The adbar extension displays Google ads related to pages you view. It works in Firefox 0.9+.
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23 Responses to “Opera’s least popular feature comes to Firefox”
What do you think? I mean, the program works but it is an extension that you have to install and can easily uninstall. But Jesse made sure to include this joke in the FAQ, “Of course! Paypal $19 (51% cheaper than Opera!) to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox’s Extension Manager to uninstall adbar.” I think this is quite funny.
It’s all about choice. You can have firefox without ads for free or you can have firefox with ads for not $49 or $39 or even $29 but for the low low price of only $19! But wait! There’s more! You can also have the ads for free too if you like! Just set it and forget it!
Mozilla Firefox is not available in any store.
I’m a student and have felt too poor to donate to Mozilla Foundation but if there was a version of this extension that didn’t run in test mode amd proceeds went to the Foundation, I’d run it. Any chance of it happening?
Caused some confusion, at least on some (popular) German tech news sites.
Golem.de has a headline that makes it sound like Firefox is now adware (“Mozilla’s browser Firefox integrates Goodgle ads a la Opera”), the article itself is clearer, though. WinFuture.de took it a step further and totally missed the point, but quickly removed the article after several people complained about it. :)
August 15th, 2004 at 7:44 am
Why can’t the money that would be generated go to mozilla.org? I’m sure people would run it just to support the browser.
August 15th, 2004 at 9:30 am
Finally – Opera-users have no excuse!
August 15th, 2004 at 11:17 am
Is this a joke?
August 15th, 2004 at 12:23 pm
What do you think? I mean, the program works but it is an extension that you have to install and can easily uninstall. But Jesse made sure to include this joke in the FAQ, “Of course! Paypal $19 (51% cheaper than Opera!) to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox’s Extension Manager to uninstall adbar.” I think this is quite funny.
August 15th, 2004 at 5:10 pm
It’s all about choice. You can have firefox without ads for free or you can have firefox with ads for not $49 or $39 or even $29 but for the low low price of only $19! But wait! There’s more! You can also have the ads for free too if you like! Just set it and forget it!
Mozilla Firefox is not available in any store.
August 15th, 2004 at 5:20 pm
Hilarious! (Oh, and the extension’s clever too. :)
Grayrest’s got a good idea… hey Asa and Blake….
August 15th, 2004 at 7:41 pm
I love it! Take that Opera!
(And I really love the above screenshot as well.)
August 15th, 2004 at 8:29 pm
Nice screenshot, Jesse ;-)
–Asa
August 15th, 2004 at 8:32 pm
I installed it. More ads yum!
August 15th, 2004 at 11:51 pm
i’m not sure what’s the bigger joke…
the extension or the web site in the screen shot.
August 15th, 2004 at 11:58 pm
Um, is this extension a complete joke or am I missing something?
August 15th, 2004 at 11:58 pm
HAHA, they actually excepted my slashdot story that I sent about it.
August 15th, 2004 at 11:59 pm
HAHA, they actually accepted my slashdot story that I sent about it.
August 16th, 2004 at 4:27 am
I’m a student and have felt too poor to donate to Mozilla Foundation but if there was a version of this extension that didn’t run in test mode amd proceeds went to the Foundation, I’d run it. Any chance of it happening?
August 16th, 2004 at 5:38 am
Caused some confusion, at least on some (popular) German tech news sites.
Golem.de has a headline that makes it sound like Firefox is now adware (“Mozilla’s browser Firefox integrates Goodgle ads a la Opera”), the article itself is clearer, though. WinFuture.de took it a step further and totally missed the point, but quickly removed the article after several people complained about it. :)
August 16th, 2004 at 5:54 am
Well, you got these guys believing as well :-D
http://www4.hccnet.nl/404/index.cfm?fuseaction=nieuws.ShowNieuws&id=10783,10781&type=kort&top=10783
August 16th, 2004 at 6:07 am
Where is the source? You say its GPLed, (/mpl/lgpl) I request the source.
August 16th, 2004 at 6:43 am
>Where is the source? You say its GPLed, (/mpl/lgpl) I request the source.
Download the xpi und unzip it.
August 16th, 2004 at 10:24 am
Can’t you get it so that proceeds from click-throughs go to the Mozilla Foundation? Better than letting potential money go to waste.
August 17th, 2004 at 1:22 pm
Beautifully perverse.
September 12th, 2004 at 9:27 pm
Opera>>>>>Firesux
September 20th, 2004 at 9:05 am
Many random readers wrote: “Is this a joke?”:
Where is Captain Obvious when you need him?
August 15th, 2004 at 7:39 am
Firefox with AdSense
Jesse Ruderman writes:
The adbar extension displays Google ads related to pages you view.
Now while this seems interesting, finding relevant related pages based on Google ads, isn’t it going to be a bit biased…