Here's how you do Google Notebook for Firefox over HTTPS:

I’m guessing everyone has figured out by now that Google notebook supports HTTPS (as does every web app I’ve tried from Google). All you have to do is go to https://etc... and it will keep the connection secure. I really like the Firefox addon for Google notebook, but I want that to use HTTPS. From the factory all information sent to the notebook servers from the addon is in the clear. I had a look at customizeGoogle to see if it offered an option to force notebook to HTTPS the way it does for most of the other services (mail, docs, calendar, reader, etc), it does not.

So I went to the code, and I think I was able to make the change and get it working.

1. Close firefox
2. Open gnotes.js in an editor, it should be at something\notebook@google.com\lib\gnotes.js (you’ll have to figure out where exactly that that is on your system)
3. The first thing in the file, line 1, is var GNOTES_SERVER=”http://www.google.com/notebook/”, just stick an S in so it reads: var GNOTES_SERVER=”https://www.google.com/notebook/”
4. Save the file
5. Restart firefox
6. Give it a test using wireshark, liveheaders, HttpFox, whatever to make sure you are running over SSL now.

This worked for me. I thought someone else might find it helpful. Obviously I can’t promise this will work for you. In fact it may make your system break so proceed with caution and at your own risk.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago by FHSM {.