FF 3.5 and dictionary

[lomaca]

installed FF3.5 but there is no compatible dictionary for this version.
Back to 2.9.
Pity!

[aussieboykie]

Check out this post, There's every chance that you favourite dictionary will work just fine...

Regards, AB

[Mr David]

My FF spelling dictionaries transferred to my new FF 3.5 profile without needing to alter their MaxVersion tags. I'm using English (Australian) and English (United Kingdom).

The first Australian English spelling dictionary for FF was developed by Kelvin Eldridge but for some reason he's taken his bat and ball and gone home. If you want to keep this dictionary I guess you'll have to alter its MaxVersion tag.

AMO offer a range of spelling dictionaries and language packs; the Aus English dictionary installs to FF 3.5 (Eldridge has claimed it was originally based on an old version of his files).

[bazcaz]

It probably won't be long before extension writers update their extensions but until then, the problem of incompatibility can often be overcome by using the 'MR Tech Toolkit' extension. With this operational, right-click on the disabled extensions, choose 'Make Compatible' and restart the browser.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/421

[lomaca]

It probably won't be long before extension writers update their extensions but until then, the problem of incompatibility can often be overcome by using the 'MR Tech Toolkit' extension. With this operational, right-click on the disabled extensions, choose 'Make Compatible' and restart the browser.

installed "MR Tech Toolkit" could not find the "Make Compatible" option.
But now all my bookmarks are inaccessible in a way, that is, sometimes they load but most of the time an error message comes up with a list of Google links.
Uninstalled FF3.5 and reinstalled 2.9 still no joy.

I wish I'd left it all alone and kept version 2.9, according to my principle "if it ain't broke don't fix" but no, I had to try the latest, bugger!

[aussieboykie]

I wish I'd left it all alone and kept version 2.9, according to my principle "if it ain't broke don't fix" but no, I had to try the latest, bugger!

The way to avoid this angst in the future is to try out new versions using Firefox Portable. You install to a separate folder and the registry is not touched by the portable executable.

Regards, AB

[Mr David]

I wish I'd left it all alone and kept version 2.9, according to my principle "if it ain't broke don't fix" but no, I had to try the latest, bugger!

The way to avoid this angst in the future is to try out new versions using Firefox Portable. You install to a separate folder and the registry is not touched by the portable executable.

Agreed, AB.

I'd heard of Mr Tech's Toolkit before Bazcaz'z post and with this new release of FF I intended to try it out. Last night I decided to test it to see if would retain incompatible extensions so that their installation could be forced after FF was updated to the new version. In my experience there is no trace of incompatible extensions after FF upgrades so I was looking forward to a change; I went ahead and installed it.

First things first, I backed up my profile. With FFPortable this is as simple as copying its folder to a safe spot. If FF is installed then, as previously mentioned, FEBE is an excellent FF profile backup tool.

Then I had FFP check for browser updates (via Help in the menu bar). When FFP was restarted there were all sorts of warnings that many extensions were not compatible with FF 3.5. OK, proceed, proceed.

In the newly minted FFP 3.5 I had a look in Tools > Addons. Mr Tech's Toolkit changes the appearance of the listed extensions a bit, it's more concise and streamlined. Incompatible extensions are denoted with a red exclamation mark. Just right click them and there's an option to "Override Compatibility". Just had to work through the incompatibles one at a time, restart, easy as.

[lomaca]

Incompatible extensions are denoted with a red exclamation mark. Just right click them and there's an option to "Override Compatibility". Just had to work through the incompatibles one at a time, restart, easy as.

Did not have any red exclamation marks, only the disabled box.
"Override Compatibility" did not have that option either, otherwise the Mr Tech worked the same as you described.

What I have now done is, deleted all the non working bookmarks and re-bookmarked them and it's working OK.
Thanks for the help

[Mr David]

Did not have any red exclamation marks, only the disabled box.
"Override Compatibility" did not have that option either, otherwise the Mr Tech worked the same as you described.

I have Nightly Tester Tools extension installed as well, maybe that's the difference. More precisely, they are white exclamation marks inside a red spot.

Thanks for the help

My pleasure!

[lomaca]

I have Nightly Tester Tools extension installed as well, maybe that's the difference. More precisely, they are white exclamation marks inside a red spot.

I couldn't let it rest so I reinstalled 3.5 and Mr Tech AND Nightly Tester Tools, and now it works, I did have to do the override bit and force install a couple of add-ons and they are working.
Can't see why the Nightly Tester Tools would make a difference, but hey, who cares if it works heh ?
I was particularly interested in the Dictionary tooltips 1.3 working, it's a very handy tool, I use it a lot, some of the science blogs I visit, use fancy words.
I'm glad I persevered.

Many thanks again

[bazcaz]

Thanks for the feed back, and well done!!

[Mr David]

Hmmm, this Dictionary Tooltip extension is good. I like the way it brings a slew of online dictionaries together, just pick from one of several loaded into a drop down menu.

Previously my faves have been Dict and Dictionary Search.

Dict provides definitions from a range of dictionaries which are somehow aggregated on the Dict.org server; results are presented in plain text in a mini pop-up window, quite fast. Dict.org server is default provider/engine but can select from a long list in this extension's options -- just one at a time. I usually get the best results with this extension and Dict.org. I'm really happy that Dict project results are available from Dictionary Tooltip!

Dict extension developers are notoriously slow in releasing compatibility updates when new versions of FF appear. Forced install of version 0.6.75 works fine.

Dictionary Search provides definitions from The Free Dictionary by default, although others can be added to a maximum of 4. Results presented in a new tab; tab that dictionary search was taken from remains in focus.

These dictionary reference extensions for Firefox add significant pleasure to reading online. So much faster than flicking through a real dictionary. If I setup a Firefox installation for a friend they always get installed, IMO they're must-haves.

[kingbudz]

very informative details thanks for having this one i got new meanings..


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