Installing every* Firefox extension
83 points by freddyb
83 points by freddyb
Mirroring my comment from Fedi, this entire article is interesting and cool, especially the data analysis
But this article introduced me to dmitlichess which has to be my favorite extension now, all my chess games are now tournament level games
I love the web sometimes :)
Also since I'm reading this again, I love the clever tricks interactively targeting the user agent (which I wish there was a spoiler syntax for in lobster's markdown so everyone can experience my joy first hand) like:
Obviously I’m not going to open each of these in a new tab and go through those prompts.
With open each of these in a new tab being a link to javascript:open_all_extensions(), which is only permissible because pop-ups aren't allowed without user interaction, so it only opens one and shows the banner for the rest:
Firefox prevented this site from opening more than 100 pop-up windows.
And go through those prompts actually showing a prompt to install a random addon by picking a random one through the javascript:install_random_extension() link
It's clever, it's subversive by putting the the reader into the Jack's shoes interactively. Bravo!
Back in the days, I’ve seen Internet Explorers that were a lot worse than that. And people using them.
(I remember seeing someone having to look at website that were one third of her screen, vertically and horizontally. Everything else was crapware). And the person told me that she didn’t really notice.