Mozilla Firefox, School Edition (sorry I keep on posting about this!!!)
I have finally gotten somewhere with Mozilla Firefox, School Edition. In this post I will go over the features of it and post a link to download it, so it is available for others to change, and then post their revisions in this thread.
Feaures
-Built off of the portable edition, so it can be copied onto any computer without need to install. The original version of Firefox, Portable Edition is available here. There is a disadvantage though, because it will not work on Mac. If someone knows how to fix that please take the program (below) and do so.
-Comes with relevant addons
-Public Fox: Used to keep settings the same. Prevents the bookmarks, addons, etc. from being changed. Note that it is off in the version I post so that It does not interfere with what we are working on.
-Fasterfox: Makes the internet run faster. I set it to courteous mode so it does not increase server load. Also I disabled prefetching.
-Ad Block Plus: Used to block ads. I subscribed to Easy List, and added a few filters that I find work extremely well.
-Flashblock: Used to block Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash player.
-Fox Filter: Used as a client-level website blocker/filter to work alongside the firewall/server level one. People please add on to this list. I made a list of more then 7 thousand web based proxies and blocked them, so it would take great effort to bypass the firewall level filter. And yes, there was an error when I copied the list of proxies I made, and every site is listed like 5 times.
-Splash: Adds a splash screen. Most are pointless, but the portable edition of Firefox takes longer to load, and students might open like 20 of them because it is taking a while to load, so i put this in so they know that it is loading.
Here are ways you can help me perfect this program:
-Give me ideas, addons I could install, advice
- Test it (download the file from the link at the bottom of the post). I need testing in the following areas:
-Test to make sure the filters work
-Test to make sure Public Fox works
-Make sure school-appropriate websites load with the ad-blockers and filters
-Add on to it. I need people to download the file and add things to it. Take peoples ideas that they post then add them and post the new file in this thread.
-If you are a SysAdmin for a school, tell me if your school would accept software like this.
-Any other way you can think of!
So here is the download link:
File Name: FFSE.zip
File Size: 12.53 MB
If this download link fails to work, reply to this post and I will fix it.
Sorry there are weird spacing things. Something is messed up with my computer
