tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5422482842834748008.post-42640629296344253122008-04-22T22:35:00.004+05:302008-07-29T23:33:41.742+05:302008-07-29T23:33:41.742+05:30<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_B0CuCDv4i18/SA4bEZjHeII/AAAAAAAAAX4/wW2vApWnckI/s1600-h/Firefox-extension-installation-delay.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_B0CuCDv4i18/SA4bEZjHeII/AAAAAAAAAX4/wW2vApWnckI/s400/Firefox-extension-installation-delay.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192117182796363906" border="0" /></a><br />Whenever you install an extension, Firefox will show the above message box. Initially the <span style="font-style: italic;">Install</span> button will be grayed out for 3 seconds, during which you have to sit there, watching the timer ticking down. Even though there are <a href="http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/">very good reasons</a> why such a delay is put in force, still some of us have felt the need to remove that.<br /><span id="fullpost">If you are a Firefox addon-surfer (hey, we coined that term :D) who installs (and obviously, uninstalls) a couple of extensions every day, the 3 seconds delay can easily become a time sink.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Related;</span> <a href="http://www.dailygyan.com/2008/04/install-addons-easy-way-in-firefox.html">Install Addons The Easy Way In Firefox</a><br /><br />You can easily disable the installation wait by a simple <span style="font-style: italic;">about:config</span> hack.<ol><li>Type <code>about:config</code> into the Firefox address bar and hit enter. </li><li>Click on "<span style="font-style: italic;">I'll be careful, I promise!</span>" button. </li><li>Enter <code>security.dialog_enable_delay</code> into the Filter text box. Double click on that preference value and change the value to <code>0</code></li></ol> Try to install some addons now and you will notice that there is no wait period in the dialog box that pops up.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><hr /><a href="http://www.dailygyan.com">Visit DailyGyan</a></div>Anoop Engineernoreply@blogger.com