I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.
In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.
To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.
Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.
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w said 3:50PM on 4-02-2008
get opera.
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shane said 4:05PM on 4-02-2008
This is a great extension. I never really thought about the fact that firefox lacked this feature until now.
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Jack said 4:07PM on 4-02-2008
I really always loved this feature of IE and am glad there is now an extension to get it back
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Zack said 6:03PM on 4-02-2008
Heck yes. Why has this not been widely available before now? This was one of my biggest pet peeves with FF (although there are very few).
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alienvenom said 6:37PM on 4-02-2008
I, for one, do not welcome this extension overlord. It's bad for security. All we need is someone hitting the "Run" button infecting their computer with viruses or spyware and blaming Firefox. BAD BAD BAD.
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Donoho said 4:12PM on 4-07-2008
Wow. Am I so old that I remember that the run was Purposefully no implemented for security purposes? This add-on is not a feature. It's a flaw, but to each their own and to the power of choice.
mrblewett said 7:10PM on 4-02-2008
it's... about... time.
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Josh said 8:25PM on 4-02-2008
Get the Download Statusbar and do away with the Download Manager and be able to access any file (not just an executable) with a simple double click. And on a Mac, this extension is next to useless (Since you can't open an app the same way as on Windows. Which, honestly, is better)
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yabun said 9:18AM on 4-03-2008
I agree with alienvenom that execution with too much ease might not be the best for security and keeping crapware off a computer. And, it's just as easy to hit 'Save', then the Downloads window pops up and when its done, click 'Open'. One extra click and you get a couple seconds to re-think whether you should really be running the file. Plus the file gets downloaded to the usual download folder. It's really not that hard.
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Baz L said 5:34PM on 6-17-2008
First off about the security risk: I don't get it. 1. It's an add-on, so it can be added to specific profiles if we're worried about security. 2. If someone wants to run malware, they're gonna run it regardless.
Secondly, I don't think you guys understand a subtle difference with the way this works. This is the issue: Sometimes you just don't want to save files. Sometimes I want to download an update for something and run it once and be done. So the best place for this is in the tmp folder. Then you don't have to go run constant clean up in your main downloads folder.
Add-ons are about choice. If it doesn't fit your choice, don't add it on.