On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:17:41PM +0100, Steven Rose wrote:
Chris G wrote:
Has anyone here moved from Firefox 2.0.x to Firefox 3.0 yet? If so are there any big (or small) issues?
My main problem is that my favourite add-on (Mozex) isn't available for Firefox 3.0 and looks like it may never be. There is an alternative (ItsAllText) but it's not so flexible and doesn't allow one Mozex facility that I do use (the ability to launch a local program from an arbitrary URL).
One simple question occurs to me, can Firefox 3.0 be configured to call a text mode program (e.g. mutt in my case) on mailto: links?
Upon trying to install it from the following URL (http://downloads.mozdev.org/mozex/mozex-1.07.xpi) it gives me the reason that it is incompatible as it does not supply secure updates. Is this the same for yourself?
I didn't even bother trying to install it, I did a Google search for "mozex firefox 3.0" and found that someone else had tried and failed. That's where I found the alternative ItsAllText.
I am pretty certain you could rewrite it to suit your needs, and thus make it Firefox 3.x comaptible. This link may be helpful http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_an_add-on_to_change_its_compatibility
I guess I could! :-) Thanks for the link.