Clear Http Auth and Web Developer: Two interesting Firefox extensions
Posted : May 18, 2004 at 9:04 am [America/Los_Angeles]
‘Basic’ and ‘NTLM’ authentication mechanisms are facilitated by your browser. So, if you log into an application that happens to be protected by either of these authentication schemes, there really is no way for you to log out, other than by closing your browser completely. Quite a lot of applications (and application developers) have moved on to Forms-based Authentication approach to avoid such limitations and to provide explicit logout capabilities in their apps.
So, the other day I was pleasantly suprised when I came across this interesting little Firefox/Mozilla extension called Clear Http Auth. It basically adds a sub-menu under “Tools” called Clear HTTP Auth. Just select the option when you want to clear your HTTP Auth cache and you’re all set.
However, before you go out and install this extension, consider “Web Developer Extension”. If you are a Firefox/Mozilla user as well as a Web applications developer, you might find Chris Prederick’s Web Developer extension really, really useful. Also, with it’s 0.7 release, “Clear HTTP Auth” extension is made available as part of this extension. Cool!
Note:
1. How do you uninstall a Firefox extension? I can disable the installed ones, but it does not give me an option to uninstall them. Any pointers would be much appreciated.
2. It would be interesting to know what Firefox extension(s) you use.
- Anand
Category: Services and Software