· April 23, 2007 at 7:28 am · Software Help
I tried to live with SiteAdvisor as long as I could, but McAfee’s over commercialization of the free product has lead me to look for a replacement.
That is where WOT comes into the picture. WOT is another extension for Firefox that acts as a reputation checker. Once installed it leaves a tiny footprint in the browser (which you can see in the picture above) and allows for quick and easy rating of links.
WOT is a free service that provides web site reputation information for users. You can download it as a simple add-on for your browser that determines the trustworthiness of websites based on direct testimonies from the users themselves.
All in all - I like WOT a lot better than SiteAdvisor. There isn’t a huge logo slapped across my browser, and I get no click-through ads like SiteAdvisor delivers. Give it a shot for yourself, because the more users this service has - the better the experience will become.
· November 13, 2006 at 7:00 am · Online Tools
Wasted space is a real pain in the butt for me.
I really like the SiteAdvisor extension for Firefox. The only problem that I have with it is that it takes up too much space on the bottom of the browser window. Now before McAfee took them over I could live with the icon.
How about now? It is just annoying. This is what inspired me to want to fix this problem. With this quick extension edit you can down size that icon and take the “McAfee” part off of it. I love SiteAdvisor but I do not need a McAfee looking back at me every time I glance down there.
If somebody wants me to do so, I can post longer instructions on how I got this done. In all reality you can replace the graphics here (just .gif files) with anything you wish. I figured ninety percent of the folks out there just want it done and don’t care how to do it on their own.
First thing you need to do is download this file.
+ Download This File! (safe.jar)
Now that you have that downloaded, search your computer for this folder:
{1650a312-02bc-40ee-977e-83f158701739}
If you have a problem finding it there, then check out this path:
C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\AplicationData\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\(random number)\extensions\
Look in there till you find the folder for SiteAdvisor. It might take some snooping - hence the reason why I included the “find the folder” method above.
Once you have found it, open it up then go into the “chrome” folder. Now inside this folder you should see a file called safe.jar. This is the one you want to replace. Drag the safe.jar that you downloaded from me into this folder, then replace it.
Restart Firefox, and your new down sized SiteAdvisor button should be there. Want more Firefox help and tips like this? Make sure you go visit and subscribe to FirefoxFacts.com.
