Unhandled Perception

YSlow analyzes web pages and why they’re slow based on Yahoo!’s rules for high performance web sites.

Link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5369

SiteLauncher is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a super-quick way to to open your favorite websites using only your keyboard. One special hotkey brings up the ‘Launcher’, followed by a unique key to launch a site.

Link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10127

When you type ‘about:config’ in the address bar the above error message is what you’ll see. Cute.

Tools -> Options -> Content -> Advanced (top area)

Now just uncheck the Disable or replace context menus (highlighted above). It should be noted that some online applications attempt to replace the right click menu with a menu that is useful within the context of what you are doing (like Google Spreadsheets).

The Mozilla Foundation is planning to end support for the Firefox 2 browser in mid-December, despite the persistence of significant flaws in the most-recent version of the popular browser.

I fear that the support may end but users won’t switch – I still get 20%+ visitors using Firefox2. Not sure I can cross this browser off my list of browser which I design websites to render in.

Link:
http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-250172.html

Despite getting off to a slow start yesterday, the official release of the Firefox 3 browser was downloaded 8.3 million times (that’s the unofficial tally as of 11:16 AM PT today). Mozilla beat its goal of 5 million downloads by 3 million and set a new world record! All right, there was no previous world record, but it still represents a massive one-day adoption rate.

I looked at the stats for Veign.com and Firefox 3 covered over 4% of my traffic on download day.

Link:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/18/…

Firefox extension Xoopit turns Gmail into a robust, searchable media management tool for every piece of media that comes through your inbox. By indexing every attachment as well as every link to photos and videos from sites like Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube, Xoopit allows you to easily search for and find any picture or video and view it from directly inside Gmail.

The only thing that makes this questionable is they want your Gmail login password. Not sure how many people are comfortable with that, but I’m not.

Link:
http://lifehacker.com/374651/…

Link:
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/…

Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager…

Link:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122

OK, they probably aren’t secret, but when I saw this list I was really amazed. I thought to myself, how could I have used Firefox all these years and not known about all of these?!!

Personally I like the Ctrl-Shift-T shortcut.

Link:
http://…/sarah/2008/01/secret-firefox.html

Over the next few days Mozilla will be making the official announcement that Firefox 3 Beta 2 is available.

Link:
http://…/firefox-3-beta-2-available-new-address-bar/

For most people, their web browser is central to their interaction with the Internet, connecting to global web sites and helping them consume online services providing everything from booking flights to banking services to online shopping. This reality makes browsers a key tool when evaluating the security experience of users as the browser interprets Web content and programs delivered from around the world.

Over the past few years, there has been much discussion of the need for improvements in browser security, but few hard data studies performed to support assertions concerning the security of available browsers.

This report documents the results of my analysis of Internet Explorer and Firefox vulnerabilities over the past few years since Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 became available and Mozilla launched Firefox.

Link:
http://…/download-internet-explorer-and-firefox-vulnerability-analysis

Mozilla announced the official release of Firefox 3 beta 1 early this morning. The first Firefox 3 beta, which is available for download from Mozilla’s servers, offers some hot new features for users and web developers.

Link:
http://…afirst-look-at-firefox-3-beta-1.html

Have you ever been on a page with a ton of animated GIF’s, and all you’re trying to do is read the content? It can get quite distracting, but if you’re using Firefox or Internet Explorer just hit the ESC key. Doing so will immediately pause all of the animated GIF images on the page.

Never knew that. Wish I knew this a long time ago.

Link:
http://…/pause-animated-gifs-in-firefox-and-ie/

Firefox has cool add-ons which make the job of website designers and developers much easier. Here is our list of 30+ excellent Firefox add-ons that every web developer and designer should know about.

Link:
http://…/30-firefox-add-ons-for-web-developers-designers/