EC2 Firefox Extension is now open sourced, the extension which aims to make Amazon EC2 usage easier. From the extension it's very easy to manage and launch EC2 instances. The extension is now available on Sourceforge under the name Elasticfox and under the Apache License V2.0. What this extension do :

• List available AMIs (Amazon Machine Images)
• List your running instances
• Launch new instances of an AMI
• Manage security groups and launch permissions associated with your instances

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This is another amazing Firefox extension which let you manage your task right in your Gmail. Remember the milk for Gmail (or RTM) provide the possibility to add new tasks, complete, postpone, and edit tasks. Best of all, it connect tasks to your Emails, Contacts or Google Calendar events. You can automatically add tasks for starred messages or specific labels... Very innovative way to get your tasks done in Gmail.

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Another security release just announced today Firefox 2.0.0.9, to make a total of two releases in two weeks. The new release have been announced just four days after the 2.0.0.8 release on Mozilla Developer Center. The bugs concerned in this release :

• Bug 400406 - Firefox will ignore the "clear" CSS property when used beneath a box that is using the "float" property. There is a temporary workaround JS/CSS code available for web developers with affected layouts.
• Bug 400467 - Windows Vista users will get "Java not found" or "Java not working" errors when trying to load Java applets after updating. To fix this, users can right-click the Firefox icon and "Run as administrator", then browse to a page with a Java applet — doing this once will fix the problem and permanently restore Java functionality.
• Bug 396695 - Add-ons are disabled after updating. Users can fix this problem by opening their profile folder and removing three files (extensions.rdf, extensions.ini and extensions.cache)
• Bug 400421 - Removing a single area element from an image map will cause the entire map to disappear. There is no workaround available at this time.
• Bug 400735 - Some Windows users may experience crashes at startup. There is no workaround available at this time.

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FoxSaver is an original extension which will let you turns Idle FireFox into a ScreenSaver and Photo Viewer. The extension run in fullscreen and could be configured to display online pictures or your own. FoxSaver viewers can also share pictures to be viewed by others, which a great collaborative feature. If you have dual monitor, you can move your FireFox to another screen and enjoy the view while working! Works also for linux.

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OneClick for Wordpress is another Firefox extension which aims to make your every day's Wordpress maintenance more simple. The extension is provided with a wordpress plugin which proceed the extraction of themes or plugins to appropriate folder. After installing the plugin, you can install the OneClick Firefox extension. Whenever you find a theme or plugin you want to install, right click on the zip link then choose from OneClick menu if it is a theme or plugin. OneClick will make the necessary upload and unzip, so you only have to check your admin interface and activate your new plugin or theme. Before installing, OneClick diagnose the system to check for possible update in addition to auto diagnostics wether everything is working properly.

Posted by Hatem at 7:43 AM to Firefox Extensions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Mozilla just released a security update of Firefox 2.0.0.5, fixing major security issues :

• XPCNativeWrapper pollution
• Unauthorized access to wyciwyg:// documents
• Remote code execution by launching Firefox from Internet Explorer
• File type confusion due to %00 in name
• Privilege escalation using an event handler attached to an element not in the document
• Frame spoofing while window is loading
• XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout
• Crashes with evidence of memory corruption

Firefox users proved that they are always up to date, so there is no need to mention that it is highly recommended to upgrade to this release.

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