Bilefox
Did you know that recent versions of Firefox block attempts to connect to http servers on non-standard ports? That there is no dialog box to make Firefox connect to those ports? Did you know that Internet Freaking Explorer respects its users enough to connect to whatever port they specify, while Firefox obstructs and then obfuscates? I am the user, a human being with executive decision-making capacity. The browser is a tool and I will be thrice-damned if it will dictate to me how I am to use it.
agittins wrote up this workaround:
Go to about:config in your Firefox browser. Right click somewhere, and choose “New => String” In the setting Name box type “network.security.ports.banned.override” In the Setting Value box, type “1-65535″. Yep, that’s all of ‘em Click OK
As I said, that’s a workaround. The solution is this: I probably ought to just finish making my switch to Opera — don’t know why I’ve been putting it off. Maybe I was thinking I’d miss access to the source code, but my lack of time and interest keeps me from contributing to Mozilla (or even reading their code) anyway.
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