Firefox 8 To Stop Unauthorized Add-ons In Their Tracks

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    Firefox 8 To Stop Unauthorized Add-ons In Their Tracks


    Posted: 12 Aug 2011
    If's there's one thing we hate, it's Brussels sprouts. If there's two things we hate, it's Brussels sprouts and sneaky programs that automatically install add-ons into our Internet browsers. Turns out we're not the only ones. Those pesky unapproved add-ons have been a thorn in the side of Mozilla, who shoulders the blame when the invaders cause crashes and browser lagging. When Firefox 8 rolls around, unauthorized add-ons will be a thing of the past: the browser won't allow installations without the express permission of users.
    Read more at: Maximum PC | Firefox 8 To Stop Unauthorized Add-ons In Their Tracks
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    12 Aug 2011



  1. Posts : 14,606
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
       #1

    Thats good news, lets hope it stops software adding toolbars through the backdoor
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  2. Posts : 6,879
    Win 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    For those not afraid to try alpha (no problems with it here so far) software and haven't seen it, you can try 8 now,

    Firefox Nightly Builds

    Available in both 32 bit and 64 bit.
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  3. Posts : 968
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       #3

    stormy13 said:
    For those not afraid to try alpha (no problems with it here so far) software and haven't seen it, you can try 8 now,

    Firefox Nightly Builds

    Available in both 32 bit and 64 bit.
    Nice thanks..
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  4. Posts : 87
    Windows 7 Home Prem x32
       #4

    stormy13 said:
    For those not afraid to try alpha (no problems with it here so far) software and haven't seen it, you can try 8 now,

    Firefox Nightly Builds

    Available in both 32 bit and 64 bit.
    Big thank you!!
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  5. Posts : 256
    windows 7 home prem 64 bit
       #5

    Been using the 64bit for a few weeks and its very good works better then ie9 64bit
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  6. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit.
       #6

    used to use Firefox. Don't anymore because of the updates installing tool-bars and other utilities without asking onto the browser thus slowing it down.
    Other then that Firefox is great ..
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  7. Posts : 25
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    I just want firefox to stomp all over chrome...There's just a thing that i don't like about it, it just makes a mad
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  8. Posts : 2
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    thecompgame said:
    I just want firefox to stomp all over chrome...There's just a thing that i don't like about it, it just makes a mad
    Yeah same here, Add-ons everytime there's an update. very frustrating
    You have to go through the browser every-time there's an update and remove
    all that stuff. Plus until they fix some of the code? You can't edit/use certain
    websites through the newer version's of Firefox.
    Some of the html heavy graphic websites go crazy when loaded and you still
    can't copy/paste text right with firefox yet..
    copy/paste buffer still has a problem on certain websites....
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    Yeah same here, Add-ons everytime there's an update. very frustrating
    You have to go through the browser every-time there's an update and remove
    all that stuff. Plus until they fix some of the code? You can't edit/use certain
    websites through the newer version's of Firefox.
    Some of the html heavy graphic websites go crazy when loaded and you still
    can't copy/paste text right with firefox yet..
    copy/paste buffer still has a problem on certain websites....
    with chrome i noticed it has issues with lots of websites i used, like when there's a page you have to agree to in order to get to the next page. Plus chrome ad blockers don't block youtube ads, because all the youtube ads are from adsense. If you clear all your history,cache, etc and then open facebook in chrome and firefox, i bet you firefox will load it faster. Also when you click on a click on firefox, you can still drab another link into the tab bar to also open it, but in chrome as soon as you click on it link the page is basically unusable.
    What do you mean "You can't edit/use certain websites through the newer version's of Firefox."? Firefox works much better with every website i use, plus chrome has many many small and large issues another example is this video i found: shrink - YouTube
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