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Originally posted by: TruePaige
Originally posted by: middlehead
Tried it to check on extension compatability, but there's still too many out of commission. Call back when Paste & Go works.
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You can disable the extension check and most all old extensions work.
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Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see any way to reenable old extensions. The only check option I can see to disable is the updated-search, not the initial check that makes sure the extensions are compatible to begin with.
 
Originally posted by: rubix
it's easy to make any extension work with any version of firefox:

download extension (.xpi) to your harddrive. open .xpi file in winrar. drag install.rdf file from inside .xpi to a temp location on your harrdrive. open .rdf file in notepad. find the min and max version part and edit to make the max version 4.0 or whatever. save changed .rdf file. drag .rdf file back to winrar's open .xpi file to update it. drag updated .xpi file onto firefox. it'll install the extension and work now.

it takes like 8 seconds once you get used to it.
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That's interesting. Can anyone else confirm the reliability of these before I offer kudos? 😛
 
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: rubix
it's easy to make any extension work with any version of firefox:

download extension (.xpi) to your harddrive. open .xpi file in winrar. drag install.rdf file from inside .xpi to a temp location on your harrdrive. open .rdf file in notepad. find the min and max version part and edit to make the max version 4.0 or whatever. save changed .rdf file. drag .rdf file back to winrar's open .xpi file to update it. drag updated .xpi file onto firefox. it'll install the extension and work now.

it takes like 8 seconds once you get used to it.
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That's interesting. Can anyone else confirm the reliability of these before I offer kudos? 😛
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I was industrious enough to do something like this during the FF2 beta, his process sounds about right.
 
Seems fast to me. Thanks for the post in OT. I don't venture to those other forums, I would have never seen this. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: middlehead
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: rubix
it's easy to make any extension work with any version of firefox:

download extension (.xpi) to your harddrive. open .xpi file in winrar. drag install.rdf file from inside .xpi to a temp location on your harrdrive. open .rdf file in notepad. find the min and max version part and edit to make the max version 4.0 or whatever. save changed .rdf file. drag .rdf file back to winrar's open .xpi file to update it. drag updated .xpi file onto firefox. it'll install the extension and work now.

it takes like 8 seconds once you get used to it.
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That's interesting. Can anyone else confirm the reliability of these before I offer kudos? 😛
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I was industrious enough to do something like this during the FF2 beta, his process sounds about right.
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So far I'm 0/1...roboform doesn't like 3.0 even with that change.
 
Originally posted by: middlehead
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: rubix
it's easy to make any extension work with any version of firefox:

download extension (.xpi) to your harddrive. open .xpi file in winrar. drag install.rdf file from inside .xpi to a temp location on your harrdrive. open .rdf file in notepad. find the min and max version part and edit to make the max version 4.0 or whatever. save changed .rdf file. drag .rdf file back to winrar's open .xpi file to update it. drag updated .xpi file onto firefox. it'll install the extension and work now.

it takes like 8 seconds once you get used to it.
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That's interesting. Can anyone else confirm the reliability of these before I offer kudos? 😛
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I was industrious enough to do something like this during the FF2 beta, his process sounds about right.
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That is what I do.
 
Originally posted by: Shawn
Originally posted by: middlehead
Originally posted by: jjsole
Originally posted by: rubix
it's easy to make any extension work with any version of firefox:

download extension (.xpi) to your harddrive. open .xpi file in winrar. drag install.rdf file from inside .xpi to a temp location on your harrdrive. open .rdf file in notepad. find the min and max version part and edit to make the max version 4.0 or whatever. save changed .rdf file. drag .rdf file back to winrar's open .xpi file to update it. drag updated .xpi file onto firefox. it'll install the extension and work now.

it takes like 8 seconds once you get used to it.
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That's interesting. Can anyone else confirm the reliability of these before I offer kudos? 😛
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I was industrious enough to do something like this during the FF2 beta, his process sounds about right.
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That is what I do.
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Right, in my experimentation with making extensions, its the responsibility of the designer to state for which versions of FF it's stable (since it would be impossible to test this automatically). Changing this value will mean it passes the check FF does, but at the cost that you don't know if it'll work for sure. Take a peek at the javascript errors console and see if anything pops up. Some extensions will throw a couple exceptions even if they work for the most part, so don't take that as a sure sign of failure.
 
I have the following addons installed and working:

Generated: Sat Mar 22 2008 11:58:06 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9b4) Gecko/2008030317 Firefox/3.0b4
Build ID: 2008030317

Enabled Extensions: [40]
- Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.1.3: http://www.pierceive.com/
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.3: http://adblockplus.org/
- Auto Copy 0.6.4: http://autocopy.mozdev.org
- Back to Top 5.0: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions
- BBCodeXtra 0.2.5.6: http://bbcodextra.extenzilla.org
- Better Gmail 2 0.3.4: http://www.ginatrapani.org/wor.../firefox/bettergmail2/
- CacheViewer 0.4.5: http://tinybenki.sblo.jp/
- Cooliris Previews 2.6: http://www.google.com/search?q...%20Cooliris%20Previews
- CustomizeGoogle 0.71: http://www.customizegoogle.com/
- Dictionary Tooltip 1.1.2: http://www.rjonna.com/ext/dictionarytip.php
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.1: http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
- DownloadHelper 3.0.3: http://www.downloadhelper.net
- DownThemAll! 1.0: http://downthemall.net/
- Drag de Go 0.2.5.1: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=440259
- FEBE 5.3.1: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions
- FireFTP 0.97.1: http://fireftp.mozdev.org
- Fotofox 1.0.9.2: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/add-ons/fotofox/firstrun/
- FreeShare Image Uploader 1.0.2: http://www.freeshare.us
- Gmail Space 0.5.92: http://www.getgspace.com/
- Grab and Drag 2.5.0.3: http://grabanddrag.mozdev.org/index.html
- Greasemonkey 0.7.20080121.0: http://www.greasespot.net/
- IE Tab 1.5.20080310: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1419/
- Image Assistant 0.2.4: https://addons.mozilla.org/ext...mage%20Browsing&id=790
- ImageBot 3.5.4: http://pimpsofpain.com/imagebot.html
- Menu Editor 1.2.3.3: http://menueditor.mozdev.org/
- Minimap Sidebar Extension 0.2.3: http://www.google.com/search?q...%20Sidebar%20Extension
- Mouse Gestures 1.5.2: http://www.mousegestures.org/
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.6: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
- MultirowBookmarksToolbar 1.3: http://space.geocities.yahoo.co.jp/gl/alice0775
- Organize Search Engines 1.1.2: http://maltekraus.de/Firefox/search-tools/
- Organize Status Bar 0.5.2: http://yellow5.us/firefox/osb/
- Password Exporter 1.1: http://passwordexporter.fligtar.com
- Resizeable Textarea 0.1d: http://www.google.com/search?q...0Resizeable%20Textarea
- Resurrect Pages 1.0.8: http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Extensions/Resurrect
- ScrapBook 1.3.3.1: http://amb.vis.ne.jp/mozilla/scrapbook/
- Stylish 0.5.5: http://userstyles.org/stylish/
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.6.1.080302: http://tmp.garyr.net
- UnPlug 1.6.06: http://unplug.mozdev.org/
- VideoDownloader 1.1.1: http://videodownloader.net/
- Wizz RSS News Reader 2.1.9.8: http://www.wizzrss.com/WizzRss.php

Disabled Extensions: [10]
- Fasterfox 2.0.0: http://fasterfox.mozdev.org/
- Firebug 1.05: http://www.getfirebug.com/
- Fireflix 0.0.6.1: http://kin.klever.net/fireflix/
- Image Zoom 0.3.1: http://imagezoom.yellowgorilla.net/
- McAfee SiteAdvisor 26.5: http://www.siteadvisor.com/
- PicLens 1.6.2.1605: http://www.piclens.com/
- Searchbar Autosizer 1.3.7: http://searchbarautosizer.mozdev.org
- SeoQuake 2.0.11: http://ff.seoquake.com/
- Text to Image 1.3.0: https://sourceforge.net/projects/txt2img/
- Web Developer 1.1.4: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

Total Extensions: 50

Installed Themes: [1]
- Firefox (default): http://www.mozilla.org/

Installed Plugins: (13)
- 2007 Microsoft Office system
- AOL Media Playback Plugin
- DivX Player Netscape Plugin
- DivX Web Player
- DivX® Content Upload Plugin
- IE Tab Plug-in
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U3
- JoostPlugin
- MetaStream 3 Plugin
- Microsoft® Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- Shockwave Flash
- Silverlight Plug-In



 
Doesn't seem any faster for me. Reading some other posts, I shouldn't be expecting my firefox to hog 300megs of memory after some hours right?
 
I like it, but I can't live without my extensions. No Mouse Gestures. 🙁 No Tab Mix. 🙁

EDIT: Also, they seemed to have fixed the tooltip bug. That's nice.
 
Originally posted by: chuckywang
I like it, but I can't live without my extensions. No Mouse Gestures. 🙁 No Tab Mix. 🙁

EDIT: Also, they seemed to have fixed the tooltip bug. That's nice.
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exactly, I need gestures.
 
I am running a nightly build of beta 5 (Minefield) and it seems even faster than beta 4. Rendering is much faster than FF2 with fasterfox installed.
 
Originally posted by: DLeRium
what do you mean it's faster? the app itself or loading webpages?
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Both

However, it is no where near as stable as beta 4. I had it crash twice while reading a review on the new Athlon x4 with the b3 stepping.
 
I uninstalled. Kept asking me if I wanted to be informed when I left a secured page even after I unchecked the box. Plus extensions not out for it yet. But it was very quick and looks good.
 
I've been using the beta for a while now and it's really fast for me. However, the new Yahoo mail keeps crashing on me. Every time I hit the 'delete' or 'spam' buttons, BOOM!
 
Originally posted by: coldmeat
Originally posted by: chuckywang
I like it, but I can't live without my extensions. No Mouse Gestures. 🙁 No Tab Mix. 🙁

EDIT: Also, they seemed to have fixed the tooltip bug. That's nice.
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exactly, I need gestures.
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Is that like "Jazz Hands"?
 
Originally posted by: Xylitol
Doesn't seem any faster for me. Reading some other posts, I shouldn't be expecting my firefox to hog 300megs of memory after some hours right?
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Thats normal. If you use cooliris though expect more like 600 MB + as memory usage.
 
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