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Mozilla Tests Extension Recommendations (again) in Firefox Nightly

posted by mrpg on Thursday September 06 2018, @02:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-can-recommend-them-something:-don't dept.

chromas writes:

If location and notification nags aren't enough, how about some extension alerts in your browser?

Mozilla tests a new feature in Firefox Nightly at the moment that suggests extensions to users when they visit certain sites on the Internet.

The recommendation feature is turned off by default and needs to be enabled at this point. Extensions may increase the user experience on sites they are designed for, for example by blocking advertisement, enhancing search functionality, or improving privacy.

Firefox users who have used the Nightly version of the web browser for years may remember that Mozilla ran a Test Pilot Study four years ago that displayed extension recommendations to users as well. The study recommended extensions and features of Firefox to the user but it never made it into the web browser and was moved to the graveyard as a consequence.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by coolgopher on Thursday September 06 2018, @02:55AM (3 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday September 06 2018, @02:55AM (#731115)

    That would not be socially just. Clearly they can't include an option that would discriminate against people who aren't experienced/competent enough to find that option again if they accidentally enable it.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 06 2018, @03:32AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 06 2018, @03:32AM (#731137)

    All I know for sure is something is really wrong at mozilla. Maybe sabatoge by google?

    • (Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday September 06 2018, @07:01AM

      by Arik (4543) on Thursday September 06 2018, @07:01AM (#731196) Journal
      Hello! I'm glad you've noticed something is wrong at Mozilla.

      Unfortunately you're nearly 10 years too late for this to do any good, aside from the possibility you might learn from it and notice this shit more quickly in the future.
      --
      If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by driverless on Thursday September 06 2018, @06:45PM

    by driverless (4770) on Thursday September 06 2018, @06:45PM (#731455)

    "Hi, this is Mozilla here! There's a whole pile of extensions you may want to try! Of course none of them actually work any more because we broke all the extensions when we released version 57, but imagine how many you could be running if we hadn't fscked them all up?"