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About me
| Name | SilverSage |
|---|---|
| User since | June 21, 2007 |
| Number of add-ons developed | 0 add-ons |
| Average rating of developer's add-ons | Not yet rated |
My Reviews
Ruler Bar
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Doesn't do too much for me. IMHO It would be a kickin' extension if it integrated with the T'bird compose environment. E.g., providing it with some of the functionality that rulers provide in word processing programs - setting tabs, bullets, leaders, etc. (including working with tables)
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (0.3.2008120101).Spam Complaint
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
When I first started using this tool, I thought it was pretty cool. In one fell swoop I could contact the appropriate governmental agency (SEC or FDA and maybe the FTC) and the ISP. The spammers would be out of business in short order. Not quite... What's happened is that the amount of spam I receive has risen quite noticeably, from almost nothing to several e-mails every day. I think the increase is a direct result of me using this software trying to rat out these creeps. Of course, I have no way to determine this with any certainty.
I think the one thing this extension does is somehow let spammers know that your e-mail address is good. I don't know if they started spoofing domains or what. On several of the notifications I sent using Spam Complaint, I received return e-mails from the target e-mail daemon stating that the abuse mailbox (abuse@www.xyz.com) didn't exist and that it was a permanent error.
Perhaps not all ISPs have an abuse mailbox, especially some of those that might be very small or perhaps those located in countries that don't attempt to squelch spammers. Personally, I think spammers have figured out how to fake out utilities like Spam Complaint. Use the utility and receive more spam.
My new strategy is to delete the spam directly from my mail server using a utility - POP Peeper - that allows me to do exactly that without having to open a suspicious e-mail and, therefore, tell spammers that my e-mail address is valid.
I'm not going to rate this extension because I don't want to err one way or the other. That is, I don't want to rate it highly if it doesn't really work and I don't want to rate it poorly if it does indeed work as advertised but the bad guys have figured out how to defeat this type of tool.
I want to be fair to the developer...
Looks like I'm being forced to rate the extension so I'm going to give it a "3". I can't give it a "5" and I can't give it a "1" because I have no way of determining if my using this extension caused the amount of spam I received to increase. If there were a way I could prove a causal relationship between using this extension and the increasing amount of spam I receive, of course I'd submit another review and revise my rating accordingly.
nav-graph
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
I like the concept. It's a very different approach to managing managing tabs. A few items: 1)There doesn't seem to be a way to move individual nodes around and/or to group them as they're depicted in the images you posted. 2) The text under node icons can be quite long and the text under one node icon often obscures that of another node. Perhaps you can provide users a means to not display the site's text and/or to display only a certain number of characters. Perhaps you can have the extension check to see if a site is bookmarked and, if so, to use the text from the bookmark property. You might also allow users to edit the text directly from the overlay your extension draws on the screen. Just some thoughts.
Nodes are a great way to illustrate the semantic web. I can see where this type of interface could be used to illustrate which sites refer to which, how the sites are related and how strongly they're related by using elements of color (red=strong; orange=midling, blue=weak), intuitive symbols to denote types of links (type of link could explain the relationship between related nodes, colors and/or width of lines connecting nodes could illustrate other link attributes).
CuteMenus - Crystal SVG
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great extension, Mel! I use it on FF 2 and would love to see it on FF 3.x. I know you're working on it. BTW, you're getting a bandwidth exceeded msg. on cutemenuproject.com.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.9.2).Mouse Gestures Redox
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I've been using this extension since about the time it first came out. I'm still learning about the depth and breadth of its functionality. Go to the developer's Web site to see what I mean.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.5.2).Click Steer
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
It works but the extension doesn't prevent the call to open the context in the browser. So, while the page is "steering" back, you have to move the mouse quickly lest you catch one of the buttons on the context menu and perform an action you didn't intend. Get rid of that irritating behavior and I'll give it a "five". Thanks for your work on this.
This review is for a previous version of the add-on (1.2).KeyScrambler Personal
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
When I tried the first release of this extension it was a disaster on my system. It seemed as if the encrypted passwords were being passed to my browser and then to the userid and password fields; I couldn't log onto any site when the program was loaded because I always received password errors.
Not anymore. It seems to work just fine, although I'm not technically savvy enough to be able to verify that the software is working properly. I can't verify that it's not working properly, either.
However, I can't identify any issues it may cause while it's loaded and running on my machine. My system is just about as responsive as it's always been. I have just a little less room to run other programs but that's what happens when you load software. Anything that helps me keep my system safer and booting is all right by me. Memory's cheap; I'll buy more.
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