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nadir

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## iceweasel addons

Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:55 pm

As fsmithred proposed to make a thread about it, here it is.
I am mainly paranoid (bad mixture: paranoia and lack of knowledge, but i have to take it that way):
adblock-plus
https-everywhere
google-sharing
no-script
flashblock
cookie-monster
ghostery
torbutton
downloadhelper ( often, but in the end i never use it).
While i usually use either no-script _or_ flashblock (back to above: i don't even understand the difference ... lol)
The whole list is rather new. Using adblock, flashblock/noscript and google-sharing for a while now.
If i knew what it does i would add this: xul-ext-monkeysphere.
On a side note i am not sure if it is a good idea to add many add-ons (On the one hand it is a nice way to make proposals (the other way around: to get them), on the other hand it slows the browsser down, can be confusing, can break sites, etc). ghostery and googlesharing and https-everywhere don't seem to do any harm though (if things broken i need to change cookie settings or torbutton or flash/script, but not the others).
fsmithred: I think you meant "collusion"
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:00 am

Yes, collusion was the addon I was trying to remember. I found it interesting, but not all that helpful, and maybe even boring... just assume that google is always there watching.
Noscript blocks javascript (executable content) from running on a web page.
Flashblock just blocks flash. If noscript is installed, it will block the obnoxious flashing advertisements, so I don't really see the need for flashblock. Oh yeah - not having the flash plugin installed also blocks flash content.
https-everywhere - yeah, I forgot about that one, but it's probably worth adding it. I was sad when firefox stopped showing https urls in a different color. It's easy to forget to check for https when logging in to a site.
Repeat thought from the other thread... How do I view web pages that are in my cache?
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Wed Dec 05, 2012 1:54 pm

> fsmithred wrote:Repeat thought from the other thread... How do I view web pages that are in my cache?

CacheViewer addon works for me.
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Wed Dec 05, 2012 2:40 pm

OK, I'm not sure I understand how to use cache-viewer. I don't see an icon or menu item for it, but if I go to File-->Open, and navigate to ~/.mozilla/Cache, I can view some files. Is that the only way to do it, or am I missing something? Thanks.
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:19 pm

Yeah, collusion is more of a fun-thing than useful. I gave up on it quickly.
Well:
google doesn't answer me no more, so it might be that something in my setup is making them mad at me
The way i know them i don't doubt they make me feel they would be mad, while in fact happily store all my uber-interesting info (You mean i really searched for "how to use grep " these days ? ).
Thanks for making flashblock and noscript clear.
If one is serious about hiding oneself one will want to search for "cache.memo" and "cache.disk" in about:config and disable both (i think all three, as there seems to be a https setting too, for one of them). Serious means: make it slightly more difficult (all of that would be abstruse for refracta, just chatting. I often got speed like 1985 and i often got broken sides).
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:02 pm

> fsmithred wrote:OK, I'm not sure I understand how to use cache-viewer. I don't see an icon or menu item for it, but if I go to File-->Open, and navigate to ~/.mozilla/Cache, I can view some files. Is that the only way to do it, or am I missing something? Thanks.

You can access it through menu > tools > add-ons or put an icon for CacheViewer on the menu/navigation bar. Just click on it and it opens a window containing all the files in the cache and identifying size, MIME type and last-fetched date. You can also search for specific entries or reorder them to find stuff. Double click on any file to view it. I currently have 787 files in the cache. I gave up dealing directly with cache files a long time ago.
Last edited by golinux on Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:20 am, edited 1 time in total.
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:46 am

Tools-->Add-ons-->Extensions just has buttons for prefs, disable, and remove, and a link to more information. I found it by right-clicking on the menu bar, "Customize" and then drag the icon over to the menu bar or tool bar. Clicking on that icon gives me what you describe, which is a lot better than what I did earlier. The only time I've ever needed to get something out of cache was when I accidentally deleted someone else's post and had to retrieve and re-post it. That hasn't happened in a long time, but I like having the ability to do that.
Thanks again.
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:28 am

> fsmithred wrote:Tools-->Add-ons-->Extensions just has buttons for prefs, disable, and remove, and a link to more information. I found it by right-clicking on the menu bar, "Customize" and then drag the icon over to the menu bar or tool bar. Clicking on that icon gives me what you describe, which is a lot better than what I did earlier. The only time I've ever needed to get something out of cache was when I accidentally deleted someone else's post and had to retrieve and re-post it. That hasn't happened in a long time, but I like having the ability to do that.
> Thanks again.

OK. I misremembered going to addons so I had a look at the menu - I know I had seen it somewhere there. You can find it under Web Developer where it indicates a keybinding of Ctrl + Shift + C. That works a treat if you want to get rid of the icon (and can remember the command). I use it frequently to clear misbehaving webpages or to target certain files to delete like large cached media files.
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:32 am

I'm not saying these extensions belong in the distro, just pointing out that I find them useful:
Remove it Permanently
(its functionality overlaps "adblockPlus element hiding helper" but it offers a handy way to remove annoying page elements from sites you regularly visit)
Tab Mix Plus
contains enhanced "session manager" functionality, plus a raft of other useful tweaks
Colorful Tabs
without this, i have a hard time keeping track of which tab I'm currently viewing
Textarea Cache
saves yer ***, temporarily caches the content of what you're typing (any textarea) in case your browser crashes, or server times out, or whatever.
Link Gopher
on demand, it will extract/collate (to a new browser tab) all links embedded into a page you're viewing
(If I intend to methodically work my way through a list of links, I'll select-all the LinkGopher output and paste into a textfile ~~ creating inline notes and "marking off" already visited sites)
Firebug (as well as "Web Developer")
its error console is essential for figuring out "why something ain't working and a page isn't rendering properly"
FEBE (ff extensions backup utility)
configurable backup manager (bookmarks, extensions+config)
Scriptish (or greasemonkey) userscripts manager
infinitely useful if you're comfortable drafting js scripts (alter the DOM, play mitm proxy, alter headers, selectively suppress page elements)
Even if you're NOT comfortable drafting scripts, userscripts.org maintains a "repository" of thousands of scripts...
...search and you'll probably discover that someone has uploaded exactly what you wished (to solve a given annoyance, or to add some tweak)
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## Re: iceweasel addons

Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:46 pm

back to the paranoia stuff now. You all are so serious ...
Searching for torbutton, which seems to be removed from testing (?) i found:
-anonymoX
I looked at it in the past, but not close, as i got enough trouble with tor and i2p
Then i remembered
- sql inject me
I didn't look at it, but it might (!) be handy if doing web-developing and trying to avoid trouble with the kids
(though as far i have heard the famous lamp stuff is rather secure, say phpBB or wordpress or such. I talk about things i got no clue about -obviously ).
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