changing the firefox theme

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  1. mr mister

    mr mister Registered Member

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    before you change the theme for firefox from https://addons.mozilla.org, a warning is displayed that you should trust the source of the add-on
    i'm assuming that everything at https://addons.mozilla.org is trustworthy and i can go ahead and try the themes, or no?

    thank you.
     
    mr mister, Apr 17, 2009
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  2. twl845

    twl845 Registered Member

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    I have been changing themes and extensions for 3 years with no problems. :D
     
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  3. Judge Dee

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    The same here, mr mister. I'm constantly playing around with extensions and themes and no problem yet.
     
    Judge Dee, Apr 17, 2009
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  4. AKAJohnDoe

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    Trust no one. Awhile back there was quite the uproar over the Fast Dial add-on extension.
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 17, 2009
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  5. Eice

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    I actually remember using that one! Until I discovered Speed Dial's superior features.

    What was the uproar about?
     
    Eice, Apr 17, 2009
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  6. JRViejo

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    Even Mozilla states "Mozilla is providing links to these applications as a courtesy, and makes no representations regarding the applications or any information related there to. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor." so while many add-ons are wonderful, Caveat Emptor.
     
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    SpeedDial :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

    Read the comments on the add-on page for the scoop on the upror regarding FastDial :eek:
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 17, 2009
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  8. Eice

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    After some digging I found quite a bit of such complaints on page 6, dated around Jan 2009. Lucky thing I'd already switched to Speed Dial then, since I was put off by how Fast Dial insisted on messing with bookmarks.

    Wewt.

    A bit of extra searching turned up an interesting post by Wladimir Palant (creator of Adblock Plus) as well: http://adblockplus.org/blog/the-monetization-dilemma
     
    Eice, Apr 17, 2009
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  9. AKAJohnDoe

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    At the risk of diverging from the actual thread topic, I will post one final comment about SpeedDial.

    I find I hardly use bookmarks anymore. I have SpeedDial configured with 25 tab groups (of varying row/column geometries, ranging from 2 x 3 to 5 x 4) and use it instead in most situations. Here is what it looks like, on the * tab (which I use as simply a scratchpad area for temporary "bookmark" saving).
     
    AKAJohnDoe, Apr 18, 2009
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