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#260
Firefox 3 (and Iceweasel) extensions
Posted by simonw on Tue 24 Jun 2008 at 21:10
There is a lot of griping about Firefox 3 and extensions around.
In most cases you can uninstall the old extension, and install the new version using the new and improved "Add-ons" manager under the "Tools" menu.
Mozilla did manage the migration of add-ons, and they did ensure most add-ons that folks use work with Firefox 3. They just didn't shout it loud enough.
I suspect the problems are largely a result of improved security handling of extension retrieval (people need to stop installing software from random websites, and that applies to browser plug-ins as well as anything else - even if the website is trustworthy now next week when it is bought up by the domain drop catchers the story may be different); but whatever the cause the message clearly didn't get out about what to do.
In most cases you can uninstall the old extension, and install the new version using the new and improved "Add-ons" manager under the "Tools" menu.
Mozilla did manage the migration of add-ons, and they did ensure most add-ons that folks use work with Firefox 3. They just didn't shout it loud enough.
I suspect the problems are largely a result of improved security handling of extension retrieval (people need to stop installing software from random websites, and that applies to browser plug-ins as well as anything else - even if the website is trustworthy now next week when it is bought up by the domain drop catchers the story may be different); but whatever the cause the message clearly didn't get out about what to do.