[Giant2011]

I installed Firefox 7.0 as an upgrade of Firefox 3.6.23 Got an error with the bookmarks and history. Places.sqlite gets corrupt.
I did what was recommended calling it places.sqlite.old. Then restarted Firefox 7 again got the same error again.
Probably I did something wrong. Firefox 7 is much faster then version 6. I did not have the time to test more. But I know that
with a clean install everything will be all right. I installed it on a system with windows 98 se and kernelex 4.5.1. and 384 mb.
Some extensions did not seem to work so I installed 3.6.23 again and got my extensions back by renaming places.sqlite to
old. By the way I also got my bookmarks back. So you only need some time to test it.

[Steven W]

PlainOldFavorites is incompatible with Aurora 7. I hope a new release is coming. All-in-all this build isn't bad. Just a couple of suggestions for those wanting to try it. Do a clean install, completely get rid of old FF. Tell it to never remember History in Tools -- Options-- Privacy. Disabling both autoscrolling and smooth scrolling in the Tools--Options--Advanced -- General Tab helped my scrolling. Thanks again felicitas!

[Steven W]

Well, I just got PlainOldFavorites to work. Had to download the XPI to the hard drive extract it with 7-zip, edit the install.rdf:

changed

<em:maxVersion>7.0a1</em:maxVersion>

to

<em:maxVersion>8.0a1</em:maxVersion>

rezipped the stuff, changed the zip extension to xpi, dragged and dropped it in an Aurora window and voila!

This post has been edited by Steven W: 01 October 2011 - 06:50 AM

[Giant2011]

Hello although it has nothing has to do with this subject I cannot display http://www.mdgx.com in Firefox 3.6.23 anymore
it only works in opera 10.5.1 It also does not open in K-meleon beta 1.6 beta2. Does somebody has a suggestion.
Thought is must something has to do with frames or iframes ?

[schwups]

Giant2011, on 05 October 2011 - 02:30 AM, said:

Hello although it has nothing has to do with this subject I cannot display http://www.mdgx.com in Firefox 3.6.23 anymore
it only works in opera 10.5.1 It also does not open in K-meleon beta 1.6 beta2. Does somebody has a suggestion.
Thought is must something has to do with frames or iframes ?

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIDOMWindowInternal.opener]" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame :: http://www.mdgx.com/focus.js :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 1" data: no]
Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIDOMWindowInternal.opener]" nsresult: "0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)" location: "JS frame :: http://www.mdgx.com/0.php :: <TOP_LEVEL> :: line 31" data: no]

This post has been edited by schwups: 05 October 2011 - 06:08 AM

[Giant2011]

Possibly important Mozilla will not stop with updates for the 3.6 version of Mozilla Firefox.
Maybe it is good to read this: https://wiki.mozilla.../Firefox_3.6_MU

[jds]

Giant2011, on 05 October 2011 - 02:30 AM, said:

Hello although it has nothing has to do with this subject I cannot display http://www.mdgx.com in Firefox 3.6.23 anymore
it only works in opera 10.5.1 It also does not open in K-meleon beta 1.6 beta2. Does somebody has a suggestion.
Thought is must something has to do with frames or iframes ?

Works in Aurora 6 (about to download 7), Opera 11 and IE 6. However, it doesn't work in FF 2.

Joe.

[Giant2011]

Problems with Firefox 7.01 Read this: http://www.ghacks.ne...-7-0-1-release/
Good reason to stay with Firefox 3.6.23. Which will be upgraded to 3.6.24 begin november.

[jds]

Since I don't use this synch'ing stuff anyway, I decided to install Aurora 7. Seems fine so far, performance on a 1GHz P3 is acceptable (better than FF 2).

Next was to install 'PlainOldFavorites'. This I modified per Steven W's instructions, then had to restart Aurora _twice_, before "Favorites" finally appeared in the menu. Favorites? Well, having already made a modification, time to make another ... attached is a quick hack, in which the original "en-US" package has been converted to "en-GB" (note, due to upload restrictions, you'll need to change the file extension to "xpi" before you can install it, via File/OpenFile from the menu).

Joe.

Attached File(s)

•  plainoldfavorites-1.2-fx-windows-GB.zip (56.79K)
  Number of downloads: 15

[Steven W]

jds, on 12 October 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

Favorites?

Perhaps you should rename the file PlainOldFavourites

[jds]

Steven W, on 14 October 2011 - 10:57 PM, said:

jds, on 12 October 2011 - 09:27 PM, said:

Favorites?

Perhaps you should rename the file PlainOldFavourites

I was tempted, but the other available language options don't change the package name, so I decided not to take such liberties.

Joe.

[loblo]

I finally got around to test those and all I can say is great job felicitas.

Btw I could get WebGL working with version 7 (didn't try with the other versions) by going in the about:config page and setting both webgl.force-enabled and webgl.prefer-native-gl to true. I have an nVidia 7950 GT GPU with unofficial 82.69 drivers and most webgl demos run splendidly.

[frogman]

Giant2011, on 07 October 2011 - 02:52 AM, said:

Problems with Firefox 7.01 Read this: http://www.ghacks.ne...-7-0-1-release/
Good reason to stay with Firefox 3.6.23. Which will be upgraded to 3.6.24 begin november.

Thanks for this information, I use bookmarks alot, so keeping Firefox 3.6.23 is my option, and will take the upgrade to 3.6.24 next month.

So according to https://wiki.mozilla.../Firefox_3.6_MU it seems that they may be intending to keep the 3.6 platform for the time being.

[Giant2011]

Firefox 8.0 and Firefox 3.6.24 can be downloaded from Majorgeeks.

[Xeno86]

With the new release KernelEx v4.5.2 the special build of Firefox - Aurora shouldn't be required anymore.

KernelEx v4.5.2 can now run official Mozilla Firefox 8.0 build.

Keep in mind that these limitations still apply:

• no bookmarks
  
• no browse history
  
• no address bar history