Why is Firefox such a beast??

[Chris G]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 06:20:46PM +0000, Beartooth wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:49:54 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:25:02 +0000 (UTC) Beartooth <Beartooth at swva.net>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> But I *think* two of them are down to about fifty each,
> > 
> > Fifty extensions?  Wow.
> > 
> > My Firefox currently has 8 extension installed and I don't think I'm
> > really missing out on anything.
> 
> 	I just got through counting; on the machine I'm on right now, 
> ignoring things grayed out, there are three dozen. At least eight 
> defenses -- NoScript, noreferrer, adblock, flashblock, redirect remover, 
> etc.; half a dozen or more are for tweaking tabbed browsing; and the rest 
> are either reference tools like the Mozilla Internet Dictionary, or 
> conveniences like colorful tabs, no squint, and speed dial.
> 
I have about four or five extensions and even that seems a bit
excessive to me!

-- 
Chris Green