Pale Moon

I appreciate FireFox to no end and found a tweaked-for-Windows version called Pale Moon.  Have been using it for at least two months now.  No issues with any of my addons, to include Sky Pilot.  Definitely snappier than regular FF. 

eBay-FireFox Description Display

FYI for eBayers who use FireFox and would (imagine that!!!) like to see the item description. You can surf private browsing, use No Script, and have the pop-up blocker enabled so long as you have in Tools - Options - Content: www.ebay.com in pop-up blocker exceptions and all three Advanced JavaScript Settings allows checked.

Edit: 2012-03-27: Also found the description blocked after logging on.  With Ad Block Plus, can't have ||vi.ebaydesc.com/ws/* as a filter.

SkyPilot is Flying Again

My favorite FireFox theme is alive and flying again. Many thanks to Jivko Evgeniev

Google Notebook

Google continues to become more and more useful. Other than the Ask section, I never use Yahoo! any more. Just tried the Notebook function and FF add-on. Rather than copying a chunk of data to a local file and then possibly forget to take it to home/work with me, I can drop it in a GN and have it handy where ever. Later, if I want to put it in my Clie or format it to a specific file, I've got it. Very sweet Google.

Updated Adblock Plus Text File

Edited 20 Apr 06: Posted updated file.

Posted latest update of Adblock Plus ad text file in Savefile.com folder. As usual, type in brick to access the folder.

If you have Firefox and don't have Adblock Plus, you don't know what you're missing, or in this case, not missing. AB+ is a sweet FireFox extension that blocks images from web sites, using the usual wildcards. Who is the worst culprits, site adverts of course. It's amazing just how much faster web pages appear when the browser doesn't have to load a buncha ad-crap along with the good stuff. You choose which sites are blocked and the list is exportable to text file. Makes it so very nice when I install AB+ on a user's 'puter.

More Fixed FF 1.5.0.1 Extensions

Edited 20 Apr 06:
Savefile.com has removed them.

Added two more extensions, Tabrowser Preferences 1.2.8.8 and Zoomy 2.0 to my Savefiles project folder Firefox Extensions Fixed. As before, these the fix lets you use them in FF 1.5.0.1 while you wait on the author to come up with a real solution. As usual, type in brick to access the folder.

Savefile.com Free File Hosting

Per my previous posting, I fixed some FireFox extensions for 1.5+., but I can't always access them from work depending on where I'm at or who I'm logged in as. Came across a very sweet service, the free filehoster Savefile.com. You create an account, then a project folder, then you upload the file(s). If you like, you can add a password, per project. Easy-peasy, not even queasy.

The three FireFox extensions I fixed are External Applications 1.7.1, MapIt 1.7.2, and Ook. I've also uploaded my current Adblock Plus "bad ad" text file. If you want to give them a go, you do so at your own risk. My software-blogsite disclaimer is in force for these as well. As of this posting, the password brick will get you in all my projects/files. The Savefile projects are FireFox Extensions Fixed and Adblock Plus Text File.

Potential Firefox Extension Fix

Have been using Firefox 1.5 since it came out. Has been working just fine. If you're still stuck with Internet Explorer, you don't know what you've been missing. Go here to get it. MapIt was the last extension that wouldn't work in 1.5. MapIt's one of those extensions that even my 'puter-challenged social services users find handy. Many thanks to TrackZilla for fix which worked like the proverbial charm. I'm willing to bet the drill would be applicable to other stuck extensions. Here's a snip from the site on the drill:

[SNIP]

How to get Map IT! to work with FF1.5

by TrackZilla, Wednesday, November 30 2005

Here we go: 1) change the xpi extension to zip; 2) open the install.rdf file inside said zip file; 3) change maxVersion from 1.0+ to 1.5; 4) save changes to install.rdf; 5) copy new install.rdf back into zip file; 5) change zip extension back to xpi; 6) install and mapit!
[ENDSNIP]