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How are they updated? Do they load the latest version from the author's website, regardless of where you downloaded the extension? Or do they get the latest version from the site you downloaded from? How do they determine the latest version? — Omegatron 22:44, 5 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

An extension should not be confused with a varient or build. I feel this needs to be corrected. Kilz 14:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Security extensions

There are a number of extensions that make FireFox more secure, and these deserve special mention. In particular, NoScript is in a class by itself in allowing fine tuning of Java and JavaScript, confining permissions to these powerful programming languages to only user-specified pages, and on user-specified terms. In the current environment, NoScript is one extension that anyone who uses Java or JavaScript should be fully aware of.

Other security extensions of considerable interest to the security conscious include FlashBlock, KeyScrambler, Redirect Remover, CallingID Link Adviser, CookieSafe, and the WOT security analyser. Network administrators interested in security will want to evaluate the Public Fox extension, which allows a password to be placed on browser changes and unwanted downloads.

With these extensions securely downloaded from https://addons.mozilla.org , FireFox may be the most secure browsing experience available today. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.101.68.87 (talk) 02:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Don't all browsers claim to offer the most secure browsing experience? --Joshua Issac (talk) 15:48, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Plugins

This article seems like the right place to compare-and-contrast Extensions and Plugins (two different kinds of related Add-ons). I got things started -- please add more! What is the actual, technical difference, in implementation, capabilities, etc? 69.87.203.136 15:50, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Move + rewrite

There are a few things I'd like to do relating to this page. Here's my list:

~~Move to Add-ons (Mozilla)~~. . . done.
- ~~Fix redirects~~. . . mostly done.
~~Add one of the disambiguation templates to Mozilla Add-ons and this page, each pointing to the other page~~. . . done.
Rewrite the article to be more general to fit the scope of add-ons rather than limiting the article to extensions alone. This includes describing extensions, themes, language packs, searchbar "search engines," and plugins.
~~Make add-on a proper disambiguation page~~. . . done.

Something else to note is that the reference to XPInstall is incorrect (and that article should be changed as well) for those Mozilla apps that have switched to the new toolkit extension manager to, uh, manage extensions. If it's any consolation, and by that I mean that which only leads to more anxiety, the difference/transition is confusedly documented at MDC itself, so anyone with expectations for this and related niche articles to reflect the actual workings should be forewarned of inevitable disappointment. -- C. A. Russell (talk) 21:33, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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good entry

Pithy and informative,thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CF99:2080:48EC:5F67:6222:750F (talk) 17:29, 19 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]