Comments on: Synchronizing NoScript Configuration Using Weave or XMarks http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/ Giorgio Maone's answers to the Web, the Universe, and Everything Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Marth’s Firefox Add-ons « The Unofficial Café Kong Blog http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-14620 Marth’s Firefox Add-ons « The Unofficial Café Kong Blog Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:07:15 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-14620 [...] block and allow websites to use JavaScript, Flash, and Java. It’s very easy to customize, and settings can be imported to other computers running Firefox using Weave or XMarks. Posted in Firefox Add-ons, [...] […] block and allow websites to use JavaScript, Flash, and Java. It’s very easy to customize, and settings can be imported to other computers running Firefox using Weave or XMarks. Posted in Firefox Add-ons, […]

]]> By: wastelandamerica.com http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-13219 wastelandamerica.com Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:25:46 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-13219 Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You've now made my mobile Firefox fortress more secure than ever. I have to tell you about my firefox set-up. I'm no programmer, just a guy who spends time on computers. I have xmarks, FEBE, noscript, foxyproxy and no-ads installed on my firefox on my laptop. Xmarks keeps my bookmarks and my passwords, noscript and foxyproxy keep me secure, and no-ads just makes ads not eyesores. FEBE stores my themes and extensions on box.net, so anywhere there's firefox I'll be able to get my fortress online in seconds! This post just makes it even easier because I won't have to reconfig noscript! Thank you! Thank you! I hear you're into internet freedom and anti-capitalism. I'm interested in seeing what you think. I haven't delved into your blog yet, do you blog about it? And in a blatant act of blog-whoring, I invite you to check out my blog at wastelandamerica.com because my blog is also interested in those topics. But it's more specificially about how culture and the do's and don'ts of our world are a result of communication tech, and how we can use them to build a more just world. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You’ve now made my mobile Firefox fortress more secure than ever. I have to tell you about my firefox set-up. I’m no programmer, just a guy who spends time on computers. I have xmarks, FEBE, noscript, foxyproxy and no-ads installed on my firefox on my laptop. Xmarks keeps my bookmarks and my passwords, noscript and foxyproxy keep me secure, and no-ads just makes ads not eyesores. FEBE stores my themes and extensions on box.net, so anywhere there’s firefox I’ll be able to get my fortress online in seconds! This post just makes it even easier because I won’t have to reconfig noscript! Thank you! Thank you!

I hear you’re into internet freedom and anti-capitalism. I’m interested in seeing what you think. I haven’t delved into your blog yet, do you blog about it? And in a blatant act of blog-whoring, I invite you to check out my blog at wastelandamerica.com because my blog is also interested in those topics. But it’s more specificially about how culture and the do’s and don’ts of our world are a result of communication tech, and how we can use them to build a more just world.

]]> By: Nan M http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12684 Nan M Thu, 14 May 2009 15:15:17 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12684 Nice one, Prof :-) #NS bonus The feature's been petitioned for more than any other feature - - except B****list in the UI, of course ;-) your Western Australian fans Nice one, Prof :-)
#NS bonus
The feature’s been petitioned for more than any other feature - - except B****list in the UI, of course ;-)

your Western Australian fans

]]> By: GµårÐïåñ http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12673 GµårÐïåñ Thu, 14 May 2009 01:35:50 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12673 Thank you Giorgio. This may be a hack and it may rely on a system that I personally don't feel like using but the fact that it can be achieved by manually syncing as well and not using a third-party service makes it a useful addition as a feature. Thanks and keep up the good work. Thank you Giorgio. This may be a hack and it may rely on a system that I personally don’t feel like using but the fact that it can be achieved by manually syncing as well and not using a third-party service makes it a useful addition as a feature. Thanks and keep up the good work.

]]> By: Justin Dolske http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12672 Justin Dolske Thu, 14 May 2009 01:17:48 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12672 Cool, but yeah, this does seem to be a bit of a hack. Have you talked with the Labs guys about adding preference-sync support to Weave? (Maybe they're already planning it, I don't know). It would be great if extensions could just opt-in to sharing a particular pref branch through Weave (or some more general arbitrary-data sync). I'm sure the Labs guys would welcome your input (not to mention patches! :). Cool, but yeah, this does seem to be a bit of a hack.

Have you talked with the Labs guys about adding preference-sync support to Weave? (Maybe they’re already planning it, I don’t know). It would be great if extensions could just opt-in to sharing a particular pref branch through Weave (or some more general arbitrary-data sync). I’m sure the Labs guys would welcome your input (not to mention patches! :).

]]> By: alanjstr http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12671 alanjstr Thu, 14 May 2009 00:13:33 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12671 Well, Xmarks did add support for password synch, so maybe the two of you can work together on an API so its no longer a hack. You could choose to sync whitelists, blacklists... Well, Xmarks did add support for password synch, so maybe the two of you can work together on an API so its no longer a hack. You could choose to sync whitelists, blacklists…

]]> By: Giorgio http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12668 Giorgio Wed, 13 May 2009 22:08:27 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12668 @<a href="http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12667" rel="nofollow">Laurens Holst</a>: this <strong>is</strong> a hack, definitely. But it's also the cheapest way to piggyback onto a well proven and reliable service, which provides encryption, storage and conflict resolution for free without reinventing the wheel. Generic settings synchronization is not suitable, because some preferences are transient and other are system specific: therefore some kind of application-specific logic is always needed. NoScript, for instance, prevents persistence on startup not to pollute the shared storage and explicitly avoids syncing temporary whitelists and other transient data. @Laurens Holst:
this is a hack, definitely.
But it’s also the cheapest way to piggyback onto a well proven and reliable service, which provides encryption, storage and conflict resolution for free without reinventing the wheel.

Generic settings synchronization is not suitable, because some preferences are transient and other are system specific: therefore some kind of application-specific logic is always needed.
NoScript, for instance, prevents persistence on startup not to pollute the shared storage and explicitly avoids syncing temporary whitelists and other transient data.

]]> By: Laurens Holst http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12667 Laurens Holst Wed, 13 May 2009 22:01:19 +0000 http://hackademix.net/2009/05/13/synchronizing-noscript-configuration-using-weave-or-xmarks/#comment-12667 As much as I think settings synchronisation is nice, this seems a bit like a hack :). Maybe the next XMarks feature should be to synchronise settings? They can already do bookmarks and passwords… As much as I think settings synchronisation is nice, this seems a bit like a hack :). Maybe the next XMarks feature should be to synchronise settings? They can already do bookmarks and passwords…

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