[LINK] Browser Add-on

[Rick Welykochy]

stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:

> The following has just been posted to an online group. Does any Linker
> know anything about this, good or bad?  (Quote ..)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-hint/

The page says that the Mozilla team have reviewed this plug-in
as "experimental" or "preliminary":

"Experimental add-ons have been checked by our editors to make
  sure they don't have security problems, but they may still have
  bugs or not work properly. Use caution when installing experimental
  add-ons and uninstall the add-on immediately if you notice problems."


> This add-on slows down Firefox loading of websites.

At a guess, this add-on configures Firefox to use a proxy in another
country, i.e. in the UK for BBC media, which will indeed slow down
your loading of websites. You can check this by looking at the proxy
section of the Firefox configuration preferences.


cheers
rickw


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