Firefox 3.6 Locks Out Rogue Add-ons 265
CWmike writes "Mozilla will add a new lockdown feature to Firefox 3.6 that will prevent developers from sneaking add-ons into the program, the company said. Dubbed 'component directory lockdown,' the feature will bar access to Firefox's 'components' directory, where most of the browser's own code is stored. Mozilla has billed the move as a way to boost the stability of its browser. 'We're doing this for stability and user control [reasons],' said Johnathan Nightingale, manager of the Firefox front-end development team. 'Dropping raw components in this way was never an officially supported way of doing things, which means it lacks things like a way to specify compatibility. When a new version of Firefox comes out that these components aren't compatible with, the result can be a real pain for our shared users ... Now that those components will be packaged like regular add-ons, they will specify the versions they are compatible with, and Firefox can disable any that it knows are likely to cause problems.'"
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Effects on Add-on Development (Score:1, Funny)
good for you, youve posted the same thing like ten times, enough already
Re:.NET Anyone? (Score:5, Funny)
What do you mean? As far as I know, in all the instances where a toolbar is bundled with some other software, the toolbar installation is clearly mentioned in the software EULA, so each time the toolbar is installed, the user agreed that he wanted it. As a developer for a Web optimizer plugin, this Firefox change will make it much harder for us to reach our users.
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:5, Funny)
The mental image that came to mind when I saw that convinces me that I watch WAY too much porn...
nethack (Score:4, Funny)
If it doesn't allow rogue add-ons, does it allow nethack ones?
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:2, Funny)
Have you considered trying the new browser Midori [twotoasts.de]
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:3, Funny)
No. I'm quite happy with Midori [twotoasts.de].
This is one that really needs to come as default: (Score:3, Funny)
Christian Anti-Porn 1.0.5 [mozilla.org].
Flee sexual immorality (1Co 6:18). Christian Anti-Porn will filter links and alert the user if any porn websites are clicked. This will not block but warn every Christian that he is going to crucify Jesus Christ again if he proceeds to such websites.
Re:I want a mechanism for pluck-outs... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:.NET Anyone? (Score:1, Funny)
"I can't even *begin* to emphasize how badly it pisses me off when some app tries to sneak BHOs and plugins into their installer..."
I'm sorry, but your browser is not the reason why Barack Obama got elected. Settle down and go back to Conservapedia.