Re: [gNewSense-users] Free software BurningDog extensions

[Matthew Flaschen]

Guy Johnston wrote:
> Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Guy Johnston wrote:
>>> Hi, does anyone know of a reliable way to find extensions for
>>> BurningDog/Firefox which are free (as in freedom) software? There's a
>>> lot of useful extensions (particularly to provide some of the Firefox 2
>>> functions which aren't in version 1.5.x) on the Mozilla site, but most
>>> of them aren't free software, and it's difficult to find out which ones
>>> are.
>> Actually, I've found that most are.  Try looking on mozdev.org .
>> Everything there is "shared source", and it is my experience (from
>> manually checking CVS) that most are free software.  I think all the
>> extensions I use are, including my favorites: Ad-block Plus,
>> Greasemonkey, and NoScript.
>>
>> Matthew Flaschen

> I suppose quite a lot of them are free software, but I've seen from
> their homepages that most of my favourite ones which I've used in the
> past aren't, such as Tab Mix Plus, Colourful Tabs and Go To Selection.

I should have been more clear.  I meant most of the ones on mozdev.  I
haven't heard of the three you mention.  I recommend the three   I
listed before. :)

Matthew Flaschen