On May 9, 12:36 pm, "D. K. Kraft" <[email protected]> wrote: > With patience akin to a cat's, Dru Solis, on 5/9/2010 9:42 AM typed: > > >https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/seamonkey/addons/policy/0/10434/5440... > > > This add-on is supposed to be for seamonkey to add in the bing search > > engine to the browser. Clicking on the download button gives me a > > popup saying I have to use a mozilla based browser like firefox. What > > the heck? I'm on seamonkey trying to add a seamonkey add-in and > > seamonkey is a mozilla based browser. I've tried to spoof it by > > altering the general.useragent.override setting to look like firefox, > > and based on an sample script for browser identification using > > javascript the script says I'm running firefox, but I still get no > > love from the add-in page. Any ideas why seamonkey is not being > > recognized as a mozilla based browser on mozilla's own site? > > > -Dru > > In SeaMonkey, the Location Bar (where the URL shows at the top of the browser > window) is combined with the Search Bar, which is available separately in > Firefox. It appears the Bing add-on is designed to work with Firefox's > separate Search Bar only. I'm uncertain as to why the add-on shows up as > compatible with SeaMonkey; definitely seems to be a glitch at AOM's end. > > Currently, AFAIK, the only way to use an alternative search engine in SM is > via the Sidebar and through Mycroft (http://mycroft.mozdev.org/). Only the > Mycroft plug-ins with the apple symbol are compatible with SM 2.0.x at this > time, and Bing is unfortunately among those plug-ins that are A9 or > OpenSearch. I'm not sure where the request/development of Mycroft for SM > to support OpenSearch plug-ins is at currently, but last word I'd read > (somewhere) was that it was being sporadically worked on, at the very least. > > No help for your own situation at this time, but such is the SeaMonkey life. > > Purrs -- > -- > /\ /\ | "For push of nose, > ^o o^ D.K. "Cat" Kraft | for perseverance, > ->T<- | there is nothing to beat a cat." > ~ Lynnwood, WA | > ___oOO___OOo___ | -- Emily Carr
Thanks for writing in. I definitely found it weird that it said the plugin was supported by Seamonkey and then wouldn't let me add it. Well, if it was made for Firefox's separate search box, that would explain it. Thanks again. -Dru _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
