Thunderbird And Firefox Plugin Checker
Many Firefox and Thunderbird users feel that Mozilla has not added enough protection in the software to avoid automatic plugin installation. A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and Thunderbird are picking up plugin information automatically without giving the user an option to use those plugins.
There are some configuration switches to block certain locations that are scanned for plugins whenever the Firefox web browser or the email client Thunderbird are started. The developer of plugin checker must have shared those reservations and decided to create an add-on that would inform the user of newly installed plugins.
Many Firefox and Thunderbird users feel that Mozilla has not added enough protection in the software to avoid automatic plugin installation. A recent change in Firefox 3.6 made sure that third parties were not able to make use of the components directory to add their plugins to the web browser but it did not solve the problem that Firefox and Thunderbird are picking up plugin information automatically without giving the user an option to use those plugins.
There are some configuration switches to block certain locations that are scanned for plugins whenever the Firefox web browser or the email client Thunderbird are started. The developer of plugin checker must have shared those reservations and decided to create an add-on that would inform the user of newly installed plugins.
