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

[Lita Letourneau]

Hi Mike:

I have upgraded ALL my computers to FFox 3.0....I love it even though 
some of my favorite extensions and themes are not yet ported over...they 
are making it slowly...DJ, I know you and Lloyd don't like Foxmarks, but 
I happen to love it because my systems are all dual boot and I can mark 
my bookmarks and simply sync to any computer I want to...yes, I know 
they use my stuff for marketing, but then again, so does the mighty 
Microsoft that you guys all use...you think XP and Vista doesn't phone 
home...anyway, it really is the users preference of choice.  Recently, 
my son's h/d had to be reformatted and having his Foxmarks account was 
fabulous in getting all his bookmarks...it's just what I use.

Lita




DJ Brown] wrote:
> 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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