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Firefox 14.01
Tuxman:
Wouldn't that be irony?
IainB:
FF 15.0 (I'm using the ß channel) also sends google searches via https.
I have been using the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere (FF and Chrome/Chromium) for a while now anyway, so it's a bit belts-and-braces.
EDIT 2012-07-23 0127hrs (NZT): Oops. Forgot to provide this relevant link.
EFF's "HTTPS Everywhere" (Firefox/Chrome add-on) - quick review
(That link also contains a link to HTTPS Finder, which can be a useful adjunct to HTTPS Everywhere.)
40hz:
The preferred abbreviation for Firefox is Fx, Mozilla uses it for extension file names. FF is wrong as there is no second capital F in Firefox.
-Tuxman (July 21, 2012, 01:21 AM)
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Yes they do. And hardly anyone cares. Except maybe Mozilla. :P
FWIW, in the USA "Fx" has been used as the abbreviation for "special effects" in the movie industry for ages, and is what most people here immediately think of when they see it.
"Fx" also is the recognized abbreviation for "foreign exchange" in Canada and the USA. Webster's Dictionary lists it as such too.
"fx" has also been a standard abbreviation for "fracture" on medical reports for many many years. Far longer than there has been a Firefox. Or even an Internet for that matter.
So good luck with that, Mozilla! (At least in North America.) ;D
Tuxman:
FF is the internationally accepted abbreviation for Final Fantasy.
Curt:
FF 15.0 also sends google searches via https.
I have been using the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere (FF and Chrome/Chromium) for a while now -IainB (July 22, 2012, 08:24 AM)
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-I didn't understand this. As far as I know, https is only possible if the site's author has enabled it. So, if a site wants to be malicious, it would of course not support https in the first place. Then what is the point of this "https almost everywhere" feature?
Feel free to explain Https for dummies, please :tellme:
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