I saw that a new feature of 1.5 was improved updating of extensions. I assumed I wouldn't have to manually update extensions anymore. Oh well, I should have double checked first. Thanks for the heads up on FLST and add bookmark here. I was able to manually install these.
I was also able to manually install permit cookies, but the toolbar icon is now gone and has inexplicably moved down to the status bar.
Here is my reasons for using both. Permit cookies and Cookie toggle work together as a nice team. I turn off all cookies with the exception of a white list of sites that are allowed. Permit Cookies allows me to manage this easily. I use Cookie toggle to temporarily disable this behavior by turning all cookies on. This is nice when I want to allow some new site to set cookies so I can see what I need to white list for the site to work (some sites set off site cookies that you need to allow). Turning cookies on is also nice when my wife wants to surf without bothering with cookie permissions. I clean these up with permit cookies when I get back on.
I didn't notice that ff1.5 can now bookmark all (ctrl-shft-D). Awesome!
securepasswordgenerator is somewhat redundant but it has more options for generating passwords than roboform.
I already use customizegoogle and I'll try using those options.
I was able to manually install StumbleUpon.
Also noticed that SpellBound 0.7.3 was broken by the upgrade. I had to reinstall to get it working.
All in all, this upgrade was the worse FF upgrade I've experienced yet. 19 extensions didn't update automatically but I was able to manually install 5. I still have 14 extensions that aren't working.
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I saw that a new feature of 1.5 was improved updating of extensions. I assumed I wouldn't have to manually update extensions anymore. Oh well, I should have double checked first. Thanks for the heads up on FLST and add bookmark here. I was able to manually install these.
I was also able to manually install permit cookies, but the toolbar icon is now gone and has inexplicably moved down to the status bar.
Here is my reasons for using both. Permit cookies and Cookie toggle work together as a nice team. I turn off all cookies with the exception of a white list of sites that are allowed. Permit Cookies allows me to manage this easily. I use Cookie toggle to temporarily disable this behavior by turning all cookies on. This is nice when I want to allow some new site to set cookies so I can see what I need to white list for the site to work (some sites set off site cookies that you need to allow). Turning cookies on is also nice when my wife wants to surf without bothering with cookie permissions. I clean these up with permit cookies when I get back on.
I didn't notice that ff1.5 can now bookmark all (ctrl-shft-D). Awesome!
securepasswordgenerator is somewhat redundant but it has more options for generating passwords than roboform.
I already use customizegoogle and I'll try using those options.
I was able to manually install StumbleUpon.
Also noticed that SpellBound 0.7.3 was broken by the upgrade. I had to reinstall to get it working.
All in all, this upgrade was the worse FF upgrade I've experienced yet. 19 extensions didn't update automatically but I was able to manually install 5. I still have 14 extensions that aren't working.
These extensions also give the message: "Disabled, not compatible with Firefox 1.5"
Wish I would have waited a couple of weeks before I upgraded.