[hemmerling] Remote Access Tools for Computers & Network Clients 4/5 - Browsers I

Related pages:

• Google Android 10/10 - TV compatible Apps ( for Android TV, Google TV, Amazon Fire TV ).
• Remote Access Tools for Computers & Network Clients 1/5.
• Remote Access Tools for Computers & Network Clients 2/5 - Serial Connections.
• Remote Access Tools for Computers & Network Clients 3/5 - Screen Sharing.
• Remote Access Tools for Computers & Network Clients 5/5 - Browsers & E-Mail Clients & Newsreaders II.

• Microsoft Answers "sorry, add-ons can only be installed for ie8 and ie9" on WinXP, where MSIE 8 is already installed.
• The easiest way to set and change the default browser ( to Firefox, GoogleChrome, MicrosofEdge or MSIE11) on Windows, just if MSIE11 is not yet the default browser:
  • For Germany:
    • “Systemsteuerung” or MSIE11.
      • “Internetoptionen / Programme - Internet Explorer wird geöffnet” - “Internet Explorer als Standardbrowser einrichten”.
• As of 2018-05, most Internet websites refuse to communicate with MSIE6 of W2k, as they require SSL connections.
  • MSIE6 just supports SSL2.0, SSL3.0, TSL 1.0 .
  • If you enter “apple.de”, the MSIE6 browser just loads BING, searching for “apple.de” .
  • Just a few sites which don´t requre SSL, are loaded properly, e.g. hemmerling.free.fr.
  • See:
    • Intermundien "Client SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0 deaktivieren / aktivieren" - “Durch das das SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0 und TLS 1.0 Protokoll keine Sicherheit mehr gewährleistet wird dringend empfohlen diese zu deaktivieren”.
    • Microsoft Support "Internet Explorer cannot display an HTTPS site when SSL 2.0 and TLS 1.2 are selected" - “To use client-side certificates to establish an HTTPS connection over TLS 1.2, you must disable SSL 2.0”.

• “Microsoft Edge” for Windows, Android, iPhone.
  • Google Play "Microsoft Edge: Web Browser".
  • Apple Store "Microsoft Edge: Web Browser".
• “This Site is trying to open Google Chrome” .
  • The Windows Club "Disable 'This Site is trying to open this application prompt in Edge or Chrome'" - Did not work for me .
  • YouTube "How To Reset Microsoft Edge On Windows 10 To Fix Load & Links Error" - Did not work for me .
  • Windows10: “Settings / Default apps” ⇒ “Reset to Microsoft recommended defaults” - Works for me . Now again I am asked each time “This site is trying to open Pick an application” .
• Netzwelt "Microsoft Edge: So öffnet ihr Webseiten im Internet Explorer-Modus".
  • “Aktiviert dort den Schalter “Zulassen, dass Websites im Internet Explorer-Modus neu geladen werden” und startet Microsoft Edge per Mausklick auf den blauen Knopf direkt darunter neu”.
  • “Nachdem ihr den Internet Explorer-Modus freigeschaltet habt, könnt ihr diesen wie folgt für eine gerade geladene Seite aktivieren”.

• eGovernment Computing.
  • Newspaper 06/2022, page 11, article “Open Source. Linux im Public Sector” - “Als zweite Herausforderung wird eine alternative Groupware genannt. 'Microsoft Outlook' hat sich längst zum Standard entwickelt. In der Studie wird empfohlen, die Umstellung der eMail und Groupware-Applikation im Rahmen einer Umstellun des eMail-Dienstes auf ein Open-Source-Produkt durchzuführen. Aber: 'Problematisch bezüglich der Nutzung von MS Exchange als eMail-Dienst in Kombination mit einer anderen Open-Source-Mail-und-Groupware-Applikation ist das lizenzrechtliche Verbot innerhalb der USA, das von Microsoft patentierte ActiveSync-Protokoll in Open-Source-Anwendungen zu implementieren'. Aus diesem Grund gebe es keine Open-Source-eMal/Groupware-Client-Applikationen, die man gegen einen MS-Exchange-Dienst verwenden könne. Problematisch sei diesbezüglich auch, dass für eine Outlook-Ablösung nicht nur das Mailprogramm ersetzt, sondern auch das vollständige Mail- und Kollaborationsbackend MS Exchange durch eine andere Software abgelöst werden müsse”.
  • Complete report:
    • T1P.de - “Kurz-URL-Service mit Phishing- & Malware-Schutz”
      • T1P.de "Studie-SH",
  • Dataport - “Wir machen Leistungen und Prozesse der öffentlichen Verwaltung digital, sicher und für Bürger zugänglich. Für und mit Ländern und Kommunen. Von der Beratung über die strategische Entwicklung bis zum sicheren IT-Betrieb und innovativen Produkten”.
    • Dataport, Land Schleswig-Holstein "Linux Arbeitsplatz für die öffentliche Verwaltung" ( PDF ).
• EN.Wikipedia "ActiveSync", DE.Wikipedia "ActiveSync".
• EN.Wikipedia Exchange ActiveSync", DE.Wikipedia "Exchange ActiveSync".

• Mozilla - Browser “Firefox” , E-Mail client “Thunderbird”.
• The download archive Mozilla "Firefox Extended Support Release" ( ESR ) - Might be the only source for Firefox with plugins .
• The download archive Mozilla Releases.
  • Mozilla Releases - Firefox.
    • Mozilla Download - Firefox 12.0 is the latest release for W2k.
    • For a while, it looked as if Mozilla Download - Firefox 82.0.3 is the latest which works in local ( Microsoft ) networks with the local server “Apache XAMPP 1.7.7” - But thats not true. Firefox 86.0.1 works again properly.
  • Thunderbird.
    • Mozilla Releases - Thunderbird.
      • Mozilla Download - Thunderbird 12.01 is the latest release for W2k.
      • Thunderbird 17esr ( “Thunderbird Extended Support Releases (ESR)” ) - A very stable software, suitable for legacy “slow” PIII computers.
• Mozilla "Firefox Browser Developer Edition" - “Firefox Developer Edition automatically sends feedback to Mozilla”.
• Mozilla Wiki - RapidRelease/Calendar → Dates of new releases.
• Flock - “Flock Browser - The Social Web Browser”.
• The free Esker ActiveX Plug-in for Netscape 4.x and 6.x browsers - “The Esker ActiveX Plug-in adds ActiveX control support to WIN32 Netscape Navigator”.
• Fortify - “A program that provides world-wide, unconditional, full strength 128-bit cryptography to users of Netscape Navigator (v3 and v4) and Communicator (v4)”.
• EN.Wikipedia "Mozilla Application Suite", DE.Wikipedia "Mozilla Application Suite".
• EN.Wikipedia "SeaMonkey", DE.Wikipedia "SeaMonkey".
• EN.Wikipedia "Mozilla Firefox", DE.Wikipedia "Mozilla Firefox".

• DE.Wikipedia "Firefox Focus", DE.Wikipedia "Firefox Klar".

• Firefox Monitor - “See if you’ve been part of an online data breach”.

• Addons for Mozilla.
  1. Javascript Disabler. Since Firefox23, Javascript can´t be disabled anymore by the internal options, but just by such plugins.
     • Firefox Addon "NoScript", Firefox Addon "NoScript Security Suite".
       • InformAction "NoScript".
       • EN.Wikipedia "NoScript",DE.Wikipedia "NoScript".
     • Firefox Addon "JSOff".
  2. Userscript.
     • Script engine:
       1. Firefox Browser Add-Ons "Tampermonkey".
       2. Firefox Browser Add-Ons "Greasemonkey".
     • Userscripts-Mirror.
     • GitHub "fabacab / fetlife-aslsearch" - “FetLife Age/Sex/Location Search (Extended Edition)”. “This repository was archived by the owner on May 16, 2020. It is now read-only” . A website search tool, which doesn't work anymore .
       • “For some reason, FetLife decided to start automatically banning accounts that they suspect use tools they disapprove of even if those tools make your FetLife experience more of what you want it to be. They do this by trying to detect add-ons that 'crawl' their website, that is, tools that load many pages at once”.
       • Userscripts-Mirror "FetLife ASL Search".
         • userscripts-mirror "FetLife ASL Search. Allows you to search for FetLife profiles based on age, sex, location, and role. This is a Greasemonkey user script".
  3. uBlock Origin - “Free, open-source ad content blocker”.
     • Firefox Addon "uBlock Origin".
  4. Firefox Addon "User Agent Switcher".
     • Bernds Blog "Bezahl-Netz für Internet-Ausdrucker", 2009-12-16.
       • “Mit großem Tam-Tam hat sich am Montag das Hamburger Abendblatt zum heiligen Samariter der Old-School-Journalisten empor geschwungen und verkündet, dass man zukünftig für einen Teil der Inhalte Geld haben möchte”.
       • “Man nehme einen UserAgent-Switcher (z.B. als Firefox-Extension) und schalte auf eine Kennung des Google-Bot um. Et voilà, die Website des Hamburger Abendblattes steht wieder sperrangelweit offen wie gehabt und man kann alle Artikel ohne Einschränkung lesen”.
  5. Firefox Addon "Adblock Plus".
  6. Firefox Addon "Video DownloadHelper".
  7. PrimeLife.
     • The OpenSource Firefox addon PrimeLife / OpenSource "Dashboard" - “Helps you track what information is collected by the websites you visit, together with a means to set your preferences on a site by site basis”.
  8. Firefox Addon "uBlock Origin" - “Finally, an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory”.

• Firebug - Web Development Evolved - “Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of web development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page”.
• Mozilla Firefox Add-Ons "Firebug" - “Integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page...”.
  • With a mouse-rightclick on an element, you can select “Copy XPath” and “Copy CSS Path” .

• "Live HTTP Headers" - “View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing”.

• Google - Search for "firefox plugin screen size".
  • Firefox Addon "Window Resizer".

• Firefox Addon "Web Developer", Firefox Addon "Web Developer".

• Typcial classical and modern screen sizes:
  • Desktop 4:3 tube display ⇒ 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, ( 1280×1024 ), 1600×1200.
  • Desktop 16:9 display ⇒ 800×600, 1280×720, 1366×768, 1920×1080 FullHD.
  • TV set or large display ⇒ 1920×1080 FullHD, 3840×2160 4K.
  • Display “ASUS VW220D” ⇒ 1680×1050.
  • Desktop PC “Lenovo ThinkCentre 58p”, with 4:3 tube display ⇒ 800×600, 1024×768, ( 1280×1024 ), 1600×1200. With display “ASUS VW220D” ⇒ 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800, 1680×1050.
  • Notebook PC 16:10 “Dell Vostro 1000” ⇒ 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×800.
  • Notebook PCs 16:9 “ASUS Eee PC 901”, “ASUS Eee PC T101MT” ⇒ 1024×600.
  • Notebook PC “Hewlett-Packard HP 255 G5”, internal display ⇒ 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×720, 1366×768. With internal + external display “ASUS VW220D” ⇒ 1680×1050.
  • Smartphone 16:9 “Alcatel One Touch Scribe HD 8008D”, “BQ Aquaris U” ⇒ 720×1280, 1280×720.
  • Tablet “I-ONIK TabletPC TP7-1000DC light” ⇒ 480×480, 800×480.
  • Tablet “Acer Iconia One 7 B1-770” ⇒ 600×1024, 1024×600.
• iOS Resolution. Display proerties of every iPhone, iPad and iPod touch Apple ever made.
  • Blisk.io "iPhone 13" ( just without “www.” ) - “iPhone 13”.. ”@media only screen and (min-width: 390px) and (orientation: landscape) { /* Your Styles... */ }”.
  • Typical logical resolutions of Apple smartphones:
    • ( 476×847, 847×476 ).
    • 428×926, 926×428.
    • ( 414×896, 896×414 ).
    • ( 414×736, 736×414 ).
    • 390×844, 844×390.
    • 375×812, 812×375.
    • ( 375×667, 667×375 ).
    • ( 320×568, 568×320 ).
    • ( 320×480, 480×320 ).
  • Typical logical resolutions of Apple tablets:
    • 1024×1366, 1366×1024.
    • 834×1194, 1194×834.
    • 834×1112, 1112×834.
    • 820×1180, 1180×820.
    • 810×1080, 1080×810.
    • 810×1080, 1080×810.
    • 768×1024, 1024×768.
    • 744×1133, 1133×744.
    • 320×568, 568×320.
    • 320×480, 480×320.
  • MacBooks:
    • Apple Support "MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2011) - Technical Specifications" - “Supported resolutions: 1920 by 1200 (native)”.
    • YesViz "MacBook Pro 16'' 2019" - “MacBook Pro 16'' 2019 resolution is 3072 x 1920 PX... viewport size is 1536 x 960 PX”.
    • Blisk.io "MacBook Pro" ( just without “www.” ) - “MacBook Pro is a desktop powered by macOS OS and released by Apple on November 13, 2019... Viewport Size: 1440px × 900px. Screen Size: 2880px × 1800px...MacBook Pro has a large-sized Retina display with a 15.4-inch screen (... 16:10 aspect ratio)”.
  • Amazon Kindle Fire, Amazon Fire TV:
    • AWS "Documentation / Amazon Silk / User Guide / Screen Resolution.
      • Screen resolution (px), Scale factor:
        • 1920×1200, (hdpi).
        • 1024×600, (mdpi).
        • 1280×800, (tvdpi).
        • 1280×800, (tvdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.0 (mdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.3 (tvdpi).
        • 1024×600, 1 (mdpi).
        • 2560×1600, 2.0 (xhdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.5 (hdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.5 (hdpi).
        • 1280×720, 2.0 (xhdpi).
        • 2560×1600, 2.0 (xhdpi).
        • 1920×1200, 2.0 (xhdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.5 (hdpi).
        • 1920×1200, 1.5 (hdpi).
        • 1280×800, 1.5 (hdpi).
        • 1024×600, 1.0 (mdpi).
        • 1024×600, 1.0 (mdpi).
    • Amazon Developers "Fire Tablet Device Specifications: Overview".
    • Amazon Developers "Fire TV Device Specifications: Overview".
      • Amazon Developers "Device Specifications: Fire TV Streaming Media Player"
        • “Fire TV Stick - 3rd Gen ( 2020 )” - “Resolution and refresh rates - Up to 1920 x 1080 (1080p) - 60Hz”.
        • “Fire TV Stick 4K Max - 1st Gen ( 2021 )” - “Resolution and refresh rates - Up to 4K @ 60fps”.

• Mozilla Support "Use Web Apps with Firefox for Android".

• Just “Recommended Extensions” may be installed for Firefox Mobile .
• “Recommended” addons offered in 2023-11:
  1. uBlock Origin.
  2. Dark Reader.
  3. AdGuard Werbeblocker.
  4. Tampermonkey.
  5. Privacy Badger.
  6. Ghostery - datenschutzorientierter Werbeblocker.
  7. FoxyProxy Standard.
  8. Bitwarden - Kostenloser Passwort-Manager.
  9. NoScript.
  10. Firefox Relay.
  11. Search by Image.
  12. ClearURLs.
  13. Read Aloud. A Text to Speech Reader.
  14. AdNauseam.
  15. Decentraleyes.
  16. YouTube High Definition
  17. Privacy Possum.
  18. LeechBLock NG.
  19. Web Archives.
  20. Tomato Clock.
  21. Videowiedergabe im Hintergrund.
  22. Google Search Fixer.
• Mozilla Support "Recommended Extensions program".
  • “Recommended extensions differ from other extensions that are regularly reviewed by Firefox staff in that they are curated extensions that meet the highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience” .
• Firefox Extension Workshop "Developing extensions for Firefox for Android".

• Nirsoft "MZCacheView v2.21 - View the cache files of Firefox Web browsers" for Windows.

• Addons for Thunderbird.
  • Thunderbird Addon, Paolo "Kaosmos "ImportExportTools" for Thunderbird 1- 24 #.
  • Enigmail OpenPGP.
  • mozilla Forum: "Quicktime plugin 7.1.6 remains disabled in Firefox 3", on W2k.
  • Blocked addins are named in the file.
    • <Firefox Root Directory > / “blocklist.xml”.
    • All “blocklist.xml” files profiles below “D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\”
      • If Firefox detects an addin to be blocked, you must first edit the blocklist and then reinstall the addin.
  • Thunderbird Add-On "Lightning" - “Organize your schedule and life's important events in a calendar that's fully integrated with your Thunderbird email. Manage multiple calendars, create your daily to do list, invite friends to events, and subscribe to public calendars”.

• Mozilla Developer Network "Mozilla Toolkit" - “A set of programming interfaces (APIs) built on top of Gecko which provide advanced services to XUL applications”.
• Mozilla Developer Networkk "XML User Interface Language ( XUL )".

• Howto:
  1. Call Thunderbird.
  2. Step 1:
     1. “Configuration / Option” - Select ”[x] Menu Bar”.
     2. “File / New / Existing Mail Address”.
     3. Fill in the data of your mandatory E-Mail account, then press the button “Continue”.
     4. Select ”[x] POP3”.
     5. Press button “Manual config”.
     6. Press button “Advanced config”.
     7. “Account Settings”.
        1. ”[x] Attach the signature from a file instead (text, HTML, or image):” and select a file by the browse button.
     8. “Server Settings”.
        1. Unselect ”[ ] Check for new messages at startup”.
        2. Unselect ”[ ] Check for new messages every XX minutes”.
        3. It is very urgent to unselect ”[ ] Automatically download new messages”.
        4. Unselect ”[ ] Leave messages on server”.
     9. “Composition & Adressing”.
        1. Unselect ”[ ] Compose messages in HTML format”.
     10. Press button “Ok”.
  3. Step 2:
     1. Open the just created profile by mouse-rightclick.
     2. “Server Settings”.
     3. “Local directory”: Press button “Browse” and select the existing mail directory for the account.
     4. Press button “Ok”.
     5. Thunderbird asks you “Thunderbird needs to restart to apply the change of the Local directory settting”. Press button “Restart”.
• The motivation:
  • During a recent installation of Thunderbird 31,
    • I selected by error a IMAP account for testing my E-Mail provider account ,
    • without deactivation of the message download option ,
    • and then ( see step 2 ) I selected the existing POP3 mail directory for the account as new local directory.
  • The effect was that my “Sent” directory and a few other directories were emptied , if I remember right the “failure of filtering” bug appeared during the download. But Thunderbird definitively wiped out the contents of some email subdirectories by own activity .

• After new installation of Windows and installation of Thunderbird 31, including the creation of a new Thunderbird user profile, Thunderbird did not work properly, but Windows told me that Thunderbird is in Google "AppHangB1" mode. The application was not usable, after 1 or 2 mouseclicks it “hanged” and just showed the Windows sandmill.
  • It did not help to deinstall and reinstall neither Thunderbird 31 nor 24.01 - The “hanging” happended every time.
  • Thunderbird 17 installed properly, but was not able to use the Thunderbird 31 & 24.01 profile properly - so it did not display the mail folders, though it knew about the account.
  • The only help was to delete the Thunderbird profile - the “hanging” did not appear again neither with Thunderbird 31 or 24.01.

• MozillaZine "Profile folder - Thunderbird" - “You can also navigate directly to your profile folder at the following path: C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\<Profile name>”.
• MozillaZine Forum "Your Thunderbird profile cannot be loaded".
  • “Your best bet might be to delete the profiles.ini file for Thunderbird (make certain you don't delete the one for Firefox instead)”.
  • C:\Users\<Windows user name>\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\profile.ini”.

• Error message while sending an E-Mail by SMTP, by E-Mail provider GMX:

  An error occured while sending mail. 
  The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Authentification expired (mp016). 
  Please check the message and try again.

• Solution: Login at the Web portal of GMX. GMX suspended your account ( due to a login attack attempt ) and asks you to setup a new password, by the Web portal. After that, with new password, E-Mail sending works again.

• Keeping the default option “Allow [your OS's search engine] to search messages” creates a backup of Thunderbirg messages, in extra subdirectories, but in the same file system path. You may later import these messages into Thunderbird, if necessary.
• Getsatisfaction - Thunderbird "*.sbd and *.mozmsgs files reappearing on HD" - “The .mozmsgs directories store data that allows Windows Search or Spotlight to index your mail folders. They are filled up if you let your computer remain idle for some time and keep Thunderbird open. You can easily turn it off from Tools-Options or Preferences, in the Advanced pane, General tab. You'll find a checkbox saying 'Allow [your OS's search engine] to search messages'”.
• Mozillazine "recover lost emails from Inbox.mozmsgs folder", 2009-05-04.
  • “I copied the missing files from the *.mozmsgs folder in my profile to a new folder. Used the command prompt to change the file extension from .wdseml to .eml and then used Import/Export Tools Add-On to import the missing messages back into Thunderbird” .
  • “It should be noted that the wdseml files do not contain any attachments that may have been part of the original message” .

• Error message when receiving E-Mails and sorting it into folders according to filter rules:

  The messages could not be filtered to folder '%S' because writing to folder failed. 
  Verify that you have enough disk space, and that you have write privileges to the file system, 
  then try again

• Bugzilla@Mozilla "Bug 931303 - message could not be filtered to folder because writing to folder failed".
• Thunderbird 24.0.1 is currently the latest stable release, as of 2014-05, without this bug.
• Tip: If you switch back from Thunderbird 24.5 to 24.0.1, please compress all folder data by Thunderbird itself, to get rid of the bug.

• Mozilla Support Forum "How to disable images in firefox" - “Go to about:config, search for this option “permissions.default.image” change to ..”, “1 for enable images and 2 worked for disable images”.

• English: “Debugger / Responsive Design Mode”.
• German: “Debugger / Bildschirmauflösung”.

• Desktop: “Tools / Settings / Privacy & Security / Cookies and Site Data - Manage Data” allows you to delete single cookies.
• Android: Mozilla Support "Cookies und Website-Daten für eine einzelne Domain in Firefox für Android löschen".

• Desktop: “about:config”.
• Android: Mozilla Discourse "About:config missing", 2020-11 - “About:config is available in the Beta and Nightly versions of Firefox for Android”.

• Mozilla Add-ons Community Blog "Built-in FTP implementation to be removed in Firefox 90", 2021-04.
• Mozilla Security Blog "Stopping FTP support in Firefox 90", 2021-07.

• Firefox Extension Workshop.
  • Firefox Extension Workshop "Distributing an add-on yourself".

• Mozilla Hacks "Add Progressive Web Apps to your Home screen in Firefox for Android".

• There is a “Sync” function on Firefox on desktop operating systems ( i.e. Windows, Linux ) .
  • For synchronisation of the browser of devices: Must each device be online, at time of synchronisation, with browser loaded as active application?
• There is on “Sync” function on Firefox on Android smartphones .
• Mozilla Support "Sync bookmarks, tabs, history and passwords on Android", 2025-04.

• Computer Hope "Enable the missing File menu bar" for Firefox.
• As of 2018-05, most Internet websites refuse to communicate with Firefox12 of W2k, as they require SSL connections.
  • MSIE6 just supports SSL3.0, TSL 1.0 .
  • Loading “apple.de” still works .
  • If you enter “githbub.com”, the Firefox12 browser just displays the error message “Secure Connection failed... Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)” .
  • Sites which don´t requre SSL, are of course loaded properly, e.g. hemmerling.free.fr.
• Firefox action “Checking for Updates” - How to disable at start of Firefox execution.
  • Reddit "How to disable automatic check for update", 2021-07.
    • Firefox URL “about:config” - “app.update.channel” ⇒ read “release”.
    • File “C:\Program Files\Mozilla\Firefox\defaults\pref\channel-prefs.js”.
      • Checking:

        pref("app.update.channel", "release");
        

      • Non-checking:

        pref("app.update.channel", "default");
        

    • Firefox URL “about:config” - “app.update.channel” ⇒ read “default”.