Firefox/Thunderbird Plugins: Is Less More?

comforteagle writes "I've published the first of a two part look at the new dynamic duo of Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird. While most folks thus far agree with the 'less is more' mantra when it comes to the base applications, the plugins seem to be a different story. Hey, there's little wiggle room to debate that the firefox base application (the subject of the first article) isn't the shizzle, but how about the add-ons and plugins? For that matter, do you agree that less is more. or is too little included?"

I'm sorry...

[John Courtland]

..but did you mean to use the word "shizzle"?

I'm shaking my head in utter disbelief.

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Fo Shizzle

[thedogcow]

This plugizzle for firefoxizzle and thunderbirdizzle is the shiznit!

New tech buzzword?

[isotope23]

As in : "The database will be down temporarily while I shizzle the records.."?

Or "That kitty cat screensaver you installed shizzled your computer..."

I can see it now,

Windows Advanced Server 2008 : "Who do you want to Shizzle today?"

Re:I'm sorry...

[geekschmoe]

did you mean to use the word "shizzle"?

I'm shaking my head in utter disbelief.
If you write/enjoy cyberpunk, check out NeoMetropolis [neometropolis.com]


I'm sorry, did you mean to use the word cyberpunk? WTF, mate?

What?!

[focitrixilous P]

isn't the shizzle
You must be very, very new here.

Re:I don't want to view your crappy ads

[gregfortune]

Oh dear, please tell me you're kidding and this is a giant evil joke!!

The plugins discussed add browser functionality not dependant on the content shipped through a web server. For instance, Firefox has a plugin to disable stylesheets or outline all block level elements on a page with a thin red line (excellent for debugging broken table layouts) or displaying the sizes of all the images on the page next to the image, or enhanced bookmarks or different styles of tabbed browsing or the ability to edit a page's CSS and watch it change on the fly or block popups or wash dishes or......

These are plugins that users can optionally install to make their lives a little easier. I hate Flash as much as the next guy, but please use Firefox before throwing your little tantrum. Plugins are *cool* in Firefox.

Re:I'm sorry...

[Deraj DeZine]

If there's a plugin to filter out that word (especially when used in this context), now would be a great time to point that out to me.

Re:I'm sorry...

[maxbang]

This 'pimp skillet' E-40 refers to, is it available at Denny's?

Snoop Says "No"

[dbretton]

Ust-jay ick-stay ith-way de ig-Latin-tay.

O-Tay?

(for all you SNL fans)

Re:Less is the opposite of more

[irokitt]

Pah. I am a proud user of Mozilla ÜberCthulhu.

God I love that plugin.

Re:I'm sorry...

[Jerf]

Your choice of

perl -pe 's/\b(\w)\w+\b/$1izzle/g'

or

perl -pe 's/\b(\w+)\w\b/$1izzle/g'

depending on how you are feeling. (Note that's "dollar sign one", not "dollar sign L" if you're typing, though I recommend copy&paste.)

Oh, sorry, I mean "dependinizzle oizzle hoizzle yoizzle arizzle feelinizzle."

Pipizzle youizzle choicizzle oizzle texizzle througizzle. Iizzle's lightlizzle testeizzle, buizzle whizzle reallizzle careizzle? Iizzle's stilizzle thizzle shizniizzle.

Re:Less is the opposite of more

[Incoherent07]

I see your Mozilla UberCthulu and raise you a Mozilla Powerbadger.

nah

[trawg]

do you agree that less is more. or is too little included?

less more

qed

Re:I like the simple but expandable model

[frankthechicken]

True, but I think I need to write an in depth study on how to become less lazy beforehand. And once I've succesfully completed that, I think I'll be more likely to be seen going round various universities and corporations, making money by giving talks about how to become less lazy.

Though if I'm aiming these talks at people like me, getting people to get off their arses to come to the meetings might be a problem.

Until then, I think I'll probably stick to complaining about what people should be doing. :)

Re:I like the simple but expandable model

[(54)T-Dub]

Well it's written by a Japanese guy and ... it's ... well ... huge and the technical document is in Japanese [sakura.ne.jp].

I know, i know, learn Kenji. It's on my list right after destroying Microsoft ;-)

Again with the morons...

[John Courtland]

I'd love to know how I got redundant since this is the second post.

Is Less More?

[Pan T. Hose]

Is Less More? No. Needless to say, less is a program similar to more, but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement and much more. So less is actually more than more, more or less. Unless you prefer more rather than less. See: more(1) and less(1).

Re:New tech buzzword?

[rampant mac]

"New tech buzzword?"

Oh yeah, I can see hip-hop lingo going over really well in the tech sector...

Fat Secretary: Ok, Excel won't even open up..

Me: Word?

Fat Secretary: No Excel.

Me: No, I mean "word" as in, "Fo' Sheezy."

Fat Secretary: I don't understand, you mean "Format C:\?"

Me: NOOOO!

Fat Secretary: Opps! I already hit enter...

Me: Hold on a sec... You wanna make noise? Make noise... I'll make a phone call, my niggas comin' like the Gotti boyz.

Re:I'm sorry...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure I'm more white than #FFFFFF

Re:I'm sorry...

[Anonymous Coward]

The letter after F is G, G-Dawg.

You're so white, you're black!

Re:I like the simple but expandable model

[Timmeh]

I think you mean 'kanji' which are the Chinese characters used in Japanese to represent various words/meanings. Kenji is Japanese boy's name, and if that's what you're into, be my guest, I'm not here to judge.

Re:Less is the opposite of more

[toren]

The best combination I got from FireSomething was Mozilla HighDefinitionJesus.

That would make a great band name.

Re:I'm sorry...

[xeon4life]

FYI:

"Fo' shizzle, muh nizzle" is a bastardization of:
"Fo' sho', muh nigga," which is a bastardization of:
"That assumption would be correct, my African-American friend."

Brought to you by:
-Xeon

Shizzle?

[gad_zuki!]

what the fuck does that mean in english? you should understand that having a day job precludes me from 'keeping it real' and as such, I lack a certain familiarity with the language of the 'streets' as it were.

(stolen from IRC)

Re:I'm sorry...

[Equis]

Why wait for Babelfish when you can just Ask Snoop [asksnoop.com]?

The non-clickable download link

[fwitness]

That window haunts my dreams. I keep clicking it though. I'm hoping that after perhaps a zillion clicks it'll open up an easter egg which fills my bookmarks with free pr0n.

Re:Shizzle?

[jafuser]

(stolen from IRC)

bash.org [bash.org] #2635 [bash.org]. Great site =)

Re:I'm sorry...

[CyPlasm]

Which reminds me..

Q.Why does Snoop-Dog carry an umbrella?

A.For the drizzle!

I'm sure your inner 10 year old self will appreciate that one.