10.6: Copy URLs from downloaded files
If you download a file with Safari or certain other programs, you may be able to copy its download URL from its Get Info window. Select the file in the Downloads folder (or elsewhere) and press command-I. Find the Where From ntry in the More Info section of the Get Info window. Hold down the mouse button and drag across the URL listed there to select it, then choose Copy from the Edit menu (or press Command-C). [robg adds: This will only work in 10.6; 10.5 won't let you select the text in that field. I'm not sure which browsers/apps other than Safari record this data; Firefox does not.]
published on Thursday, the 4. March 2010, macosxhints
Ex-Mozilla security lead joins Apple
Apple has hired a former Mozilla security chief, Window Synder, to work as the company's new senior security product manager. Snyder first joined Mozilla in 2006, and is said to have professionalized Firefox security response during a time when hackers were turning their attention to the browser. She is also credited with being a security strategist at Microsoft, where she worked on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and in managing connections with security consultants....
published on Tuesday, the 2. March 2010, macintosh-news-network
Cookie Platter removes unwanted cookies from Safari, Firefox
iTacet Software has launched Cookie Platter 1.0, a new application designed to automatically delete undesired cookies. The utility is capable of simultaneously working with multiple browsers such as Safari and Firefox, while providing tools for custom functions, cookie types, and domains. Other features include Flash cookie processing and the ability to view contents of individual cookies, or to preview the cookieís website, without opening a browser....
published on Monday, the 1. March 2010, macintosh-news-network
Chrome only web browser to gain share in February
Google's Chrome was the only significant web browser to gain market share last month, Net Applications found today. The WebKit browser jumped almost four tenths in February to get 5.61 percent of web use where every other large browser dropped. Internet Explorer fell once again to a record low of 61.58 percent, but Firefox and Safari also declined to 24.23 percent and 4.45 percent each....
published on Monday, the 1. March 2010, macintosh-news-network