“This year we rounded up another batch of awesome extensions, collected the best web services made better by add-ons, took advantage of developer tools, sped up Firefox with the new HTTP cache, and checked out Firefox’s new, controversial interface … “ Source: Lifehacker Most Popular Firefox Extensions and Posts of 2014
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“It can sometimes be difficult to tell if a web page or domain a link points to is a legit site or not. While the url of the site may give you clues at times, for example if you know it already, it is at other times not possible to determine whether it is secure to visit a site or not based solely on a link. …” Source: gHacks Tech News Details Security Plus checks links in Firefox on Virustotal without leaving the page
Sorry Palemooners - Not available for Firefox 24.9Got your tinkers hat ready? Then here is something to play around with. ” … The new Firefox add-on Priv8 adds sandboxed tabs to the web browser using the security model of Firefox OS. It enables you to run select tabs in a sandbox which separates it and its data from the rest of the browser and other tabs. Please note that it has been released as a proof of concept right now. … “ Source: gHacks Tech News Review Priv8 adds sandboxed tabs to Firefox
” Need to customize Firefox? With the CCK2 Wizard, you can create custom Firefox configurations that can be installed as extensions or deployed with AutoConfig. “ CCK2 Wizard :: Add-ons for FirefoxReview gHacks Net
” The latest version of Firefox is here, bringing an updated, easier-to-use search bar and a signup-free, no-plugin-required video chat feature. “ Source: Lifehacker Firefox Gets an Instantaneous Video Chat Feature, Better Search Bar
“Firefox for Android can now mirror your browser to the TV thanks to new support for Google’s Chromecast.“This is one of several goodies tucked away inside version 34, which is rolling out in the Google Play Store. …” Source: PCWorld More Firefox for Android adds Chromecast support, newly polished theme
Mozilla released the next scheduled update for the Thunderbird 31 branch on Monday, December 1st with Thunderbird 31.3.0. This release addressed these issues: Fixes an issue where using LDAP autocomplete could end up with blank entries in the compose addressing list (Bug 1045753) Fixes an issue where IRC participants were not removed from the display on leaving a channel. Fixes a regression where Thunderbird wasn’t respecting the skip integration option on the default client dialog. Security fixes can be found here Users may be prompted to update to the newest release of Thunderbird or can do so manually within Thunderbird by going…