One of the biggest issues that Firefox users have with the rapid release cycle introduced earlier this year is the fact that updates often disabled their add-ons in the browser due to incompatibilities. Most of the time though those incompatibilities can be attributed to the maximum compatible version number assigned to an add-on, and not [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 10 Aurora Released, How To Force Add-On Compatibility
Firefox 9 Aurora was updated to Firefox 10 Aurora a few minutes ago. The update dialog listed several incompatible add-ons which I ignored at that time as I’m using the Mozilla Add-On Compatibility Reporter to make add-ons compatible. When I started Firefox 10 after the upgrade installation I noticed that the web browser listed all [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox 8 With New Add-On Compatibility Checks
Good news for Firefox users who think that the current add-on compatibility assistant during browser updates is not giving them enough control over their add-ons. Mozilla has uploaded a test nightly build to the official ftp server that demonstrates a new add-on compatibility check that gives users full process control. Firefox still runs a compatibility [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Firefox Add-on Compatibility Reporter, Force Add-On Compatibility
Coincidence? Ghacks reader Paulus reported troubles with his version of Firefox, which basically showed a loading add-on manager screen whenever it was started, with no options to close that screen other than to shut down the whole browser. I suggested starting Firefox in Safe Mode and he discovered that the Firefox add-on Add-on Compatibility Reporter [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Here Is A Little Mozilla Add-ons Secret
The Mozilla website hosts several add-on directories for Mozilla software such as those for Firefox or Thunderbird. If you look at these add-ons you will eventually notice that not all add-ons are compatible with the version of Firefox or Thunderbird that you are using. The Mozilla website will even display if the add-on is compatible [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Three Methods To Force Add-On Compatibility In Firefox
You might have read in our announcement post about the latest Firefox 3.6 beta that the Mozilla developer’s have changed the add-on compatibility parameter in the Firefox web browser. This article will therefor describe three different ways to force add-on compatibility in the upcoming Firefox 3.6 browser. It has to be noted that forcing compatibility [...]