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Comments on: Mozilla's Jetpack to bring next generation add-ons

Mozilla's got a new project called Jetpack that will let users install and turn extensions on and off, all without them having to restart their browsers.

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by spaceyguy May 20, 2009 6:03 PM PDT
Like ubiquity, this look like it has so much potential. I cant wait to see what happens with this project.
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by Angmarr May 20, 2009 6:17 PM PDT
Yes like EVERYTHING Mozilla, def excited!
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by alisabki May 20, 2009 6:17 PM PDT
so cool. like the monkey one~
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by kaolinfire May 20, 2009 7:02 PM PDT
Hmm. Sounds good. But--so, what differentiates it from greasemonkey besides being backed by mozilla? :)
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by flickrz May 20, 2009 7:14 PM PDT
Nice feature but bad example for demo. Especially since Mozilla is completely dependent on google for ad revenue. May be they should have shown how you can block all google ads on the search result page. That would have been fun. ;)
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