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Let Older Add-Ons Work With Firefox 3.0

Posted by kdawson on from the not-for-the-faint-of-heart dept.

mask.of.sanity informs us of a hack that allows old add-ons to work with Firefox 3.0. Short form: in about:config, create a new boolean and set extensions.checkCompatibility to false. "The fix, which requires a little boolean creativity, great for anyone not afraid of taking risks. The idea is to stop Firefox checking its version history, allowing defunct extensions to work... [Those who do] get the fix working will have to remove the code from the prefs.js file once the stable Firefox comes out, but will enjoy their [favorite extensions] in the meantime."

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  1. What is this? by Zouden · · Score: 5, Funny
    What is this, the 'tips n tricks' column of a newspaper's IT section?

    The fix, which requires a little boolean creativity, great for anyone not afraid of taking risks.

    Not afraid of taking risks? It's about:config, not instructions for making a Linux-powered flamethrower, which I think would be a much better article for Slashdot.
    --
    "A week in the lab saves an hour in the library"
    1. Re:What is this? by JavaBasedOS · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd advise against the Linux-powered flamethrower, as I almost melted my face off trying to recompile its kernel.

    2. Re:What is this? by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm sure I'll be safe with the Microsoft powered flame thrower.

    3. Re:What is this? by Hal_Porter · · Score: 3, Funny

      Fire wants to be free.

      --
      echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
    4. Re:What is this? by mk_is_here · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah yes, the Blue Flame of Death!

  2. Speaking of hacking Beta Software... by hyperz69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here is another boolean hack but for Vista! Just set that boolean variable

    CRASH = TRUE
    and
    EATALLMYDAMNRESOURCESWITHDRM = TRUE

    to FALSE

    I wonder if I can set OMGIGOTAGIRLFRIEND = TRUE... THE POSIBILITIES!