You're welcome, David! :o) Jesper
On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 23:19, David B. Ritch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jesper, > > Thank you! That enabled me to install it in 3.1. In my very brief > testing, it has worked. We'll see if I run into any other problems.... > > dbr > > Jesper Hertel wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > You can try to use the current version of Gmarks and see if it works > > in Firefox 3.1 by doing the following. I have often done this with > > unupdated extensions with great success. It does, however, require a > > bit of technical knowledge that I hope you have. Before doing it, read > > it through and be sure you know how to do each step: > > > > 1. Download gmarks-0.9.9-fx.xpi > > < > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/27831/gmarks-0.9.9-fx.xpi > >. > > 2. Rename it to gmarks-0.9.9-fx.zip - it is actually a zip file. > > Note that this cannot be done in Windows with the default > > settings. See > > > http://www.mediacollege.com/microsoft/windows/extension-change.html > > if you need instructions. > > 3. Unpack the files in the zip file to a folder. > > 4. In the unpacked folder, open the file install.rdf in a text editor. > > 5. In the line containing em:maxVersion="3.0pre", change "3.0pre" > > to "3.1". > > 6. Save the file. > > 7. Pack the unpacked folder again into a zip file. > > 8. Rename the new zip file to gmarks-0.9.9-fx-3.1.xpi or whatever > > ending in ".xpi". Note that this also cannot be done in Windows > > with the default settings. > > 9. Drag the new .xpi file to the Firefox window. > > 10. Follow the installation instructions. > > > > Note, however, that there is no guarantee whatsoever that the > > extension works in 3.1! It is your own responsibility to test it and > > take any consequences. My little trick just allows the 3.0 version to > > be installed in Firefox 3.1. > > > > Jesper > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 21:26, dbr <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > OK - I'm certainly looking forward to it. 3.1 is noticeably faster > > than 3.0, and gmarks is the only thing I really need before moving to > > 3.1 for most of my work. I know that some times the only change > > needed is to update a parameter of a conditional statement (say, from > > 3.0 to 3.1), and was hoping that this would be similar. > > > > At any rate, school is always important - don't sacrifice school for > > this. > > > > Thanks! > > > > David > > > > On Oct 25, 2:03 pm, "John Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > I plan on updating it when I can, maybe in a week or two. > > Schools is more > > > important right now. Fortunately it doesn't look like there will > > need to be > > > many (if any) significant changes. > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 1:03 PM, dbr <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you for writing Gmarks! I have come to depend on it pretty > > > > heavily. > > > > > > > Firefox 3.1Beta is out, and Gmarks does not yet support it. > > When do > > > > you anticipate an update to support FF-3.1? Are extensive > changes > > > > required? > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GMarks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GMarks?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
