Here's a happy medium: track it "on demand". Let's say, when you hover the mouse over it. Or make the +1 a two-gesture event: click the extension button (which

Here's a happy medium: track it "on demand". Let's say, when you hover the mouse over it. Or make the +1 a two-gesture event: click the extension button (which is when "tracking" occurs) which opens a balloon, then click a +1 button within the balloon.