Fast Dial(Firefox addon) users, beware

stevesmithx · 01-06-2009, 11:19 AM

[rant]
I recently upgraded to the recent version 2.15 and it caused a lot of pain in the neck by
1)changing the default search engine
2)Deleting existing bookmarks
3)Replacing them with advertisements.

and all done without... permission!.
If that's not enough other addons(Web developer,IE tab) started to work improperly.

Do not upgrade to this crap.

I uninstalled this after the upgrade.
Bye Bye Fast Dial.
Speed Dial seems to be a good alternative.
[/rant]

**Salem** · 01-06-2009, 11:26 AM

Seems you're not alone.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...s/display/5721

stevesmithx · 01-06-2009, 11:35 AM

Yeah the link says it all.

Darn!.
ATM,For the total of 788 reviews, the last 200 reviews(approximately) are from the last 2 days alone!(and almost all are negative)
This is kind of like Vista, only with smaller number of users.

SlyMaelstrom · 01-06-2009, 06:18 PM

Fast Dial always sucked in my opinion. Speed Dial is superior.

abachler · 01-07-2009, 09:09 AM

Hmm, dont use firefox (it sucks IMO), but there migh be some kind of vioation of the GPL in there, what with the ads and all.

**CornedBee** · 01-07-2009, 10:09 AM

Nope. Nothing in the GPL says anything about ads. Also, I can't find anything about the license of FastDial, so I can find no indication that it even IS under the GPL. (And Firefox isn't exclusively under the GPL.)

Elysia · 01-07-2009, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by abachler

Hmm, dont use firefox (it sucks IMO), but there migh be some kind of vioation of the GPL in there, what with the ads and all.

Nah, I would rather just stay cleer of problematic extensions.
Firefox rules, IE sucks

01-06-2009, 11:19 AM	#1
stevesmithx and the hat of copycat Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 417	Fast Dial(Firefox addon) users, beware [rant] I recently upgraded to the recent version 2.15 and it caused a lot of pain in the neck by 1)changing the default search engine 2)Deleting existing bookmarks 3)Replacing them with advertisements. and all done without... permission!. If that's not enough other addons(Web developer,IE tab) started to work improperly. Do not upgrade to this crap. I uninstalled this after the upgrade. Bye Bye Fast Dial. Speed Dial seems to be a good alternative. [/rant] __________________ Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einstein. No programming language is perfect. There is not even a single best language; there are only languages well suited or perhaps poorly suited for particular purposes. - Herbert Mayer
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01-06-2009, 11:26 AM	#2
Salem and the hat of Jobseeking Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The edge of the known universe Posts: 21,665	Seems you're not alone. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...s/display/5721 __________________ If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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01-06-2009, 11:35 AM	#3
stevesmithx and the hat of copycat Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 417	Yeah the link says it all. Darn!. ATM,For the total of 788 reviews, the last 200 reviews(approximately) are from the last 2 days alone!(and almost all are negative) This is kind of like Vista, only with smaller number of users. __________________ Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted - Albert Einstein. No programming language is perfect. There is not even a single best language; there are only languages well suited or perhaps poorly suited for particular purposes. - Herbert Mayer Last edited by stevesmithx; 01-06-2009 at 11:45 AM.
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01-06-2009, 06:18 PM	#4
SlyMaelstrom Devil's Advocate Join Date: May 2004 Location: Out of scope Posts: 3,776	Fast Dial always sucked in my opinion. Speed Dial is superior. __________________ Terms of Service By quoting or replying directly to this post, you consent to the fact that all of the information in the post above is completely accurate and highly intelligent and no comments will be made towards its validity, thoughtlessness, and/or grammatical structure. Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
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01-07-2009, 09:09 AM	#5
abachler Malum in se Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,188	Hmm, dont use firefox (it sucks IMO), but there migh be some kind of vioation of the GPL in there, what with the ads and all. __________________ Until you can build a working general purpose reprogrammable computer out of basic components from radio shack, you are not fit to call yourself a programmer in my presence. This is cwhizard, signing off.
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01-07-2009, 10:09 AM	#6
CornedBee Cat without Hat Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 8,492	Nope. Nothing in the GPL says anything about ads. Also, I can't find anything about the license of FastDial, so I can find no indication that it even IS under the GPL. (And Firefox isn't exclusively under the GPL.) __________________ All the buzzt! CornedBee "There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code." - Flon's Law
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