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#26 2006-10-26 7:43 am
- MleB
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
D'Eyncourt wrote:
oatmeal wrote:
MleB wrote:
Tabbrowser Preferences 1.3.0 now works on Firefox 2.0
Its OK, but I prefer Tab Mix Plus (which doesn't yet) as it adds some of the more obvious tab features - like allowing a Bookmark to directly open a new tab. Not sure why Firefox (and for that matter, Safari and IE7) have such rudimentary controls of their tabs as their default...Yay!
::downloads extension::
::installs::
::restarts::
DAMN IT! Same thing happens.
::deactivates extension::I've found that Tab Browser Preferences (including version 1.3.1) works with Firefox 2.0 on Windows XP just fine, but not on Mac OS X.
I guess oatie and I will have to wait until it gets fixed.
EDIT: included version number 1.3.1.
How very odd. My Tabbrowser Preferences (now at 1.3.1) installed and is running fine within Firefox with my MacBook running 10.4.8...
Houston, we have a problem?
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#27 2006-10-26 8:03 am
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
Runs fine on my PowerMac G5 running 10.3.9 as well.
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#28 2006-10-26 1:32 pm
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
Former Windork wrote:
Runs fine on my PowerMac G5 running 10.3.9 as well.
Did you or MleB install Tab Browser Preferences for the first time in Firefox 2, or were you using it with an earlier version of Firefox and have Firefox 2 update TBP during the startup?
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#29 2006-10-26 1:39 pm
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
Hmmm....I tried it for about 5 minutes. I couldn't type within any text boxes (such as the ones used to make posts here). Switched back to safari.
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#30 2006-10-26 3:33 pm
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
D'Eyncourt wrote:
Former Windork wrote:
Runs fine on my PowerMac G5 running 10.3.9 as well.
Did you or MleB install Tab Browser Preferences for the first time in Firefox 2, or were you using it with an earlier version of Firefox and have Firefox 2 update TBP during the startup?
I was using Tab Mix Plus on my earlier Firefox, but that was noted as incompatible when I upgraded to 2.0, so I dumped that. The new Firefox Add-ons page listed Tabbrowser Preferences 1.3.0 as OK with 2.0, so I downloaded and installed that fresh - no upgrade involved. Since then, its upgraded itself further to 1.3.1.
Works fine, but again, its a little thin on the tab controls I'd like...
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#31 2006-10-27 1:59 am
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
Well, I wiped out Firefox completely from my PowerBook (OS X 10.3.9) and reloaded it again, but it did not effect how Tab Browser Preferences misbehaves on my PB.
BOYCOTT SONY
"I think the question now is not whether you went to Vietnam or whether you didn't, whether you fought in the war or fought against the war. I think the only question is whether we can find a president smart enough never to make a mistake like that again"--Molly Ivins, way back in 1992
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#32 2006-10-27 8:11 am
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
Not that I know much about all this (I've only just returned to the OS after a decade away) but when you deleted Firefox 'completely' did you remove all vestiges of it from the computer's (and your personal) Library - including Preferences?
I'm wondering if stuff (with old settings - including the non-working Tabbrowser) was left behind and the fresh install simply accepted these as previously set personal settings? Just a thought - its that sort of thing that's supposed to happen in WinOS and not MacOS machines....
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#33 2006-10-27 7:03 pm
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Re: Something wrong with Firefox 2.0?
MleB wrote:
Not that I know much about all this (I've only just returned to the OS after a decade away) but when you deleted Firefox 'completely' did you remove all vestiges of it from the computer's (and your personal) Library - including Preferences?
I'm wondering if stuff (with old settings - including the non-working Tabbrowser) was left behind and the fresh install simply accepted these as previously set personal settings? Just a thought - its that sort of thing that's supposed to happen in WinOS and not MacOS machines....
I did a hard drive search for all files or folder with "Firefox" or "Mozilla" in their names, including those in the Libraries, personal and system. I got rid of all except the program itself and the backup of my bookmarks. I also delete the old profile fiolder so that Firefox created a new one upon starting.
As far as I understand it: the settings for any extensions should be stored in the Extensions folder within my Firefox profile. I suppose that Tab Browser Preferences might save something somewhere else, but it did work fine under Firefox 1.5.x on my PB.
I don't think I've rebooted during this time--I'll give that a try when I get home.
BOYCOTT SONY
"I think the question now is not whether you went to Vietnam or whether you didn't, whether you fought in the war or fought against the war. I think the only question is whether we can find a president smart enough never to make a mistake like that again"--Molly Ivins, way back in 1992
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