| Mumia W. (reading news) 2006-11-13, 1:12 pm |
| On 11/13/2006 10:12 AM, Columbus Jim wrote:
> On 13 Nov 2006 "Mozilla Champion (Dan)" <moz.champion@sympatico.ca>
> contributed the following:
>
> < Referring to me trying to install a .xpi plug-in file with Mozilla
> suite 1.7.13 >
>
>
> I seem to be going around in circles with my searches. Initially I
> thought that Mozilla Suite was basically Firefox and Thunderbird along
> with some other smaller utilities combined into one convenient package,
> and that add-ons for Firefox and Thunderbird should work with Mozilla
> suite, but not necessarily the reverse. Apparently I was wrong about
> that. I also now understand the difference between plug-ins and
> extensions.
>
> Knowing that, I went back to Mozilla's web site and was more careful
> about the links I chose to reach the Mozilla Suit Add-ons search area.
> Before I had ended up at:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2584/
> but now I get to:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/mozilla/2584/
> which has a big banner across the top specifically saying "Mozilla Suite
> Add-ons", but otherwise it is basically the same as the Firefox Add-ons
> page, and still giving me a .xpi file.
>
> Hmm, as I was writing this I continued to poke around, and finally found
> some other add-ons that specifically listed Mozilla vs Firefox in the
> "Works With" list, but they still appear to be .xpi files:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/mozilla/361/
>
> Apparently their search engine doesn't bother to check the "Works With"
> list, so although I am searching under the Mozilla area the results don't
> necessarily work with Mozilla. That can get confusing, and wastes a lot
> of time as the vast majority of the add-ons I checked from the search
> results did not list Mozilla.
>
> Is there any simple way to find an add-on for Mozilla suite that will
> allow me to grab embedded videos?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Jim
The Mozilla Suite and Seamonkey can install .xpi files, but the .xpi
files have to be specially designed for the Suite or Seamonkey.
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