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cecr
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Re: [Ext] Update Notifier 0.1.5.5 - Get Extension/Theme updates

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is it possible to increase the time that the notification appears, through about:config or any other method?
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Re: [Ext] Update Notifier 0.1.5.5 - Get Extension/Theme updates

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Icon in menu bar does not show up even if options always on?
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Re: [Ext] Update Notifier 0.1.5.5 - Get Extension/Theme updates

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Doobical wrote:Icon in menu bar does not show up even if options always on?

howdy Doobical,

it shows for me. i've got it on the far right end of the menu bar and it is showing [grayed out at the moment, as it should be] just as it otta.

ff = 3.6.3
un = 0.1.5.5

you might wanna try it on a fresh testing profile.

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Thanks, will give it a try
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howdy Doobical,

um, er, i forgot to ask if you had actually customized the menu bar and dragged the icon onto it ... [*grin*] did you do so?

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I have no icon for menu bar only statusbar
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Post by Lee_Dailey »

howdy Doobical,

[1] did you test with a new profile yet?

[2] take a lookit this from the 1st page of this thread ...
viewtopic.php?p=2102671#p2102671
you might want to try turning that config line OFF, restart ff, and then turn it back ON, restart ff and see what difference it makes. i doubt it will help, but it's rather easy to do and not likely to harm anything. [*grin*]

[3] if you right click on the menubar and select "customize", does the update notifier icon show in the icon palette?

i dislike the UN icon in the status bar, so i have that choice unchecked in the UN options dialog.

take care,
lee
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It now shows by resetting config line off and on, thanks!
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howdy Doobical,

glad you got it working! [*grin*] plus, you are quite welcome.

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I'm running the latest nightly 3.7a5 and was wondering if anyone had been able to get this addon to work properly. It will open the new addons window but it can no longer check for updates to addons. Other addons required only small amounts of tweaking so am really hoping this one is the same.
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qwerty017 wrote:I'm running the latest nightly 3.7a5 and was wondering if anyone had been able to get this addon to work properly. It will open the new addons window but it can no longer check for updates to addons. Other addons required only small amounts of tweaking so am really hoping this one is the same.


Sounds like the extension needs updating. You're going to have to wait for tmlong to update Update Notifier.

Though I wouldn't hold my breath for this update until after Firefox 4 goes gold and releases later this year or early next year. tmlong didn't support trunk/nightlies back during the 3, 3.5, and 3.6 beta days. I don't expect him to start supporting trunk/nightlies again.

Since trunk/nightlies are highly unstable and can break add-ons with every new build generated by Mozilla for testing after all.
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howdy y'all,

plus, i think the entire addon manager system is getting rearranged so that presents an even larger opportunity for frustration induced hair loss. [*grin*] most addon writers will wait until just before or just after the next addon breaker is officially released. [addon breaker = any significant upgrade to ff/tb]

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Lee_Dailey wrote:howdy y'all,

plus, i think the entire addon manager system is getting rearranged so that presents an even larger opportunity for frustration induced hair loss. [*grin*] most addon writers will wait until just before or just after the next addon breaker is officially released. [addon breaker = any significant upgrade to ff/tb]

take care,
lee


True. I was just hoping it was something easy as Greasemonkey only required replacing 4 lines of code. Of course nothing is ever that easy usually. lol
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Re: [Ext] Update Notifier 0.1.5.5 - Get Extension/Theme updates

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qwerty017 wrote:
Lee_Dailey wrote:howdy y'all,

plus, i think the entire addon manager system is getting rearranged so that presents an even larger opportunity for frustration induced hair loss. [*grin*] most addon writers will wait until just before or just after the next addon breaker is officially released. [addon breaker = any significant upgrade to ff/tb]

take care,
lee


True. I was just hoping it was something easy as Greasemonkey only required replacing 4 lines of code. Of course nothing is ever that easy usually. lol

[*grin*]
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qwerty017 wrote:Of course nothing is ever that easy usually. lol

Actually, it is! You can 'bump' the extension to make it work.

This involves modifying the extension itself. You have to change one value to allow your extension to install.

- Download the extension to your PC (You should end up with an *.xpi file)
- Open the downloaded *.xpi with any archiver (Winzip, Winrar, 7-Zip)
- Look for the file called install.rdf
- Open (EDit) it with a plain text editor (Notepad) (DO NOT use word, wordpad, etc)
- find the line that looks like <em:maxVersion>*</em:maxVersion> (Where * is a version number)
- change the version number to the version of your updated Mozilla Firefox (or higher, ie 3.8)
- Now save the install.rdf and update the archive (DO NOT use any form of compression)
- You have now "bumped" the extension and it will now install and probably work again although there's no guarantees as Minefield is currently breaking anything that goes near it!

I've been using this method for a long time and Update Notifier has been working for me in Minefield for all that time. I'll check my Minefield set-up after today's nightly and if there are any problems with bumping Update Notifier I'll report back.
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