{"id":5417,"date":"2008-05-26T17:38:20","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T16:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/how-to-disable-firefox-delay-when-installing-extensions\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:30:44","slug":"how-to-disable-firefox-delay-when-installing-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-disable-firefox-delay-when-installing-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"How to: disable Firefox delay when installing extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re anything like me you probably test a few Firefox extensions every week, meaning you’re familiar with the extension installation dialog that makes you wait for a few seconds before actually installing the extension on your browser. Though there are security reasons<\/a> for this delay (it’s meant to prevent malicious software from installing on your computer without you noticing it), the truth is that after having to wait for it a dozen times, you end up hating that darn dialog. I did, so I decided to do a quick search and found the trick <\/a>to disable it.<\/p>\n

Enter about:config<\/em> in your address bar and then use security.dialog_enable_delay<\/em> in the filter field to locate the exact text string. Double click on it and enter “0” as the new value.<\/p>\n

\"disable<\/p>\n

From now on, you won’t have to wait when installing new extensions. Just some sensible advice: always install extensions from reliable sources, and do not overload the browser with extensions you don’t really need or use anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re anything like me you probably test a few Firefox extensions every week, meaning you’re familiar with the extension installation dialog that makes you wait for a few seconds before actually installing the extension on your browser. Though there are security reasons for this delay (it’s meant to prevent malicious software from installing on … Continue reading “How to: disable Firefox delay when installing extensions”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[2441],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-5417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t