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Interclue and the pitfalls of going proprietary

12-29-2008 07:00 AM
The Interclue extension is supposed to give you a preview of links in Firefox before you visit them, saving you mouse-clicks and, with a little luck, allowing you to move quickly between multiple links on the same page. Unfortunately, the determination to monetize the add-on and keep its source code closed results in elaborations that make the basic idea less effective, and its constant pleas for donations make Interclue into nagware. As much as the usefulness of the basic utility, Interclue serves as an object lesson of the difficulties that the decision to go proprietary can take.

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firefox

firefox(1)							   User Commands							firefox(1)

NAME

       firefox - Firefox for Sun Java Desktop System

SYNOPSIS

       firefox [options ... ] [url]

DESCRIPTION

       Firefox	is  a  free, open-source web browser based on the Mozilla codebase.  It is small, fast and easy to use, and offers many advantages
       over other browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -height value	       Set the height of startup window to value.

       -h or -help	       Display the help message.

       -width value	       Set the width of startup window to value.

       -v or -version	       Display the version message.

       -P profile	       Start with the profile named: profile.

       -ProfileManager	       Start with profile manager.

       -UILocale locale        Start with the UI Locale listed: locale.

       -safe-mode	       Disables extensions and themes for this session.

       -jsconsole	       Open the JavaScript console.

       -browser 	       Open a browser window.

       -setDefaultBrowser      Set this app as the default browser.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching Firefox

       example% firefox

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/firefox

	   Executable for Firefox application

       $HOME/.mozilla/firefox

	   User configuration files for Firefox

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWfirefox		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       For more information about firefox, please refer to http://www.mozilla.org/firefox

       Refer to Help->Help Contents for more information.

NOTES

       Updated by Evan Yan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2008.

SunOS 5.11							    10 Jul 2008 							firefox(1)

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