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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. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. 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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  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. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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    -Xeon

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