What is it?
This is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser that enables hiding and highlighting of blogs from the mvblogs.org listing.
Say, you are at work or you let your children use the computer and you know that some blogs listed on mvblogs.org are inappropriate for a work environment and children, how do you safely browse the blog listing on mvblogs then? Currently mvblogs.org has no native functionality to allow one to do filtering.
This extension will let you select which blogs you do not want to see in the listing and which blogs you’d like to appear highlighted.
How does it work?
Consider the image above. The extension renders mvblogs.org listing with some buttons visible adjacent to each entry. These buttons are:
- A highlight button
Click this button to highlight the blog. The highlighted blog will remain in this highlighted state forever (when you reload mvblogs etc) until you decide to remove the highlight. - A hide blog button
The mighty mvblogs censor feature. There’s a blog you don’t like? Well then, all it takes is a click and the blog will not appear in the listing from then on. - A remove highlight button
Highlight can be removed with this button.
What do I require to use this extension?
Just the Mozilla Firefox browser – any version.
How do I get this extension?
If you are already using Firefox to browse this site then click the link below. Otherwise you might need to start Firefox and visit this page again.
How much does it cost?
Absolutely nothing.
Where’s the download link?
Download MvBlogosphere Companion Extension 0.2 for Firefox
Here’s a brief user manual
- When you click the link above Firefox will display a dialog on which you can press a button called “Install”. Pressing this will download the extension and install it.
- Firefox will need to be restarted (close the Downloads window as well)
- As you as you restart Firefox will show the “Addons” list with the mvblogosphere extension installed. Close this.
- Now click Tools menu and select “MvBlogosphere Options”
- A dialog will appear that looks like this:
Make sure the options maked with a RED arrow are ticked. The various options are:
- Show Favicons: This option will show the Favicon next to listed blogs
- Hide all blogs: Useful if you do not want to see any blog listings (for some reason)
- Hide Flickr Column: You don’t like to see the Flickr blogger listing? This option is your friend.
- Enable filtering: this is the crucial one. Keep this enabled and blogs you don’t like won’t be listed.
- Show highlight: blogs that you have highlighted will only appear so if this option is ticked - Filtered blogs: as you go about life with this extension installed this list will grow. This is where you go to remove (or unblock / unhide) blogs. Just delete the corresponding blog URL from this list.
- Highlighted blogs: save as above except this contains the highlighted blogs
- Click OK and visit mvblogs.org and enjoy a better experience!
If you run into any problems then please leave a comment stating the exact problem.
Happy mvblogs.org surfing! 
Is this meant for encouraging self-censorship?
This is a very useful extension. Yes it encourages self-censorship, because at the end of the day, it is up to us to decide what we want to see, and up to us to decide what our children should and should not see. Keep up the good work mvblogs.
If mvblogs.org allowed something like this natively on the website itself, it would still be considered self-censorship. The admins of mvblogs.org simply have no time to conduct censorship and moderate the listing in general.
Thanks for your support.
Congrats, Simon. This is what we really need so that we have a choice to decide which sites we want rather than censoring free speech altogether. Great job!
alhe mvblogs has a kurafi ....
by putting censorship thingys are you mvblogs ah kurafi aruvanee?
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