It was also reported in the Firefox support as a very confusing behavior. The affected add-on was https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/duplicate_tab/ which uses the activeTab permission. I agree that the blue dot is useful *if* there is something actionable for the user, for example if the user has to grant a permission. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. It's confusing because the user can't do anything and the menu still shows the blue dot, without any chance to get rid of it. And so the menu draws attention to itself all the time, even though there is nothing for the user to do.
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It was also reported in the Firefox support as a very confusing behavior. The affected add-on was https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/duplicate_tab/ which uses the activeTab permission. I agree that the blue dot is useful *if* there is something actionable for the user, for example if the user has to grant a permission. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. It's confusing because the user can't do anything and the menu still shows the blue dot, without any chance to get rid of it. And so the menu draws attention to itself all the time, even though there is nothing for the user to do. @Alex Cornestean: > The user should be notified that an extension needs explicit permission to run, then let the user decide if the user shall allow it or not and not grant the permission automatically. Agreed. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. The activeTab permission just works, and there is nothing the user can grant or forbid.
It was also reported in the Firefox support as a very confusing behavior. The affected add-on was https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/duplicate_tab/ which uses the activeTab permission. I agree that the blue dot is useful *if* there is something actionable for the user, for example if the user has to grant a permission. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. It's confusing because the user can't do anything and the menu still shows the blue dot, without any chance to get rid of it. And so the menu draws attention to itself all the time, even though there is nothing for the user to do. The text in the add-ons menu that the add-on needs a permission does not help to reduce the confusion at all. @Alex Cornestean: > The user should be notified that an extension needs explicit permission to run, then let the user decide if the user shall allow it or not and not grant the permission automatically. Agreed. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. The activeTab permission just works, and there is nothing the user can grant or forbid.
It was also reported in the Firefox support as a very confusing behavior. The affected add-on was https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/duplicate_tab/ which uses the activeTab permission. I agree that the blue dot is useful *if* there is something actionable for the user, for example if the user has to grant a permission. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. It's confusing because the user can't do anything and the menu still shows the blue dot, without any chance to get rid of it. And so the menu draws attention to itself all the time, even though there is nothing for the user to do. The text in the add-ons menu that the add-on requires a permission does not help to reduce the confusion at all, as the user thinks they have to do something and that's not true. @Alex Cornestean: > The user should be notified that an extension needs explicit permission to run, then let the user decide if the user shall allow it or not and not grant the permission automatically. Agreed. But that's not the case for the activeTab permission. The activeTab permission just works, and there is nothing the user can grant or forbid.