Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

I've read the article about extension permissions, but still don't understand how each category might affect me as a user.

  • 1 reply
  • 1 has this problem
  • 6 views
  • Last reply by Tonnes

Riuichi
Riuichi
more options

The explanations of each type of permission and its effect(s) is excellent, as far as it goes. However, I am a real newbie and those explanations go right over my head. I think there may be more like me who would appreciate more user-oriented explanations and examples of the behaviors we might expect from our machines resulting from the actions of extensions that have been granted the permissions. Sorry for the convoluted nature of the previous sentence.

The explanations of each type of permission and its effect(s) is excellent, as far as it goes. However, I am a real newbie and those explanations go right over my head. I think there may be more like me who would appreciate more user-oriented explanations and examples of the behaviors we might expect from our machines resulting from the actions of extensions that have been granted the permissions. Sorry for the convoluted nature of the previous sentence.

All Replies (1)

Tonnes
Tonnes
  • Locale Leader
more options

Are you referring to the explanations as mentioned on the addons.mozilla.org website for an add-on’s permissions, during install of an add-on by the browser, or in the Permission request messages for Firefox extensions support article?

I agree it’s not that easy for everyone to keep up with all that’s technically possible or what a browser does in the first place. However, one of the goals is to inform users in a way they at least understand actions that affect them, and everyone is welcome to help out here, so feel free to contribute in any of these areas if you like. :)