Hi all,
Time for a random "You may find it useful to know..." post.
I use Firefox. (BTW -- Firefox 1.5 rocks. Faster and more stable,
I've found.) I like Firefox a lot. I've recently come across a few
things in Firefox that just really made my day. I figured I'd share.
I encourage oth
Hi,
I've been following with interest the discussion re: a
replacement for MS Exchange. I have been looking for
a viable alternative for having an Exchange server,
for some time. I am looking into "Scalix"
(http://scalix.com/) and wondered if anyone has yet
compiled a list of all the possible FO
My favorite thing about firefox is actually a plugin for firefox called
'adblock'. It's probably the most amazing invention mankind has ever
known. It allows you to right-click on any graphic and block it from
being displayed. In addition, it allows you to block flash videos and
other medi
On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:24, Ben Scott wrote:
/ don't let web pages take over my browser
// "It's my fscking computer; get your grubby JavaScript off it"
Indeed.
Check out NoScript:
http://www.noscript.net/whats
Last I heard DHS was recommending Firefox with NoScript as the safest
browser p
On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:36, mike shlitz wrote:
I am looking into "Scalix"
(http://scalix.com/) and wondered if anyone has yet
compiled a list of all the possible FOSS alternatives
avilable out there?
I'm not sure about the list, but if you're compiling one, this looks
pretty slick too:
htt
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Should we have a "TipsAndTechniques" web page on www.gnhlug.org?
- --Bruce
Bill McGonigle wrote:
| On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:24, Ben Scott wrote:
|
|> / don't let web pages take over my browser
|> // "It's my fscking computer; get your grubby JavaScri
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> // "It's my fscking computer; get your grubby JavaScript off it"
JavaScript can be grubby, but it also enables things like AJAX, which
can be genuinely useful/neat.
Anyways, my favorite two extensions are:
1: Bugmenot -- bypass compulsory web registrati
>Check out NoScript:
> http://www.noscript.net/whats
>
>Last I heard DHS was recommending Firefox with NoScript as the safest
>browser platform.
>
>Also in the bag-o-goodies: SessionSaver, FasterFox, CustomizeGoogle,
>FlashBlock.
FlashBlock and AdBlock are indeed wonderful FireFox extensions,
On 12/29/05, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ... Check out NoScript ...
On 12/29/05, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> JavaScript can be grubby, but it also enables things like AJAX, which
> can be genuinely useful/neat.
Heh. I was wondering if this would happen. :)
I
On 12/29/05, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Should we have a "TipsAndTechniques" web page on www.gnhlug.org?
There's nothing keeping anyone from adding one.
For those who don't know, anyone can edit the GNHLUG website, just
by completing a simple registration. Anyone who feels lik
Ben Scott writes:
> I'm not against all client-side scripting. I just think a web page
> should be limited to mucking around with itself only, and not be
> allowed to modify the window around it, or my system, or
> what-have-you. What those particular things I posted do is prevent
> web page
Ben Scott wrote:
On 12/29/05, Bruce Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Should we have a "TipsAndTechniques" web page on www.gnhlug.org?
There's nothing keeping anyone from adding one.
OK. Done.
--Bruce
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On 12/29/05, Kevin D. Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> JavaScript should have been designed ... such that it
>> doesn't even have the capability to do risky things.
>
> To me, you just described Java, but that's another thing entirely.
To some extent, but not completely. Certainly, at one po
Ben Scott writes:
> To some extent, but not completely. Certainly, at one point in it's
> history, Java was being sold as an ideal "sandbox" for things like
> client-side intelligence in web pages.[1] However, it was still
> designed around the idea of a general-purpose programming language
>
On Dec 29, 2005, at 16:04, Ben Scott wrote:
Then again, I don't really *know* anything about Firefox's
internals; I've just read blurbs and articles here and there. Maybe
most of what I want is already there.
Firefox does have some limitations on JavaScript. For instance, I
recently read
Below are devils advocate responses. Becouse while I agree on many of them, there comes a point when 'D00d, Exhang3 1z sux0rs!' may need a little check.. ;-)
On 12/23/05, Dan Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Issues with Exchange I can think of, off the top of my head:a) The aforementioned bac
On 12/22/05, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I need to come up with (currently) valid reasons why it's a bad ideato move engineering over to an Exchange-based IMAP server from a
linux/cyrus-based IMAP server. So, I'm asking for help from those ofyou who have current, relevant experience wi
On 12/29/05, Bill McGonigle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
catastrophic bug. Guess which one has a zero-day exploit today for thesame thing that was supposedly patched in the past few months?
Oh! Oh! I Know! FIREFOX!
http://www.frsirt.com/exploits/20051212.fireburn.php
http://www.eweek.com/a
Hi,
I'm back to bug you guys on this thread. (BTW, It's very likely that I
may use some terms incorrectly, due to my unfamiliarity with linux.
Sorry about that. :) )
In case you may forget, let me repeat my situation:
only 1 hard drive, and only RedHat Enterprise installed on it, and no
una
On 12/29/05, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> g) If the load issue is enough to justify a separate Exchange server,
>> then add another Windows Server licensing cost.
>
> Unless, of course, someone has an MSDN subscription..
I'm not sure, but I think the MSDN license does not permi
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