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Students Embarrass eBay With Firefox Add-On

Posted by kdawson on from the doing-it-right dept.

An anonymous reader sends along a posting from the Grooveking blog on a group of Stanford students who got together to help promote Firefox and ended up releasing a long overdue eBay Toolbar for Firefox before Mozilla and eBay could release their jointly developed extension in Europe. Mozilla's COO said the preemptive release of the eBay Toolbar had ruffled some feathers among European eBay execs. "Besides basic search features, it removes external ads on the site and allows users to see thumbnail pictures on ALL search items, even those sellers didn't pay for. An eBay toolbar has been long overdue... eBay can't be too enthusiastic about this toolbar since it cuts directly into its main sources of revenue: ads and thumbnail fees. But eBay users get a really good deal."

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  1. EBay was Late Because... by BoRegardless · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was trying to figure out how to load up more ads...?

    1. Re:EBay was Late Because... by multipartmixed · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, I figured eBay was late because she'd been fucking Craig's List.

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  2. Toolbar looks cool and all... by should_be_linear · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... but it should be mentioned that they could create it that fast only thanks to breaking 173 Microsoft patents.

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  3. Read the Heartwarming story... by Icarus1919 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...of a couple of spunky Stanford kids with nothing going for them. And a coach, who believed they had it in them all along...

  4. DMCA notice by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    in 3.. 2..

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  5. Re:Embarrass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have an idea: Slap "Beta" on it and let the users test it. I should probably patent that.

  6. Prices on Ebay by MM_LONEWOLF · · Score: 1, Funny

    I wonder what when the pictures of these students will somehow mysteriously show up on ebay, with rewards for eliminating these enemies of a global conglomerate.

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  7. Re:Embarrass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or just follow the MS model and call it 1.0 and release it as-is.

  8. Re:Makes sense of this slogan by cdrudge · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have plenty of bandwidth. I just don't want to see the ads. Maybe Firefox can load them and display them on my /dev/null monitor.

  9. damn students by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't they simply go back to creating Counter Strike maps.
    Oh wait...

  10. All well and good, but... by 6Yankee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure, Firefox can take back the Web.

    But only Internet Explorer can hold back the Web.

    1. Re:All well and good, but... by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

      ...down.

      The last word didn't make it through, so let me add it for you.

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    2. Re:All well and good, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      "All well and good, but down?"

      Yeah, that makes a lot more sense.

  11. Two letters come to mind when reading .. by madsheep · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..and one of them repeats: L O L

  12. Re:Embarrass? by Achromatic1978 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or follow the Apple model and call it 1.0, release it as-is, and let your fans berate people for complaining. "Always first generation...", "wait for the next one, they'll get it right", "you have to expect this".