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mart44 · 07-09-2006, 11:26

Regarding extension compatibility and making them compatible with the Nightly Tester Tools extension. The extension is the answer to the problem but one annoying thing can still happen when you check for Firefox updates (Help Menu) to Firefox 2 beta 2.

The update gets downloaded and before automatically installing itself, an extension compatibility check is carried out. The check seems to take no notice of the fact that incompatible extensions have been made compatible using Nightly Tester Tools. Extensions that have been made compatible may become disabled after the update. This can be overcome by right-clicking on the disabled extensions and enabling them again. It can be a nuisance to do that though, since updates to Firefox 2 beta 2 are sometimes quite frequent.

If you find this happening, there is something that can be done to prevent it:

* Type about:config into the address bar (or find it in the Help Menu once Nightly Tester Tools is installed).

* Type (or copy and paste) this into the 'Filter' box: extensions.checkCompatibility

* Double-click the entry in the list to change the value to false

Saves a bit of hassle.

07-09-2006, 11:26	#23
mart44 Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: South of England Posts: 253	Re: Firefox2 Beta 2 Regarding extension compatibility and making them compatible with the Nightly Tester Tools extension. The extension is the answer to the problem but one annoying thing can still happen when you check for Firefox updates (Help Menu) to Firefox 2 beta 2. The update gets downloaded and before automatically installing itself, an extension compatibility check is carried out. The check seems to take no notice of the fact that incompatible extensions have been made compatible using Nightly Tester Tools. Extensions that have been made compatible may become disabled after the update. This can be overcome by right-clicking on the disabled extensions and enabling them again. It can be a nuisance to do that though, since updates to Firefox 2 beta 2 are sometimes quite frequent. If you find this happening, there is something that can be done to prevent it: * Type about:config into the address bar (or find it in the Help Menu once Nightly Tester Tools is installed). * Type (or copy and paste) this into the 'Filter' box: extensions.checkCompatibility * Double-click the entry in the list to change the value to false Saves a bit of hassle.