Really cool extension for Mozilla

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John Corliss

Some of you I'm sure, are already aware of this one. But for those who
aren't...

I was looking over the Mozilla extensions at:

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/

and noticed one named "Nuke anything". "Remove an object from the page
via the context menu" is what the description says, so I decided to
give it a go. Besides, I'm using Moz 1.5 Final so I had few fears
about incompatibility. First I checked to make sure that:

Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Software Installation/Manage Software
Installations and Updates

had a checkmark by "Enable software installation."

The extension installed perfectly and now whenever I'm looking at a
page and see ANYTHING just about, that I don't like the looks of, the
extension added an entry to the right click menu that says "Remove
this object". When you select it, whatever you right-clicked on
disappears.

If you're using Mozilla, check it out. It's a keeper (so far.)
 
The extension installed perfectly and now whenever I'm looking at a
page and see ANYTHING just about, that I don't like the looks of, the
extension added an entry to the right click menu that says "Remove
this object". When you select it, whatever you right-clicked on
disappears.
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Hmmm. Doesn't seem to work. I uploaded a picture of a foot high stack
of dishes in my kitchen sink, right-click|zap... damn things are still
there.

Drat. And here I thought I could free up some hard drive space and
uninstall Wife_v1.1. Oh, well.

I must admit that it isn't a bad app, all in all, especially since
getting the enhanced frontend(s) and installing the disable_all_sounds
plugin. };O)
 
DC said:
Hmmm. Doesn't seem to work.
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Doesn't show up in the context menu for me (Mozilla 1.3), but I found
another cool extension: Linky. It lets you open multiple links in a page
in one fell swoop.
 
DC wrote:

Don't hijack my joke, jason. It's bad form. }:O)
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Ooops, sorry. I was waiting for someone else else to report a problem and
didn't read past the "doesn't seem to work" part!
 
Some of you I'm sure, are already aware of this one. But for those who
aren't...

I was looking over the Mozilla extensions at:

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/

and noticed one named "Nuke anything". "Remove an object from the page
via the context menu" is what the description says, so I decided to
give it a go. Besides, I'm using Moz 1.5 Final so I had few fears
about incompatibility. First I checked to make sure that:

Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Software Installation/Manage Software
Installations and Updates

had a checkmark by "Enable software installation."

The extension installed perfectly and now whenever I'm looking at a
page and see ANYTHING just about, that I don't like the looks of, the
extension added an entry to the right click menu that says "Remove
this object". When you select it, whatever you right-clicked on
disappears.

If you're using Mozilla, check it out. It's a keeper (so far.)
Click to expand...

Sweet! And it works in Firebird too! What a ball I had cleaning up my Yahoo
mail and ebay pages. Thanks for this one!
 
The extension installed perfectly and now whenever I'm looking at a
page and see ANYTHING just about, that I don't like the looks of, the
extension added an entry to the right click menu that says "Remove
this object". When you select it, whatever you right-clicked on
disappears.
Click to expand...

Useful, but it's a shame there's no way of saving your preferences from
session to session.
 
Some of you I'm sure, are already aware of this one. But for those who
aren't...

I was looking over the Mozilla extensions at:

http://extensionroom.mozdev.org/

and noticed one named "Nuke anything". "Remove an object from the page
via the context menu" is what the description says, so I decided to
give it a go. Besides, I'm using Moz 1.5 Final so I had few fears
about incompatibility. First I checked to make sure that:
Click to expand...

The development build of Adblock is even more verstile, allowing you to
block everything including scripts, css, flash, images of course. And
whatever is in the block list, will not be loaded up at all the next time
around as opposed to being just hidden.

Another cool extension I found recently is Conquery
http://conquery.mozdev.org/installation.html

It works like mycroft, but now you can highlight right click and search
(choose from any of the mycroft plugins - google, translation, spamdatabase
lookups, whois etc and more)!

Also allows search of sites that use the post and get methods.





Aaron
 
Iain said:
Useful, but it's a shame there's no way of saving your preferences from
session to session.
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Yeah, that would be nice. I guess for that, you have to go to Proxomitron.
 
<q>
Note, that this extention tested only for Mozilla 1.5 and Firebird 0.7
on Windows
</q>
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Sure, that's what most people are using anyway hopefully. The same problem
holds for a lot of other extensions. Many are semi-abandoned. The bad thing
about mozilla is that you can never be sure if an upgrade whether of the
browser or the extension will break something.

For example, I could be wrong but it seems to me the FB developers don't
really like the TBE extension and they go out of their way to discourage
it, and recent nighties even broke it, until a new patch was issued.
 
And said:
Sure, that's what most people are using anyway hopefully.
The same problem holds for a lot of other extensions. Many
are semi-abandoned. The bad thing about mozilla is that you
can never be sure if an upgrade whether of the browser or
the extension will break something.

For example, I could be wrong but it seems to me the FB
developers don't really like the TBE extension and they go
out of their way to discourage it, and recent nighties even
broke it, until a new patch was issued.
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You're wrong. The real problem is that they are trying to
reduce the code base, and that calls for extreme re-writes.

--
:-) Christopher Jahn
:-(

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/xjahn/Main.html

After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn.
 
Aaron said:
Sure, that's what most people are using anyway hopefully.
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The thing about browsers is that just when you get used to one set of
features, they've changed or abandoned them in the next version! Do
Mozilla users really change every time a new version comes out? I'm
fairly happy with 1.3 and I'm not sure I'm ready to change and do all the
annoying chrome fixes unless I *know* the new version has some pretty
compelling features!...And that they won't abandon all my favorite
features. Am I unusual in this respect? I upgrade religiously with most
other programs, but browsers are the exception for the very reasons I
have mentioned.

Also, while I'm at it, does upgrading mean you have to reinstall all
those extensions like Prefs Toolbar, Linky, and the others we're talking
about in this thread? I've only upgraded once, and that was before I was
using these extensions.

BTW, one thing that will convince me to upgrade is if they have returned
to the "right click to create an Internet shortcut". Have they done
that, or do you still have to manually minimize all your windows so you
have space to drag the URL onto the desktop? Grrr...that's such a
pain...I create shortcuts too frequently to put up with that. It's
little things like that that *almost* tempt me to go back to Netscape.
 
You're wrong.
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No you are.
The real problem is that they are trying to
reduce the code base, and that calls for extreme re-writes.
Click to expand...

That's part of the reason of course, but If you read mozillazine you will
see they have gone out of their way to discourage use of TBE.



Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
jason said:
The thing about browsers is that just when you get used to one set of
features, they've changed or abandoned them in the next version!
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I think they usually add features, do they really abandon them? Probably,
though I didn't notice.

I think the Mozilla 1.3+ versions are fairly similar, some minor features
additions. Can't say the same for Firebird. It changes quite a bit from
one milestone to another. I read, they got a new download manager now.
Do Mozilla users really change every time a new version comes out?
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Probably more than users of other software, since mozilla users are
usually early adopters.

I'm
fairly happy with 1.3 and I'm not sure I'm ready to change and do all
the annoying chrome fixes unless I *know* the new version has some
pretty compelling features!...And that they won't abandon all my
favorite features.
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Why don't you look at the what's new? part

http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.4/README.html#new
Am I unusual in this respect? I upgrade
religiously with most other programs, but browsers are the exception
for the very reasons I have mentioned.
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Have you being burnt a lot with mozilla? I suppose it makes sense that
early versions will vary a lot more.
Also, while I'm at it, does upgrading mean you have to reinstall all
those extensions like Prefs Toolbar, Linky, and the others we're
talking about in this thread? I've only upgraded once, and that was
before I was using these extensions.
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It depends, if you reuse your profile , and the extension is installed in
your profile rather than in the program directory, then the answer is no,
A few extensions cannot be installed in the profile though.
BTW, one thing that will convince me to upgrade is if they have
returned to the "right click to create an Internet shortcut". Have
they done that, or do you still have to manually minimize all your
windows so you have space to drag the URL onto the desktop?
Click to expand...

Try save link to disk, then saving it to the desktop directory
Grrr...that's such a pain...I create shortcuts too frequently to put
up with that. It's little things like that that *almost* tempt me to
go back to Netscape.
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Aaron (my email is not munged!)
 
And said:
No you are.


That's part of the reason of course, but If you read
mozillazine you will see they have gone out of their way
to discourage use of TBE.
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mozillazine has its own agenda. TAlk with the developers on the
newsgroups and mailing lists directly and you'll get a more
realistic picture.

--
:-) Christopher Jahn
:-(

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/xjahn/Main.html

A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged.
 
Aaron said:
I think they usually add features, do they really abandon them?
Probably, though I didn't notice.
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They do over time. Sometimes adding a feature entails either abandoning
an old feature or making that old feature more difficult to use...or
harder to find (buried under a submenu).
Why don't you look at the what's new?

http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.4/README.html#new
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Thanks. Okay, I took a look, and based on that it looks like they
haven't solved the memory problems with Mozilla, or fixed the clunky way
you have to save URL shortcuts to the desktop. I would have thought the
memory problems would have been a top priority. BTW, I'm using the term
"memory problems" carelessly since I'm not sure if that's the right
term...I haven't actually checked the RAM usage. But I had heard that
was a problem in the older versions of Mozilla and I think that's what
I'm seeing when I've had Mozilla open for awhile. The pages no longer
display unless you minimize their size. And pretty soon, you can't open
any more pages. That's a problem that I wish would go away! (Addendum:
maybe this problem has gone away and it's just lumped under "bug
fixes"??)
It depends, if you reuse your profile , and the extension is installed
in your profile rather than in the program directory, then the answer
is no, A few extensions cannot be installed in the profile though.
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Thanks. I'll have to take a look at where the extensions are installed.
Try save link to disk, then saving it to the desktop directory
Click to expand...

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I don't have "Save URL shortcut to
disk" as an option anywhere that I can find. In fact, I didn't think the
ability to save shortcuts still existed until someone in a developer's
group told me I could just drag the URL from the location box to the
desktop. But that's a pain, for the reasons already mentioned.
 
Thanks. Okay, I took a look, and based on that it looks like they
haven't solved the memory problems with Mozilla, or fixed the clunky way
you have to save URL shortcuts to the desktop. I would have thought the
memory problems would have been a top priority. BTW, I'm using the term
"memory problems" carelessly since I'm not sure if that's the right
term...I haven't actually checked the RAM usage. But I had heard that
was a problem in the older versions of Mozilla and I think that's what
I'm seeing when I've had Mozilla open for awhile. The pages no longer
display unless you minimize their size. And pretty soon, you can't open
any more pages. That's a problem that I wish would go away! (Addendum:
maybe this problem has gone away and it's just lumped under "bug
fixes"??)
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It sounds like memory leaks. This is where ram is dynamically
allocated and the author forgot to free it before normally exiting
from the application.

I haven't heard of that problem and don't normally use Moz.

If this is the case you can benefit from Ram Idle. We were discussing
it in another thread. It regains memory lost due to leaks; where
Windows does not until you reboot.

http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/ramidlnt.html

There are some recommendations on settings here:

<[email protected]>

I'm really curious if anyone else can feel the improvements I feel
while running this program.
 
It sounds like memory leaks. This is where ram is dynamically
allocated and the author forgot to free it before normally exiting
from the application.

I haven't heard of that problem and don't normally use Moz.

If this is the case you can benefit from Ram Idle. We were discussing
it in another thread. It regains memory lost due to leaks; where
Windows does not until you reboot.

http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/ramidlnt.html

There are some recommendations on settings here:

<[email protected]>

I'm really curious if anyone else can feel the improvements I feel
while running this program.
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Thanks REM, I'll look into it. I'm anxious not to add anymore running
processes, but it might be worth it since I use Mozilla so much.
Ultimately, though, I'd like to upgrade to a more stable version of
Mozilla.
 
jason wrote in
(e-mail address removed) wrote in
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I sure do. I can run a lot more stuff without getting any warnings at all.

Thanks REM, I'll look into it. I'm anxious not to add anymore running
processes, but it might be worth it since I use Mozilla so much.
Ultimately, though, I'd like to upgrade to a more stable version of
Mozilla.
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What version are you running? When I was using 1.3 I got that problem
all the time, but since I upgraded to 1.5, I get it hardly at all.

Chakolate
 
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