Consumerist

Posts Tagged “

Firefox

”
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]

5 comments

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.)
Eric writes:

I recently tried to sign up for online access to my Wells Fargo Financial account. I am on a mac and use Firefox or Safari - depending on my mood.
More »

4:34 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Meg Marco
5,478 views, 58 comments

Latest by ericstoller: Wells Fargo Financial fixed it!!! I just checked it today and it works (on a Mac) in both Firefox and more »

not supported

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 »

3:18 PM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Meg Marco
6,230 views, 87 comments

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]
PREVIOUSLY: Facebook Ruins Christmas?

8:22 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Ben Popken
3,040 views, 31 comments

Latest by n/a: @kimsama: THANKS!!! :) more »

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]

8:55 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Ben Popken
585 views, 21 comments

Latest by nardo218: @tahl: Thank you! more »

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]

11:36 AM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Ben Popken
2,244 views, 12 comments

Latest by n/a: @dale3h: I am having the same issue. The bar comes up for the first retail site that i visit and more »

See if there's any coupons around for the site you're viewing with the Coupon Craze Firefox add-on. [Lifehacker]

2 comments

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]

Comment

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 »

1:23 PM on Wed Jul 18 2007
By Meg Marco
4,867 views, 43 comments

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:
Unsupported Browser
We're sorry ...
Our website requires the browser Internet Explorer version 6 or higher. It appears that you are using Firefox, Safari, or another browser that Wal-Mart Video Downloads doesn't currently support. Click here to get Internet Explorer for free from Microsoft.
More »

9:39 AM on Thu Feb 8 2007
By Meg Marco
179 views, 18 comments

Latest by IRSistherootofallevil: Oh well, then Walmart just lost a potential customer. I used iTunes anyway. 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:
    Google is now displaying "tips" that point searchers to Google Calendar, Blogger and Picasa for any search phrase that includes "calendar" (e.g. Yahoo calendar), "blog" and "photo sharing," respectively. This is clearly bad for competitors, and it's also a bad sign for Google.

Ross thinks these tips are bad for users. Why?
    The tips are different—and bad for users—because the services they recommend are not the best in their class. If Google wants to make it faster and easier for users to manage events, create a blog or share photos, it could do what it does when you search GOOG: link to the best services.

According to their own web search, Picasa is not the best service for photo sharing. What do you think? After being so loved for so long, has Google finally managed to mess up with "tips"? Does it bother you that they're shilling their crap? Or is this ok? —MEGHANN MARCO More »

2:46 PM on Fri Dec 29 2006
By Meg Marco
76 views, 22 comments

Latest by bobvilla: thats an idiotic complaint. They're presenting their services to users who might benefit from them. Google's, while innovative and 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 »

10:52 PM on Tue Sep 26 2006
By consumerist.com
133 views, 23 comments

complaints

Best Buy Hates Firefox

Loyal Consumerist Danilo slowly accrued Best Buy points, only to be foiled by retarded web design. More »

5:50 PM on Fri Aug 4 2006
By Ben Popken
423 views, 13 comments

drm

DRM Link Barf

  • Media convergence, not muskets, will fight piracy. This guy knows his piracy, he's from China.
More »