Make your old extentions work in Firefox 2.0

After reading the article of Jordan Running, explaining how to make incompalible extentions (or addons, as it is called now) in Firefox 2.0 compatible with the browser, i had to try it out for myself. The process was incredible easy, and the result was impressive. All my incompatible extentions became compatible during the quick and easy process. What made this possible was another extention (addon) called Nightly Tester Tool, which you install in a regulare way, after you have finished the install of Firefox 2.0 beta. When all is done and you have restarted Firefox - go to Tool -> Addons. Here you have two options. You can rightclick each of the extentions which are grayed out (those are incompatible) and select Make extention compatible, or you can take the easy way and just click the Make all compatible-button at the bottom of the addon-windows. When this is done all you have to do is restart Firefox, again, and if all is well you'll have no more problem with incompatible extentions (sorry, addons).

- Leif -

Google Bookmarks - Now available both in IE and Firefox

Ok, when i mean available i really mean available through programs which are integrated with the webbrowsers. What am i talking about? I'm talking about extentions or addons. With Firefox you have the opportunity to install extentions which will add extra functions to the webbrowser. Amongst these addable extentions we have Gmarks which adds Google Bookmarks to Firefox. It integrates with the Webbrowser in a great way (opens in the sidebar), and you are allowed to add bookmarks with tagging. In Internet Explorer we, for a long time, have had the opportunity to install Google Toolbar, which includes Google Bookmarks.

Google Bookmarks are a great place to store ones bookmarks and therefore i have searched a long time for a solution that includes both webbrowsers (IE and Firefox), which are the ones that i've been using. When i finally found the Gmarks extention for Firefox i had nearly given up the search. Now i finally can share my bookmarks between IE and Firefox, and that means less of saving things twice. Sure, i could use Del.icio.us, but i haven't found a good integrated solution for IE, so for now i'll stick with Google Bookmarks. I wonder for how long, though.

- Leif -

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