Talk:Problematic extensions

Adblock

Is workaorund of 3'rd Adblock problem correct? I guess there should be: "If you have Quicktime plugin, keep the OBJ_TABS setting disabled" ..Stef

Adblock and Adblock Plus ActiveX issue

I updated these sections based on the following private message received today. Alice Wyman 16:26, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I noticed that you added a section in Problematic extensions telling that Adblock Plus has issues with the ActiveX plugin. This is not up to date any more, Adblock Plus 0.7.0.2 and higher uses a work-around to avoid this problem. Furthermore, the actual problem has been fixed (bug 340852) though not checked in on branches yet. Could you adjust the description in the knowledge base? I would do it myself but I am not registered there. regards Wladimir Palant

"Memory leak" in Adblock Plus

I removed the following problem supposedly caused by Adblock Plus: "Delays release of memory caused by closing a tab". Reference was bug 213391 comment 56 (suggested solution was mind-boggling: replace Adblock Plus by Adblock). This issue was never officially confirmed and seems to be based on a misunderstanding of how memory management in Firefox works: only memory at the end of the reserved block can be released to the OS. In this particular case Adblock Plus caused memory to be allocated after the memory for the most recent tab - which prevented it from being released to the OS immediately and was interpreted as a memory leak. Anyway, the behavior changed with Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 so that in this particular case memory is released to the OS immediately now (which is probably not representative). --Wladimir Palant 21:13, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Wizz RSS

I noticed that no reference was given for the Wizz RSS 2.0.0 update issue workaround (Reinstall Firefox) added by Rturnham on 18 November 2005. I did find a recent mozillazine forum thread [1] so I added a link to the thread as a reference and changed the workaround to the one given in the thread (uninstall in Safe Mode). Alice Wyman 04:56, 21 November 2005 (PST)

ProCon

Could someone add ProCon to the list, it will replace all words with asterisks if set to "censure" words. (example) Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure I understand how to edit pages like this one with tables...--Lethargy 01:35, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree that the Table format is daunting to new editors. I had problems when I first tried adding a new entry to the list until I figured it out by trial and error, patterning my new entry against an existing one and previewing my results. I added ProCon to the list (compare in History to see how I did it). Go ahead and fix up what I added (if necessary) since you have first-hand experience with ProCon and I don't. Alice Wyman 11:48, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that, perhaps I'll learn to do it myself dome day :). I don't see any reason to edit what you have added.--Lethargy 19:31, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Contents

I really don't see the need for a contents list at the start. The list is alphabetical and non-hierarchal and short. It's incredibly easy finding what you're looking for, and adding a contents list just adds length and requires maintenance. If anything, we should give each extension its own second-level heading and let Wiki make a table of contents. --Np 17:37, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Np, I forgot that the list was alphabetical until I saw you moved Fasterfox from the bottom, where I had added it. Sorry about that. Alice Wyman 17:04, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough. I did try the second-level-heading approach first but I couldn't get it to work properly. Maybe you'd have better luck? --Vectorspace 10:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Changed intro. You have to get users' attention!

I'm tired of people glancing at this list, not seeing their extensions or their symptoms, and declaring that the problem cannot be an extension. For a long time we have have a warning in italics that the list is not comprehensive and that there can be other problems that are not listed. They still don't read it. So now I have made the advisory even more explicit and put it in BOLD italics. PLEASE DON'T CHANGE THAT. It's not overkill. People have to read that. And yes, I had to add two sentences, but they are necessary.

I also short-circuited the Standard Diagnostic by saying they should try safe mode. I suspect that few users make it all the way to the end of the SD. If the problem is extensions, they should go right to safe mode. --AnotherGuest. 31 Jan 07

Formatting

The formatting of this page isn't all that great. It's difficult to come up with the correct hash to link to a certain item in the page. The table doesn't fit on 800X600 [2]. There's no TOC. I suggest we do something like this instead:

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==Adblock==

• All versions. Having the OBJ_TABS setting enabled has been known to interfere with the ActiveX plugin (if installed). It can cause the plugin to ignore its configuration and run any ActiveX control, instead of the controls it is restricted to. Such a situation could potentially be a big security risk. If you have the ActiveX plugin, keep the Adblock OBJ_TABS setting disabled, or update to Firefox 1.5.0.7 or later versions, which include a fix.[2][3]
• All versions. Having the OBJ_TABS setting enabled will interfere with the Java plugin. Java applets will not display unless this setting is disabled. If you want Java applets to display, keep the Adblock OBJ_TABS setting disabled.[4][5]

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--Np 23:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. The table is also annoying to edit and discourages new editors from attempting it. Alice 23:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

If we make it a template, we can easily change the format in the future and avoid repetition. I threw one together with an example of usage at User:Np/Test.--Np 16:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)