[arch-general] opinion request about Firefox add-ons

[Elmar Stellnberger]

Am 2016-01-31 um 17:45 schrieb Francis Gerund:
> Hi.
>
> Firefox 44.0 does not seem to allow installing the firefox-adblock-plus
> addon package from the Arch community repository.  Instead, Firefox states
> that it only allows addons "signed" by Mozilla to be installed.  That seems
> to exclude the package mentioned.
>
> I could install the adblock-plus addon version available from Mozilla,
> directly through Firefox.  But is this okay, or a bad idea, or is there a
> better idea?
>
> Any opinions?
>

Well, I would personally also like to see the most used as well as some 
security relevant Firefox addons to be packaged including AdBlock Plus, 
the Extended DNSSEC Validator, a good http2https plugin and possibly 
even FireFTP and Flagfox. Though all these addons should to my believe 
be available via https getting them looked after and signed by the Arch 
security team would certainly improve the security when using Firefox. 
Besides this I would suggest some improvements in the default settings 
so that users may enjoye a more secure browsing experience. However the 
question always remains on how readily Arch maintainers would adopt 
these suggestions.

P.S.: what about uBlock Origin;
is it better/simpler/more secure than AdBlock Plus?
perhaps get this one pre-packaged instead of AdBlock Plus.