Yes please . .do tell! Ok....first, I am assuming that when you try to reinstall your extensions, you get a message saying that this extension is not compatible with youre current version (2.0) of Firefox?
If so, I have the quick fix for that.
- Download...do not install...a copy of the extension you want from the Mozilla site. Don't click on the 'install now' link but right click and 'save as' someplace convenient.
- Go to this convenient location and find the <extension_name>.xpi file. This is nothing more than a type of .zip file.
- Rename this file with the .zip extension to replace the .xpi extension.
- Next, unzip the new .zip file to the same location you are at and look for the .rdf file in the 2 or 3 files that now appear.
- Open the .rdf file with a text editor like MS Notepad. Scroll down and look for the line that says <em:maxVersion> 1.5.0.*</em:maxVersion>
- Change the version number there to read 2.0
- Save the file and then zip up the files you just unzipped (There should be a .jar, .js and a .rdf file at least).
- Rename the file so it has the .xpi extension instead of the .zip extension.
- Open Firefox, click on File>>Open and open the new .xpi file you just created. The extension will now install properly.
Great writeup on fixing the extensions, but I'd like to point out to all that this is not only an
alpha release, but it is a major version revision. The Mozilla folks don't guarantee any kind of backwards compatability on extensions. There is a good chance, the plugin will work just fine when you modify them in this way, but there is also a possibility that it will blow up your entire firefox installation in unpretty ways.
So, if you're going to muck with your plugins and this alpha release, be sure to back up your user data (bookmarks, certificates, etc.)