[wplug] Firefox crashing.

[Vanco, Don]

Funny, on my Windoze machine here at work I just got notification that
1.0.4 is out....

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>From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org 
>[mailto:wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org] On 
>Behalf Of Vanco, Don
>Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:54 PM
>To: General user list
>Subject: RE: [wplug] Firefox crashing.
>
>
>> On 5/9/05, Karlos Abel <k.abel at voidship.net> wrote:
>> After a recent upgrade to Firefox 1.0.3, the entire program started
>> crashing 
>	My experiences with upgrades of both the browser and extensions
>on FireFox have been absolutely abysmal - I no longer bother.  
>IMO: save
>off your bookmarks and re-install everything.  I can say with 100%
>certainty that there are extensions that break over upgrades of the
>browser (Bork!, TinyURL, AdBlock), and if you (like me) have a dozen or
>so installed extensions tracking the one that is causing 
>FireFox to puke
>can be an arduous task (and is almost without fail a JAVA 
>coding issue).
>By default when you install new extensions via the browser 
>interface the
>.xpi files get copied into /tmp - I just rename them accordingly (as
>they get called 1.xpi, 2.xpi, etc) and save them for the next upgrade.
>By just dropping them into the browser you'll get the typical install
>dialog.  
>	When extensions get updated I now uninstall and re-install -
>causes much less heartache.  I also don't rely on the FireFox 
>repository
>to have the latest version of the extension in question - at least 50%
>of the time the extensions' homepage has a more current version
>available.  Most of the extension authors have been really great about
>helping to debug issues I've had, and a pretty common complaint from
>them is the lack of real guidance on building an extension and 
>correctly
>"working" upgrades.
>
>	If you share a computer, turning on Bork!
>(http://www.snert.com/Software/software.html) when unattended can be
>quite a hoot for the unsuspecting (unwanted) user.....
>
>YMMV
>Don
>
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