[Cialug] FF extension shenanigans

[Tim Wilson]

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Barry Von Ahsen <barry at vonahsen.com> wrote:

> Todd Walton wrote:
> > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Don Cady <doncady at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Don't know if y'all saw this, it's just great (sarcasm).
> >> AdBlockPlus vs. NoScript:
> http://adblockplus.org/blog/attention-noscript-users
> >
> > I can see the little line graph in my mind, and NoScript stock
> > tanking.  Bye bye.
>
> MS shenanigans too - .net 3.5 service pack 1 installs a firefox
> extension with no prompting or opt-out-ability, and with no add-ons
> window uninstall option
>
> http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-600


I hate it when you're right.  I just checked my Addons and sure enough, it's
there.  And we're doing some .NET stuff at work, so I kinda need it.  Stupid
M$!  I wonder if that's the cause of the instability I've had lately.

<http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article08-600>
>
> -barry
>
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