Comments on: Skipping Extension Installation Delay

By: Mike Beltzner

Mike Beltzner — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:18:48 +0000

We should be disabling the countdown when installing add-ons off of AMO, or other “we know they’re safe” sources. I also think there’s probably better ways of getting the same result, even if it’s just discarding click events for the first 2s that the dialog is showing. People will click again, and not have to wonder what the distracting UI is about.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:17:23 +0000

@Christopher Finke: Agreed. I’ve been thinking for a while a nice mod may be to create a pref to disable it only for the file:// protocol. Since that’s likely pretty secure. A balance of security and convenience for developers.

By: Christopher Finke

Christopher Finke — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:07:55 +0000

I’ve only disabled the countdown in my development profile, where I might install an extension dozens of times in a day, and even there, it felt a little wrong.