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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. A bit less strict disabling rules, please by Rah'Dick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I always wondered why some extensions got disabled from one minor bugfix release to the next. Has the underlying API been changed so much, that the extension really isn't going to work anymore or is the extension's author just being a bit restrictive with the "max. version allowed" setting?

  2. Re:Do not do this by Myen · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I remember correctly, one of the top crashes for Firefox 3 betas was... people whole force-enabled Google Toolbar.

    Yes, top crash.

    This preference is generally not useful unless you know how to deal with the fallout (including figuring out what problems are due to extensions and which ones are not, and possibly fixing things locally).