Experimental Firefox Extensions No Longer Require Login
We’ve been highlighting our favourite experimental Firefox extensions for a while now, bringing you the best extensions yet-to-be approved by Mozilla. One of the bigger annoyances when it came time to install an experimental extension used to be that you had to register with and login to Mozilla beforehand. As of today, however, you can now install experimental extension by simply clicking a checkbox and getting on with your day. That should make our next experimental roundup a little more reader-friendly, so thanks Mozilla!
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Good because I forgot my password.
bradL
Finally a lazy bum like myself who can't be bothered to sign up can join in on the experimental fun too.
=D
TheLostVikings
Right after I registered :(
tehdavid
^_^
Good. I wont have to use Bugmenot anymore
Ben Kreiter
@Ben Kreiter:
As an admin for a gaming site I never understood the draw to something like Bugmenot. What's the big deal with registering with your own email addy? I don't think I've ever received an email from Mozilla that I wasn't signed up for.
This is great news. Lately I've experienced a glitch with the login cookie whereby I couldn't install any experimental add-ons. This improvement should make things a breeze.
Jordan117
Nice change but wasn't a big deal in the first place.
@Dr.Jeckyl: (For me at least) The big deal with bugmenot is not emails, but having to go through the whole signup process beforehand and all that.
Brutell
nice! saved a few klicks 'till login with bugmenot :)
BillyPreston
Makes sense.
dix-huit
@Brutell: Same here. AMO isn't a site I go on a lot, so there is little point. It just depends on the community, which is quite thin on AMO.
LethAL
At last! I've been frustrated with Mozilla for requiring users to log in for experimental extensions for a long time now. Now I don't have to find a new bugmenot account every single time (as they've always deleted bugmenot accounts pretty fast).
*fart* thank you jesus! *fart* thank you jesus! *fart* thank you jesus!
yay for obscure Youtube video references.
About time, too.
Ridiculous concept in the first place- they're not necessarily *dangerous*, after all.
AirRaven
@Dr.Jeckyl: Registering is fine if it is a site that I plan on using from time to time. The main use for Bugmenot for me is that I might see a link to a single thing on a forum that I will probably never go to again and it gets to be a hassle going through all the registrations to see one post. I already have over 250 sites registerd in KeePass.
Bugmenot does have some problems of its own though... sometimes you will get banned from the site if you try to use the name/password that Bugmenot inputs. Clearing your cookies usually removes the ban but it is still annoying when it happens.
Urchin089
okay move.
Temuulen Battumur
Bravo. A warning screen about potential instability should be sufficient.
forpeterssake
@AirRaven: They could be, but it's not like registering for an account will make them any less dangerous.
Thumbs up for Mozilla on the checkmark idea :)
Domthedude001
@tehdavid: Being registered allows commenting on the add-ons as well ;) Just like most forums, here included!
Fantastic! Now maybe they can get around to letting me decide if I'm comfortable installing extensions for older versions of Firefox on my own, rather than making me open an older build to install it and then having to re-enable all my extensions on my nightly build with nightly tester tools. It's such a needless hassle to work around their system.
AliyahMiskolc
@AliyahMiskolc: Would it be 1000% easier to create account and start simply installing them directly (with extensions.checkCompatybility=false) ?
@TheLostVikings: try using bugmenot.com
LetaArmadillo
I never understood why you needed to be logged in.
@TheLostVikings: try using bugmenot.com
EveCachanilla
@Dr.Jeckyl:
Not really a big deal with registering, but certain sites (like the add-on site) I rarely use, or just want to check out before I sign up and it saves me a few minutes here and there. If I use a site on a semi-consistent basis I sign up.
Ben Kreiter
AMO required you to login for experimental add-ons because only enough reviews for such add-ons would get them out of the sandbox and into the "general population". If you're not interested in logging in, then you're probably not interested in providing a review. It's merely incentive to become a contributing member to the community of users and developers... as if.
GlennA
AMO required you to login for experimental add-ons because only enough reviews for such add-ons would get them out of the sandbox and into the "general population". If you're not interested in logging in, then you're probably not interested in providing a review. It's merely incentive to become a contributing member to the community of users and developers... as if.
GlennA
Woo Hoo!!! That's fantastic news and massively coincidental that I just this morning submitted my first Firefox extension (it's a site search shortcut I built for myself in case others are interested I expanded a little). And now you don't have to log in to install it. Would love to hear what lifehackers think.
[addons.mozilla.org]
peace
odkb