The Death of Firefox and Plugins?

[Derek Broughton]

Samuel Thurston, III wrote:

> Quick clarification:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Jay Daniels <tux at myt60.net> wrote:
> 
>> BTW, all browsers need a better pop-up blocker.  Ever have to pay for
>> something twice because you forgot to turn off pop-up blocker then have
>> to beg for a refund?  After disabling the notification (which most
>> people do) in Firefox, they should make an easier way to turn it on and
>> off from the status bar.
> 
> Why on earth would you disable the notification?  

Because it's annoying?  

> I don't even think you can do that anymore.  

Beats me - I haven't seen one for so long it must either mean you can still 
disable it, or it has stopped being annoying :-)  I know I used to see a 
message routinely that was just a waste of screen space.

> Chrome is still very "beta" and phones home,

Yeah, I'm not too happy about either of those.
-- 
derek