Add-ons
Quatrix
About me
| Name | Quatrix |
|---|---|
| User since | May 31, 2009 |
| Number of add-ons developed | 0 add-ons |
| Average rating of developer's add-ons | Not yet rated |
My Reviews
RefControl
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I made a simple change to make this work for "from" sites instead of "to" sites (but not both). For example, I have images.google.com set to "forge" and "normal" for everything else. Now my RefControl only changes the referrer when opening a link from Google Images to another site.
Load \extensions\{455D905A-D37C-4643-A9E2-F6FEFAA0424A}\components\refcontrolComp.js into a text editor and find the onModifyRequest() function. You'll find a 'for' loop "for (var s = oHttpChannel.URI.host; s != ""; s = s.replace(/^.*?(\.|$)/, ""))". Just change oHttpChannel.URI.host to oHttpChannel.referrer.host, save, and restart Firefox. The list of hosts in your RefControl options now apply to the referring (from) site instead of the site being linked to.
If you want to get technical, oHttpChannel.referrer is sometimes null, but it won't hurt anything and you don't need to worry about it.
Mail Redirect
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Even the 20091118 version doesn't work perfectly with Thunderbird 3. You can't add the "Redirect" button to the new message pane toolbar, and the button is disabled on the main toolbar if you open a message in a separate window. You need to either redirect from the main window with the message selected or right-click and choose "Redirect". Any why hasn't the latest version been posted here?
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.7.5).RefControl
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
As others have mentioned, this would be much more useful if it controlled the referer FROM sites (e.g. indexing sites), not just TO sites. I use this on Google Images to stop sites from blocking direct image links, but I have to use the " (3rd Party)" option, which breaks functionality on a LOT of other sites. When something doesn't work on a site, it's often (but not always obvious) a referer problem. I've already had to add 20+ exceptions because of this. It would be great if I could have just ONE entry for images.google.com and leave everything else set to "Normal".
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.8.12).To create your own collections, you must have a Mozilla Add-ons account.
