Flagfox
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| Flagfox, extension for Mozilla Firefox | |
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| developer | David Garrett |
| Publishing year | 2007 |
| Current version | 6.1.27 ( May 29, 2020 ) |
| operating system | Cross-platform |
| programming language | Java |
| category | Firefox extension |
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Flagfox is a Firefox extension that graphically shows the country in which the web server of the opened website is located by displaying the respective country flag behind the URL .
function
Flagfox is an extension that displays a flag icon to represent the location of the server of the current website. The knowledge of the location of the server enables the user, among other things, to become aware of nationally applicable case law. Additional information about the server, website or domain can be obtained from a variety of external sources.
By default, clicking the flag icon loads a web page that shows a detailed map of the city the server is located in and other useful information such as local time and ISP . A click with the middle mouse button, usually the mouse wheel, starts a Whois query by default. A right-click opens a context menu with a configurable selection of additional online services; a total of 35 different services can be selected in version 5.1.
privacy
To protect privacy, countries are looked up locally instead of querying external servers for every page the user visits. This works via an internal database by tracking the location of the IP address , in principle an approximate map of the physical structure of the Internet, based on data from Maxmind. This provides a flag for the nationality of the actual location of the server that one is connected to, rather than simply showing the nationality of the domain name, which can be different. Updates for Flagfox are distributed monthly to keep the internal database up to date.
Web links
- User Profile of Dave G - Add-ons for Firefox (en-us)
- Flagfox.net (English)
- Flagfox: Add-ons for Firefox (en)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flagfox: Versions - Add-ons for Firefox. In: addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
- ↑ Rick Broida: Flagfox At a Glance. PCWorld, accessed February 17, 2016 .