Comments on: Firefox 2.0 is out http://thesoapvox.com/2006/10/25/firefox-20-is-out/ All the stuff that goes through Vox's mind, including SF/Fantasy books, open source software, linux, security, and many other geeky pursuits. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:31:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Vox http://thesoapvox.com/2006/10/25/firefox-20-is-out/#comment-901 Vox Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:11:15 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2006/10/25/firefox-20-is-out/#comment-901 I've tried NTT, a few versions ago...it works about as well as MRTLI, but MRTLI has other things about it that I like, so I prefer it. The problem with TBE is that it does indeed break the browser in small ways...you get an error on starting the browser, every time, and there's a weird artifact on the browser window...unfortunately, I had to activate it anyway, 'cause mozilla's extensions' site is having db problems (due to the load of a major release, I guess) so I can't even search around there to see if there's some other extension, or set of extensions, that'll do what I need TBE to do...so I have to live with the minor imperfections. I’ve tried NTT, a few versions ago…it works about as well as MRTLI, but MRTLI has other things about it that I like, so I prefer it.

The problem with TBE is that it does indeed break the browser in small ways…you get an error on starting the browser, every time, and there’s a weird artifact on the browser window…unfortunately, I had to activate it anyway, ’cause mozilla’s extensions’ site is having db problems (due to the load of a major release, I guess) so I can’t even search around there to see if there’s some other extension, or set of extensions, that’ll do what I need TBE to do…so I have to live with the minor imperfections.

]]> By: Handy http://thesoapvox.com/2006/10/25/firefox-20-is-out/#comment-900 Handy Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:24:18 +0000 http://thesoapvox.com/2006/10/25/firefox-20-is-out/#comment-900 You may have already tried this, but I didn't see you mention it, so... Have you given the "Nightly Tester Tools" extension a shot? It can sometimes help those older extensions decide that maybe they <em>will</em> work with newer Firefox. For that matter, I've grabbed the .xpi files and just edited the max version before too... With either approach, doing that can sometimes lead to new and exciting ways to slag your browser when trying those old extensions. :-) You may have already tried this, but I didn’t see you mention it, so…

Have you given the “Nightly Tester Tools” extension a shot? It can sometimes help those older extensions decide that maybe they will work with newer Firefox.

For that matter, I’ve grabbed the .xpi files and just edited the max version before too…

With either approach, doing that can sometimes lead to new and exciting ways to slag your browser when trying those old extensions. :-)

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