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  Joe 17:46 on March 3, 2009 Permalink
  Tags: add-on ( 4 ), firefox ( 8 ), livehttpheaders ( 2 ), Mozilla Firefox ( 2 ), openprofilefolder   

  Preparing for Firefox 3.1: add-on fixes 

  

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  It’s that time of the Firefox release cycle again: we’re at the verge of the 3.1 release, code named Shiretoko. The betas are getting pretty stable and usable for everyday use.

  This usually means also that many of our tried and trusted add-ons stop working, because they have not been marked compatible with the latest Firefox version yet.

  So for your convenience links to add-ons with incremented maxVersion number in their install manifest.

  • livehttpheaders 1.14 updated for Firefox 3.1
    
  • openprofilefolder 1.1.7 updated v1.1.6 for Firefox 3.1, see Open Firefox Profile (add-on)

  These are not changed in any other way than setting the maxVersion number – but you should’nt trust me and verify for yourself!

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  Joe 17:06 on February 9, 2009 Permalink
  Tags: add-on ( 4 ), database ( 2 ), firefox ( 8 ), mozilla ( 3 ), sqlite, sqlite3   

  sqlite3 db in Firefox: SQLite Manager Add-on! 

  

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  So you want to peek under the hood of all those mysterious Firefox 3.x databases? Easy does it: just install SQLite Manager in… Firefox itself (for easy installation visit SQLite Manager on the AMO site).

  This add-on can be activated from the Tool menu and opens in a separate window. By default, a shortcut to your profile directory is provided, but there is nothing preventing you from opening other sqlite3 databases when you’re done staring at the places.sqlite database.

  On Mac OSX there is lots to explore about your Mail.app settings in your ~/Library/Mail directory, e.g to optimize mail performance. Just be careful that you don’t make any changes on the live database (you work on a back-up copy, right?).

  

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  Joe 12:08 on July 28, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: add-on ( 4 ), extension ( 2 ), firefox ( 8 ), profile   

  Open Firefox Profile (add-on) 

  It is easy to get lost if you’re working with many development profiles in FIrefox: what profile is currently running? There is no easy way to find out from the browser.

  So… a search on addons.mozilla.org brought up open-profilefolder which was almost what I wanted, except it has not been updated for Firefox 3.0.

  So here my version with the following changes:

  • installs in Firefox 2.0.x and 3.0.x
  • shows the name of the current profile folder in the Tools menu

  Get it here: open-profilefolder-1.1.6.xpi

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  Joe 14:57 on May 12, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: extension ( 2 ), firefox ( 8 ), HTTP ( 3 ), livehttpheaders ( 2 )   

  LiveHTTPheaders for Firefox 3.0 released 

  

  Just a quick followup to my blog post about Firefox 3.0 and LiveHTTPheaders.

  I introduced a quick and dirty fix, which made it possible to install the add-on on the newest beta versions of Firefox. Now there is the official update, go on and install it right away!

  Here’s the new release annoucement: LiveHTTPheader 0.14 supports firefox 3.0.

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  Joe 13:50 on May 6, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: developer extension, firefox ( 8 ), RDF ( 10 ), Ted Mielczarek, xpi   

  Extension Developer’s Extension for FF 3.0 

  If you’re developing add-ons for Firefox, you likely know the Extension Developer’s Extension by Ted Mielczarek.

  It appears that this extension is perfectly compatible with the current Firefox 3.0 beta releases. However, as is the case with Live HTTP headers, the Developer’s Extension does not install out-of-the box (observed for Firefox beta 5). This is because Firefox now refuses to install extensions which specify a non-secure URL for
  auto updates.

  The fix is really easy:

  • download the extension
  • uncompress (using zip)
  • edit the file install.rdf (top level): remove the em:updateURL property
  • zip the whole shebang again, name the file somefile.xpi
  • now Firefox will install the extension if you drop the file on an open window.

  Four your convenience, you can download the modified extension here: extensiondev-030-no-update – but you really shouldn’t, download the original and make the modification yourself instead!

  @Marc K, did you see this article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.checkUpdateSecurity

  My guess is that this property is not available at all by default, so you need to add te property yourself in the about:config screen.

  To do so, right click anywhere in the property list, select “New” => “Boolean” and paste in “extensions.checkUpdateSecurity”. Set its value to false and you should be there.

  I haven’t tried this myself…

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    Marc K 11:11 on July 3, 2008 Permalink

    What’s annoying me is that I read on a blog that you can set extensions.checkUpdateSecurity to “false” in the pre-release versions of FF3, but I can’t find that property anywhere in my about:config for the final version released in June… Just as I’m starting to learn about that crazy XUL soup, and I was referred to the Extensions Developers’ extension by Mozilla’s own tutorial.

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  Joe 13:48 on January 22, 2008 Permalink
  Tags: add-on ( 4 ), beta, firefox ( 8 ), IBM, Joe Hewitt, John J. Barton, Max Stepanov, Web browser Firefox   

  Livehttpheaders for Firefox 3.0 beta 

  

  Update: LiveHTTPheaders 0.14 has been released.

  Web browser Firefox is getting ready for a new version 3.0 – to be released soonish. Currently the second beta version has been released for testing.

  One of the add-ons (AKA extensions) that I’m using frequently, is LiveHTTPHeaders. This extension has not (yet) been ported for Firefox 3.0.

  I made a quick fix, which makes the extension working for me in Firefox 3.0.0b2. I just had to change the compatibility information and the size of the “about” tab in order to fit within its popup window.

  As long as there is no official update, and you need livehttpheaders badly, you may want to download and install my patched version: livehttpheaders-0-13-1-patched.xpi. Of course, there is no warranty (you may post bugs in the comments if you like) and you’re using the add-on at your own risk.

  Before installing, you should check the XPI’s contents so you are sure you can trust the extension.
  Tip: uncompress the XPI and the embedded livehttpheaders.jar file and check a diff against the official 0.13.1 release version.

  Update: if you need Firebug, you can install firebug 1.1 beta (Firebug 1.1 is Firebug 1.05 by Joe Hewitt with enhancements and bug fixes by John J. Barton (IBM Almaden) and Max Stepanov (aptana))

  livehttpheaders patch firefox3.0 add-on extension

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    wing tung Leung 21:14 on February 11, 2008 Permalink

    Thanks for the patch! I also tried increase the max version myself, but did not know how to fix the dialog box. I still don’t understand why setting the dimensions manually is needed, because it would expected XUL to scale dynamically.

    I’m running the latest nightly builds, but sadly, it seems to crash once in a while when my patched livehttpheaders is installed. Hopefully, it goes away if I add your dialog box scaling fix.