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Do you realize that this makes me want to actually purchase a copy of PC World magazine? This is the kind of of integrity that makes me want to read something. Stephen Manes is the "computer curmudgeon" columnist. He's brutally honest about hardware and software, much to the manufacturer'...

I'm wondering, why does the main page still say 2.0.0.0 and I have this version and when I do a check for updates it claims non available? It takes Mozilla at least half a day to fully update their systems for a new release. I spotted Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 on File Hippo this morning. Then I went to M...

Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 is now available. The web URL for downloading this release isn't working yet (as of Thursday, June 14th at 9:30 AM), so you'll have to get it from the ftp site: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/releases/2.0.0.4/ Once you get into the directory, pick your ...

rick752 wrote:Firefox has now allowed ABP to block different 'parts' of a flash object like in Google Maps to block the ads contained under the map without blocking the whole map.

Sweet! I fired up Yahoo Maps and saw that the ad in the lower left corner is now gone. Great job, Wladimir!

Here's the short list of the security issues that were fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.4: MFSA 2007-17 (low) - XUL Popup Spoofing MFSA 2007-16 (high) - XSS using addEventListener MFSA 2007-14 (low) - Path Abuse in Cookies MFSA 2007-13 (low) - Persistent Autocomplete Denial of Service MFSA 2007-12 (critical) ...

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 is now available. Here are the download sites (it isn't on the web site yet, as of Wednesday, May 30 at 3:20 PM): U.S. English, Windows version http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.4&os=win&lang=en-US Other languages & operating syst...

Google Analytics isn't in the EasyList or EasyElement filters. It's in the optional ABP Tracking Filter, which Rick clearly explains: For blocking major web tracking services. * NOTICE * Because of some (valid) complaints from people who use the EasyList and don't want their site-stats blocked by de...

If two extensions can collide there should be an alert somewhere, IMHO. This is not a case of two extensions colliding. You deliberately install AdBlock Plus, for the express purpose of removing ads. You subscribe to filtering lists so you don't have to build your own. You know that ABP is there (a...

Hmmm . . . does this change Google's philosophy from "Do no evil" to "Do know evil"?

I was skimming the news today when this article caught my eye: Top 10 Firefox extensions to avoid Just because an extension is popular doesn't mean it belongs in your Web browser http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9015599 I spotted this on page 2: A...

rick752 wrote:This seems to be part of the entire map scripting and may not (or may) be possible to remove. I'll play with it a bit and see ....

No wonder I had trouble trying to isolate the string to block.

Do you think that Yahoo has figured out how to ram their ads through the screens?

I only have one ad in the bottom left corner. It rotates between Yahoo autos, Yahoo travel, Hertz car rental, and who knows what else....

http://maps.yahoo.com/

There's a good-sized ad in the bottom left corner.

I assume that you're talking about the ESPN Motion ad/news feed. I don't think there's any way to block just the ad without taking out the news feed, too. If you want to zap them anyway, add this string to your personal block list: *static.espn.go.com* After I did this, all I got was a white square ...

Here are the things that got fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.2: Critical * onUnload + document.write() memory corruption * Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.0.10/1.8.1.2) High * Embedded nulls in location.hostname confuse same-domain checks Moderate * Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) ...

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 is now available. Here are the download sites (it isn't on the web site yet, as of Friday, February 23 at 10 AM): U.S. English, Windows version http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-2.0.0.2&os=win&lang=en-US Other languages & operating syst...

There's a common word in Turkish web sites: reklam

FYI - The EasyList filter is geared toward English-language web sites. Rick does not intentionally filter non-English sites (even though EasyList works on some of them).

Not to mention the security problems that have been fixed since Firefox 1.0 was released. If you keep using old versions like this, then you're surfing the 'net with a "Kick Me!" sign taped to your back.

That said, I suspect Google Analytics goes way beyond helping the "little gal" figure out which end of her website is up... I would choose to block Google Analytics! I'll second that opinion. Here's what Google itself has to say about it: Google Analytics is one way we invest in our adver...

rick752 wrote:Not any more

I love it!

Check out this web page: Hundreds of police officers show up for canceled protest http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=4705822 It pops up an obnoxious flash ad of a "consumer advocate" hawking custom window treatments. I pinned down the offending URL to http://manager.rovi...

Somebody had to light a fire under Microsoft to make them to update Internet Explorer (pun intended). This update was long overdue. IE7 has some nice improvements, but not enough to become my browser of choice.

http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/rev.php?id=536

Summary: One small step for Firefox, one giant leap for IE, but Firefox still rules.

CNET has posted a showdown between Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7. Firefox won all 5 rounds (no surprise there). Check it out:

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6656808-1.html

Finally, I can still say "my Macs have *never* been compromised by any virus, trojan, worm or hacker, and I've been using Macs since May of 1992". I worked for a military contractor in the late 80's, and we got our Macs from GE Rents. Almost every one of them arrived infected with the Sco...

Rick,

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They have accounts & passwords for lots of sites. Very handy!

MM

I'll second that. I don't like companies "peeking over my shoulder" when I'm surfing the web, especially when they don't bother to ask my permission first.

I spotted a couple web sites today that said Firefox 2.0 final has been released. I checked Mozilla's home page, but it still shows 1.5.0.7 (as of 11 AM). However, when I modified the download link to say 2.0, it worked: Mozilla Firefox 2.0 (Windows, English) http://www.mozilla.com/products/download...

I meant to post this under "FILTER ADDITION SUGGESTIONS", but I clicked on the wrong button, then couldn't delete it and repost. Oh well.... Back to the topic at hand: I wasn't sure if I should be more specific and just block eBay's adcmd machine, or be more generic and block adcmd in anyo...

I was searching eBay for some computer case fans today. I did a search on the keyword "evercool" and got a dozen hits. I also got a large box on the right with "Sponsored Links". Here's the script's URL: http://adcmd.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?SunShineAds&cat_id=80146&site...