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SSL Google
2/21/2008 05:28:00 AM
Jim Edwards at itchurch.com pointed me to a Greasemonkey script that forces Firefox to use https:// instead of the default http://. This script is called SSLGoogle. I quickly found that this script will cause any Google search containing the word(s) calendar, docs, or mail to fail. This is because Google does not offer any secure connections while using their basic search engine.
I can tell the author was trying to make it such that any place that you can click on a link (Such as the Google navbar) to go to mail, docs, or calendar it will be secure even on the initial page load.
If you don't plan on ever having a search with those terms you might be alright, but it just isn't an option for me. There is a few approaches to take to fix this; you might find another way to be best suited to you. I found that limiting the include pages works best for me. The include pages that I am using now are: *mail.google.com*, *docs.google.com*, and *google.com/calendar*.
You can also use the Excluded Pages to exclude search pages such as *google.com/search*; however, I soon found that I would have to make an exclude also for images.google.com as well as every other Google page that has a search box on it. Incase you didn't notice, Google is a search company... they have a search box on practically every page they own.
The only other option I can see is to rewrite the script to be aware of the fact that someone could be doing a search for one of those keywords. This might be something I do down the road, but for now I am happy with how this is setup for me.
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