http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/firefox-locks-components-directory-for-third-parties/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/firefox-locks-components-directory-for-third-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-942325 Thunderbird And Firefox Plugin Checker | Technology Nerd Blog Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:11:40 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=18664#comment-942325 [...] A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and [...] [...] A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and [...]

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/firefox-locks-components-directory-for-third-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-942254 Thunderbird And Firefox Plugin Checker Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:24:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=18664#comment-942254 [...] A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and [...] [...] A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and [...]

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/firefox-locks-components-directory-for-third-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-919369 Martin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:49:08 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=18664#comment-919369 Paulus components cannot be installed by third parties anymore but plugins can. So you got no chance to companies like Microsoft, Google or Apple adding their plugins to Firefox without any notification in the browser. That's however something that the developers of Firefox should consider implementing, i.e. check for new plugins that have not been there and ask the user for explicit permission before they become active. Paulus components cannot be installed by third parties anymore but plugins can. So you got no chance to companies like Microsoft, Google or Apple adding their plugins to Firefox without any notification in the browser. That’s however something that the developers of Firefox should consider implementing, i.e. check for new plugins that have not been there and ask the user for explicit permission before they become active.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/19/firefox-locks-components-directory-for-third-parties/comment-page-1/#comment-919357 paulus Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:26:29 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=18664#comment-919357 Hoi Martin as you could read in the second part of main question, in the above article command, i was still a little bit with main thoughts with this article. So i ask main question again but now on the right place : Do I understand it correctly that now malignant components can not be installed any more? Hoi Martin as you could read in the second part of main question, in the above article command, i was still a little bit with main thoughts with this article. So i ask main question again but now on the right place : Do I understand it correctly that now malignant components can not be installed any more?

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