Firefox add-ons
Wed Feb 8 00:05:20 EST 2012
One of the recent Ubuntu updates updated Firefox. I rebooted this evening, and now I'm running the newer Firefox, and some of my add-ons are no longer compatible. I've lost:
Aardvark 3.0,
CopyAllUrls 0.9.2,
EZNav 1.0.6,
InfoLister 0.10.3 (0.10.4a3 available),
OptionsMenu 1.8 (bogus link),
Tab Catalog 2.0.2009110402
I particularly miss the add-on that let me list my add-ons. (Would have made it easier to make this list.)
Also annoying is that Firefox's way of listing the installed add-ons looks like a web page, but doesn't act like a web page - scrolling doesn't work except with the slider, and there's no copy+paste or save-page to capture the list of add-ons.
Deepest Sender wants to update from 0.9.7 to 0.9.8; I don't know whether the timing is just coincidence, or it required a newer version of Firefox.
With the loss of Aardvark, I'll re-enable Nuke Anything Enhanced 1.0.2.
Ghostery 2.7.1 also looks like a goodie: protect your privacy; see who's tracking your web browsing and block them. I'm probably already blocking some (like Google APIs) with RequestPolicy, and that breaks some websites.
Extension List Dumper 1.15.2 looks like the replacement for InfoLister.
And I'm going to disable TableTools2 1.15; I'm not using it.
Wed Feb 8 20:41:27 EST 2012
Awesome output from Extension List Dumper add-on. You can select which information you want about the add-ons and there are format choices (text, html, CSV, BBCode). It was easy to turn the HTML unordered list into a table. (Easy enough with vi, and it wouldn't be hard to make it into an awk program if I thought I'd be doing it frequently.)
Application: Firefox 10.0 (20120129161724)
Operating System: Linux (x86_64-gcc3)
Total number of items: 45
Clippings 3.1.7Save frequently-entered text for pasting later.
Deepest Sender 0.9.8Post to LiveJournal directly from Firefox.
Extension List Dumper 1.15.2Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
Forecastfox 2.0.21Get international weather forecasts with this highly customizable extension
Ghostery 2.7.1Ghostery identifies and allows you to block the 3rd parties (web bugs) that are hidden on the current page you're visiting. Web bugs include ad networks, behavioral data collectors and web analytics providers.
InfoLister 0.10.4a3Lists installed extensions and themes
Lazarus: Form Recovery 2.3Recover lost forms with a single click
Make Link 11.03Make HTML, ForumCode, or other links from the context menu
MM3-ProxySwitch 2012Switch between a direct internet connection and several proxy settings
NoScript 2.2.7Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality… Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript :-)
Nuke Anything Enhanced 1.0.2Allow hiding of almost anything via context menu
Open Tab Count 1.1This extension displays the number of open tabs for each window and the total number of open tabs (in all windows) in the status bar.
RequestPolicy 0.5.22Control which cross-site requests are allowed. Improve the privacy of your browsing. Secure yourself from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and other attacks.
Sage 1.4.12A lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader.
Searchbar Autosizer 1.5.7Auto resizes the search bar as you type
Server Spy 0.2.1Indicates what brand of HTTP server runs on the visited site.
Site Information Tool 1.2Provides information about a webpage (or website) including domain registration data (whois), Google, Alexa, Compete.com, Tehnorati rankings, IP Address, server response headers, page data (title, meta tags, links count), thumbnail and more.
Sun Cult 1.3.20111118Worldwide Sunrise, Sunset, Twilight, Moonrise and Moonset Times
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.7Tab browsing with an added boost.
TinEye Reverse Image Search 1.1Adds TinEye search context menu item for images.
Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9.3Ubuntu Firefox Pack.
Unhide Passwords 1.2.7.0Shows contents of password fields in cleartext.
View Image (Filename) 0.7.1This extension appends the filename to the "View Image" context menu, a feature that was present in Netscape and early versions of Mozilla.
WebMail Notifier 2.9Notifies your webmails
Aardvark 3.0 (Disabled, Incompatible)Utility for cleaning up a page prior to printing, and for analyzing a page.
CopyAllUrls 0.9.2 (Disabled, Incompatible)Copies and pastes all URLs of open browser tabs including history in structured and well defined form to and from the clipboard.
EZNav 1.0.6 (Disabled, Incompatible)Middle-click existing buttons for additional navigation.
Options Menu 1.8 (Disabled, Incompatible)Quick access to extension options dialogs
Tab Catalog 2.0.2009110402 (Disabled, Incompatible)Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs.
Browse Images 0.4.2 (Disabled)Browses all image links of a page.
BugMeNot 2.2 (Disabled)Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com. install rdf
ColorZilla 2.6.4 (Disabled)Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
CoLT 2.5.5 (Disabled)CoLT (short for "Copy Link Text") makes it easy to copy either a link's text, or both the link text and its URL in a format you specify. This non-invasive extension simply appears as context menu items when you right-click a link. Fully customizable!
Copy as HTML Link 2.0 (Disabled)Creates an HTML link to the current page using the selected text and copies it
Gmail Manager 0.6.4.1 (Disabled)Manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications.
gTranslate 0.9 (Disabled)Translates the selected text via Google Translate.
Link Widgets 1.6.6.4 (Disabled)A site-navigation tool
LiveJournal Hook 3.2.3 (Disabled)Tools and options to aid posting entries and comments at Livejournal.com
MeasureIt 0.4.10 (Disabled)Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
ReminderFox 1.9.9.4.3 (Disabled)Displays and manages reminders and ToDo's
Remove It Permanently 1.0.6.10 (Disabled)Permanently hide items from the Context Menu
TableTools2 1.15 (Disabled)Sort, search, filter, chart, summarize, copy, rearrange, combine and compare HTML tables
Tabs Menu 1.4.8 (Disabled)Adds a drop-down list of tabs to the main menu bar.
Text Link 4.0.2011021601 (Disabled)Allows URI texts written in webpages to be loaded by double clicks.
X-Ray 0.9.1 (Disabled)See the tags on a page without viewing the sourcecode.
I see from Extension List Dumper that I do still have InfoLister. The new Firefox reported that InfoLister (0.10.3) was incompatible, but the new version (0.10.4a3) has been installed since then.
Wed Feb 8 23:30:44 EST 2012
Hmmm, just got a pop-up telling me that (my new) Firefox crashed. I let it send a report back to Mozilla and restart itself.
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/498583.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]
One of the recent Ubuntu updates updated Firefox. I rebooted this evening, and now I'm running the newer Firefox, and some of my add-ons are no longer compatible. I've lost:
Aardvark 3.0,
CopyAllUrls 0.9.2,
EZNav 1.0.6,
InfoLister 0.10.3 (0.10.4a3 available),
OptionsMenu 1.8 (bogus link),
Tab Catalog 2.0.2009110402
I particularly miss the add-on that let me list my add-ons. (Would have made it easier to make this list.)
Also annoying is that Firefox's way of listing the installed add-ons looks like a web page, but doesn't act like a web page - scrolling doesn't work except with the slider, and there's no copy+paste or save-page to capture the list of add-ons.
Deepest Sender wants to update from 0.9.7 to 0.9.8; I don't know whether the timing is just coincidence, or it required a newer version of Firefox.
With the loss of Aardvark, I'll re-enable Nuke Anything Enhanced 1.0.2.
Ghostery 2.7.1 also looks like a goodie: protect your privacy; see who's tracking your web browsing and block them. I'm probably already blocking some (like Google APIs) with RequestPolicy, and that breaks some websites.
Extension List Dumper 1.15.2 looks like the replacement for InfoLister.
And I'm going to disable TableTools2 1.15; I'm not using it.
Wed Feb 8 20:41:27 EST 2012
Awesome output from Extension List Dumper add-on. You can select which information you want about the add-ons and there are format choices (text, html, CSV, BBCode). It was easy to turn the HTML unordered list into a table. (Easy enough with vi, and it wouldn't be hard to make it into an awk program if I thought I'd be doing it frequently.)
Application: Firefox 10.0 (20120129161724)
Operating System: Linux (x86_64-gcc3)
Total number of items: 45
Clippings 3.1.7Save frequently-entered text for pasting later.
Deepest Sender 0.9.8Post to LiveJournal directly from Firefox.
Extension List Dumper 1.15.2Dumps a list of the installed extensions.
Forecastfox 2.0.21Get international weather forecasts with this highly customizable extension
Ghostery 2.7.1Ghostery identifies and allows you to block the 3rd parties (web bugs) that are hidden on the current page you're visiting. Web bugs include ad networks, behavioral data collectors and web analytics providers.
InfoLister 0.10.4a3Lists installed extensions and themes
Lazarus: Form Recovery 2.3Recover lost forms with a single click
Make Link 11.03Make HTML, ForumCode, or other links from the context menu
MM3-ProxySwitch 2012Switch between a direct internet connection and several proxy settings
NoScript 2.2.7Extra protection for your Firefox: NoScript allows JavaScript, Java (and other plugins) only for trusted domains of your choice (e.g. your home-banking web site). This whitelist based pre-emptive blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even unknown!) with no loss of functionality… Experts will agree: Firefox is really safer with NoScript :-)
Nuke Anything Enhanced 1.0.2Allow hiding of almost anything via context menu
Open Tab Count 1.1This extension displays the number of open tabs for each window and the total number of open tabs (in all windows) in the status bar.
RequestPolicy 0.5.22Control which cross-site requests are allowed. Improve the privacy of your browsing. Secure yourself from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and other attacks.
Sage 1.4.12A lightweight RSS and Atom feed reader.
Searchbar Autosizer 1.5.7Auto resizes the search bar as you type
Server Spy 0.2.1Indicates what brand of HTTP server runs on the visited site.
Site Information Tool 1.2Provides information about a webpage (or website) including domain registration data (whois), Google, Alexa, Compete.com, Tehnorati rankings, IP Address, server response headers, page data (title, meta tags, links count), thumbnail and more.
Sun Cult 1.3.20111118Worldwide Sunrise, Sunset, Twilight, Moonrise and Moonset Times
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.7Tab browsing with an added boost.
TinEye Reverse Image Search 1.1Adds TinEye search context menu item for images.
Ubuntu Firefox Modifications 0.9.3Ubuntu Firefox Pack.
Unhide Passwords 1.2.7.0Shows contents of password fields in cleartext.
View Image (Filename) 0.7.1This extension appends the filename to the "View Image" context menu, a feature that was present in Netscape and early versions of Mozilla.
WebMail Notifier 2.9Notifies your webmails
Aardvark 3.0 (Disabled, Incompatible)Utility for cleaning up a page prior to printing, and for analyzing a page.
CopyAllUrls 0.9.2 (Disabled, Incompatible)Copies and pastes all URLs of open browser tabs including history in structured and well defined form to and from the clipboard.
EZNav 1.0.6 (Disabled, Incompatible)Middle-click existing buttons for additional navigation.
Options Menu 1.8 (Disabled, Incompatible)Quick access to extension options dialogs
Tab Catalog 2.0.2009110402 (Disabled, Incompatible)Shows thumbnail-style catalog of tabs.
Browse Images 0.4.2 (Disabled)Browses all image links of a page.
BugMeNot 2.2 (Disabled)Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com. install rdf
ColorZilla 2.6.4 (Disabled)Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies
CoLT 2.5.5 (Disabled)CoLT (short for "Copy Link Text") makes it easy to copy either a link's text, or both the link text and its URL in a format you specify. This non-invasive extension simply appears as context menu items when you right-click a link. Fully customizable!
Copy as HTML Link 2.0 (Disabled)Creates an HTML link to the current page using the selected text and copies it
Gmail Manager 0.6.4.1 (Disabled)Manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications.
gTranslate 0.9 (Disabled)Translates the selected text via Google Translate.
Link Widgets 1.6.6.4 (Disabled)A site-navigation tool
LiveJournal Hook 3.2.3 (Disabled)Tools and options to aid posting entries and comments at Livejournal.com
MeasureIt 0.4.10 (Disabled)Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
ReminderFox 1.9.9.4.3 (Disabled)Displays and manages reminders and ToDo's
Remove It Permanently 1.0.6.10 (Disabled)Permanently hide items from the Context Menu
TableTools2 1.15 (Disabled)Sort, search, filter, chart, summarize, copy, rearrange, combine and compare HTML tables
Tabs Menu 1.4.8 (Disabled)Adds a drop-down list of tabs to the main menu bar.
Text Link 4.0.2011021601 (Disabled)Allows URI texts written in webpages to be loaded by double clicks.
X-Ray 0.9.1 (Disabled)See the tags on a page without viewing the sourcecode.
I see from Extension List Dumper that I do still have InfoLister. The new Firefox reported that InfoLister (0.10.3) was incompatible, but the new version (0.10.4a3) has been installed since then.
Wed Feb 8 23:30:44 EST 2012
Hmmm, just got a pop-up telling me that (my new) Firefox crashed. I let it send a report back to Mozilla and restart itself.
[This entry was originally posted as http://syntonic-comma.dreamwidth.org/498583.html on Dreamwidth (where there are
comments).]