[Companion] Yahoo updates toolbar for Firefox

[Jim]

I just abandoned my experiment using Yahoo's version
of the toolbar.  Apparently every time it goes to
check on the status of new mail etc. it freezes up the
keyboard (in firefox) for 1 to 4 seconds.  Very very
annoying, especially since I use web based email.  It
would happen about every 30 seconds.  So I am back
using the mozilla companion.  I'm wondering if anybody
else who tried the yahoo version had the same sort of
trouble? I'm also curious to see how well behaved the
mozilla companion is (I have noticed slight glitches).

Now if I were able to disable the search box and
search button on the toolbar I might never go back to
yahoo's, even if they fix the problem I described. 
This should also serve as a warning, beware how much
code is executed in one chunk and how long you wait
for a server response (except on initialization in
which case it does not really matter).  I'd suggest
breaking up checks for alerts up into several very
small and responsive pieces and then executing them in
series one second apart.  Is it possible to request
the feed and not have to wait on the response (just
check back a short while later)?  I'm wondering if the
responsiveness of the server could be responsible.

Jim
  
--- Scott <angrykeyboarder at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I found out by accident about it yesterday on Yahoo!
> itself.
> 
> I installed it and it's working pretty good so far
> (it's technically a beta).
> 
> Scott
> 
> --- jjreisert at alum.mit.edu wrote:
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> > Yahoo updates toolbar for Firefox
> > By Paul Festa
> > 
> > Toolbar to offer Yahoo's Anti-Spy adware and
> spyware
> > removal software for computers running Windows.
> > 
> >
>
http://news.zdnet.com/2110-9588_22-5655950.html?tag=sas.email
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