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1 edit |  Firefox 1.5 add-ins problem??
The user unhappy with Mozilla( »www.theinquirer.net/?article=28145 ) for not generating a list of potential add-ins/extensions not compatible with Firefox 1.5 is all wet in my opinion. The use of extensions is the responsibility of each user that uses them. If he requires that Mozilla test every single extension(thousands of them) every time they make an update, then he will get a browser just like Internet Explorer - one that gets updated every 4 or 5 years.
I updated to 1.5 without problem and the half dozen or so extensions that I use all worked without being updated. And over the next few days updates for problems they had but which I didn't experience were addressed with new releases.
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Jason Levine
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| The thing that kept me from taking that article seriously was the name calling.
THE MOZZARELLA Foundation's new version of the open sauce browser Firefox... According to French, Flamingbadger 1.5 blocks the use of any plug-in... Of course, it would probably be nice to make "require extensions to be compatible with version 1.5" to be an option that users could turn off.
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montana3087
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| I think this site doesn't care for Firefox, because I have seen a couple negative stories at the Inquirer that have had the same "misspellings". As far as plug-ins being compatible with the new version, that has to be done by the creator, not Mozilla. They should have been working on them when they had release versions out, so when the official final version came out then they would be ready. So  to Inquirer.
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DeToqueville
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There are two ways to get old extensions to run in firefox 1.5.
You can type "about:config" in the location bar (as always without the quotes). Right click on any item in the list of variables that shows up, select New then String, add apps.preference.version, give it a value of 1.0. Not as easy as it might be but it works.
Alternatively, you can go into your firefox extensions directory and edit each extension's install.rdf file. In these files there is a variable maxVersion. For the non-working extensions change the value of this variable to "1.5+". Again not as easy as it might be but it works. |
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Primis1
join:2005-06-13
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In all fairness, Mozillla created its own monster through constant renaming of the dumb thing there for a while. I still know people who will only refer to it as "ElementAnimal". |
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