Firefox add-ons

Sort them into alphabetical order! I HATE them all messed it! I've yet to find out how to do it in FF3, FF2 was fine, no problems, all neat and tidy:(
 
tyranus said:
Sort them into alphabetical order! I HATE them all messed it! I've yet to find out how to do it in FF3, FF2 was fine, no problems, all neat and tidy:(
Click to expand...

Im gona start my bookmarks from scratch and tag them all with keywords then you wont need to hunt for them just type the keyword in the address bar.
 
BillytheImpaler said:
Adblock Plus and NoScript are essential for me. I tend to use a lot of very slow computers (embedded and such) and with some websites throwing Flash and Javascript around all willy-nilly it can prevent me from getting my work done. Those two extensions put me back in control of my browsing experience.
Click to expand...

Doesn't NoScript get on your nerves a bit, Billy? I tried it to see what all the fuss was about. Having to manually allow every new website I went on to get common JS functions like drop-down navigation/Lightbox/Digg-style comments working got old very quickly... uninstalled it after ten minutes as it was so supremely annoying!
 
Mattus said:
Doesn't NoScript get on your nerves a bit, Billy? I tried it to see what all the fuss was about. Having to manually allow every new website I went on to get common JS functions like drop-down navigation/Lightbox/Digg-style comments working got old very quickly... uninstalled it after ten minutes as it was so supremely annoying!
Click to expand...
It is a bit irritating in the beginning but after a day or two my list of sites that need to be allowed was complete to the point that I rarely need to futz with it anymore. I probably only visit 50 or so sites regularly enough to want to allow them to take control of my browser. Most well-designed pages fall back to a compatibility mode so that you can still get access to disabled features, or at least they'll tell you that you're missing some functionality without Javascript.

It is something you need to think about occasionally, though. I sometimes install ABP on the machines of friends and relatives when I'm installing Firefox since it's so easy and seamless it can be run without you ever noticing or caring. I can't do this with NS since the user has to be aware that certain pages might want scripting turned back on.

It amazes me the sheer number of script hosts referenced in some sites. On a (dodgy) site I visit regularly there are over 20 different hosts being blocked. I enable the one or two that actually provide the functionality I want and nuke the rest.

For instance OcUK forums have scripts from overclockers and from Google analytics. I don't much feel like expending a single CPU cycle rendering the code Google is sending me unless I specifically ask for it.

Long story short, if you're a privacy geek like I am try sticking with it for about a week and see if you still hate it. You might find that your browser is quicker and that pages load faster because it's not rendering as much JS and because you don't have to download all the crap you didn't care about in the first place.
 
Well you converted me. I go to the trouble to block all cookies that I don't want (with CS Lite) so might as well stick it out with no scripts (previously got rid of it after a hour or two.)
 
the grey OCUK stylish theme, is it just me or when you type a post you can't see what your typing, i've changed the text colour and its still the same. :(
 
SimonC said:
the grey OCUK stylish theme, is it just me or when you type a post you can't see what your typing, i've changed the text colour and its still the same. :(
Click to expand...
'Tis like that for me as well. Somebody needs to slog through the CSS and change the relevant color to something more legible like black, or perhaps change the background to a darker color.
 
If you look in the Modify OCUK thread you'll see I hacked together this extra line to make it usable but its not ideal. Need a real CSS ninja to produce something robust

Code: 
#vB_Editor_001_textarea, #vB_Editor_QR_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_2_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_1_textarea, .bginput, .button{ color:#222 !important;}

Just copy and paste that into the existing code somewhere near the top.
 
MTA99 said:
If you look in the Modify OCUK thread you'll see I hacked together this extra line to make it usable but its not ideal. Need a real CSS ninja to produce something robust

Code: 
#vB_Editor_001_textarea, #vB_Editor_QR_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_2_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_1_textarea, .bginput, .button{ color:#222 !important;}

Just copy and paste that into the existing code somewhere near the top.
Click to expand...


I pasted it but it went grey and blue :confused:
 
MTA99 said:
If you look in the Modify OCUK thread you'll see I hacked together this extra line to make it usable but its not ideal. Need a real CSS ninja to produce something robust

Code: 
#vB_Editor_001_textarea, #vB_Editor_QR_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_2_textarea, #vB_Editor_QE_1_textarea, .bginput, .button{ color:#222 !important;}

Just copy and paste that into the existing code somewhere near the top.
Click to expand...

Trojan said:
Directly beneath the line that begins with #fontOut.
Click to expand...


Sweet, thanks you two. :D
 
Qdos said:
What scripts do you use for greasemonkey? I've been to userscripts but it's not best laid out really.
Click to expand...

the two main ones that are really useful (for me at least) are...

postcode linkify - turns anything that looks like a postcode into a link to the location on google maps

image host redirector - when viewing pictures from places such as photobucket it atempts to remove all the advertising and crap, leaving just the image by its self

a couple of others, mainly for specific forums or sites (imdb, tv.com for example) just changing layouts, removing particular difficult ads or adding in a useful link or search integration

another useful addon is extra search engines for ff's integrated search box, there's thousands... http://mycroft.mozdev.org/
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom