Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension Version 0.97

Finally, I fixed the problem that caused the extension to fail in firefox 2.0.

You can download the new version here . (the 0.971 version now has the auto-update feature.)

This one took me quite a while to figure out. Apparently Verizon started to check the http header "Referer" when serving login request to make sure the request comes from a user visiting their web site, not from a robot like this extension. I then naturally set the referer header value in my XMLHttpRequest. But it turned out that it's not supported by firefox 2.0, for security reason I think. (But if that were the case, it's really lame. )

Anyway, I finally figured out some other way to add the referer value to the header before the request was sent out to Verzion.

I am sure they will make more changes later...

Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension Version 0.96

The new version now works with the latest verizon web site. I also eliminated the error pop-up when login failed thanks to suggestion from Mike.

You can download the new version here .

(for those interested, the change I made to fix the problem is to add the referer field to the login request. Apparently Verizon started to check that field on their side. )

note: it's discovered that this version doesn't work with firefox 2.0. i am still investigating a solution...