Comments on: Firefox 3’s About:Config Warning! http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/18/firefox-3s-aboutconfig-warning/ Firefox tips, extensions, links and help! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:59:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Catnip http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/18/firefox-3s-aboutconfig-warning/#comment-17204 Catnip Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:26:26 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/?p=1553#comment-17204 It's entertaining, yes, but I prefer the "Here be dragons" warning I heard about from the beta. At first, for a split second, I thought it was trying to tell me that messing with the config could mess up my computer itself, thus voiding the warranty. I immediatley jumped from that assumption to "no, stupid, it's just a joke." But I've seen other people seriously asking around online about whether using about:config would really void the warrenty on their system. Maybe a different, yet still funny, message would cause less confusion. It’s entertaining, yes, but I prefer the “Here be dragons” warning I heard about from the beta.

At first, for a split second, I thought it was trying to tell me that messing with the config could mess up my computer itself, thus voiding the warranty. I immediatley jumped from that assumption to “no, stupid, it’s just a joke.”
But I’ve seen other people seriously asking around online about whether using about:config would really void the warrenty on their system.

Maybe a different, yet still funny, message would cause less confusion.

]]> By: Seth http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/18/firefox-3s-aboutconfig-warning/#comment-14810 Seth Sat, 24 May 2008 15:15:35 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/?p=1553#comment-14810 The people who think Firefox has a warranty are exactly the people you don't want messing with about:config so I thought it was brilliant as well as damned funny :-) The people who think Firefox has a warranty are exactly the people you don’t want messing with about:config so I thought it was brilliant as well as damned funny :-)

]]> By: Rafael Soares http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/05/18/firefox-3s-aboutconfig-warning/#comment-14749 Rafael Soares Tue, 20 May 2008 17:25:10 +0000 http://www.firefoxfacts.com/?p=1553#comment-14749 There are others, like when you enter a site with an expired certificate there is a button saying "Get me out of here!" Not to mention the about:robots page hehehe There are others, like when you enter a site with an expired certificate there is a button saying “Get me out of here!”

Not to mention the about:robots page

hehehe

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