Ant wrote:
Jens Hatlak wrote:
ColorfulTabs 4.8.1.6.1 works with compatibility checks disabled.
(...)
On Linux or Mac it will say it's only for Windows, but you can safely
ignore that and click "Install for Windows anyway".
Wait. "Works with: * Firefox 4.0b1 - 4.0.*". I am still using v4.6.5 in
my SM v2.0.14. Are you saying we can use newer versions that don't say SM?
I'm saying you can use that very version that I specified.
Unfortunately add-on authors do not always update the compatibility
information in all places. Basically there are two: What AMO claims, and
what the add-on file (XPI/install.rdf) claims. The latter determines
which applications the add-on is compatible with. If an application
(e.g. SeaMonkey) is not listed there, the add-on won't install, even if
AMO tells differently (e.g. that's the case with Slim Add-on Manager
version 5.0). I know that sucks, but it's a fact.
Now if an add-on file claims compatibility with any version of SeaMonkey
and you have the Add-on Compatibility Reporter installed, then you'll be
able to install that add-on, even if AMO says it's not compatible with
that application. This is the case with ColorfulTabs 4.8.1.6.1.
Lastly, if an add-on file claims compatibility with an application but
with a lower version than what AMO claims, AMO wins. This is actually a
good thing since it allows add-on authors to simply bump the AMO data
and be done with it; no need to release new files. Now if only AMO was
able to check its own compatibility claims against those of the add-on
file in question...
HTH
Jens
P.S.: Before anyone asks: I won't check into those AMO deficiencies.
AFAIK they switched their back-end from PHP to Python, and my abilities
there are 10:0.
--
Jens Hatlak <http://jens.hatlak.de/>
SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker <http://smtt.blogspot.com/>
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