more content in German | mehr Inhalt auf deutschComputerworld published its “Top 10 Firefox extensions to avoid” (of which Computerwoche.de published its German version, naming it “…which no-one needs”(!), which I read first) – some of the criticism, in my opinion, rather questionable, some rather okay (the list numbers link to Computerworld’s article pages):
1. Fasterfox (prefetching of linked pages): I don’t like that that much either.
2. NoScript (en-/disable JavaScript and plugins per site, additional security features):
“If you really have a need for this kind of control, then you’re already using the extension and will continue to do so. But for the average Web surfer, constantly having to whitelist sites so that scripts can execute in order to give you a fully formed Web experience gets tedious very quickly.”
The German article skips the first sentence quoted above – a major point in my criticism of them.
“Is it worth the hassle? No. […] Most typical Web surfers who install this extension remove it after the novelty wears off.”
Disagree. I wouldn’t want to miss it even if it takes 2 clicks to make some sites work.
And I’d like to know where your “statistics” are coming from…
