Mozila Firefox 10.0

Flagfox is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that shows a flag icon indicating the current website's server location. It uses relatively little resources, and works by accessing an IP address location database contained within the extension rather than relying on top-level-domain roots like ".com" or ".uk". Clicking the icon loads Geotool, which provides a map of the location as well as more detailed information such as the ISP, city, and local time. The context menu also provides quick access to information about the country of origin, as well as the ability to lookup the domain's registrant via Whois.

Uses of Flagfox range from simply educating users about the global nature of the Internet to:
* SEO and web development research
* Indicating the native languages and legal jurisdictions for webservers
* Warning when sites that are not in the country the say they are
* Quickly viewing/copying server IP addresses for diagnostic and other uses

Flagfox is fairly customizable, allowing users to choose between two icon sets with positioning options anywhere in the address or status bar. Advanced users may create their own custom lookup to perform specialized searches for the current server.

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Support

Support for this add-on is provided by the developer at http://flagfox.net/forum

Developer Comments

=== Mini-FAQ ===

* It's showing the wrong flag!
Maybe, but probably not. Sites can be hosted anywhere, they can have domains of any nationality, and can have more than one cache server sending out the same site from different locations. Flagfox looks up the actual location of the server you're connected to using its IP address, which may or may not be where you'd expect it to be. (see full FAQ for more info)

* Can Flagfox be useful for security?
Flagfox can be used as a warning as to when a server isn't where it should be. If you end up at a site claiming to be an American bank, and it shows as Nigerian, then you may want to think twice. However, while this can be useful, Flagfox should not be relied on for this as a scam site can be in America just as easily as anywhere else.

* Is Flagfox sending information about where I'm browsing to some server?
Not during normal browsing, no. Flagfox uses an internal database of IP address locations and does not send anything anywhere during normal browsing. If you use one of the lookup features, such as Geotool or whois, then that server will be sent the necessary info (IP address or domain name) that one time to do the lookup. There are some other extensions that have some features similar to Flagfox and they do, however, send all of your browsing habits to their server to provide their information. Flagfox respects users' privacy and makes a point to not do that.

* Can I use Flagfox to do a traceroute?
From DomainTools, sure. Enter this custom action in the Flagfox options:
http://dns-tools.domaintools.com/?q={domainName}&m=traceroute

* Does or will Flagfox ever support SeaMonkey 1.x?
No. http://flagfox.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=129

* Why can't I make Flagfox show the server's IP address in the status bar?
Because it's usually useless to see. It's just a number; to be useful you need to look it up in something else. In the rare event that you care it's listed in the tooltip on cursor hover over the flag, but most of the time you'll just want to use one of the lookup features for it or click copy IP and then paste it somewhere else.

* Full Flagfox FAQ: http://flagfox.net/faq

Included locales: English, Français, Italiano, Español, Español (Argentina), Português, Português (Brasil), Deutsch, Nederlands, Dansk, Čeština, polski, lietuvių kalba, Magyar, română, Íslenska, Svenska, suomi, Türkçe, Македонски, Български, Русский, Српски, Ελληνικά, עברית ,فارسی ,العربية, বাংলা, Bahasa Melayu, Tiếng Việt, 中文 (简体), 正體中文 (繁體), 한국어, 日本語