So i’ve been using firefox 3 beta, and now that firefox 3 rc 1 is out, i’m frustrated that my favourite add-on, namely imglikeopera, does not work with ff 3, and since the author has not updated it since December 2006(!), I decided to look for workaround to this, since it’s mainly an on/off switch extension, so it wouldn’t be too complex that it’s programmatically incompatible with ff 3.
Turns out it’s true, and with the workaround i can use imglikeopera again flawlessly with ff 3. It’s basically just editing the file install.rdf that comes with the xpi package. Here’s the link to the article :
How to install incompatible addons in Firefox 3
6 responses so far ↓
1 Raffaell // Jun 14, 2008 at 3:20 am
Sekarang mah gak terlalu techies lagi, jadi masih di FF2, menikmati nikmatnya broser ini
2 m35 // Jun 18, 2008 at 8:08 am
While it does seem to work ok, it creates an error
Failed to load XPCOM component: C:\Documents and Settings\{username}\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{profile}.default\extensions\imglikeopera@imfo.ru\components\nsIImgLikeOpera.idl
3 dahri // Jun 19, 2008 at 2:50 pm
you’re right, it’s not flawless, i realize it after a few days… my bad, i’m sorry, i guess i should re-post something about this un-flawless-ness.
4 Matt bentley // Jun 20, 2008 at 8:33 am
Hi there-
from my experience it works fine with FF3:
ImgLikeOpera is internally compatible with 3.x, but it’s RDF file says it’s not-
I’ve created a fixed version which will install under FF3 here:
http://www.mattbentley.net/2008pt1.shtml#190608
Cheers,
M@
5 m35 // Jun 25, 2008 at 9:24 pm
After using it for a few days now, ImgLikeOperah also acts a little strange with the filters (the images won’t always show up, or may suddenly appear when I mouse-over them). And when I right click, I get ‘Load Image’ and ‘Show Image’ context menu items. I assume the ‘Show Image’ item is new to Firefox 3.
6 Matt bentley // Jun 28, 2008 at 7:18 am
The “Show Image” is a firefox 3 feature - not sure what it does, exactly, that load image doesn’t.
You’re right about the glitches, however 2.0.14 had equal number of glitches with ImgLikeOpera, just in different areas. If you turn on Image placeholders and set it to arial narrow, 6, helps a bit.
Cheers,
M@