[Windows SIG] [Internet SIG] Firefox 3 and Extensions

[DJ Brown]]

Hi Mike: 

I was REALLY been upset to see that Bookmark Sync & Sort was not
upgraded to FFv3.0. In fact, I delayed upgrading because this and
the Zotero add-ons weren't available. 

Recently, though, Zotero *has* been updated and there's a new
toolbar available that shows a LOT of similarities to the Bookmark
Sync & Sort add-on. 

Specifically, the new Ubimarks Toolbar allows us users to store
and use our own bookmarks and to update a central bookmark store
on one computer (for multiple users) or on a website (via WebDav
or FTP) whether it be your own or somewhere else. 

I really liked the "store them where *YOU* want them" and
auto-update features and thought I'd lost them. Why? well, I don't
see that Foxmarks or any other online service needs to know what
*MY* personal bookmarks are - much less the marketing information
this data generates for them. Unfortunately, it's still in
development so your mileage (& satisfaction) may vary but I'm
willing to work with it to see what may come in future. 

Annotea.Ubimarks Toolbar
    http://www.annotea.org/mozilla/ubi.html 
Bookmark Sync & Sort:  
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2367

The other cool item I found in the process is BetterPrivacy, a
security item to combat the new marketing threat caused by
FlashPlayer's hidden perma-cookies. The new ".SOL" files get
stored in the Window$ $ystem folders where we can't get at them
easily, and normally, can't delete or manage them either. Most
folks don't know about this new perma-cookie, and the usual
"cookie management" utilities in FF and other apps aren't aware of
this class of "market constituent identifier" (my own sarcastic
term). 

BetterPrivacy: 
    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623
What the heck are Flash Cookies anyway? 
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Shared_Object 
The NettiCat author's web page on it: 
    http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm


DJ Brown
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From: internet-bounces at ccaustin.org
[mailto:internet-bounces at ccaustin.org] On Behalf Of Mike Goggin
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 8:02 AM
To: CCAustin-Internet
Subject: [Internet SIG] Firefox 3 and Extensions

I reckon it would likely look bad that the Internet SIG leader
hasn't upgraded Firefox to version 3 yet!  But I'm leery about the
compatibility of the extensions I have installed, especially after
so many of the ones I had broke when I moved from FF 1.5 to 2.0.
If you have upgraded, I would like to hear about your experience.

Thanks,
Mike
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