Tried to install it but got a message in FF stating the
FF is preventing moxdev.org from asking me to install the program. ???
^,
As I said earlier in this thread…
“If anyone has a favorite extension or theme, that hasn’t updated yet, do check the author’s website. It may be available, but is in the queue to be approved by Mozilla, and it hasn’t been added to the official update list yet.”
That’s probably the reason. Stand by…
Hi malware fighters,
Well lots off people say that in 2.0 they dumbed down the browser. Especially on the third party cookie thing, maybe Mozilla was in cahoots with some parties that rather saw this changes brought in. Anyway In about:config, change this line: network.cookie.cookieBehavior to 1. And install TrackMeNot this time.
polonus
Thanks, yes the settings were carried forward from 1.5, that is a really poor decision to leave this out of the cookie settings when it was in the previous version.
Hi DavidR.
Anyway I hope the add and edit cookie add-on will be updated for FF 2.0.3 soon. There you could tamper what is being sent or the time the cookie expires or whatever. Tamper data can do that too, but that is not an extension for the light-hearted. But one thing in the routines of this world I have escaped to understand, when something is good and functional, why do they have to change and not always for the better. So when someone finds his or her favourite beer, it is time for the maker to take it from the shelves. Haven’t you also experienced these ways of reality. There must be some dark dumb force that is into this.
polonus
Although it shows it has been updated there is no download link for it yet the oficial ShowImage page still shows 0.4.1. But as TedNelly mentions it is easy to do a temporary hack to get it to work. No guarantee how it will effect ff 2.0 though.
@ Bob
Yo will get a strip across the top of the web page click the button and add mozdev.org to the allowed list of sites to download and try it again, but not much point unless the download is 0.4.2.
From this thread, we know how to set the default in the about:config file to accept originating site cookies only.
Since the majority, if not all of the third party cookies are for advertising and tracking, and most of us use Adblock Plus, why would you need the option of accepting third party cookies?
Just curious…
Edit: Might this be Mozilla’s reasoning for dropping the option as well?
But as TedNelly mentions it is easy to do a temporary hack to get it to work. No guarantee how it will effect ff 2.0 though.
Personally, I’m not a fan of hacking extensions. Unless the loss of an extension was causing me to contemplate suicide, I could probably wait until the new version is approved by Mozilla.
That’s one thing I like about open source products. The extension writers seem to jump right on new versions. If the author gives me the option to download it from his website because it’s in line to be approved by Mozilla, fine. Otherwise, the prudent decision might be to just wait.
As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I do check the Mozilla forum often to get the latest info on extensions.
Well I converted two Translate, which if you click the view home page you get redirected and no link there for translate extension. So I probably have the last version, which may not get updated. I also did the same for FasterFox because on dial-up I need all the help I can get, in the short time I was without it I did notice a slight slow down. Both are working fine, but it is very much a user beware/risk.
I check for updates daily and also check the extension home page also.
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I see that “Translate” has not updated yet.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/181/
But, there’s another extension called “gtranslate” that apparently has.
I think gTranslate lasted about two minutes on my system before removal, if I remember rightly it translates the whole page and not selections, e.g. a post in a topic. That was/is the beauty of Translate as you select the text, right click and select the language from and to and it opens a new tab with the results, really useful and quick. I had the 0.6.0.9 a later version (which isn’t mentioned on the mozilla.org page that also didn’t work with f 2.0) from the authors site before it went down.
Since I have no use for it, I’m not going to install the extension to check this for sure, but your gripe may have been addressed in a later version.
From the features list:
“…but if the page (or the selected text) is detected…”
It might be worth another look, since “Translate” appears to be dead for now.
I tried the latest gTranslate extension. With the extension hack Translate is working fine right now so the urgency isn’t an issue, I have a back-up, Translation Panel, just in case, but it isn’t as flexible.
Here is some info at Slashdot. The “too-much-recursion” crash is still present in FF 2.0. I suspect FF 2.0 might have been rushed out to keep IE 7 in check.
BTW, I found the link to the article at Portableapps to see if FF 2.0 portable is out or not. Portable versions are recommendable when you are trying some extensions since they are easy to back up and don’t make mess with your hard disks. Actually, I am using FF portable even on my own PC.
Personally, I still stick to FF 1.5.0.7 (portable) but if the portable version of 2.0 is out, I’d try it and see which fits my browsing habit.
^^, Sorry, I must have misunderstood. From your original post, I thought you hadn’t installed 2.0.
The latest version of “gtranslate” (0.3.1) was released on Oct 24th (the same day 2.0 Final was released).
Anyway, I’m glad you’ve had an opportunity to try it, and you’ve got the bases covered.
Thanks for the info (?) on Show Image – I’d checked for updates a few minutes ago (via Tools/Add-ons) with no luck.
Interestingly, their site shows this new one as 2 days old – if I try to get it, I’m getting the Install Extension window OK, but it quickly gives me a “Download error -228”, whatever that means. Server overload, maybe?
I guess it’s just a matter of keep trying, since obviously they’re still trying to keep up to date.
I seem to remember reading that it was a bug in the RCs, but should have been fixed in the Final.
There are a couple of threads on the Mozilla forum addressing this.
From personal experience, I had the same error when I tried to download Winestripe 1.0 from the author’s website. A couple of days later, the theme updated from the “Ad-ons”.
Good news there is an update for FasterFox if you use it.
No news on ShowImage although I did the hack for that and it is working with 2.0.
Is Firefox 2.0 a dud?
Some are even saying that upgrading to 2.0 might not be a good idea[/b].
So what’s behind all this? Here’s a quick short list of the most popular Firefox 2.0 gripes:
*Random freezes
*Poor antiphishing technology
*Confused Options dialog box
*Bulky, inconsistent theme
*Incompatibility with extensions
*Memory leaks
*CSS issues
*Buggy history bar
But if someone tells you that it's a bad idea to use Firefox on Windows Vista, do yourself a favor and listen to them because they are telling the truth
Bob,
I’ll let you respond to your own post…
I would have certainly understood someone else posting this, but I’m confused as to why you would…