State of the Add-ons Report: June 5th
June 5th, 2008With RC2 out, it is now or never for add-on compatibility. We have had 207 add-ons updated in the last week with Firefox 3 support. This week we’ll cover 5 add-ons that are now compatible, 5 that are not yet (with status), and a new section: Google Watch.
5 top add-ons updated in the last week on AMO
iMacros for Firefox - Automate Firefox. Record and replay repetitious work.
Screengrab! - Screengrab saves entire webpages as images.
Dictionary Switcher - Toggles between the installed dictionaries and displays the currently selected dictionary in the status bar
Cooliris Previews - Gives you the power to browse and share Web links and rich media faster.
Firefox Google Bookmarks - Creates a menu to access google bookmarks from any computer.
5 top add-ons not yet compatible with Firefox 3
Firebug - 2.0.0.* (bug) (beta) - going to roll out a 1.2 beta 2. Get it here!
Tab Mix Plus - 3.0a5 (beta) (bug)(beta) - developer updated the bug, saying “I hope to post a new version during next month.”
FoxyTunes - 2.0.0.* (bug) - The new add-on will only be Firefox 3 compatible, thus it has to wait until the release.
Update Notifier - 2.0.0.* - No word from the developer when this add-on will be ready. See forum discussions. [update] 3.0.* version on AMO!!
Delicious Bookmarks - 2.0.0.* (bug) (beta) - Beta available (although, I’m not sure if it works with RC2). An update to AMO should happen any time now…
Google Watch
Google Toolbar - Not (currently) supported. The team is working on it, keep your fingers crossed for support by the time Firefox 3 is ready.
Google Browser Sync - Not supported with Firefox 3. No official word on status, but here is one adventure trying to find out details.
Google Notebook - Updated to Firefox 3 RC. Thanks Notebook team!
Google Gears - Beta out in the wild, not public yet. Seeing as it is an open source project, you should be able to build it on your own.
Whew! Till next week…
June 5th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
I installed a DEV version of TabMixPlus today into FireFox V3.0 RC2 and deinstalled FireFox V2.0.0.14.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:12 am
That’s progress!
I do however think Mozilla should have an Add-ons Liason. I see comments like “It’s a real pity that making a meaningful contribution to Firefox is such an uphill battle.”* all the time from developers.
Making AMO friendly for developers should help the state of the add-ons. It’s great that AMO is friendly for users. (Although the search algorithms do need a little work.)
*Sage-Too dev: http://sage.blat.co.za/2008/05/27/sage-too-goes-public-at-last/
June 6th, 2008 at 8:18 am
del.icio.us works *very* well
June 6th, 2008 at 8:29 am
Instead of Google Browser Sync why aren’t we just talking about Mozilla Weave? Seems to do the same and I’m using it in FF3.0 with no problems.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:35 am
DC - yep, weave is getting ready for Firefox 3. I’ll report on that next week — thanks for the suggestion.
June 6th, 2008 at 9:44 am
weave is not firefox portable friendly, at least not in my experience
June 6th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Update Notifier upgraded. Del.icio.us beta works ell.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:40 am
Weave doesn’t sync cookies, history, or passwords like Google Browser Sync does, either. That’s arguably the best part about Google Browser Sync, since there are tones of add-ons that do bookmark management and syncing.
June 6th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Any word about when (if) Greasemonkey will be compatible with Version 3?
June 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am
@Frank, there is a beta available… use at your own risk.
http://cybernetnews.com/2008/06/05/greasemonkey-for-firefox-3/
June 6th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Thanks Alex - that works great mate. Cheers!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Aaron - The latest version of Weave does sync cookies, history, and passwords.
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June 28th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I’m going crazy trying to operate google using F 3; also areas of Open University do not operate (Cohere). Windows keeps suggesting anti-spyware problems