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Do Firefox settings conflict with extension options?

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r3n3gad3
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This is NOT a specific current problem, but a request for general troubleshooting information. I know, both from reading KB articles and bitter experience, that one should not add multiple extensions that have the same purpose - Do Not Track extensions, for instance. My question pertains to FF's internal settings vs. extensions that expand upon them, e.g. the FF Block Pop-ups setting vs. an enhanced Pop-up blocking extension - are they going to conflict/confuse? Should one turn off the FF setting before installing the extension? Do we trust that the extension will change the setting appropriately? Is all this checked before an add-on is approved for the AMO?

This is NOT a specific current problem, but a request for general troubleshooting information. I know, both from reading KB articles and bitter experience, that one should not add multiple extensions that have the same purpose - Do Not Track extensions, for instance. My question pertains to FF's internal settings vs. extensions that expand upon them, e.g. the FF Block Pop-ups setting vs. an enhanced Pop-up blocking extension - are they going to conflict/confuse? Should one turn off the FF setting before installing the extension? Do we trust that the extension will change the setting appropriately? Is all this checked before an add-on is approved for the AMO?

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ideato
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Hello r3n3gad3

1.the FF Block Pop-ups setting vs. an enhanced Pop-up blocking extension - are they going to conflict/confuse?

i don't think so(in the specific example)

2.Do we trust that the extension will change the setting appropriately?

for most extensions, yes

3.Is all this checked before an add-on is approved for the AMO?

it must be, but bugs is always present

see also well known problematic extensions


thank you