Gemal's Psyched Blog - Comments on Extension Manager Changes http://gemal.dk/blog/2005/03/29/extension_manager_changes/index.html I've been making a large number of changes to Firefox's Extension Manager over the past week or so, basically rewriting the way Extensions are installed. These changes when complete will offer a lot of improvements for Extension developers. - You... en-us Copyright 2009 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:48:53 +0100 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:34:39 +0100 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.17 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://gemal.dk/ http://gemal.dk//pics/favicon.png Gemal's Psyched Blog By Tim In my opinion a no-go... Doing this makes it easier for viruses / adware to install without notice of the user.An evil user could easily install an extension by "simply dropping their XPIs into containment relationship Install Locations" In my opinion a no-go... Doing this makes it easier for viruses / adware to install without notice of the user.

An evil user could easily install an extension by "simply dropping their XPIs into containment relationship Install Locations"

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2005/03/29/extension_manager_changes/#comment1?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2005/03/29/extension_manager_changes/#comment1 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:13:54 +0100 Tim tim@sharper.nl By Andy Burns When the extension manager notices a new .XPI and is about to install it, can it still prompt the user to allow/deny that, the same as if a user had downloaded the file? When the extension manager notices a new .XPI and is about to install it, can it still prompt the user to allow/deny that, the same as if a user had downloaded the file?

]]> http://gemal.dk/blog/2005/03/29/extension_manager_changes/#comment2?from=rss-comment http://gemal.dk/blog/2005/03/29/extension_manager_changes/#comment2 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:13:55 +0100 Andy Burns gemalblog@adslpipe.co.uk