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By: Firefox 3 beta 2 and incompatible extension workarounds « AB’s reflections

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:13:31 +0000

[...] December 19, 2007 Posted by Aditya in Beta, Browsers, Firefox. trackback I had posted earlier on my initial experiences with the Firefox 3 beta inside a sandbox, and decided to hold off on a full time switch to the beta as most of my favourite extensions were [...]

By: Aditya

Aditya — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:41:54 +0000

Hi Vicky, thanks for the tips.
I have used MR Tech Local Install extension before in Firefox 2 to override the extension versions. Ironically, the MR Tech extension is itself one of the incompatible extensions .
So, that leaves me with the xmi change for each extension or rdf editing. Since there are some under the hood changes to the browser, a couple of the “compatible” extensions are also having some problems. So, I’m not sure the forced overrides will help out.
I’ll wait for the official compatible releases like I did before the switch to Firefox 2.

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:30:58 +0000

Edit: look for install.rdf file and locate em:maxVersion 3.0.*em:maxVersionchange to 3.0.*

looks like this site strips the Html, jus change to 3.0. .. nuthin else

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:25:40 +0000

Use Mr Tech Local Install Extension or Nightly Tester tools to make most of the extensions compatible, and it does work without any trouble.

or you can edit the install.rdf file by going Run -> %appdata% — Mozila– Firefox – Profile– Profile — extensions
look for install.rdf file and change to 3.0.*

Find that line and change from 2.0 …. to 3.0.*