When Firefox extensions annoy

Firefox extensions are a good thing (since sliced bread and embedded ActiveX controls…), in fact some of them are my most compelling reasons for using and loving Firefox.

Anyway, so with that World Cup thing that’s going on I installed an extension called FootieFox that tracks any goals being scored in real-time and pops up a small little notification message. All fine and dandy, great unobtrusive little widget. Well, right until “FootieFox Education Day”, when the extension started showing a banner that overlaid everything else on the screen, blinding up in obnoxious slowness, sitting there for a few seconds, and blinding down painfully with no way to dismiss it except to wait.

FootieFox extension overlay annoyance


I promptly uninstalled the extension. (Great extension, but that “I’m gonna block out everything else so you have to read me” banner thing annoyed me.)

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firefoXtensions, el blog en español de las extensiones para Firefox :: La extensión FootieFox despliega banners molestos :: July :: 2006's Gravatar

[…] Chu Yeow se queja en este post de que la extensión FootieFox empezó de pronto a mostrarle avisos intrusivos que bajo la excusa de un “Día de la Educación FootieFox” le invitaban a hacer click en una bandera que lo llevaría a páginas con información sobre los países de origen de cada selección. El banner obstruía su navegación durante unos segundos y no ofrecía manera alguna de hacerlo desaparecer. Este es un buen ejemplo de lo que debe evitarse en una extensión: usarla como un disfraz para la publicidad. • Trackbacks […]

Posted by: firefoXtensions, el blog en español de las extensiones para Firefox :: La extensión FootieFox despliega banners molestos :: July :: 2006 on July 7, 2006 5am

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