AC, that's where.
Yes NoScript uses a whitelist. I have as many things diabled as possible for sites not on the whitelist, but the ones on function as if I did not have NoSript.
http://browserfame.com/38/firefox-addon-usage-stats
85% Firefox users have at least one add-on installed
http://blog.chromium.org/2010/12/year-of-extensions.html
one-third Chrome users use extensions
I can't find any data about IE "add-on/extension" usage nor could I locate a place on their site to look for plugins and as I do not run Windos not IE I do not know if it is in some menu somewhere, though I can get to chrome's and firefox's add ons from any browser. I know some exist and I have found few sites with lists of them, but due to the lack of ease finding them I figure most users wouldn't use them. (not that my guesses are worth much)
It would more accurately represent the browsers if firefox and chrome were tested with popular extensions installed as they could cause more security threats or in the case of noscript or adblock plus lessen them. (though noscript only has around a million users and adblock plus only eleven million.
Yes if it was a test between the vanilla browsers to see those differences then add ons and extension should of course not be included, but as it was a test of security their data is possibly skewed in favor of firefox and/or chrome/chromium/iron.
WOT may filter out most malware sites, but unfortunately top users use mass rating tools and sometimes rate sites as poor or unsafe just because someone had a differing viewpoint. Sometimes even down-rating sites affilated with mal-rated sites.
I'd like to know what version of Firefox you are using where the tabs moved and the search and url bars are combined. Tha Help: About section in Firefox says my version is 8.0, whereas the most recent version from Mozilla is 8.0.1.
I'd like a search urlbar combination, though I would like one that uses Google Instant.
I am not sure why redefining the lower bound of "special" is necessary. Out of all the planets scientists have observed, Earth is the only one that can support our form of life. Would that not make Earth a special planet, at least from our perspective?
Though after the 0.5 baby joke I am unsure if your were joking.
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -- Albert Einstein