I’ve recently started using Mozilla Weave. This is a Firefox extension that allows one to synchronize browser settings, including tabs, history, extensions, and passwords. Another feature of this extension is OpenID integration using Mozilla’s OpenID provider. All OpenID logins that are displayed on a page are replaced with ‘Sign in Using Weave’. However, I use this blog as an OpenID provider, so I don’t particularly like this feature. The settings dialogs don’t make it clear how to disable it. I’ve found a post that mentions an about:config setting called ‘extensions.weave.openId.enabled’. One can set this setting to ‘False’ if you don’t want the Mozilla OpenID support. Have fun and enjoy Weave, it’s great!
I recently posted about getting Firefox working in Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 x86_64. Updates to Firefox 3.5.1 were recently pushed to the repositories, and after updating, Gears stopped working again. Use the Gears build here for Firefox 3.5.1 Linux x86_46, linked to from this Google Groups post.
It really would be nice if 64-bit Linux was supported by Google rather than having to find these work-around builds. Clearly it works for us, what is the holdup?
Categories: Tech, Ubuntu Tags: 3.5, 3.5.1, 64-bit, 9.04, firefox, firefox 3.5, gears, google, google gears, jaunty, linux, Ubuntu, ubuntu jaunty, x86_64
I’ve finally moved permanently to Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04). Initially I installed it by following the instructions found here and here. However, I didn’t put the time in to update my extensions, so I ended up reverting back to the 3.0.* series. I installed by adding the Security Team’s PPA to my package sources list, but that is apparently no longer necessary.
The two extensions I couldn’t live without were Tab Mix Plus and Google Gears. After some digging, I found a TMP thread with a link (xpi) to a development build that works with Firefox 3.5. Also, I found a Google groups thread and a blog post with a few links to Linux x86_64 builds of Gears.
Once I upgraded these two extensions I was happy enough to continue using 3.5 permanently rather than just playing with it for an hour or so.
Note: The builtin support for OGG video is amazing. The problem is it’s only in Firefox right now, so I don’t really expect to see widespread adoption of it. However, it is one great step towards getting rid of plugin-based video based on flash.
Categories: Tech, Ubuntu Tags: 3.5, 9.04, firefox, flash, gears, google, google gears, jaunty, ogg, plugin, ppa, security, tab mix plus, tmp, Ubuntu, video
