Firefox 17 portable disables the Tab Mix Plus extension (v0.4.0.3, latest) - "incompatible with Firefox 17.0". However, this is not the case with regular Firefox. I suspect that this is not an extension-specific issue but the result of a wider underlying problem, so I thought I'd better report it.
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Ich weis, das ist kein Trost. Ich nutze ebenfalls Tab mix plus, bei mir funktionieren sie. Allerdings kann ich die Version nicht nachsehen, da ich an die ADD-Ons Verwaltungsseite nicht mehr herankomme.
Am besten gibts du noch deine Betriebsystemversion an
XP SP3
We make no changes to the underlying Firefox. And Tabs Mix Plus has issues with just about every new Firefox release these days. It's specifically listed as "Not compatible with 17.0" on the Mozilla Add-Ons site.
As Firefox has a built-in session manager, better tab focus settings, and the ability to undo closed tabs, the features that Tabs Mix Plus does contain aren't specifically that critical anymore. That said, if you really need it right now, you can grab the latest alpha build of the extension.
You should not downgrade to Firefox 16.0 as it has security issues, however.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I'm sure you know exactly what you're talking about, but so do I - when I go to addons.mozilla.org with regular Firefox 17, it lets me install TabMix; with portable version, it doesn't.
I went to it, right now, with Firefox 17.0 running on Windows 7 x64 and it says "Not compatible with Firefox 17.0" The very first comment on the site bemoans the fact that it is not compatible with 17.0 but says that the current alpha build is.
See screenshot of incompatibility.
I checked the extension's install.rdf and it's:
maxVersion="16.0a1"
So, the last version it was compatible with and released for was Firefox 16.0 Alpha 1.
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Well, can't argue with that but it's just plain weird. I'm using FF 17 and haven't tweaked compatibility checking or anything. Maybe it's because I'm running good old XP.
Found the reason: in my prefs.js, there was a user agent override to FF 13. Not sure who/what put it there; maybe I did but forgot. I'm still forcing TabMix to run as it works just fine in v17. I agree with what you said about improvements in FF tab management but I really got accustomed to some TabMix features.
Sorry if I pissed you off
No worries. You could always try the alpha, too. Forcing an extension to work with a version it's not compatible with can cause some issues. Happened with one of my TB extensions with the 17.0 update.
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You may use the development version of Tab Mix Plus. It's available from the developer's website and works well with v.17 (but not 18(?) or 19).
See the signature of the first post:
http://tmp.garyr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16975
As for a "regular" version of Tab Mix Plus, he says to expect it in January 2013.
P.S. One bug: with Firefox 17, TMP Dev. is NOT compatible with Firebug. It's one or the other...
Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada)
Even the current release version worked fine for me, but I've actually decided to get used to living without TMP. People with insight into the extension's source say it uses too many hacks and is likely to keep on breaking. With Mozilla adopting this Chrome-like release schedule, it will become too much of an annoyance.