Firefox Update - Some Extensions Lag Behind
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Firefox updated to version 2.0.0.4. The update must have been significant because some of the less well known add-ons are rendered inoperable. For my Firefox setup, such extensions as Scrollbar Anywhere, Plain Text Links and some others are not compatible with Firefox 2.0.0.4. Perhaps, in a few weeks, the developers of these Firefox features will have updated.
So, for the next couple of days, I will be clicking for features in Firefox that are not available… or I will be back to the Opera browser.
Catherine Forsythe
Tags: firefox, update, extensions, opera, developers
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University Update - Firefox - Firefox Update - Some Extensions Lag Behind
June 29th, 2007
at 8:50pm
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shadowmyth
June 29th, 2007
at 9:19pm
It’s just part of being a Firefox user, happens a few times a year. Now though, the extensions are just temporarily disabled, and Firefox will update them as soon as the updates are available. I think it is a small price to pay though for such a personalized browser experience. I wouldn’t give my Firefox up for anything. I just wish they would come out with an OS.
10minutemail-user
July 2nd, 2007
at 1:36pm
Or you could just change Extensions.checkCompatibility to false in about:config, download the nightly tester tools , or the hard way:
download and unpack a wanter extension and change the maxversion entry in install.rdf, repackage the extension and install it.
Many not-yet-updated extensions and themes work fine on 3.0a5 and newer nightly versions.
Eep²
July 7th, 2007
at 4:02am
Scrollbar Anywhere works fine in Firefox 2.0.0.4. I just wish it wouldn’t move the mouse around while scrolling because it limits how far the scrolling can go and if the mousebutton is released (depending on which one is set to scroll), the mouse will click the UI control. :/