Comments on: FireFox 2.0.0.13 http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/ One ‘l’ short of a savory little herb. A Digital Initiative Librarian’s blog. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-21693 wsalesky Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:49:01 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-21693 Hi Aaron, Thanks for the suggestion and the update on the extension for FF3. For the most part I've had nothing but good experiences using the XForms extension. Keep up the great work. Hi Aaron,
Thanks for the suggestion and the update on the extension for FF3. For the most part I’ve had nothing but good experiences using the XForms extension. Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Aaron Reed http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-21621 Aaron Reed Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:01:15 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-21621 I'm sorry that you had issues with the FF 2.0.0.13 upgrade. It is tricky business. To upgrade XPath functionality we have to change the core in FF2. This will automatically break the xforms extension. When we put out the corresponding xforms extension that will work with the new core changes it has to go through an approval process at addons.mozilla.org which can take up to 7-10 days (as you noticed this last time). If we submit the extension for approval it might get ok'd in 1 day, so if we do that before the new FF comes out then you'll get automatically upgraded to an extension that won't work until the new FF comes out. To be safe, I'd suggest disabling automatic upgrades and only upgrade after testing. As for Firefox 3, the xforms extension will not ship as part of Firefox. But it should not have the xpath issues that FF2 had. In Firefox3 we make use of an extensible xpath model that didn't exist in FF2. --Aaron I’m sorry that you had issues with the FF 2.0.0.13 upgrade. It is tricky business. To upgrade XPath functionality we have to change the core in FF2. This will automatically break the xforms extension. When we put out the corresponding xforms extension that will work with the new core changes it has to go through an approval process at addons.mozilla.org which can take up to 7-10 days (as you noticed this last time). If we submit the extension for approval it might get ok’d in 1 day, so if we do that before the new FF comes out then you’ll get automatically upgraded to an extension that won’t work until the new FF comes out.

To be safe, I’d suggest disabling automatic upgrades and only upgrade after testing.

As for Firefox 3, the xforms extension will not ship as part of Firefox. But it should not have the xpath issues that FF2 had. In Firefox3 we make use of an extensible xpath model that didn’t exist in FF2.

–Aaron

]]> By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-20924 wsalesky Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:06:09 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-20924 Happy to have been able to help. Happy to have been able to help.

]]> By: Theresa Dower http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-20917 Theresa Dower Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:51:16 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-20917 Thanks for posting the update; 2.0.0.13 broke some xforms I'm currently developing and set me back a couple days on a project. The new extension worked, and this post made my day! Thanks for posting the update; 2.0.0.13 broke some xforms I’m currently developing and set me back a couple days on a project. The new extension worked, and this post made my day!

]]> By: wsalesky http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-20692 wsalesky Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:04:06 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-20692 I haven't tried Firefox 3 beta yet, perhaps I should. There were rumors that the xforms extension would be bundled with that release but I don't know if that is still the case. I haven’t tried Firefox 3 beta yet, perhaps I should. There were rumors that the xforms extension would be bundled with that release but I don’t know if that is still the case.

]]> By: Erik Bruchez http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-20683 Erik Bruchez Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:37:55 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-20683 Great to see that you had so far good luck with Orbeon! Note that we have a huge amount of improvements already in since 3.6 final in the nightly builds (http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/home-changes-37). -Erik Great to see that you had so far good luck with Orbeon! Note that we have a huge amount of improvements already in since 3.6 final in the nightly builds (http://www.orbeon.com/ops/doc/home-changes-37).

-Erik

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://thedil.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/firefox-20013/#comment-20678 Jonathan Rochkind Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:49:04 +0000 http://thedil.wordpress.com/?p=119#comment-20678 Have you tried out the Firefox 3 betas yet? You might want to. Beware: they are looking for a finished FF3.0 sometime this summer. The betas now are getting pretty close to production quality. Have you tried out the Firefox 3 betas yet? You might want to. Beware: they are looking for a finished FF3.0 sometime this summer. The betas now are getting pretty close to production quality.

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