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Is AllPeers FireFox's P2P "Killer App"?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simple-is-key dept.

Vivek Jishtu writes "Tech Crunch predicts that the AllPeers Firefox extension will massively increase the attractiveness of that already popular browser, drawing more millions away from embattled Internet Explorer. AllPeers is a simple, persistent buddy list in the browser. Initially, interaction with those buddies will be limited to discovering and sharing files."

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  1. Paranoid by ehaggis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This looks like a great feature, but it also looks like it could be a consistant security breach waiting to happen. These are the features and user toys that have plagued Microsoft security. Let's hope we don't trade safety for neato-gizmo stuff. And now I will don my tinfoil hat and be silent.

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  2. RIAA by Comatose51 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I can imagine the FUD campaign the RIAA would run against FF and Microsoft running their own to put FF into the category of P2P software, which will result it in being banned from most businesses.

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  3. Re:You must be a unix user by ajwitte · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In general, I agree that smaller apps that play well with the system are better than "suites", especially when said suites are inflexible and self-contained.

    The stated goal of the Firefox project is to build a browser-only app that's lighter weight than Seamonkey (nee Mozilla Suite). So far, I think they've managed to include useful features without bloating Firefox too much.

    It's hardly fair to point to a plug-in for Firefox that's developed by a third party and claim that Firefox is becoming too feature-rich/bloated.

    P.S. I imagine your views also influenced your choice of text editor? :)

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  4. Duh - Adblock by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, the "killer app" for Firefox is, has been, and forever shall be Adblock.

    Instant message programs and file sharing programs are a dime a dozen, but Adblock is what separates Firefox from other web browsers. It'll have a far more profound effect on the web, too, as eventually it'll become clear to advertisers that the conventional massive blinking ad in the middle of the site's content just isn't as effective as the innocuous text-only ad, because users are far more likely to block an annoying ad than they are a simple text ad.