When I say simple, I mean one line of code:

location.href = location.href.replace(/^http:/, 'https:');

This script ensures your Gmail session using Firefox takes place over a secure HTTP connection providing a reasonable amount of protection from eavesdropping and other shenanigans. Add other domains for which both a http and https URI exist and Firefox will always use https. For example, I added:

http://www.google.com/calendar/*

http://docs.google.com/


http://docs.google.com/*

Now all Google Calendar and Google Docs & Spreadsheets sessions are secure. But don’t stop there, any domain will work… not just the Google properties.

Download links: Greasemonkey (install this first), GMailSecure

Since my job requires frequenting the Microsoft Support and MSDN sites, I added Smart Keywords to simplify the searches. Each of the following keywords are defined in my Quick Searches bookmarks folder. To use them, create a new bookmark and copy each URL into the Location field; assign the suggested keywords, or create your own.

Microsoft Support (keyword: ms)
http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?qu=%s

MSDN (keyword: msdn)
http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query=%s

Especially helpful is the KB article keyword which enables me to type something like kb 915105 in the Location bar and be taken directly to a KB article by number.

KB Article Lookup (keyword: kb)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s

Keep in mind, these all work with the US sites, if you are an international user, you may need to alter the URL slightly.

• Universal Binary support for Mac OS X which provides native support for Macintosh with Intel Core processors.
• Firefox supports the enhancements to performance introduced by the new MacIntel chipsets. Improvements to product stability.
• Several security fixes.