After being confused why FF4 was *still* checking add-on compatibility when I set the checkbox in Options (and the add-on manager) to specifically
not do so - I went Googling about and found
this interesting article.
Quote:
Starting in Firefox 4, the Add-ons Manager will display additional information about each add-on you have installed, including screenshots, description, ratings, downloads, Contributions, and other metadata.
In order to keep this information updated, Firefox will ask the Mozilla Add-ons gallery for information about the add-ons you have installed once a day. This involves sending the identifiers of each add-on you have installed to Mozilla, as well as information on how long it last took Firefox to start up.
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The article goes on to explain how to opt out of this by using about
:config