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Firefox/Thunderbird Plugins: Is Less More?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fighting-against-bloatware dept.

comforteagle writes "I've published the first of a two part look at the new dynamic duo of Mozilla's Firefox and Thunderbird. While most folks thus far agree with the 'less is more' mantra when it comes to the base applications, the plugins seem to be a different story. Hey, there's little wiggle room to debate that the firefox base application (the subject of the first article) isn't the shizzle, but how about the add-ons and plugins? For that matter, do you agree that less is more. or is too little included?"

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  1. I'm sorry... by John+Courtland · · Score: 4, Funny

    ..but did you mean to use the word "shizzle"?

    I'm shaking my head in utter disbelief.

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    1. Re:I'm sorry... by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 5, Funny

      If there's a plugin to filter out that word (especially when used in this context), now would be a great time to point that out to me.

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    2. Re:I'm sorry... by maxbang · · Score: 4, Funny

      This 'pimp skillet' E-40 refers to, is it available at Denny's?

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    3. Re:I'm sorry... by Jerf · · Score: 5, Funny
      Your choice of
      perl -pe 's/\b(\w)\w+\b/$1izzle/g'
      or
      perl -pe 's/\b(\w+)\w\b/$1izzle/g'
      depending on how you are feeling. (Note that's "dollar sign one", not "dollar sign L" if you're typing, though I recommend copy&paste.)

      Oh, sorry, I mean "dependinizzle oizzle hoizzle yoizzle arizzle feelinizzle."

      Pipizzle youizzle choicizzle oizzle texizzle througizzle. Iizzle's lightlizzle testeizzle, buizzle whizzle reallizzle careizzle? Iizzle's stilizzle thizzle shizniizzle.

    4. Re:I'm sorry... by xeon4life · · Score: 5, Funny

      FYI:

      "Fo' shizzle, muh nizzle" is a bastardization of:
      "Fo' sho', muh nigga," which is a bastardization of:
      "That assumption would be correct, my African-American friend."

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    5. Re:I'm sorry... by Equis · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why wait for Babelfish when you can just Ask Snoop?

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  3. New tech buzzword? by isotope23 · · Score: 4, Funny

    As in : "The database will be down temporarily while I shizzle the records.."?

    Or "That kitty cat screensaver you installed shizzled your computer..."

    I can see it now,

    Windows Advanced Server 2008 : "Who do you want to Shizzle today?"

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    1. Re:New tech buzzword? by rampant+mac · · Score: 5, Funny
      "New tech buzzword?"

      Oh yeah, I can see hip-hop lingo going over really well in the tech sector...

      Fat Secretary: Ok, Excel won't even open up..

      Me: Word?

      Fat Secretary: No Excel.

      Me: No, I mean "word" as in, "Fo' Sheezy."

      Fat Secretary: I don't understand, you mean "Format C:\?"

      Me: NOOOO!

      Fat Secretary: Opps! I already hit enter...

      Me: Hold on a sec... You wanna make noise? Make noise... I'll make a phone call, my niggas comin' like the Gotti boyz.

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  4. Re:I like the simple but expandable model by (54)T-Dub · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well it's written by a Japanese guy and ... it's ... well ... huge and the technical document is in Japanese.

    I know, i know, learn Kenji. It's on my list right after destroying Microsoft ;-)

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  5. Again with the morons... by John+Courtland · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd love to know how I got redundant since this is the second post.

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  6. Is Less More? by Pan+T.+Hose · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is Less More? No. Needless to say, less is a program similar to more, but which allows backward movement in the file as well as forward movement and much more. So less is actually more than more, more or less. Unless you prefer more rather than less. See: more(1) and less(1).

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  7. Re:I like the simple but expandable model by Timmeh · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you mean 'kanji' which are the Chinese characters used in Japanese to represent various words/meanings. Kenji is Japanese boy's name, and if that's what you're into, be my guest, I'm not here to judge.

  8. Shizzle? by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Funny

    what the fuck does that mean in english? you should understand that having a day job precludes me from 'keeping it real' and as such, I lack a certain familiarity with the language of the 'streets' as it were.

    (stolen from IRC)