Getting the current selection requires the app use Cocoa. MS Office has the same issue. I'm not an expert but Firefox 2 did not use cocoa and Firefox 3 claims to. I see the same behavior you do and the fact that no other text services are available when text in Firefox 3 is selected means it's not compatible yet and (I think) therefore isn't a quicksilver issue.
Howard On Jun 18, 2008, at 6:57 PM, Psycho wrote:
Hi all. From my experience in OS 10.4.11, I have been completely unable to capture text from Firefox 3 (don't know about older versions as I just recently discovered the feature in Quicksilver) like I can from Safari or other apps. When Firefox is active, both of Quicksilver's Services menu options are grayed out. When I try to use a trigger to perform the same function, nothing happens at first, and when I hit the command immediately after the subject line is completely blank, failing to recognize highlighted text. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is this a known issue? I understand that Alcor is no longer supporting Quicksilver, but is there any work- around or unofficial update for this available? For anyone that's interested, here's my ultimate goal: after discovering a couple of features and add-ons for Firefox 3, I am strongly considering making it may main browser. Safari's had a stranglehold on me for a while because of it's insanely easy-to-use define feature (ctrl+commad+d). Thanks in advanced!
