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Firebug is an extension, but the webkit DOM inspector tools are built in. Some FF extensions have been "quietly installed", like one by Microsoft during a secur

by pohl 15y ago

Firebug is an extension, but the webkit DOM inspector tools are built in. Some FF extensions have been "quietly installed", like one by Microsoft during a security update. Did the methodology account for such differences?

windsurfer 15y ago
Those "quietly installed" things are plugins, not add-ons. Firefox doesn't even have extensions, if I recall correctly.
- pohl 15y ago
  Firefox does have extensions. I believe, in FF parlance, that extension is synonymous with add-on. (please correct me with a citation to the contrary, though) The MS incident was not a plugin (see link) so one cannot assume that all things quietly installed are plugins. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/963707
  - windsurfer 15y ago
    Ah, I'm sorry :)
  - carussell 15y ago
    Extensions are a specific type of add-on. "Add-ons" encompass extensions, themes, NPAPI plugins, and sometimes searchbar engines, depending on how the speaker regards them.
vena 15y ago
"These stats are based on the add-ons hosted with AMO only, and don’t include personas and add-ons bundled with other software."