The messages are then processed and categorized by Raindrop in personal and bulk categories with personal messages prioritized over the others. This concept is not only applied to email messages that the user receives (think a reply from a friend which would be sorted into the personal category versus the latest offerings of the airline you flew with in the past) but also Twitter, Facebook and everything else (not sure how this is going to be applied to RSS feeds though).

The Raindrop development team has created two design prototypes for the interface which are shown below.

Raindrop is currently not available publicly. The developers aim to release a version that can be downloaded and installed in the near future. You can read more about Raindrop at the introductory post over at the Mozilla Labs website.

The software could be useful for web users who not only receive lots of emails but participate heavily in multiple other web services and communities. What’s your take on Raindrop?

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The second release candidate of Seamonkey 2.0 is already available for download at the Mozilla website. There it is available for all supported operating systems and languages.

According to a post in the Seamonkey newsgroup no separate release notes are being published for release candidates. The developers of Seamonkey 2.0 have therefor not published release notes for this new release. According to sources it should be the last release candidate before the final release of the Internet suite.

Seamonkey 2.0 RC2 can be downloaded from the Mozilla Seamonkey website. The Usenet post announcing the second release candidate can be accessed here.

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The idea came up to extend this check to include other popular plugins as well. A first version of that plugin checker is now online and available at a test server which can be publicly accessed by anyone.

The scripts on the page will check for installed plugins and compare the version of the installed plugin with the latest version that is offered officially by the developer of the plugin. Supported are at the moment (among others) Apple Quicktime, Shockwave Flash, Adobe Acrobat, Java, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player plugins.

Plugins are either rated as safe or potentially vulnerable (there might be a third rating for vulnerable plugins). An update button is displayed next to potentially vulnerable plugins which should lead to a download page to update the latest version of the plugin. Some plugins do not reveal their full version which means that they will be shown as potentially vulnerable even if the latest version is installed.

Users who want to check out the Mozilla Plugin Check server right now can do so by visiting this link. They should know that the web browser will detect an invalid certificate and ignore it if they wish to continue. The plugin check website is working partially if other web browsers are used to connect to it.

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The email client should pick up the update upon its next startup automatically. Thunderbird users can alternatively use the Help > Check For Updates function in the email client or visit the Mozilla Thunderbird website to obtain the update. The vulnerability, which was disclosed on August 1 is not only affecting the email client but also other Mozilla applications included Mozilla Firefox 3.5 or Firefox 3.0.13.

IOActive security researcher Dan Kaminsky reported a mismatch in the treatment of domain names in SSL certificates between SSL clients and the Certificate Authorities (CA) which issue server certificates. In particular, if a malicious person requested a certificate for a host name with an invalid null character in it most CAs would issue the certificate if the requester owned the domain specified after the null, while most SSL clients (browsers) ignored that part of the name and used the unvalidated part in front of the null. This made it possible for attackers to obtain certificates that would function for any site they wished to target. These certificates could be used to intercept and potentially alter encrypted communication between the client and a server such as sensitive bank account transactions.

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Image Block is a Firefox add-on that has been designed for the purpose of preserving bandwidth by blocking images from being loaded during the retrieval of a website. A button has to be placed in one of the Firefox toolbars before the add-on can be used. This is done by right-clicking free space on a toolbar and selecting customize. All it takes then is to locate the Image Block icon and drag and drop it into a location on a toolbar.

Pressing the button will automatically block images in Firefox. This is valid for all open tabs in the web browser. Below is a screenshot of Ghacks with blocked images.

A second click on the button will enable image loading again. Image Block can be a very handy add-on in situations where the Internet is accessed with a slow Internet connection. The developer mentions that it can also come in handy when surfing sites of questionable content (to avoid viewing nasty pictures) or at work (to better hide the nature of the website).

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Ghacks readers can – as always – download the US-English version of Firefox early from a free file host. The new version of Firefox is hosted at Mediafire. Downloads for Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux are provided as a courtesy to my readers.

• Firefox 3.5.2 for Microsoft Windows
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• Firefox 3.5.2 for Linux

The beta release notes of Firefox 3.5.2 mention several security and stability issues that have been fixed in the new version. This makes it a recommend update for all Firefox 3.5x users. A issue with images with ICC profiles has been fixed as well which now render properly on all computer monitors. The full list of bug fixes and issues can be accessed at Bugzilla.

Please be advised that there might be last minute changes to a release which would then not be covered in this current version of Firefox. While it is usually safe to download and install these releases it is advised to stay away from them if you are a cautious user. Wait for the official release announcement then.

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Firefox 3.7 Design Mockups:

The design mockups of Firefox 3.7 look like they are making use of Aero Glass in Windows Vista and Windows 7. The RSS and bookmark icons have been moved out of the Firefox address bar and the two new entries Page and Tools have been added to the header. Page apparently contains functions and options that are directly related to the active page while Tools will be used for changing the UI of the web browser. Tabs are now rounded as well.

The design for Windows XP is basically the same as for Windows Vista sans the Aero Glass effects.

Firefox 4.0 Design Mockups:

Two different design mockups have been posted for Firefox 4. The main difference lies in the location of the tabbar. Firefox 4 version a comes with the tabbar in the usual place while version b moves the tabs to the top of the web browser similar to the tabs in Google Chrome.

Some of the most obvious changes include the absence of the status bar, the unifcation of the address bar with the search bar and a big new bookmarks button. Version b seems to have drawn several design inspirations from the Google browser. It does not come with a title bar anymore which could be a problem for long page titles. The bookmarks button is gone in this release and the page and tools buttons are placed in the tabbar next to each other.

The Mozilla team added a pro and con list to the second design mockup which is addressing all these concerns.

Verdict: Many of the changes proposed can already be done with add-ons which is probably a better way of handling changes. Add-ons allow users to remove the status or title bar, move the tabs on top or combine the address field with the search field. The biggest risk will be design changes that most Firefox users do not like or do not want to cope with. It is possible that the Firefox community will create add-ons that address these problems. It could also be that Firefox users decided to look at alternative browsers instead.

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It is still possible to create shortcuts by dragging and dropping the favicon to an empty space on the computer desktop or one of the folders on the computer. A more versatile option is the Deskcut add-on for the Firefox web browser which adds a right-click option to the browser that allows a user to create a shortcut on the computer that points to the selected website.

Deskcut comes exactly with the set of features that one would expect from an add-on like this. It adds the option to create a website shortcut to the right-click menu which will create a shortcut of the website in the active tab. The user can either manually select the name and location that shortcut should be saved in or edit the options once to set a permanent location and name for the shortcuts.

The add-on can generate the filename of the shortcut from the page title, page url or prompt the user to enter a name. It is furthermore possible to add data or time to the filename and strip, encode or replace invalid characters from the shortcut name. A path can be set once so that all shortcuts are automatically saved in that location.

The main advantage of using the Deskcut add-on over the manual drag and drop solution is that the add-on works in fullscreen mode as well. It is more comfortable to create the shortcut from the right-click menu than to resize the Firefox window to be able to drag and drop the favicon to the computer desktop. It would even be more complicate if the shortcut should be saved in another folder on the computer’s hard drive.

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The Firefox add-on gets updated quite regularly and one rather annoying trait is that it will open the NoScript website after each update. Most users do not care that much and close the tab in this situation. Some users might prefer a permanent solution so that the website will not be opened when the script updates.

This can be achieved in the Firefox preferences. To go there type in [about:config] in the address bar, confirm the “it’s dangerous” warning if it is your first time and filter for the parameter [noscript.first].

The parameter noscript.firstRunRedirection should be displayed with the default value true. This means that NoScript will open the website whenever the add-on gets updated. A double-click on the line will change the value to false which will prevent this from happening from now on.

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The benefit of this solution is that it allows to place more tools on the screen without forcing the user to scroll or change pages. The page will only load in web browsers supporting canvas which includes Firefox, Opera or Google Chrome for example while Internet Explorer 8 (and likely all other Internet Explorer versions as well) throw an error and do not display the page.

There are obviously some negative aspects as well. Missing descriptions or information on the screen are probably the most noticeable ones. The only source of information are the icons. A click on an icon will display a hovering box that contains a short description and a link to the homepage. The problem here is that you need to click on each item that you do not know to receive information about it. It would have been better to display the information on the page or while hovering the mouse over the entry.

It is possible to filter the tools by category. Possible categories include debug, code, design or deploy. A search in the footer is available as well which can be used to find specific tools.

The team admits that only a fraction of the tools are already listed on the website. Webmasters and developers can submit tools which are then reviewed by the team and put on the website if appropriate. They have also plans to create a generic website that is accessible by all web browsers. Web developers and interested users can visit the page here.

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The configuration of Tab Timer is pretty straightforward. All that needs to be done is to select a date, time, frequency and website in the program’s interface. Each website that has been configured this way will then be opened automatically at the exact point in time.

Date and time can be added using the built in calendar. The frequency in which the websites are opened can be switched from once – which is the default option – to daily or weekly. Tab Timer is an interesting extension for Firefox that is compatible with Firefox 1.5 to 3.0. It is possible to force compatibility with Firefox 3.x.

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Firefox 3.5 RC3 introduces several non-critical changes to the web browser including localization corrections, performance tweaks and changes to the Firefox icon. The final release of Firefox 3.5 is still expected to be released by the end of June. The third release candidate has already been uploaded to some major download sites such as Betanews from where the English version of Firefox 3.5 RC3 can be downloaded for all supported operating systems.

Cautious users are again encouraged to wait for the official Mozilla announcement before they start updating their web browser. The announcement is expected to hit the web in the next 24 hours.

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This version of Firefox seems to contain bugfixes which will be also included in the final release of Firefox 3.5. according to a post on the Mozilla Developer News blog. This update does fix the incompatibilities with the Wordpress blogging platform that were introduced with Firefox 3.5b99.

The release notes that have been written for the release candidate release of Firefox 3.5. also contain a download link which users can use to download and install the latest browser version. They do not reveal many information about this particular release though but concentrate on Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate information.

Firefox 3.5 RC1 should be definitely installed by users of previous versions of Firefox 3.5 especially those who have been stuck with 3.5b4 because of the bugs introduced in 3.5b99.

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The development team seems to have increased the size of the fonts quite a bit which makes everything more readable on the website. Probably the most important aspect of the update is the introduction of collections. Collections are basically lists of Firefox add-ons that can be created by Firefox users.

A lot of collections are already available like the Web Developer’s Toolbox, Traveler’s Pack or Family Organizer. Each collection includes a number of add-ons which can be installed at once. This can be very helpful in certain situations like configuring a new computer system for relatives, friends or colleagues. It has to be noted that the add-ons that are stored in collections will come with the default options enabled. This is different from programs like Febe which can not only backup the extensions but also the preferences of these extensions.

Every user may create a custom collection that is then listed on the Mozilla website along with all the other collections that are available. This can be an interesting tool for website owners to offer an extension collection to their website’s visitors. The add-on collector extension has been created to make the collection creation easier.

I have created the Ghacks.net collection which basically consists of a few add-ons that I use on a day to day basis. I’m open to suggestions on additional extension that should be added to the collection. It is possible to add users to the collection to make it a group project.

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The Firefox extension Showcase changes the way tabs are handled in the Internet browser. It’s main feature is the ability to display thumbnails of all open websites in a overlay window in the web browser which makes it dead easy to locate and access the websites. The keyboard shortcut [F12] has been chosen to open and hide the thumbnail view of all open websites.

A few additional shortcuts are provided to change the functionality or display of the websites. Pressing [F12] will open all open tabs even across different Firefox windows. This can be changed by pressing [Shift F12] which will only open the tabs of the active Firefox window.

It is furthermore possible to open the thumbnails in a new tab with the keyboard shortcut [Ctrl+Alt+T] and in the Firefox sidebar with [Ctrl+Alt+S].

The Firefox extension comes with extensive settings that can change the appearance and functionality. It is for example possible to change the thumbnail appearance, colors, behavior when clicking on one of the thumbnails and much more.

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Other than that, though, Gmail had a ton to offer – integration with my Google Calendar, the ability to send and receive emails from a number of different accounts, and ubiquitous access to my updated email inbox from any computer.

My ultimate solution has been not one or the other, desktop or web-based, but both. Gmail is still my hub for email, but when I’m at my own computer, I’m in Thunderbird, Mozilla’s fantastic and free desktop email client. Thanks to five great add-ons, Thunderbird is able to capture almost all of the features of of Web-based Gmail, and add a couple of capabilities of its own.

Lightning/Provider for Google Calendar

One of the great things about Gmail is that, through Gmail Labs, you can put your calendar right in the sidebar next to your email. Adding and viewing calendar events is easy, and Gmail even tries to guess when someone suggests an event for you by email, and lets you put it automatically in your calendar.

All this can be replicated, and in my opinion improved, by using a couple great Thunderbird add-ons. The first is Lightning, which adds a calendar into Thunderbird, making it more of a personal information manager than just an email client. Then, by installing Provider for Google Calendar, you’ll be able to sync your Lightning calendar back and forth with Google Calendar. That way, it’s always available online, but looks and feels just like a desktop calendar within Thunderbird.

Zindus

Zindus is basically just like Lightning, but for your Google contacts. Zindus automatically syncs your Google contacts with your Thunderbird contacts, and any added or edited contacts are automatically synced to both.

Zindus is great, because it both keeps a backup of your contacts online and off, and because it means you’ve always got your contacts available to you in your application of choice.

Nostalgy

One of the fantastic things about Gmail is how easy it is to plow through your inbox – tons of great keyboard shortcuts and useful buttons let you deal with every email quickly and easily. Nostalgy, a favorite Thunderbird add-on of mine, adds much of the same to Gmail.

Using a few choice keyboard shortcuts, Nostalgy lets you move items between folders, go to folders, show and hide messages and folders, and even search through your email. You can create your own rules and scripts, to be executed by triggers in the email itself, or by a given keystroke. With Nostalgy, you can go through your Thunderbird inbox every bit as fast as in Gmail.

GmailUI

GmailUI is much like Nostalgy, in that it adds some of what makes Gmail so great into Thunderbird – the navigation shortcuts. For instance, GmailUI makes it easy to archive email in a single keystroke – which is notably missing in the normal Thunderbird interface.

GmailUI also creates shortcuts to move between messages, search in one click, and even improve Thunderbird’s ability to search using things like “to:David Pierce” to find what you’re looking for even faster.

Signature Switch

As I mentioned at the beginning, one of my favorite things about Gmail is that it handles multiple identities well – I can use personal, work, and blogging email seamlessly all within Gmail. Using a Thunderbird extension called Signature Switch, and a little known feature within Thunderbird itself, Thunderbird does the multiple identity thing even better.

First, go to “Tools”,”Account Settings” within Thunderbird. On the right side of that window, click “Manage Identities.” There you can add as many other emails as you want – Thunderbird lets you send emails from a number of different addresses, all within the same account.

The Signature Switch extension lets you create a number of different signatures for your emails, and then insert whichever one you want into your emails. It’s a simple extension, but actually handles multiple signatures for multiple addresses better than Gmail itself.

There’s something special about a desktop email application for me – I like the reading pane, I like the look and feel of the apps. The ubiquity of Web email, though, can’t be ignored. Using these extensions, I get the best of both worlds – all the goodness of Gmail in Thunderbird, and all my email and data is up-to-date in Gmail when I’m away from my computer.

What do you use for email? Thunderbird, Gmail, something else?

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It might take some time to get used to the new Firefox theme as it changes the display of the tabs quite a bit to gain as much screen estate as possible. The theme is also changing many of the icons including those in the navigation toolbar of the web browser but also scrollbars and other elements.

New themes do not always support all Firefox extensions. The software developer has taken extra care by ensuring that the Firefox theme is compatible with dozens of popular add-ons. The Littlefox theme is ideal for users who want to save screen estate. Might be ideal to run on a netbook where vertical screen space is limited. The downside is that the theme is not visually stunning at all but that is also not the purpose of it.

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The suggested Firefox add-ons are displayed in a list that resembles the Firefox add-on menu with the difference that only the name is listed in it. This is one of the weaknesses of this Firefox add-on. Adding descriptions would make this add-on more useful than it is right now.

It does however provide two buttons to open the add-on’s homepage at the Mozilla website (opens in a new tab) or to install it right away. Most users will therefor click first on the button that leads to the add-on’s homepage to find out what it adds to the Firefox web browser before installing it. The installation can be completed on that page then as well which makes the install button in the add-on’s interface more often than not redundant.

The Firefox add-on can become very popular if the developers add add-on descriptions to the interface.

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1. Last Pass

Probably the top Firefox extension that I do not want to live without anymore. It is a password manager that stores the encrypted data on the Last Pass website. It comes with a password generator, auto-login and auto-fill opportunities, a form filler, secure note taking and one time passwords that can be used to access the stored passwords once when connecting from unsecure systems. Last Pass comes not only as a Firefox extension but also for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, as a pocket installation to be put on USB sticks and for Blackberry devices (paid only). The developers have created a bookmarklet as well that can be used to access the passwords from other web browsers as well.

2. NoScript

Second in line is the security extension NoScript which disables all scripts on all websites by default. Scripts, for example JavaScript or Flash, are one of the most prominent ways of attacking a computer system. This is the essential security extension for the Firefox web browser. Scripts can be activated manually after a website has been loaded or automatically by using whitelists in the software. The extension contains lots of settings and options to tinker with.

3. Greasemonkey

Greasemonkey is a extension that allows users to change various aspects of websites. The scripts are usually powered by JavaScript and can for example change the design of websites by adding or removing elements. It can also be used to add new functionality to a website, e.g. adding download links on Youtube directly so that the videos can be downloaded easily. Thousands of so called userscripts can be accessed at the general repository at userscripts.org. It offers scripts for many popular websites and services.

4. Snap Links Plus

Snap Links Plus is a very handy add-on for a specific purpose. It allows to draw a rectangle on the screen using the right-mouse button by default which will open all major links found in that rectangle in new tabs. This is for example very useful on forums where a lot of threads can be opened easily using that add-on. It shines when it comes to link lists of any kind. I personally use it to open a full page of forum threads at once without having to click a dozen times to do so.

5. Tiny Menu

I like the Firefox menu to be as tiny and optimized as possible. Tiny menu helps by compressing the file menu into one menu item that fits perfectly into the Firefox toolbar.

Lets start the discussion. I know that you will suggest different add-ons and I’m eager to listen.

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The following article outlines a two-step process to remove existing Firefox favicons and block new ones from being created. It is recommended to backup all files that are mentioned in this article prior to making the necessary changes.

1. Firefox settings

The first step is to change settings in the about:config dialog of the Firefox web browser. Simply enter [about:config] in the Firefox address bar and filter the list for the term [browser.chrome]. Change the following three parameters to the following values:

• browser.chrome.favicons – False
• browser.chrome.image_icons.max_size – 0
• browser.chrome.site_icon – False

This step does not get rid of already existing bookmark favicons.

2. Removing existing favicons

Press [Ctrl Shift B], select Import and Backup from the toolbar and pick Export HTML. This will save a copy of the bookmarks as a html file to the local desktop. Open that html file in the web browser and run the following bookmarklet to remove all Firefox favicons from it.

You can drag and drop the bookmarklet to the favorites or copy and paste it into the Firefox address bar to execute it.

Save the page again by pressing [Ctrl S]. Save it under the same name. Now close the Firefox web browser. We need to remove the old bookmark files from the Firefox profile folder. Here is the location of the Firefox profile folder on various operating systems:

Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/
Mac OS: ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/
Windows 98 / ME: C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\
Windows Vista / XP: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\

Locate the active Firefox profile. Remember to backup places.sqlite. Now delete places.sqlite and all .json files in the bookmarkbackups subfolder. Restart Firefox. You will notice that all bookmarks are gone. Use [Ctrl Shift B] again to load the library. Select Import and Backup again. This time pick Import HTML and load the previously edited html file.

The bookmarks will be loaded into Firefox. You might need to arrange them again but all favicons should be gone for good.

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