{"id":4888,"date":"2012-05-24T09:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T16:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2012-05-24T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T17:01:51","slug":"addons-firefox-3-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2012\/05\/24\/addons-firefox-3-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Are add-ons keeping you on Firefox 3.6?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since we implemented Add-ons Default to Compatible, most add-ons that were updated to work on Firefox 4 continue to work on the latest releases. The add-on compatibility problems we&#8217;ve had ever since have been minimal.<\/p>\n<p>However, there are still a number of popular add-ons that weren&#8217;t updated for the switch to Firefox 4. People who still have these add-ons installed may be skipping Firefox updates because their add-ons are not compatible yet, and probably never will be. As we make a stronger push to move users away from old and potentially insecure Firefox versions, we need to make sure they don&#8217;t lose the add-ons they love.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, we have an amazing add-on developer community, where no abandoned add-on goes unforked. I spent a great deal of time looking for the most popular add-ons still in use on 3.6 and lower, as well as their best alternatives. Here they are.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mr Tech Toolkit<\/strong>. I tried to get in touch with the developers to no avail. They have an updated version available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrtech.com\/extensions\/#toolkit\">on their site<\/a>. I normally wouldn&#8217;t recommend non-AMO add-ons, but I reviewed the current file (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrtech.com\/extensions\/toolkit.xpi\">toolkit.xpi<\/a>, version 6.0.4.9000)\u00a0 and everything looks good, except for a few features that appear to be broken. If you use this add-on, I&#8217;d like to hear which of its features you use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snap Links<\/strong>.\u00a0 Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/SnapLinksPlus\/\">Snap Links Plus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gmail Notifier<\/strong>. Compatible alternatives: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/webmail-notifier\/\">WebMail Notifier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/gmail-checker\/\">GMail Checker<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>RapidShare DownloadHelper<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/rapidshare-helper\/\">Rapidshare Helper<\/a>. This add-on hasn&#8217;t received full approval, but it doesn&#8217;t appear to have any major problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bahasa Indonesia (ID) Language Pack, Estonian Language Pack<\/strong>. You can download the latest Firefox already translated to this language (and many more!) from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/all.html\">International Versions<\/a> page. Just install it over your current Firefox install and you won&#8217;t lose any bookmarks or data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-Click YouTube Video Download, <strong>YouTube Download<\/strong>, <\/strong><strong>Flash Video Resources Downloader<\/strong>. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/tag\/youtube%20download?appver=12.0\">many YouTube downloaders<\/a> listed on AMO, and I specially recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/video-downloadhelper\/?src=search\">Video DownloadHelper<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MinimizeToTray Plus<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/minimizetotray-revived\/\">MinimizeToTray Revived<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update Notifier<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/addon-update-checker\/\">Add-on Update Checker<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full Fullscreen<\/strong>. Modern versions of Firefox already hide toolbars in a similar way. There are some <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/search\/?q=kiosk&amp;cat=all\">kiosk applications<\/a> listed on AMO, though we normally don&#8217;t allow them to get full review.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Noia 2.0 (eXtreme)<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-us\/firefox\/addon\/noia-4\/\">Noia 4<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PDF Plugin for Firefox on Mac OS X<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/pdfjs\/\">PDF Viewer<\/a>, a.k.a pdf.js, created by Mozilla Labs and possibly coming soon as part of Firefox.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CacheViewer<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/cacheviewer-continued\/\">CacheViewer Continued<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CustomizeGoogle<\/strong>. I couldn&#8217;t find an exact match, but you should try <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/google-minimalist\/\">Google Minimalist<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/searchtweaker-super-google-igo\/\">SearchTweaker<\/a>. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/search\/?q=customize+google\">many more<\/a>, of course.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ad blocker<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/updated-ad-blocker-for-fire\/\">Updated Ad Blocker<\/a>. And the always popular <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/adblock-plus\/\">AdBlock Plus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CuteMenus &#8211; Crystal SVG<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/menu-icons-plus\/\">Menu Icons Plus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mouse Gestures Redox<\/strong>. Compatible alternatives: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/all-in-one-gestures\/\">All-in-One Gestures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/firegestures\/\">FireGestures<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-ClickWeather, Forecastbar Enhanced, WeatherBug<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/forecastfox-weather\/\">Forecastfox Weather<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Easy DragToGo<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/dragit-formerly-drag-de-go\/\">DragIt<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Organize Status Bar<\/strong>. Since the status bar was replaced with the Add-on Bar in recent versions or Firefox, you can reorganize all of your buttons and toolbars in one place. This extension isn&#8217;t necessary anymore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chromifox Basic<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/fxchrome\/\">FXChrome<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fox Splitter (formerly Split Browser)<\/strong>. The add-on was forked by the developer into the new <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/fox-splitter\/\">Fox Splitter<\/a>. You should uninstall the old version and install this new one.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Splash<\/strong>. This add-on displays a splash window before Firefox loads. Understandably, there are no known alternatives. Why would you want to slow down Firefox load time for this? I&#8217;d love to know&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Smart Bookmarks Bar<\/strong>. Compatible alternatives: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/roomy-bookmarks-toolbar\/\">Roomy Bookmarks Toolbar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/smartest-bookmarks-bar\/\">Smartest Bookmarks Bar<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SQLite Optimizer<\/strong>. This add-on is generally unnecessary. The largest local DB in your profile is usually the Places DB, and that one is vacuumed when necessary. Other add-ons that handle very active DBs should do the same.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clipmarks<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/evernote-web-clipper\/\">Evernote Web Clipper<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Auto Shutdown<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/auto-shutdown-ng\/\">Auto Shutdown NG<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AnyColor<\/strong>. The very new <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/colorlicious\/\">Colorlicious<\/a> covers its most important features. We also recommend giving <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/personas\/\">Background Themes (Personas)<\/a> a try.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Print Preview<\/strong>. Compatible alternative: <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/print-print-preview-update\/\">Print Preview (Update)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank the developers of <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/firedownload\/\">FireDownload<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/ie-tab\/\">IE Tab<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/firefox\/addon\/the-browser-highlighter\/\">The Browser Highlighter<\/a> for upgrading their add-ons between the time this list was compiled and the publication of this blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Are there any other add-ons holding you back on Firefox 3.6 or older? Do you have other recommendations for alternatives? Let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we implemented Add-ons Default to Compatible, most add-ons that were updated to work on Firefox 4 continue to work on the latest releases. 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