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The Far Side of Tech
A blog dedicated to the insight and clarification of technology of all sorts. From consumer tech, to upcoming topics such as green tech and the Singularity--no technology is taboo.I’m a Firefox Extension Addict, and Why That’s Good for Mozilla
Started by Devindra Hardawar · 4 months ago
photo credit: Cristian Levin
In the midst of all the Firefox 3 debut insanity, a tweet by blogger Louis Gray got me thinking. At the time everyone was trying to download Firefox 3, but most were failing miserably due to Mozilla’s servers collapsing. Gray casually suggested in ... Continue reading »
In the midst of all the Firefox 3 debut insanity, a tweet by blogger Louis Gray got me thinking. At the time everyone was trying to download Firefox 3, but most were failing miserably due to Mozilla’s servers collapsing. Gray casually suggested in ... Continue reading »
6 months ago
I thought I would die without my extensions -- but I didn't. In fact, because I have to use Firefox (or Camino) for blogging anything for Weblogs, Inc. (Safari doesn't work) and found that fewer extensons reduced the number of Mac conflicts (again, most of those issues are fixed), I started to evaluate how many plugins that I previously thought I had to have, really were unnecessary.
Don't get me wrong, things like AdBlocker Plus, Grease Monkey and the StumbleUpon bar are all still things I j'adore and install, but many of the other features are either already implemented into Safari (for Mac anyway, it has a built-in web inspector that is better than Firebug and that doesn't make me disable it when I use Gmail), like the ability to specifiy which element of a page you want to download (for YouTube videos and the like) or there are bookmarklets for stuff like Deli.cio.us and others. I end up having a faster browser and less crashes, due to conflicting programming that sometimes leaves a messy plugin trail.
I agree that modularity is the reason Firefox has taken off -- but I think that if they don't get a hold on some of the poorly coded plugins that can eat memory and slow things down, it could wind up being a curse.
6 months ago
Ideally, Mozilla would be able to vet extensions before they head out into the wild--but that may be logistically impossible. For now, it's up to the community to keep bad extensions in check.
Firefox both needs good extension debugging for users, so they can know exactly what is screwing up their installation if something goes wrong, and for developers, to prevent these sorts of issues in the first place.