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> If you want the full-blown UI customisation, then I'm afraid extensions are not allowed that anymore due to the associated security risks.

That's total BS. It's my software running on my computer. I get to decide what I consider a security risk, not Mozilla.



This "user is an idiot" mentality permeates their development culture. As another example, Mozilla would rather you don't get to access a site at all if it's misconfigured a certain way, rather than putting in any kind of override.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=435013 (Ten years old, fixes proposed, questions unanswered. Note the status.)

If I sound upset, it's because this is personally offensive (not to mention infuriating) to me, and many good-faith questions have gone ignored.


Yes, but at the same time, I'm installing software on my mom's computer, and unfortunately, she's not a good judge of what is a security risk. I'd trust Mozilla with that more.

As I said elsewhere, it is frustrating as well. But it's not like there aren't upsides to it as well, that just might not apply to us.




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