Consumerist
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online banking
Citibank Doesn't Want Your Business, Linux Users
For some reason, Citibank won't let customers using Linux computers log in to their online accounts. Adam argues that in 2009 this doesn't make sense, especially when no other major corporate website blocks him like this. More » -
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Shut Out The Worst Ad Offenders With These Firefox Tricks
If advertisers and websites would play fair with their readers, we wouldn't need to apply various filters and blocks to them. But when you're trying to read an article and every sixth word is hotlinked with a pop-up ad, while the FavIcon in the browser window blinks at you like a traffic light, while loud video clips start auto-playing when the page loads—well, it's time to shut it all down. Lifehacker has put together a great list of all the ways to reclaim your sanity when you're online.
"Use Firefox to Fix the Web's Biggest Annoyances" [Lifehacker]
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Buy It Later is a cool Firefox extension that monitors specific products for you for price drops or for them to come back in stock. [BuyLater via Lifehacker]
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security
Wells Fargo's Website Wants You To Use Netscape Navigator For Security Reasons
Reader Eric doesn't want to install a defunct browser in order to do his banking, so Wells Fargo's request that he use Netscape Navigator is really rubbing him the wrong way. (Navigator was discontinued in December and is no longer supported by AOL as of March 1, 2008, says Wikipedia.) More » -
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AT&T: We Only Support Windows And Internet Explorer, No Safari
Reader Jen was having a hard time using AT&T's website. She says, "It was very slow, I was asked to log in several times, the fonts unreadably small in places (and not just fine print, either)." More » -
privacy
How To Block Facebook's Beacon
Don't like Facebook secretly tracking your online purchases and telling your friends what you bought? Users of the Firefox we browser can use an easy add-on that jams the beacon's signal. Just install the BlockSite add-on, and then add http://*facebook.com/beacon/* as one of the blocked sites. Make sure to keep those asterisks in. If that sounds a little complicated, this step-by-step walk-through at Wikihow shows you how it's done. Alternatively, you could also add the same url to AdBlockPlus, another Firefox extension.
How to Block Facebook Beacon [WikiHow]
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comments
Updated Nested Comments Script Released
YogurtEart has released a new update to his awesome nested comments script. This is an optional Firefox + Greasemonkey add-on that makes it so comments that reply to one another appear below each other and indented. Personally, I find this makes following the various sub-conversations within a thread easier. Supports Firefox with GreaseMonkey and Opera with Opera UserJS. The new version fixes the problem of the commenter buttons getting smooshed next to each other within a nest.
YogurtEarl's GreaseMonkey scripts [YogurtEarl]
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deals
RetailMeNot Firefox Extension AutoFinds Deals For Online Stores You're Visting
The RetailMeNot site helps you find coupon codes for tons of different sites online, and now there's a RetailMeNot Firefox extension to make deal-finding even easier. Sometimes you forget to scope out the coupon code sites for applicable savings before checking out at online retailers. This handy extension gives you a little warning on the top bar if its found coupons for the site you're currently visiting.
RetailMeNot [Firefox Add-ons via Lifehacker]
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See if there's any coupons around for the site you're viewing with the Coupon Craze Firefox add-on. [Lifehacker]
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Wesabe, the personal-finance social networking site, introduced a Firefox extension to ease member's upload and access to banking data. [Wheaties For Your Wallet]
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looking into the abyss
Does Comcast Hate Mac And Firefox?
You'd think the country's largest ISP would embrace customers who use Firefox and Safari. Or maybe you wouldn't. Tech.Blorge blogger David says they "hate" Mac and Firefox. Strong words! More » -
walmart
Walmart Hates Firefox And Safari
Progress has been made over at the Walmart video download site. Rather than just spewing nonsense when you try to enter the site with Firefox, it now detects your browser and tells you to download IE. The error message reads: More » -
tech
Google Tips Irk Firefox Guy
Blake Ross, "one of the key people behind the Firefox browser" has an axe to grind with Google. From Ross' blog: More » -
firefox
Firefox: More Errors Than Internet Explorer, But Faster Solutions
The Firefox vs. Internet Explorer debates are much like the Mac vs. PC wars. Everyone seems to choose sides, and the Firefox crew proselytizes much like Mac owners do. More » -
complaints
Best Buy Hates Firefox
Loyal Consumerist Danilo slowly accrued Best Buy points, only to be foiled by retarded web design. More » -
drm
DRM Link Barf
- Media convergence, not muskets, will fight piracy. This guy knows his piracy, he's from China.
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