Tag Archive for ‘firefox’ at dekay.org

Tag Archive for 'firefox'

AppleScript for opening the current DevonAgent page in Firefox

Published by dekay on November 1, 2006 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

I often need to open web pages in Firefox, even though DEVONagent is my favorite and default browser. As DA is very scriptable there is an easy solution to this, without having to manually copy the URL around. The following apple script will do it. Just copy it into ~/Application Support/DEVONagent/Scripts. Make sure the filename ends with ___ and a keyboard short cut, such as Cmd-Alt-Ctrl-o or similar. (here is a version of the script for you to download)

try
    tell application “DEVONagent“
        if not (exists browser 1) then error “No browser windows are open.“
        set this_browser to browser 1
        set this_URL to the URL of this_browser
    end tell

    tell application “Firefox“
        activate
        OpenURL this_URL
    end tell
end try

Getting Google\’s Firefox Bookmark Sync to Work

Published by dekay on June 15, 2006 in Uncategorized. Closed

This article sounds helpful. But now that I have looked into my firefox directory I have found 100MB of log files of this google browser synch extension… is that necessary?

Firefox Adblock Filter Sets

Published by dekay on June 17, 2005 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments

[Update 2005-09-12] The Adblock Filter Set has moved to a new address!

This folder contains a huge list of Filtersets that you can import into Adblock. The lists are updated almost daily - thus ensuring an almost perfect anti-ad-coverage of the main internet sites.

The function of this anti-spam list is really easy. It contains the following:

A list of domains that are know to provide spam and advertismenet banners
A list of URL snippets, folder names and file names which are known to be used for advertisement and offensive images.
Generic expressions which filter out most known ad formats.

As a consequence you will be able to use adblock with firefeox without actually needing to manually block everything yourself. Enjoy ad-free web surfing without hassle and all that is for free!

But also remember: there are many sites out there which are useful and which are free - as their content creation is somewhat sponsored by adverts. Make sure from time to time to turn off your adblock on those sites and do click some adverts or buy something from their sponsors!

An interesting take on this fact can be read at coffeegeek.com.

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