NoScript is consistently in the top 10 most popular addons on AMO, which gets it a lot of exposure. However, I think that a lot of people look past it, because they either don't know anything about JavaScript (and would only check it out if they're curious), or they do know about JavaScript, they think "Nah, turning off JavaScript breaks everything," and they move on.
In addition, NoScript has become much more than just a JavaScript blocker, but someone looking at the top 10 on AMO doesn't see this.
I myself, years ago, when I was first discovering the power of Firefox addons, heard about NoScript and assumed that it would be something like QuickJava, letting you easily switch JavaScript on and off, so I wasn't really interested. The reality is of course very different. It was only later, when I tried NoScript out, that I realised how advanced and flexible it actually is, and how much it actually protects you from.
Maybe NoScript's name could be extended to something that better describes it, like 'NoScript Security Suite', or 'NoScript Threat Blocker', or 'NoScript Site Permission Manager'. Something that would give people, at first glance, a better idea of what it is for, and also suggest that it is more than just switching off JavaScript, if they even know what that means.
What does everyone else (particularly Giorgio, of course) think?
In addition, NoScript has become much more than just a JavaScript blocker, but someone looking at the top 10 on AMO doesn't see this.
I myself, years ago, when I was first discovering the power of Firefox addons, heard about NoScript and assumed that it would be something like QuickJava, letting you easily switch JavaScript on and off, so I wasn't really interested. The reality is of course very different. It was only later, when I tried NoScript out, that I realised how advanced and flexible it actually is, and how much it actually protects you from.
Maybe NoScript's name could be extended to something that better describes it, like 'NoScript Security Suite', or 'NoScript Threat Blocker', or 'NoScript Site Permission Manager'. Something that would give people, at first glance, a better idea of what it is for, and also suggest that it is more than just switching off JavaScript, if they even know what that means.
What does everyone else (particularly Giorgio, of course) think?