. Id like some recommendations..

Firebug for when I'm doing web development.

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Tue, 13 January 2009 13:18

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slimdrag00n wrote on Tue, 13 January 2009 15:45

Anyone ever use flash block and flash killer?
Id like to know which one is better to use.

I've been using FlashBlock for well over a year now. Never gave a problem, and never failed to block a Flash gizmo except the ones I told it to allow. I've never heard of "flash killer". Rolling Eyes

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Tue, 13 January 2009 13:26

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Flash killer is an ad on just like flash block it but it isnt a constant effect from page to page.. It blocks only things you click on.

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Tue, 13 January 2009 18:59

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Adblock Plus
British English Dictionary
Chatzilla
Flashblock
Mouse Gestures Redox
Noscript
Quick Java
Tor Button

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Wed, 11 March 2009 14:17

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no script i definitely took off after a week. it blocked so much stuff that i always had to manually unblock things all the time.. like videos..
so much more of a hassle then positive.

has anyone used that add on that lets you down load videos like on youtube, myspace or i guess it makes it sound like any video..
if you have let me know if its easy to use and virus free.

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Thu, 12 March 2009 05:50

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slimdrag00n wrote on Wed, 11 March 2009 19:17

no script i definitely took off after a week. it blocked so much stuff that i always had to manually unblock things all the time.. like videos..
so much more of a hassle then positive.

Security costs. It also depends on what kind of sites you usually visit. I've been going for months oblivious that NoScript was even there. Cool

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has anyone used that add on that lets you down load videos like on youtube, myspace or i guess it makes it sound like any video..
if you have let me know if its easy to use and virus free.

Of course. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org and the Video DownloadHelper should be among the Most Popular. There's others if that one doesn't work for a particular website/video.

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Thu, 12 March 2009 12:17

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no script i definitely took off after a week. it blocked so much stuff that i always had to manually unblock things all the time.. like videos..
so much more of a hassle then positive.

I don't know what I'd do without NoScript. There is so much sh!t that is blocked by NoScript, it's not even funny.

Have you ever surfed Facebook with nothing allowed on the page? Every single pages without exception load about 5 times faster. It's ridiculous!

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Thu, 12 March 2009 12:34

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I dont use face book. Its an unreliable site..
maybe theres some settings i need to change in no script. i just remember it always blocking stuff i needed unblocked and always had to change things..
maybe ill look into it again.

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Fri, 13 March 2009 06:00

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slimdrag00n wrote on Thu, 12 March 2009 17:34

maybe theres some settings i need to change in no script. i just remember it always blocking stuff i needed unblocked and always had to change things..

You can unblock things "temporarily" or "definitely". That way you only need to do it once for the sites you trust (or must trust for them to work) like Gmail.

Even so, there's a setting to unblock "presumably bad" things from even trusted sites. That might be a problem for some sites, particularly if you visit them often.

If you only visit a few mild-mannered sites, it's a piece of cake.

If you visit lots of new sites everyday, and most of them use weird and/or dangerous scripting, then yeah, your battle for security is harder, so you either give up these sites or your security or discipline yourself.

NoScript (and others like it) at least give you the option.

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Fri, 13 March 2009 11:47

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yeah it does give those options your completely right. i guess i didnt like noscript because i go to many different new sites a day. so each time i always had to block or unblock something manually and became annoying.

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Fri, 13 March 2009 12:13

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Hopefully most of these sites will still work ok with NoScript's default settings/behavior. Whip

Otherwise you should give a serious thought to the risks you're running. Hit Computer

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Fri, 13 March 2009 14:23

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most sites i go to are ok. I am also pretty careful on what i down load due to bad past experiences. i have two of the best virus scanners aswell.

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Re: whats your favorite Firefox ad ons?

Wed, 16 September 2009 03:46

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Cooliris - like apple cover flow for your browser
Coolpreviews - opens preview pane when cursor hovers over a link
Foxtab - 3d tab management
Ghostery - blocks 3rd party behavioral data collectors
Morning Coffee - automatically opens web pages based on your routine
Smart Bookmarks Bar - replaces bookmark names with icons

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