Flagfox is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that shows a flag icon in the status bar indicating the current website's server location. It uses relatively little resources, and works by accessing an IP address 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 information such as the ISP and city. The context menu also provides quick access to information about the country of origin, as well as the ability to lookup the site's registrant via Whois.

History

Flagfox 3 is a Firefox extension based on the original Flagfox extension written by Joseph Birr-Pixton.

The original version was not actively maintened so in January 2006 Flagfox II was created and maintained by Richard van der Leeden. Some enhancements were make in this version and the IP databases was regularly updated.

Then in October 2007 Dave Garrett did a major rewrite of the code and incorporated many enhancements. With the help of BabelZilla.org Flagfox 3 is now available for a variety of locales.

The full list of changes from Flagfox II onwards is available in the Forum.

Download

Flagfox can be downloaded from the Mozilla Add-ons Website
(Minimum version of Firefox required is 1.5)

NOTE: If you were a user of Flagfox II and are concerned about the large performance impact by this extension, thanks to the work done by Dave Garrett this is no longer an issue with version 3.

Please visit the Forum for further information, help, suggestions etc.