Larry Holmes
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I am new to this forum and couldn't see where to post a new feedback, so I hope it is OK to post here.
I read a message about this add-on which said it slowed down the browser. I feel strongly that anything which slows down the browser noticeably is going to be very unpopular unless it happens to do something so spectacular for some group of users that they will accept the slowdown. I have been in the PC business since 1978, and I have started up and operated several small companies which provided various software and hardware products, mostly of my own design or that of my employees, and I learned that computer speed is one of the very top characteristics which all computer users are passionate about. Only a very few don't care about it. I developed and sold a number of speedup products, and customers were often willing to put up with all sorts of "minor" problems as long as their computers would run FAST(er). However, if the speedup was not enough, they became very fussy about EVERYTHING. So it is my opinion, based on years of experience, that it would be unwise to put anything into your software which slows down the browser very much, as users would reject that, even if the software/add-on functioned flawlessly, unless the added functionality was so spectacular that they could overlook the speed loss. Of course, all of this is just my opinion, but it is based on many years of experience, so I thought I would share it with you.
Incidentally, I am in the process of trying to start up a new company to develop, manufacture and sell a new technology which I have been working on for the past 15 years, which will add much speed and capacity to a computer while using the internet and other types of digital communications and networking which use serial data as the carrier of information. I will be dealing with the "problems" of the tradeoff between speed and more functionality as well, so I will have to put my opinions to the test and hope I am right!
I have not been able to get your add-on to work yet on my system, but I believe that is my fault, as I have not had the time to work on it very much. I have read some messages here which have given me ideas about some add-ons I use which may be interfering with yours, so I have yet to try those ideas. If I cannot get it to work on my system, I will be sure to contact you for help. If I understand how your add-on works, it would be of great help to me, as I often must scour the internet looking for information which is somewhat technical and obscure, so it does not show up very prominently in search engines such as Google, Bing, and so forth, unless I have the time to search through millions of "hits" to find what I am looking for! Your add-on may be just what I need as I believe it would tend to be focusing more on general subject material than on finding matches between keywords, such as search engines tend to do. This is a problem because so many web sites have huge keyword lists with many keywords put there to draw as many people as possible to their site, regardless of whether their keywords really match the subject of the search or not - one example of that is porn sites, which I wonder at times if they simply list every word in the dictionary so their site shows up in every possible search for any possible subject! How else would I get hundreds of porn sites in a search for "bandwidth" or "link speed" and similar technical terms! I have complained about this, and I am certain I am correct about their reasons for what they do, that is, they simply believe that if they can get ANY person, no matter who, no matter what their beliefs or preferences, if they can get any person to look at a very pornographic introduction page to their site, the person will not be able to resist logging in and eventually, signing up at high monthly rates, often without knowing that they are taking on a long term commitment to pay those monthly fees because the "fine print" is deliberately buried deep in the site's pages, or a check box is displayed at the end of a long blank space in the page, which signs them up for a paid membership if they continue with what is on the intro page. This drives me crazy, as I don't wish to view porn, yet I seem to keep running into it while making very technical web searches. If your add-on could help me find my information in a better way, I would even tolerate a reduction in speed, as much as I believe that is a big obstacle for many people. I would save a great deal of time and especially, aggravation, if your add-on could be set to avoid "finding" porn sites and others which use the same technique as many porn sites do.
I guess I got carried away - sorry! My original purpose was to offer my experience with customer acceptance or rejection of add-ons which could reduce speed; the rest is just explanation of my qualification to speak on the subject and my experiences which make your add-on a potential big hit.
I hope this may be of some help to you.
regards,
Larry Holmes