Before preferring a Mozilla Firefox extension over all others, make sure the creator can be contacted!!!!
Once the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application has determined the Firefox extensions that seem to meet his or her requirements and once the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application has determined the best Firefox extension amongst all the Firefox extensions, the end user should proceed to the next step before installing the Firefox extension to the Firefox web browser. The end user of the Firefox web browsing software application should check out to the author of the Firefox extension. While the functioning of the Firefox community is completely based upon mutual trust and respect, at no point of time should any individual be given the opportunity to misuse the trust and respect to cause harm to the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application. Nine times out of ten, the end user of the Firefox web browsing software applications can check out the personal homepage of the creator of the Firefox extension. Visiting the home page of the creator of the Firefox extension and gaining more information about the creator of the Firefox extension helps a lot in determining whether the Firefox extension will be safe for the end user or not.
When a choice has to be made between two similar Firefox extensions, the fact that the creator of one Firefox extension has made all his contact details available for the use of the end user of the Firefox web browser to get in touch with him or her will certainly work in favor of that particular Firefox extension. On the other hand, if the author of the other Firefox extension has not provided any contact information whatsoever, it is but natural for the end user of the Firefox web browser to feel wary about using such a Firefox extension. The end user of the Firefox web browsing software application desires is the ability to contact the author of the Firefox extension to inform him or her about any problem caused by the Firefox extension.
The release of Firefox version 2.0 resulted in all existing Firefox extensions becoming incompatible with the new version of the Firefox web browser. All the end users of the Firefox web browsing software application were worried about the compatibility issue. However, the hard work put in by the creators of the Firefox extensions and the wonderful support provided by the Firefox community ensured that there were no problems whatsoever. Before the new version of the Firefox web browser was to be released, hundreds and thousands of end users of the Firefox web browser contacted the creators of the many Firefox extensions installed on their computers and requested them to release updated versions of the Firefox extensions so that the same may be compatible with Firefox version 2.0.
In such a scenario, a Firefox extension that enables the end user to contact the creator of the Firefox extension shall be preferred over all other Firefox extensions. If the end user does not have any means to contact the creator, he or she will have to resort to the Firefox community. He or she will have to post a query on the Firefox community requesting the end users to help. If the Firefox extension in question happens to be a specialized one and happens to be used by only a few end users of the Firefox web browsing software application, getting assistance from the Firefox community will be difficult. Hence, before taking a final decision about any Firefox extension, the point whether the contact address of the creator of the Firefox extension has been given not has to be considered.
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