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people become 'blind' to scary screens. see: windows UAC dialogs. i wish they would clearly indicate what problem it is that they're solving. --- edit: after
by hayksaakian 11y ago
people become 'blind' to scary screens. see: windows UAC dialogs.
i wish they would clearly indicate what problem it is that they're solving.
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edit: after reading the post you linked, it's clear they're fighting against software installers that 'conveniently' install firefox addons.
for example you download skype, and it 'helpfully' installs an addon for firefox.
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their solutions might solve the problem, but I think it goes too far.
Is it possible to require the user to approve and addons before they are active on the user's firefox install? even if they came from a 3rd party source?
- Pxtl 11y agoAndroid does it best - you can install non-play-store stuff, but you have to go into a scary menu and fiddle with settings. Better than an are you sure popup.
- Flimm 11y agoBecause all apps are sandboxed on Android, it's hard for an app to fiddle with the settings. But desktop applications can fiddle with Firefox settings, so I can see why Mozilla don't want to allow even a setting.
- cpeterso 11y agoSkype's "Click to Call" add-on is a good (bad?) example of the harm caused by "side-loaded" add-ons. It causes Firefox to crash, hang, or take multiple seconds to respond to mouse clicks. The add-on is quietly injected into Firefox by Skype's application installer and can't be disabled or uninstalled from Firefox's Add-on Manager. Users must uninstall it from the Windows' "Add/Remove Programs" Control Panel. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215970 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215970