@Alex Leonard, shrutis, Greg B.: Thanks, testing it out on the spare laptop now =) Sorry, but I don't want too many FF version only my main laptop, would be too distracting ;)

No update/replacement for MinimizeToTray? =( I really liked that one, makes FF instantaneously accessible (although that's a double-edged sword when it comes to productivity)

kureshii

@Romanmir: One word: Weave.

Hamm Beerger

Great, thanks. I have to run IETabs to run Altiris so that's a pretty key extension for me to have before upgrading here at work.

Solanthos

@Solanthos: I have IE Tab on RC1 as a legit add-on (I think).
It, like everything else runs sweet. Miss my Google Toolbar, but with TabMixPlus Easy DragToGo (to replace the probably dead Super DragAndGo), RoboForm and Adblock Plus (and a few others)I've decided to retire FF2.
Loving it!

idodialog

Anyone know if IETabs is supported yet?

Solanthos

iFox Graphite is appreciated.

ApolloPhoenix

My extension has been stuck in "Pending Review" for over a week now, so I can't introduce FF3 support to my users.

monsur

@drewls: Firebug 1.2 is compatible with FF3: [www.getfirebug.com]

monsur

@aj_robins:
I'm running FF3 RC1 with Google Notebook without problems. Never had to do anything updates happened automatically.

BoilerBob

@OX4: Nightly Tester will force Gmail manager through, you just have to manually type in your passwords each time you start the browser. Which is a pain in my ass.

RenaMariee

So what did you learn Dorthy?

Well Toto, due to FX's users dependence on add-ons FX3 should not have been released until the most popular add-ons were compatible. Bark bark :-)

Kilim

Thanks, I've been waiting a long time now for Video Downloadhelper. Glad to see it's arrived.

kylo4

@Letsgohokies: If you use the nightly tester tools and force it to work it does. I missed it too, and using that made it work. Just dont update to 0.8, it doesnt work. 0.6.4 does.

caedus

The only extension I'm waiting for a new version of is Better GCal. Everything else has been upgraded.

DWHarrison

@pschroeter: Amen brother. I hate the upgrade extension game. There should be a true extension manager that looks at what version I have, shows me updates available ONLY for the version I'm using.

MacGizmo

The FF3 that automatically wandered onto my machine when I upgraded Ubuntu from Gutsy to Hardy looked ok but had MANY annoying, buggy qualities - and, I'm sorry, but I much prefer the old-fashioned address bar to the intelligent ones. (As I used to say to my staff at a previous job: "If I wanted intelligent workers, I'd hire them.")

Seriously, after a couple of weeks I found myself referring to it as "FireF*cked". I've since de-installed it and gone back to FF2.

When they have a full on production release I'll give it another shot but for now, I'm sticking with 2.

Jim (The Canuck One)

It an ironic twist that people aren't upgrading their Firefox version because they're waiting on third party extensions. The same concept that's supposed to put FF above all other browsers is now starting to hold it back.

I'm personally torn between FF2 and FF3 -- FF2 has my favorite add-ons (Gmail Manager, InFormEnter, Permit Cookies, and PicLens), yet FF3 is so much faster :/

OX4

There is a RC for Greasmonley 0.8 that is FF3 compatible.

[groups.google.com]

Contributors seem to consider it is ready for release but are waiting for final approval by the lead developper. I did not see any bug, appart for a bad interaction (memory leak) with SOME Netvibes gadgets (anyway I discovered trough this how much netvibes is a resource hog).

christofk

Google are dragging their heels on getting extensions up to date thought - and forcing most of their extensions to work with nightly tester tools results in constant crashes as far as I can see.

Alex Leonard

Of course, when I say "the forum", I do of course mean the Tab Mix Plus Forums.. or do a google search for "tab mix plus firefox 3 rc1"

Alex Leonard

@kureshii: Tab Mix Plus is easy to get working in RC1 - just check the forum, there's a link to a beta (0.3.6.1.080416) which works absolutely fine.

Alex Leonard

Here can you find a link to a working version of greasemonkey for FF3rc1 :

[groups.google.com]

Wokkel

@zabolyx:
Hey zabolyx, Today on Lifehacker you commented: "Just a warning FireKeeper (for Firefox) detected an image with embedded javascript on the Alex Polvi site. Just a heads up. I've never had a life from LH ping something bad before. Anyways NoScript would have blocked it anyways... Love my Firefox. " I was wondering if you could help me debug what the image you saw loading. There should not be any js images loading, so it is making me nervous that my site is hacked or something! Any ideas what you found? Thanks for your help figuring this out! Best regards, -Alex

TravisShella

@Ortzinator: Actually NTT doesn't work for using Google Toolbar, which makes me want to cry. :(

FriarKhan

What a revealing time to find out what add-ons are necessary and which ones aren't. I'm surprised how few I miss! Adblock Plus, Customize Google and MR Tech Local Install all seem to work with RC1. I miss the session manager of Tab Mix Plus, but not *that* badly. Linkification, PlainText Links, and the like were nice, but it's only an extra click or two to do it the "long" way.

Paste-and-Go, where did you go? I miss you! And btw, didn't Google use to recognize valid HTTP addresses & offer a link when you searched for a valid URL? Now, URL searches like this offer no results and no helpful link to www.mywebsiteexample.org like I was accustomed to. What gives? CoLT is a lifesaver, but I would still like a better plain-text-link solution that provided custom clipboard and right-click actions *without* pre-parsing every page I browse. Anyone?

RareButSerious

@kureshii: The dev version of TMP works well. I get Firefox crashes about 3x a week, but I don't think it's related to that. You may want to try it out on Portable Apps first.

shrutis

Any idea if Nightly Tester Tools works on Google Toolbar?

Ortzinator

I'm gonna hold out too. Not only for some incompatible extensions but also for some themes as well. "Night Launch" is an amazing theme and I am not going anywhere with out it 'cause Firefox by itself in freakin' ugly.

Is there a site or way you can check everything at once to see if your themes/extensions have been updated or will work with the new Firefox?

HMGS

If you are going to use Nightly Tester Tools to force extension compatability it's a good idea to know how to open FF in safe mode or create a new profile before you begin. I did it the other way around and spent an entertaining hour trying to recover from the resulting crash. Making a backup might not be a bad idea either.

MikeCartmel

Three words:
Google Browser Sync

Romanmir

I'll repeat what I've written before:

"I desperately want an automated way to check the maximum version that my current extensions will work with, before I upgrade. I know I can look this information up in some file that FF uses, but it is a tremendous pain to dig through. I can't believe someone hasn't written an extension or program to do this (Hint,Hint)."

I've been digging through the install files in the extensions folder FF, but searching for the extension's name and the correct maxversion is a major pain.

If I see a bunch of extensions with maxversions of 3.0a3, pre. ect, I can safely assume these will be upgraded to work with the official release, right?

Why do I have to play extension roulette every time I upgrade?

pschroeter

I only care about the Better Gmail bug that shots down Firefox with the memory eating... any progress on that?

jltorrente

For me, the Google Notebook extension is the big blocker. (Evernote drives me crazy with various issues, such the inability to sync some notes; del.icio.us is just too slow for me; and the notes features in Google Reader is too vestigial for my tastes.)

After that, greasemonkey is probably my next blocker, but not a huge one like Google Notebook.

aj_robins

@kureshii: [tmp.garyr.net]

Greg B.

I've really gotten hooked on FireFTP, but I'm making due with FileZilla for now.

zoomZAP

Can't live without Firebug. :(

drewls

MinimiseToTray and Tab Mix Plus are probably the only reasons I haven't moved to FF3 yet. I'm trying FF3 on a spare laptop, looks really good so far but I can't without those 2, I just can't move as quickly.

kureshii

Just a warning FireKeeper (for Firefox) detected an image with embedded javascript on the Alex Polvi site. Just a heads up.

I've never had a life from LH ping something bad before. Anyways NoScript would have blocked it anyways... Love my Firefox.

zabolyx

Still no greasemonkey! I need greasemonkey.

DarkJesus

I'm hustling to get the Better * series of extensions compatible, hoping to get Better GCal and Better YouTube done this week.

Gina Trapani

Autocopy says it is compatible with FF3, but I guess it isn't for RC1. I miss that one the most.

Letsgohokies

TwitterFox might be FF3-compatible but I just discovered it sure ain't compiz-compatible.

neilfws

The developers have been moving pretty quickly on it now that RC1 is released. I've been finding more and more extensions that don't need Nightly Tester Tools

Insomnic

Scratch the above link... it's the lite version.

[addons.mozilla.org]

This is the actual one.

MaxGhost

[addons.mozilla.org]

Thats an add-on that lets you use most of the add-ons not compatible with FireFox3 yet (that includes FF3rc1)

MaxGhost

I initially posted a blog entry ([abaditya.com]) to cover some of the extensions missing from the two links mentioned here.

Then I thought such a list would make a good addition to wikipedia, and added a section on extension compatibility to the List of Firefox extensions page:
[en.wikipedia.org]

I've added some of the popular extensions to get things started. Hope others add to it :).

ab_aditya

The author of smart bookmarks bar has posted a FF 3.0 RC1 compatible version on its website. It says that it will be available on the Mozilla add-ons site soon. [remy.juteau.free.fr]

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