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来源:http://lifehacker.com/5070993/six-experimental-firefox-extensions-we-love
We love Firefox for its extensibility, but sometimes we run into an
extension or two that dons the “Experimental” label on the Firefox
add-ons site. We prefer highlighting extensions once they’ve been
approved by Mozilla—both so we know they’ve been vetted and so we can
save you the effort of registering with Mozilla to install something—so
we generally pass them by. When enough of them pile up in our watch
list, we highlight them in one big post (see our twoprevious
posts) in an effort to give the extensions the extra push of popularity
that can expedite the approval process. So without further ado, read on
for a closer look at seven awesome Firefox extensions we’re into.
FireStatus

FireStatus
lets you send simultaneous updates to multiple social networks—namely
Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed. That’s not a bad start, but it goes
the extra mile by also displaying your friends’ updates through
notification pop-ups (uses Growl in OS X). It also integrates with the most popular URL shrinking site, TinyURL.
Tabgroups-Plus
Tabgroups-Plus allows you to organize your Firefox tabs in even more tabs. An update to previously mentioned Tab Groups,
Tabgroups-Plus does the same drag and drop organization of tabs within
user-defined parent tabs, but this version supports Firefox 3 where the
old version did not.
GCal Popup
GCal Popup
opens Google Calendar in an overlay over any web page, giving you quick
access to your agenda without leaving the page you’re already visiting.
To toggle the calendar, simply click the Google Calendar icon in the
corner of your status bar. [via]
Noise
Noise
adds user-defined sounds to browser events in Firefox. For example, you
can set a sound to play every time you click a link, open a new tab,
start a download, and so on. To be honest, the last thing we think
Firefox needs is the irritating click-click that IE conditioned us with
at one point, but sounds can come in handy when used properly—for
example, to give you an audio heads-up that your download has
completed. [via]
Fasterfox Lite
Fasterfox Lite is the exact same extension as the popular Fasterfox extension
with one small difference: It removes the controversial link
prefetching built into Fasterfox. Prefetching automated retrieves pages
linked to on the current page so that they’ll load more quickly if and
when you do click them, but it’s generally considered poor form because
it wastes server bandwidth and adds to the server load. Fasterfox Lite
does everything else Fasterfox does, and incidentally, it supports
Firefox while Fasterfox does not. [via]
Open in Browser
Open in Browser
adds an option to the Firefox download/save/open menu that allows you
to redirect the download to open the file directly in Firefox. If
you’ve ever clicked on an image or plain text script, for example, that
forced a download when you just wanted to check it out in Firefox, Open
in Browser lets you open it back in Firefox where you wanted it to
begin with.

随着无线技术和触屏技术的出现,人们逐渐接受并喜爱上了此类和计算机交互的方式,近日MacBook系列笔记本的热卖也证明了这点。

而Mozilla也要乘着这股东风奋力直上,在Firefox 3.1中实现像MacBook中那样的触控操作。
有消息称,Firefox 3.1 Beta 2中提供了很多基本的触控方式,比如翻页、前进、后退、滚动页面等,用手指左右轻擦触控板就可以翻动Firefox中的网页,就像在iPhone中翻看照片一样,而手指上下滑动,就可以上下滚动页面浏览完整页面,两个手指靠近或远离即可实现页面的放大和缩小。
虽然这听起来和Mac里的操作一样,但是对于浏览器来说这可是前所未有的改进啊,此举一出,必定会引起各大浏览器的争相效仿。

现在有很多软件可以查看我们在IE浏览器里填写并记忆过的密码,也有很多软件利用这样的漏洞盗窃个人资料等。这些软件大多是利用了IE的一些缓存文件,不过换成是其他内核的浏览器这样的问题就会好很多,因为他们采用的密码加密保存方式与IE的并不相同。
所以Firefox等确实要比IE安全很多。不过还是可以利用一些软件来侦测和查看Firefox保存的密码哦!这里推荐给大家的一款小巧,绿色且免费的工具 - PasswordFox。
PasswordFox软件可以查看Mozilla Firefox Web browser保存的用户名和密码及其他相关信息。
软件可以运行在装有Firefox的Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,和 Windows Vista下。

一、Geode的来历
为什么需要Geode?是为了让信息获取更智能、更自动。实际上,你已经有过类似体验,比如在国
内访问google.com,却会进入google.cn——就是因为网站利用语言、区域等信息进行了判断处理。而有了Geode,你用Firefox浏
览一些和地理位置相关的服务时,比如美食点评、旅游景点、交通导航,你就不用每次重复输入自己当前的位置了。
浏览器/Firefox是你和网络应用之间的桥梁,而Geode则为桥扩建了一条新车道,让你的信息应用更智能方便。
需要说明的是,Geode还是一项过渡措施。因为一向支持先进技术且遵守规范的Mozilla宣
布,地理信息支持功能,准确讲,就是对 W3C Geolocation Specification
的支持,将内置于新版Firefox。如果你想尝鲜,可等待即将发布的Firefox
3.1beta。在新版发布之前,为了目前的Firefox用户,才推出了了Geode扩展。
二、Geode与隐私保护
如果说MS Windows和MS
Office的封闭性引发了人们对信息安全以及隐私担忧的话,浏览器和Google则触动了网络时代的新隐私观。很多新用户初了解Geode,可能就会提
出这一疑问:如何保护我的隐私?但实际上,保护隐私并不意味着完全封闭,而是“受控”于用户,只要这样,你才能决定在某种情况下,分享自己的信息换取便
利。
Geode的做法如何?请看下图:
从图中可以看出,网站申请地理信息时,Geode会询问并由你决定,提供哪些信息:准确位置(误
差10英尺)、大概位置(neighborhood,误差1英里)、城市。当然,你也可以选择“None”,不分享任何信息。无论你是否安装Geode扩
展,都可以用Firefox访问http://azarask.in/local/来看到这一提示。
三、安装与体验
1. 下载/安装Geode扩展
2. 体验
地理信息交互首先需要网站的支持,然后才是Geode和浏览器提供信息。目前有3个站点可以体验:
- Mozilla 自己的试验性Food Finder,无须注册。
- Pownce:附带地理信息的资料(图片、视频)发送分享服务,需要注册。
- Yahoo! Fire Eagle,就是一个地理信息服务,你只要在这里更新信息,其他兼容的web应用或手持设备就可以读取了,减少了重复设定资料的麻烦。需要注册。
如果你对技术细节感兴趣,请阅读Mozilla官方介绍,包括Geode与Firefox 3.1 Geolocation的关系、参与项目。
四、关于微格式的引伸
昨天看到Geode预告时,猜测其功能,与今天看到介绍基本接近。当时还由地理信息想到了另外一点:微格式之地理信息。但是,说来话长,就不展开了,仅提供Wink Flash演示如下,有兴趣者自行研究吧。


The Firefox add-on China Channel offers internet users outside of China the ability to surf the web as if they were inside mainland China. Take an unforgetable virtual trip to China and experience the technical expertise of the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (supported by western companies). It’s open source, free and easy.







