Warning: the beta Firefox 4.0b3 doesn't support AdBlock

[struggle4progress]

If you update to this latest beta, you'll get a warning, and Firefox will sweetly promise to try to restore it in a later version, but if you click reflexively, you may not notice the warning and promise

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. Try this temporary fix until the developer of AdBlock updates the extension

How to Fix Broken Incompatible Extensions in Mozilla Firefox and Make Them Compatible With Newer Versions? http://www.askvg.com/how-to-fix-broken-firefox-extensions-and-make-them-compatible-with-new-version/

1. Type about:config in Firefox addressbar and press Enter. It'll confirm, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.

2. Now right-click and select "New -> Boolean". Give it name extensions.checkCompatibility and set its value to false.

3. Again right-click and select "New -> Boolean". Give it name extensions.checkUpdateSecurity and set its value to false.

4. That's it. You have done. Restart your browser and now all disabled extensions will be enabled and you'll be able to install new incompatible extensions as well.

IMPORTANT: In Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and later, the above mentioned method no longer works. Actually the "extensions.checkCompatibility" preference has been replaced by a new preference "extensions.checkCompatibility.<version>" that also includes the application version number.

Here "<version>" represents alpha and beta build numbers. Its value is given by the first few characters of Firefox version matching the following pattern: <number>.<number><letter>.

For example:

For Firefox 3.6 -> extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6
For Firefox 3.7a1 -> extensions.checkCompatibility.3.7a
For Firefox 3.7a2 -> extensions.checkCompatibility.3.7a
For Firefox 4.0b1 -> extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0b
For Firefox 4.0b2 -> extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0b
and so on...

Hope this helps. :)

[hobbit709]

2. I try to avoid using any beta versions of anything.

It's hard enough keeping up with quirky software without debugging a new version. i have a tendency to stay one version behind on most stuff. It eliminates a lot of headaches that way.

[canetoad]

3. Likewise

Having neither the inclination nor the patience to beta test features that I will probably turn off anyway.

[blogslut]

4. That damned beta

...doesn't support any of the addons I love. I can almost live without the security stuff but I gotta have weather updates in my toolbar.

I rolled back.