10 Firefox Add-Ons for Designers

The Mashable published 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Designers and I bet web designers and web developers like you yourself must be using some of them. Do you have your own favourite add-ons? Do share with us.

1. ColorZilla
2. Pencil
3. MeasureIt
4. Stylish
5. View Source Chart
6. Firesizer
7. HTML Validator
8. Font Finder
9. CSS Usage
10. Tab Mix Plus

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10 Firefox Add-Ons for Developers

The Mashable published 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Developers and I bet web developers like you yourself must be using some of them. Do you have your own favourite add-ons? Do share with us.

1. Firebug
2. Web Developer
3. FireFTP
4. YSlow
5. Greasemonkey
6. JSONView
7. RESTClient
8. Empty Cache
9. JS Deminifier
10. Fireshot

In my own opinion, HttpFox should be the other worthy mention add-on.

Related Readings:

• 10 Firefox Add-Ons for Designers
• 10 Must-Have Chrome Extensions for Developers

Yahoo will not recognize "Do Not Track" (DNT) from IE 10

In a Yahoo policy blog, Yahoo indicated they will not support the "Do Not Track" (DNT) setting from IE 10 because the DNT feature will come enabled by default. Yahoo believes the opt out should be by user intent and not by the browser creator. This reaction was echoed by Apache's founders.

Just an update on the major browsers - The new released Microsoft IE 10 will have the DNT feature enabled by default. Google is in the process of implementing the DNT feature in their Chrome but had been offering something similar in the form of a Chrome plug-in called Keep My Opt-Outs. Mozilla Firefox has got the DNT feature but will need to be enabled manually.

Firefox 10 comes with Web Developer Tool

Mozilla has released yet another version for Firefox again and this time round, it's Firefox 10. Since the release of Firefox 4 in March 2011, Mozilla has adopted a rapid release schedule similar to the cycle Google employs with its Chrome browser, releasing a new version of Firefox every six weeks, rather than every two to three years previously. Inclusive of version 4, this is Mozilla's number seventh major browser release in the past 10 months.

Apart from bug fixes, the new Firefox 10 comes with a Web Developer Tool, providing a lightweight, built-in option without installing Firebug.

Download latest Mozilla Firefox here.

Chrome most secured, IE second, Firefox third

According to a study conducted by Accuvant, Google Chrome ranks top for security, followed by Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.

Accuvant's conclusion:

The URL blacklisting services offered by all three browsers will stop fewer attacks than will go undetected. Both Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer implement state-of-the-art antiexploitation technologies, but Mozilla Firefox lags behind without JIT hardening. While both Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer implement the same set of anti-exploitation technologies, Google Chrome’s plug-in security and sandboxing architectures are implemented in a more thorough and comprehensive manner. Therefore, we believe Google Chrome is the browser that is most secured against attack.

To note, the study – while independently and objectively assessed, said Accuvant – was funded by Google.

The Mozilla Store (Video)

Firefox 8 officially available tomorrow on 8 Nov

Firefox 8 will be officially made available on Mozilla's site on November 8th, but technology blog GHacks discovered that the Firefox 8.0 final version is already available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux on Mozilla's FTP servers.

Firefox 8.0 is a free download for Windows, Mac, and Linux from Mozilla's FTP server at the link here: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/8.0/

Chrome set to overtake Firefox in Dec 2011

According to web analytics firm StatCounter, the market share of Google Chrome is set to overtake Mozilla Firefox in Dec 2011 to become second behind Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Top 5 Browsers from Dec 2008 to Aug 2011

The trend chart above is from the December 2008 public launch of Google Chrome browser. The rise of Chrome is at the expense of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox since the market share for the rest of the browsers like Opera, Safari, etc, are stable.

» Chrome Set to Overtake Firefox in Market Share [STATS] | Mashable

Evolution of Web

View the evolution of web since the introduction of HTTP and HTML 1.0 days all the way to today's HTML 5.0, WebGL and other modern web technologies.

The interactive graphics requires a modern HTML 5.0 enabled browser to view.

Fake SSL certificate DigiNotar impersonate Gmail and other Google services

Google Inc reported a fradulent SSL certificate issued by DigiNotar Certificate Authority (CA) that is "valid for *.google.com. A possible man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks against Google users, whereby someone tried to get between them and encrypted Google services, can be launched. The people affected were primarily located in Iran. According to a post published on Sunday by a user calling himself alibo, the counterfeit certificate surfaced when he tried to log into his Gmail account using the Google Chrome browser.

Google Chrome users were protected from this attack because Chrome was able to detect the fraudulent certificate. To further protect the safety and privacy of our users, Google will disable the DigiNotar certificate authority in Chrome while investigations continue. Mozilla and Microsoft also moved quickly to protect its users soon after. This means that Chrome and Firefox users will receive alerts if they try to visit websites that use DigiNotar certificates.

» An update on attempted man-in-the-middle attacks | Google Online Security Blog

Mozilla Firefox 5 available for download

Mozilla Firefox version 5.0 is now available for download after only 3 months since version 4.0. This is after Mozilla switched to quick-release cycle mode.

According to a blog post on Mozilla,

The latest version of Firefox includes more than 1,000 improvements and performance enhancements that make it easier to discover and use all of the innovative features in Firefox. This release adds support for more modern Web technologies that make it easier for developers to build amazing Firefox Add-ons, Web applications and websites.

Firefox for Android includes the Do Not Track privacy feature in this release, making Firefox the first browser to support Do Not Track on multiple platforms. Mozilla created Do Not Track to give users more control over the way their browsing behavior is tracked and used on the Web. The feature, which lets users tell websites that they wish to opt-out of online behavioral tracking, is now easier to find in Firefox Preferences.

Mozilla Delivers New Version of Firefox – First Web Browser to Support Do Not Track on Multiple Platforms [via]

Firefox 4 great Tab Panorama organization window

Mozilla knows you love tabbed browsing, and it shows in Firefox 4. Some of the biggest feature improvements have to do with how you manage your tabs, not the least of which is the great Tab Panorama organization window. It's basically a little window that shows a visual layout of your open tabs and lets you organize them by task (or into a handy to-do list). You can even open only one group at a time, so Firefox saves your other groups but doesn't clutter your tab bar with them.

Check out the following video for a demonstration.

Firefox Panorama: How To from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

What’s New and Awesome in Firefox 4

Mozilla has launched its latest Firefox 4 with several improvements in terms of performance and user interface.

Get Firefox 4 now.

What’s New and Awesome in Firefox 4 [via]

Firefox 4 Beta Features

Official list of new features in Firefox 4 Beta.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/beta/features/

Web Browser Performance

Which Browser Should I Use: Firefox or Chrome?

Lifehacker published an article to compare Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, in an attempt to help readers decide which of the two browsers should be used.

Which Browser Should I Use: Firefox or Chrome? [via]

Firefox 3.5 Available for Download

Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is now available for public download.

The top features of Firefox 3.5 can be found here. I guess I can only get my hands dirty with this new version next week.

Get Firefox 3.5 here.
First look: Firefox 3.5 released, ready to "upgrade" the Web [via]

OpenXML Document Viewer - Open Word 2007 Files

The OpenXML Document Viewer team is pleased to announce the release of the first version of the Open XML to HTML project. The OpenXML Document Viewer project provides plug-ins and tools to view MS Word 2007 documents on platforms where Word 2007 is not available. This is achieved by using the OpenXMLViewer browser plug-in or the command line interface to convert the Word document (.docx) into HTML.

This viewer is available for both Windows and Linux. You can even open a OpenXML document like Word 2007 in Firefox.

OpenXML Document Viewer [via]

Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Gets Tab Tearing

The latest Firefox 3.1 development release features the announced option for tab tearing: drag a tab out of its current window, and it is removed and opened on a new one, providing a more intuitive way to organize your web browsing.

Firefox 3.1 gets tab tearing [via]

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 Release

Mozilla recently released Firefox 3.0.4 to fix several security issues. To upgrade to version 3.0.4, select Help from Menu and choose Check for Updates.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 Release Notes [via]