In recent weeks there have been some interesting changes in the way the official website of Mozilla extensions products interact with its users. For example, until recently, each version of each plug (extensions or themes) was downloaded from a particular link, which was standardized to a single address for each extension from which you download the latest version according to the user's operating system .Obviously, maintaining links to earlier versions on the link "See all versions" link at the bottom of the description of each plug.Another interesting improvement has been the "Share", which can be published in five different networks (Digg, del.icio.us, FriendFeed, Facebook and MySpace) a link to the page of any supplement.In my opinion missing that added to Twitter, but now as it stands, is an extremely useful feature.
And here is the latest improvement in this regard. Until yesterday, when the user wanted to install a plug-in is still in its experimental phase, should log on to AMO, a simple step but for many people quite upset.Now, no matter if you're registered or not, just check the option "Let me install this add-experimental" and "Add to Firefox" is activated so you can install the plug without further steps.
Clear that this feature should be taken with some precautions. A supplement may still be at an experimental stage, because just being in AMO, but is fully functional. But it can also happen that the supplement has not yet been tested on all operating systems available, or that this erratic behavior because their characteristics have not been sufficiently reviewed.
A basic recommendation for friends: the time for any addition, whether or not the area of experimental AMO, it is best to create a new Firefox profile and try it there. Once you've checked the plugin works perfectly, you can delete the profile and proceed to install the profile on your favorite.Thus you will avoid most of the surprises that often accompany some additions.
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