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Luigison

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« on: February 28, 2005, 06:54:04 PM »
I watched The Screen Savers on G4 today (Friday's show) and they had several Firefox add-ons.  One allowed you to surf site that it offered you and you ranked them so that it would find more sites that would interest you.  I deleted the show, and forgot the name of the add-on.  Does anyone know what it is?
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CashCrazed

« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2005, 08:21:29 PM »
Sooo...you want an ad delivery extension? You pretty much hit advertising on the mark with "so that it would find more sites that would interest you". I see that line everywhere that offers ads, it usually says stuff like "Our ad system will deliver web site suggestions that are relevant to your users interests".

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Suffix

  • Steamed
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2005, 09:24:01 PM »
Yes, but those are often parasitic adware/spyware. I don't mean to sound gullible, but a program/add-on being featured by such people makes it sound legitimate.

Deezer

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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2005, 01:09:26 AM »
Did you check The Screen Savers website? They have forums and a chatroom, and I didn't look too hard but maybe they have show archives.

Luigison

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« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2005, 07:12:26 PM »
Duh?  Thanks, Deezer.  Subtract a few points from my "Nerd" score for that one.
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Suffix

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« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2005, 07:19:26 PM »
Ha! Now you're just as much of a nerd as I am!

Luigison

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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2005, 07:25:33 PM »


I didn't find it on the Screen Savers site, but did a Google search a located several extensions on https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox/.


The extension I was looking for is called "stumpleupon".  I also think "Tabbrowser Preferences" was discussed on the Screen Savers, and may be useful.


I'll post a short review of the extensions later.



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Edited by - Luigison on 3/4/2005 5:28:52 PM

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